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ST. PAUL'B THIRD MISSION. 399
CHAPTER XCV.
St. Pad's Third Mission. (A. D. $5 to 58.)
I have fought a go011 fight, I have fii~ished my course, I have kept
the faith ; as to thc rcst, there ia laid up for me a
crown of justice.-IT. Tirn. 4, 7 and 8.
qR PlLUI had remained some time at Antioch, ho
passed a second timc through the greater part of Asia
Minor, and cmie to BP]ICSIIE(, the capital of the Roman province
of Asia. IIere he mct some twelve disciples, and said to
them : " 3-Iave you rccc!ised the Holy Ghost ? " They answered
him : '' Mre have not ao much as heard whether there
bc a Holy Gbost."
2. Pm1 aslred them again : In what then were you bap.
tised ? " They replied : " In John's bnptism." Then Paul
said : " John baptised the pcople with the baptism of penance,
saying that they should bclicvc in Him who was to
come after him, that is to ss y : Jesus.'' Hearing this, thcy
wcrc baptised in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then Paul
laid bis hands upon them, and they received the Holy
Spirit.
3. Paul remained two years at Ephesus, so that all those
who dwelt in the Roman province of Asia heard the word of
the. lord. Bloreover, God rvas pleased to work many wonderful
rniraclcs by the haid of the holy apostle, and no
sooncr IVCT~ handlcerchiefs or aprons, thai had touched his
body, applied to thc sick than thcy mere instantly cured.
Sccing these things, n grcnt fcnr came upon all the people,
mcl they magnified thc namc of Jasus.
4. &Imy of those who had dcslt in the magic art brought
their books, rvhieh werc of grcat vnluc, and hurncd them be-
fore the apostle and the 1vhole pcople. But a certain man
nnmcrl Dernetl-iue, :L silversmitl~, who made little idols mid
mininturcl models in silver of the famous temple of Dims,
MINIATURE, a representation on a amall scale.