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DAYS OF TOIL AND TRIAL 293 should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worsliipeth. " These words roused the excitable passions of the people. "They were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.'' A report of this speech was rapidly circulated. "The whole city was filled with confusion." Search was made for Paul, but the apostle was not to be found. His brethren, receiving an intimation of the danger, had hurried him from the place. Angels of God had been sent to guard the apostle ; his time to die a martyr's death had not yet come. Failing to find the object of their wrath, the mob seized "Gains and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel;" and with these "they rushed with one accord into the theater." Paul's place of concealment was not f,ar distant, and he soon learned of the peril of his beloved brethren. Forgetful of his own safety, he desired to go at once to the theater to address the rioters. But "the disciples suffered him not." Gains and Aristarchus were not the prey the people sought; no serious harm to them was apprehended. But should the apostle's pale, care-worn face be seen, it would arouse at once the worst passions of the mob, and there would not be the least human possibility of saving his life. Paul was still eager to defend the truth before the multitude; but he was at last deterred by a message of warning from the theater. "Certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theater."