Sketches from the Life of Paul (1883) — PDF Scan 192
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PAUL REVISITS CORINTH . 185 He would now be compelledto pursuea course which would disprovethischarge. As Paul thusapproachesCorinth,how striking thecontrastto thecloseof a formerjourney, when Saul, "breathingout threateningsand slaughteragainstthedisciplesoftheLord," drew near to Damascus ! How widely differentthe appearance, purposes, and spiritof Saul and Paul ! Then he was intrusted with the sword of secularpower,he was theagentoftheSanhedrim, the Jewish inquisitor, the exterminator of heretics,seekingvictimsto imprison, to scourge, or to stone. Filledwith pride, he rode toward Damascus ,with servantsat his command toconveyhisprisonerstoJerusalem. Now hejourneys on foot, with no outward tokens of rank or power,and no officersofjusticetodo hisbidding. The utmostthathe can do to punishthosewho disregardhisauthority,istoseparatethem from a societywhose members areeverywhereregarded asignorantand degraded. His enemiesdeclare thathisbodilypresenceisweak ,and hisspeech contemptible. Yet theapostleisnotsopowerless ashe isrepresented. He bearsa commission from the King of kings. All Heaven is enlistedto sustainhim. His weapons are not carnal, but mighty throughGod tooverthrowthestrongholds of sin and Satan . There has been as great a change in the spirit of the apostle, as in his outward appearance. Then he was "breathingout threateningsand slaughteragainstthedisciples;" he "made havoc of the church ;" he " haled men and women to prison;" he " compelledthem to blaspheme;" he was "exceedinglymad " againstallwho revered the name of Jesus. His heart was filledwith