. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. Fig. 130.—Coin 0/ AOxm. From, Pdlerin. On the right is the ascent by stairs to the Acropolis, and on the top are first the Propylsea to the right, then the statue of Slinerra in the centre, and then on the left the Parthenon. At the foot of the rock is the cave of ?II. ur Temiik of .\finerva. From T. IT. Uy i 256 [ 51] ST. PAUL AT AT HEN fi. [Chap. XIT. city. The Agora may perhaps not be improperly compared to the City of London asit was in the days of Queen Elizabeth, or still more appropriately to the great bazaarof some Eastern capital, as that
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. Fig. 130.—Coin 0/ AOxm. From, Pdlerin. On the right is the ascent by stairs to the Acropolis, and on the top are first the Propylsea to the right, then the statue of Slinerra in the centre, and then on the left the Parthenon. At the foot of the rock is the cave of ?II. ur Temiik of .\finerva. From T. IT. Uy i 256 [ 51] ST. PAUL AT AT HEN fi. [Chap. XIT. city. The Agora may perhaps not be improperly compared to the City of London asit was in the days of Queen Elizabeth, or still more appropriately to the great bazaarof some Eastern capital, as that of Constantinople. Paul had come to Athens as a temporary refuge. His intention previously hadbeen to evangelise Macedonia, but at Beroea his progress had been broken off, andthat so suddenly that no other plan of operations had yet been substituted. He wasnow waiting at Athens for the arrival of Silas and Timothy from Beroea, that hemight concert with them the course of future operations. He was alone, and amongstrangers, and, bowed by infirmity, he had not proposed to unfold the banner of theGospel where the prospect was so inauspicious. But one of Pauls earnest and ardenttemperament could ill brook to remain long an idle spectator while the grossestsuperstition was staring him in the face. Hi
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