THE FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF PAUL.
On his first journey Paul went by sea from Seleucia, the port of Antioch, to the Island of Cyprus. He crossed the island from east to west. He landed at Salamis and set sail from Paphos. He arrived at Perga in Southern Asia Minor, and then set out for a campaign of about two years in the great Roman province of Galatia. It is for the most part a wild and desolate country. There were snowy mountain ranges with perilous passes infested by robbers, rushing torrents, and precipitous roads, before he could come to the cities which lay behind the mountains. He was often in great danger, and many times suffered persecution. The places mentioned are Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. Then he and his companions came down to Perga, setting sail from the port of Attalia for Antioch in Cilicia.
Companions: Barnabas and John Mark.
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PAUL AND BARNABAS SAIL FOR CYPRUS.
At Paphos a Roman Nobleman is Won to the New Faith.
(There having been a time of famine, Paul and Barnabas had been sent by the Christians at Antioch to Jerusalem with relief to the Christians in that city. When they returned they found new work awaiting them.)
A CORNER OF OLD WALL AT DAMASCUS.
Where, tradition says, Paul was let down by a basket. The square building is a modern structure
From a photograph belonging to Mr. S. E. Bridgman, and used by his kind permission
"When the Moslems took Damascus in 634, the great cathedral was divided between Mohammedans and Christians. Seventy years later it was absorbed by the conquerors, and was rebuilt to become one of the greatest, if not the richest, of the mosques of Islam. The rebuilding destroyed all the Christian features, except that which, still above the south portal, preserves this prayer and prophecy: 'Thy kingdom, O Christ, is an everlasting kingdom, and Thy dominion endureth for all generations.'"