The author has intended to respect the hallowed associations which cluster about the name of the great Apostle. But Paul was a man with like passions as other men, and to be faithful, any outline of the forces that played through his great soul should be drawn naturally, and without that misleading glamor often imposed by far-away time and distance. Only by such a treatment can his life be brought near, and its practical lessons enforced. If to any the interpretation seem unduly broad, they may be assured that the author has no iconoclastic intent, but on the contrary, an aim which is wholly constructive, whereby everything wholesome and uplifting in human life may be encouraged and strengthened.
PART FIRST CHAPTER PAGE I. A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN TARSUS 1 II. AN EVENING EXCURSION ON THE CYDNUS 8 III. IN THE TOILS 17 IV. THE NET IS RENT 23 V. TWO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS 32 VI. TO THE TOWER OF ANTONIA 40 VII. A TARSIAN FESTIVAL TO APOLLO 47 VIII. THE MYSTERIES OF THE ADYTUM 56 IX. SOLILOQUY OF GAMALIEL'S DAUGHTER 68 X. MAGIC AND MYSTERY: STRANGE VISIONS 79 XI. IMPORTANT MESSAGES 92 XII. SERENUS MAKES AN AVOWAL 102 XIII. THE WALLS HAVE EARS 111 XIV. LOVE VERSUS DUTY 121 XV. THE RESCUE OF REBECCA 133 XVI. AFTER THE STORM 146 XVII. A ROMAN PARADE 161 XVIII. AMABEL'S REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE 177 XIX. SURROUNDED BY PRISON WALLS 195 XX. SOWING AND REAPING 211 XXI. THE GREAT HARVEST 228 PART SECOND _THE LIGHT SPREADS TO THE WESTWARD_ XXII. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW 245 XXIII. A BATTERED EAGLE 260 XXIV. ON THE VERGE OF THE UNSEEN 280 XXV. A PSYCHICAL JOURNEY 299 XXVI. A POWERFUL PULSE STIRRED 312 XXVII. A MESSAGE FROM STEPHANOS 330 XXVIII. LEANDER VISITS A MYSTIC SHRINE 348 XXIX. CHANGES OF SOUL-COLOR 368 XXX. A PARADISE DISCOVERED 381 XXXI. IN DEEP WATERS 399 XXXII. SCOURGING AND FLIGHT 412 XXXIII. A PRIESTESS OF THE TARSIAN TEMPLE 422 XXXIV. ONCE MORE UPON THE CYDNUS 430 PART THIRD _AFTER THE FLIGHT OF TWENTY YEARS_ XXXV. THE BAY OF PUTEOLI 441 XXXVI. NOCTURNAL INTERVIEW WITH A SEER 449 XXXVII. TWO WOEFUL SOULS RELEASED 463 PART FOURTH _SAULUS IN ROME_ XXXVIII. AWAITING TRIAL BEFORE NERO 481 XXXIX. ANTIPODES BROUGHT FACE TO FACE 492 XL. THE VISIBLE FORM LAID ASIDE 500
CHAPTER I A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION IN TARSUS