. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. rds with which to close lifes these words have cheered and comforted weary Chris-tians all the centuries since Paul wrote them; and they willcontinue to be a comfort until the Master shall comeagain. The end of the apostles suffering and bonds is now athand. He is taken to Caesars judgment hall and stands be-fore the bloody tyrant who is guilty of every crime knownin the catalogue of gross human sins. What a contrast!Paul, the aged prisoner of Jesus Christ, whose l
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. rds with which to close lifes these words have cheered and comforted weary Chris-tians all the centuries since Paul wrote them; and they willcontinue to be a comfort until the Master shall comeagain. The end of the apostles suffering and bonds is now athand. He is taken to Caesars judgment hall and stands be-fore the bloody tyrant who is guilty of every crime knownin the catalogue of gross human sins. What a contrast!Paul, the aged prisoner of Jesus Christ, whose life had beenspent in the service of his Master; Nero, the sensuous vo-luptuary, the human monster whose very name causes mento shudder even to-day. We have no account of the know that he was innocent, but he was condemned todeath. Under the Roman law no time was allowed be-tween sentence and execution. As Christ was led from Pi-lates judgment hall to the place of crucifixion, so Paul wastaken from before Caesar to the circus on the Vatican Hill,and there this valiant soldier of the cross was put to 52 WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. In the center of the Circus stood a silent witness to thesufferings and death of Paul and his followers-an Egyp-tian obelisk brought from the quarries at Assuan by theEmperor Caligula. It had been hewnout by Pharaohs workmen, but hadnever been erected in Egypt. In1586 it was removed from the Circusand placed in front of St. PetersChurch in Rome. Standing by thissolemn, silent witness of the death ofPaul the mind is carried back to the sufferings of this heroic servant of circus 0/ jvero, from a It bears the inscription: Christ is triumphant! Christ reigns! Christ is emperor! Christpaid all our debts. Reference has been made to the fact that when Paulwent to Rome it was the custom among the Romans toburn the bodies of the dead. The ashes were put in vases and these were deposited inunderground vaults, espe-cially prepared for th
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