The Life of St. Paul

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THE LIFE OF ST. PAUL
by
PROF. JAMES STALKER, D.D.
Author of "The Life of Jesus Christ"
With Foreword by
Wilbert W. White, D.D. President of the Bible Teachers' Training
School, New York
New and Revised Edition

New York ---- Chicago ---- Toronto Fleming H. Revell Company
London and Edinburgh
Copyright, 1912, by American Tract Society

CONTENTS
CHAPTER
FOREWORD
I. HIS PLACE IN HISTORY II. HIS UNCONSCIOUS
PREPARATION FOR HIS WORK III. HIS CONVERSION IV. HIS
GOSPEL V. THE WORK AWAITING THE WORKER VI. HIS

MISSIONARY TRAVELS VII. HIS WRITINGS AND HIS
CHARACTER VIII. PICTURE OF A PAULINE CHURCH IX. HIS
GREAT CONTROVERSY X. THE END HINTS TO TEACHERS
AND QUESTIONS FOR PUPILS

FOREWORD
By Wilbert W. White, D.D.
When asked to write a foreword to Dr. Stalker's "Life of St. Paul," I
thought of two things: first the impression which I had received from a
sermon that I heard Dr. Stalker preach a good many years ago in his
own pulpit in Glasgow, Scotland, and secondly, the honor conferred in
this privilege of writing a foreword to one of Dr. Stalker's books.
I felt sure before even glancing at the pages that I should be pleased
and profited by their perusal.
The first thing that I did was to glance over the pages for the headings
of chapters and the summaries of paragraphs. I found the arrangement
admirable, and would advise those into whose hands this fine volume
may come to follow this plan.
The only sentence 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