idst of the
Areopagus, and said,--

"Ye men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very religious.
For as I passed along, and observed the objects of your worship, I found
also an altar with this inscription,

TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.

What therefore ye worship in ignorance, this set I forth unto you. The
God that made the world and all things therein, he, being Lord of heaven
and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; neither is he served
by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth
to all life, and breath, and all things; and he made of one people every
nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined
their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation; that they
should seek God, if haply they might feel after him, and find him,
though he is not far from each one of us: for in him we live, and move,
and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said,--

'For we are also his offspring.'

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead
is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by {408} art and device
of man. The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he
commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent: inasmuch as he
hath appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness
by the man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto
all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead."

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but
others said, "We will hear thee concerning this yet again."

Thus Paul went out from among them. But certain men were drawn to him,
and believed: among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman
named Damaris, and others with them.

V

TENTMAKING IN CORINTH.

_A Roman Officer Champions the New Faith_.

After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth. There
he found a certain Jew named Aquila, lately come from Italy, with his
wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart
from Rome. He became acquainted with them; and because he was of the
same trade, he abode with them, and they worked together; for by their
trade they were tentmakers. And he reasoned in the synagogue every
Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

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[Illustration]
RUINS AT CORINTH.

Photograph taken by Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed, Ph.D., of Springfield,
Mass., an