THE MACEDONIAN CRY"

_The New Faith Enters Europe. The Midnight Rescue from the Jail at
Philippi_.

And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia
standing, beseeching him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia, and
help us."

And when he had seen the vision, straightway we sought to go forth into
Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel unto
them.

Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to
Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis; and from thence to
Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the first of the district, a
Roman colony: and we were in this city tarrying certain days. And on
the Sabbath day we went forth without the gate by a river side, where
we supposed there was a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spoke to
the women who were come together. And a certain woman named Lydia, a
seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God,
heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, to give heed to the things
which were spoken by Paul. And when she was baptized, and her
household, she besought us, saying, "If ye have judged me to be
faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there." And she
persuaded us.

And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a
certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her
masters much gain by soothsaying.

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[Illustration]
ATHENS--HARBOR OF PIRAEUS--SALAMIS IN THE DISTANCE.

From a photograph belonging to the Forbes Library,
Northampton, Mass., and used by special permission.

Into this harbor came the ship of Paul on his voyage from the North.
In the distance is the immortal battle place of Salamis, where the
Persian fleet was destroyed. Of the voyage of Paul from Thessaly to
Athens it is said, "All the land and water in sight became more
eloquent as he advanced: the lights and shadows, both of poetry and
history, were on every hand: every rock was a monument, every current
was animated by some memory of the past."
[End illustration]

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The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, "These men are
servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of
salvation."

And this she did for many days. But Paul, being greatly troubled, turned
and said to the spirit, "I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to
come out of her."

And it came out that very hour.

But when her masters sa