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SKETCHES FROM THE LIFE OF PAUL . CHAPTER I. SAUL THE PERSECUTOR . FROM among the most bitterand relentless persecutorsof the church of Christ, arose the ablest defender and most successful herald of the gospel. With the apostolicbrotherhoodof the chosen twelve, who had companied with Christfrom his baptismeven to his ascension, was numbered one who had never seen the Lord whilehe dweltamong men ,and who had heard hisname utteredonlyin unbeliefand contempt. But beneaththe blindnessand bigotryof the zealot and the Pharisee, InfiniteWisdom discerned a heart loyal to truth and duty And the voice from Heaven made itself heard above the clamors of pride and prejudice. In the promulgationof the gospel, Divine Providence would unite with the zeal and devotion of the Galileanpeasants,thefieryvigorand intellectual power of a rabbi of Jerusalem. To lead the battleagainstpagan philosophyand Jewish formalism, was chosen one who had himself [0]