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Persons. [Answers page 31.]

1. Who are the only three persons mentioned in the Bible, whose names commence with the letter F?

2. Who was the first Christian convert in Europe?

3. Who carried the Epistle of St. Paul from Corinth to Rome?

4. What unrighteous judge trembled before a prisoner in chains?

5. For whom did a band of men lie in wait, bound by an oath that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed him?

6. What New Testament orator preferred charges against St. Paul?

7. Who accused St. Paul as being a ringleader?

8. What prisoner in chains addressed a multitude from the stairs of a castle?

9. Where may we find in St. Paul's own words an account of his conversion ?

10. What is the name of the only person mentioned in the Bible whose name commences with the letter Q?

11 To whom is promised the hidden manna? +

12. Who in preaching prolonged his sermon till midnight? 13. Which Apostle told Christ he had left all to follow him? 14. Which of the Apostles first suffered martyrdom? 15. Where in the Bible is St. Paul first mentioned?

16. Which of the Apostles cut off the right ear of a mai [Philip. with a sword, and what was his name?

17. What are the only two recorded acts of the Apostle

18. What city claims the birth-place of St. Paul ?

19. To what religious sect did St. Paul belong?

20. Of whom and by whom wat said they were neither cold or hot spiritually?

21. In what one point did Christ as man differ from mankind in general?

22. What was our Saviour's last command to his disciples ?

23. Of whom was it said he was mighty in the Scriptures ?

24. Who said if all the things which Jesus did were recorded the world itself could not contain the books that would be writ. ten? メ

25. What test of discipleship did Jesus give?

26 What words of Moses are quoted in the New Testament which are not found in the Old ?

27. On what two occasions was the displeasure of Jesus [death? excited.

28. What intimation was given to Peter of the manner of his

29. What was the parting promise of our Saviour to his disciples ?

30. Who being overcome with sleep during a sermon, and feli out of a third story window, was taken up for dead?

31. Who was called a ringleader?

32. Who read the writings of a prophet while riding in a chariot?

33. What prophet bound his feet and hands with a girdle ?

34. What woman continued in prayer day and night in the temple?

35. Who is called the light of the world?

36. What was Saul's errand to Damascus when arrested and converted?

37. What was the Apostle Paul's first prayer?

38. Who did the Lord send to restore sight to Paul? 39. To what converts does St. Paul refer as the "seal of nis apostleship?"

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