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CHAPTER XVI 1 Heralds of the Gospel ^'Seistt forth by the Holy Ghost," Paul and Barnabas, after their ordination by the brethren in Antioch, "departed nnto Selencia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus/' Tims the apostles began their first missionary journey. Cyprus ^as one of the places to which the believers had fled from Jerusalem because of the persecution following the death of Stephen. It was from C}i)rus that certain men had journeyed to Antioch, "preaching the Lord Jesus."' Barnabas himself was "of the country of Cyprus;"' and now he and Paul, accompanied by John Mark, a kinsman of Barnabas, visited this island field. Mark's mother was a convert to the Christian religion, and her home at Jerusalem was an asylum for the disciples. There they were always sure of a welcome and a season of rest. It was during one of these visits of the apostles to his mother's home, that ^ Acts 11:20. Acts 4:36. This chapter is based on Acts 13 : 4-52. (166)