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never came under the direct earthly and personal 

 influence and teaching of Jesus Christ. 



The Book of Acts, in the 58th verse of the 

 vii chapter, says, in connection with the death of 

 the proto-martyr, Stephen : But they cried out 

 with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and 

 rushed upon him with one accord; and they cast 

 him out of the city, and stoned him; and the 

 witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of 

 a young man named Saul.&quot; Then the account 

 continues &quot;and there arose on that day a great 

 persecution against the Church,&quot; &quot;and devout 

 men buried Stephen, and made great lamentation 

 over him, but Saul laid waste the Church.&quot; 



From that hour, when the witnesses laid down 

 their clothes at the feet of Saul, and a great per 

 secution, in which Saul was evidently a main 

 mover and instigator, broke out against the 

 Church; during which &quot;Saul laid waste the 

 Church;&quot; the main impetus and flow of the 

 Book of Acts concern the conversion and mission 

 ary practice of the same young man, Saul, who 

 became &quot;Paul the bond servant of Christ Jesus.&quot; 



Turning to the Epistles, we find a like remark 

 able fact is true. Of the 118 chapters into which 

 the Epistles are divided, 100 including Hebrews 

 or 87 excluding Hebrews, were written by the 

 young man, Saul, who &quot;laid waste the Church&quot;; 

 the one Apostle, as he himself expressed it, &quot;born 

 out of due time&quot; : as against a total of 18, or 31. 

 chapters for all the others. 



