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140 LIFE OF PAUL . The visibleand the invisibleworld are in close contact. Could the veilbe lifted, we would see evilangelsemployingalltheirartstodeceiveand destroy. Wherever an influence is exerted to causemen toforgetGod ,thereSatan isexercis-inghisbewitchingpower.er. Allwho ventureinto scenesof dissipationor irreligiouspleasure,or seekthe societyof the sensualist,the skeptic,or theblasphemer,by personalintercourseorthrough the medium of the press, are tampering with sorcery. Ere they are aware, the mind isbewilderedand the soul polluted. The apostle's admonitionto the Ephesian church shouldbe heededby thepeopleof God to-day: "Have no fellowshipwith the unfruitfulworks of darkness,but ratherreprovethem." CHAPTER XIV . TRIALS AND VICTORIES OF PAUL . FOR upwards of threeyears,Ephesuswas the centerof Paul'swork . A flourishingchurch was raisedup here,and from thiscitythegospel spreadthroughoutthe provinceof Asia,among both Jews and Gentiles . The apostlehad for some time contemplated anothermissionaryjourney. He desiredagain to visitthe churches in Macedonia and Achaia, and afterspending some time at Corinth,to go to Jerusalem,afterwhich he hoped to preachthe gospelat Rome . In pursuanceof hisplan, he sentTimothy and Erastus beforehim intoMacedonia;but feelingthatthecauseinEphesusstill