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114 TEE ACTS OF TEE APOSTLES work that they desired to have done at Damascus, Saiil offered his services. ^'Breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord/^ he ''went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.'' Thus ''with authority and commission from the chief priests,''' Saul of Tarsus, in the strength and vigor of manhood, and fired with mistaken zeal, set out on that memorable journey, the strange occurrences of which were to change the whole current of his life. On the last day of the journey, "at midday," as the weary travelers neared Damascus, they came within full view of broad stretches of fertile lands, beautiful gardens, and fruitful orchards, watered by cool streams from the surrounding mountains. After the long journey over desolate wastes, such scenes were refreshing indeed. While Saul, with his companions, gazed with admiration on the fruitful plain and the fair city below, "suddenly," as he afterward declared, there shone "round about me and them which journeyed with me," "a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun,"* too glorious for mortal eyes to bear. Blinded and . bewildered, Saul fell prostrate to the ground. AYhile the light continued to shine round about them, Saul heard "a voice speaking ... in the Hebrew tongue, " ' " saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me! And he said. Who are Thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks." 3 Acts 26 : 12. * Acts 26 : 13, 14.