Scenes from the life of StPaul and their religious lessons .. . ife) he goes muchfarther, and says : Take Mark, and bring him withthee : for he is profitable to me for the ministry (2 Tim. iv. ri). Thus, even in connexion withSt Paul, and independently of his position as oneof the four Evangelists, and of that connexion withSt Peter known to us from other sources, St Markis deserving of respectful and grateful , too, or Silvanus, like Mark, is a link between St Paul and St Peter; and the mention of him in theGalilean Apostles first letter (i Peter v. 12), aswell as in those letter
Scenes from the life of StPaul and their religious lessons .. . ife) he goes muchfarther, and says : Take Mark, and bring him withthee : for he is profitable to me for the ministry (2 Tim. iv. ri). Thus, even in connexion withSt Paul, and independently of his position as oneof the four Evangelists, and of that connexion withSt Peter known to us from other sources, St Markis deserving of respectful and grateful , too, or Silvanus, like Mark, is a link between St Paul and St Peter; and the mention of him in theGalilean Apostles first letter (i Peter v. 12), aswell as in those letters of the Apostle of theGentiles (1 Thess. i. 1 ; 2 Thess. i. i), whichwere written during the second journey, seems justto give us a glimpse of a large range of co-operationbetween St Paul and the Twelve, which in itsdetails is hid from our eyes. The recorded associa-tion of Silas with St Paul is entirely limited tothat period of the Apostles life which has justbeen mentioned ; nor have we any materials fordelineating his character with confidence. He was 116. ST. PAUL AND THE PHILIPPIAN JAILER.(Acts xvi, 30.) TIMOTHY a Roman citizen, like St Paul himself (Acts ). He suffered with him at Philippi (Acts , 23), and in the prison joined with him in prayerand thanksgiving (Acts. xvi. 25), and in turning theheart of the terrified jailor to Christ (Acts > vi. 31).Together they fled by night from Thessalonica toBerea (Acts xvii. 10). And it is evident that StPaul trusted him as well as Timotheus with im-portant responsibilities (Acts xvii. 14, 15), as wellas that his own heart was strengthened and hiscourage raised by the presence of these friends(Acts xviii. 5 ; 2 Cor. i. 19). But our attention must now be given to thatcompanion of St Paul, who in his ^ . , , J ,. Timothy case IS the most marked exempli-fication of this active principle of Christian friend-ship, and concerning whom we have the fullest andclearest information. A peculiar tenderness offeeling is evident
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