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172 LIFE OF PAUL . lesthe shouldwound too deeplythosewhom he desiredto benefit. He keenly dreaded a further alienation, and sometimes longed to recallhis words . With trembling anxiety he waited to receivesome tidingsas to the receptionof his message . Thosewho ,liketheapostle,havefelta responsibilityforbelovedchurchesor institutions,can bestappreciatehisdepressionof spiritand selfaccusings. The servants of God who bear the burden of his work for this time , share the same experience of labor, conflict, and anxious care thatfelltothelotof thegreatapostle. Burdened by divisionsin thechurch,meetingwithingratitudeand betrayalfrom thoseto whom theylook for sympathy and support, vividlyimpressed with the perilof churchesthat are harboring iniquity, compelledtobeara close,searchingtestimonyin reproofofsin,and thenweigheddown with fear that they may have dealt with too great severity,-the faithfulsoldiersof the cross find no rest this side of Heaven . CHAPTER XVI . SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS . FROM EphesusPaulwenttoTroas,withthesame objectwhich was everbeforehim,thatofmaking known tothepeopletheway ofsalvationthrough Christ. It was whilevisitingthiscityupon a formerjourneythatthevisionoftheman ofMacedonia and the imploringcry," Come over and