Peter, who, having been commanded by the LORD to go with the men when they should arrive, did so, and preached the Gospel to Cornelius, and his friends who were assembled together to hear it from him, after which they were all baptized, and became good Christians.

ELYMAS the Sorcerer struck with Blindness.

AFTER his Conversion, Paul travelled about to distant places, and preached the Gospel wherever he went, and converted great numbers of people. When he was at Paphos* with Bar

A celebrated city in Cyprus.

nabas, the Governor of the country, Paulus Sergius, sent for them, and desired to hear the Word of God; but Elymas the Sorcerer, a wicked man of that country, when Saul and Barnabas arrived, spoke against the truth, and tried to turn the Governor

away from it. But Paul reproved Elymas severely, and said unto him, Behold, now, the hand of the LORD is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun, for a season. a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. Then Paulus Sergius, when he saw this miracle, believed the doctrine of the Apostles, and became a Christian.

HEROD, the nephew of him who caused John the Baptist to be beheaded, in order to please the Jews, condemned James, the brother of

John, to be slain with the sword; after which, to please the Jews still farther, Herod had Peter thrown into prison, and loaded with chains, where he designed to keep him for a time, and then bring him forth to the people, who would have put him to death. But on the very night that Herod intended to bring him forth, as Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and the prison door guarded by the keepers, behold, the Angel of the LORD came unto Peter, and a light shined in the prison, and the Angel said unto Peter, Arise up quickly, cast thy garment about thee and follow me; and his chains fell off his hands; and the Angel conducted him to the out