ence apart from the headings which I read in the aforesaid
preview was the last one in Chapter X, and that because the closing
words, "the best of friends," especially arrested my attention.

I wondered before I read this sentence if the author was saying of Paul
that he was going out of the world to the One who had been to him the
best of friends. From this you may gather--what you like. Only I felt
sure before reading the pages that Dr. Stalker would interpret Paul in
a manner such as I could enthusiastically approve.

And now having read the volume I heartily commend it. It is the best
brief life of Paul of which I know.

Before reading the book I said to myself, I shall put down what I think
the writer will make the heart of the secret of Paul. It was this: The
key to Paul's efficiency was his wholehearted persistent loyalty to
Christ, his Saviour and Friend. He was not disobedient to the heavenly
vision. He stood fast in the liberty wherewith Christ set him free.
He was three things all stated in one verse, and put thus: "I am
crucified with Christ--Christ liveth in me--I live in faith."

Here are some, a very few of many striking, true thoughts presented by
Dr. Stalker:

"Paul was the interpreter of Christ, saying what Christ Himself would
have said under the circumstances."

"Paul's entire theology was nothing but the explication of his own
conversion."

"In bringing Paul West, Providence gave to Europe a blessed priority,
and the fate of our continent was decided, when Paul crossed the
Aegean."

"A secret of Paul's success was his sense of having a mission and his
freedom alike from the bondage of bigotry and the bondage of liberty."

A writer recently gave me this thought about Paul: "What makes St. Paul
so interesting is his conception of the dimensions of life."

Back to Christ? Yes, the whole world needs it, but the way to get back
to Christ is through the Apostolic interpretation of Christ in words
and life. This is the only way, and Dr. Stalker's book is a great help
in this direction.

THE LIFE OF ST. PAUL

CHAPTER I

HIS PLACE IN HISTORY

Paragraphs 1-12.

1, 2. The Man Needed by the Time.
3, 4. A Type of Christian Character.
5-8. The Thinker of Christianity.
9-12. The Missionary of the Gentiles.

1. The Man for the Time.--There are some men whose lives it is
impossible to study without receiving the impression that they were
expressly sent into the