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TEE TRIAL AT C^SAREA 423 stood in tlie presence of one who had power to put him to death, or to set him free; yet he did not address Felix and Drusilla with praise or flattery. He knew that his words would be to them a savor of life or of death, and forgetting all selfish considerations, he sought to arouse them to a sense of their peril. The apostle realized that the gospel had a claim upon whoever might listen to his words ; that one day they would stand either among the pure and holy around the great white throne, or with those to whom Christ would say, ^'Depart from Me, ye that work iniquity. ' ' ' He knew that he must meet every one of his hearers before the tribunal of heaven, and must there render an account, not only for all that he had said and done, but for the motive and spirit of his words and deeds. So violent and cruel had been the course of Felix, that few had ever before dared even to intimate to him that his character and conduct were not faultless. But Paul had no fear of man. He plainly declared his faith in Christ, and the reasons for that faith, and was thus led to speak particularly of those virtues essential to Christian character, but of which the haughty pair before him were so strikingly destitute. He held up before Felix and Drusilla the character of God — His righteousness, justice, and equity, and the nature of His law. He clearly showed that it is man's duty to live a life^ of sobriety and temperance, keeping the passions under the control of reason, in conformity to God's law, and preserving the physical and mental powers in a healthy condi2 Matt. 7:23.