Sketches from the Life of Paul (1883) — PDF Scan 334
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PAUL'S LAST LETTER . 327 are offeringup theirlivesfor thetruth'ssake, who will come forward to take theirplaces? Willouryoung men acceptthe holytrustatthe hand of theirfathers? Are theynow preparing tofillthe vacanciesmade by the death of the faithful? Willtheapostle'schargebe heeded,the callto duty be heard,amid the incitementsto selfishnessand ambitionwhich allurethe youth? Paulconcludeshisletterwithvariouspersonal messages, and again and again repeatsthe urgent requestthat Timothy use alldiligenceto come to him soon, and if possibleto come before winter . He describes his loneliness from the desertionof some friendsand the necessaryabsence of others,and lestTimothy shouldstillhesitate, fearingthat the church at Ephesus demanded his labors,he statesthat he has alreadydespatched Tychicustofilltheplaceof Timothy in his ab-sence. And thenhe adds the touchingrequest, " The clokethat I leftat Troas,with Carpus, when thoucomest,bringwiththee,and thebooks,but especiallythe parchments." At his second arrest,Paul was seizedand hurried away so suddenlythathe had no opportunityto gather up hisfew " booksand parchments," oreventotake with him his cloak . And now winter was coming on,and he knew that he would sufferwith coldinhisdamp prison-cell. He had no money tobuy anothergarment,he knew that hisend might come at any moment ,and with hisusual self-forgetfulnessand fearto burdenthechurch, he desiredthatno expenseshouldbe incurredon his account . Afterdescribingthescenesofthetrialalready past,the desertionof his brethren, and the sustaininggraceof a covenant-keepingGod, and