oughtest to do. . . On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour Now . . . behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate. . . Then Peter went down to the men . . and . . . called them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. And the morrow after they entered into Cæsarea." -Acts x. 1, &c. (See whole chapter.)

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"And when Herod had sought for him (Peter) and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode. And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost."Acts xii. 19-23.

"And (Paul) sailed from Ephesus. And when he had landed at Cæsarea, and gone up, and saluted the Church, he went down to Antioch."-Acts xviii. 21, 22.

"And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, (from Ptolemais,) and came unto Cæsarea : and we entered into the house of Philip the Evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him

And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. There went with us also certain of the disciples of Cæsarea, and brought with

them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.”—Acts xxi. 8—17.

"And (the chief captain) called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night ... Then the soldiers. . . took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him. . . Who when they came to Cæsarea presented Paul before (the governor). . . And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's Judgment Hall.” -Acts xxiii. 23, &c.

"Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Cæsarea to Jerusalem . Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him . . . that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Cæsarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. Let them, therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Cæsarea; and the next day, sitting on the judgment seat, commanded Paul to be brought.

"And after certain days King Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cæsarea And Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king. Then Agrippa said, I would also hear the man himself. And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself ... Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian!” See Acts xxiv. xxv. xxvi.

The city of Cæsarea (sometimes called Cæsarea Palestina, to distinguish it from Cæsarea Philippi) is frequently mentioned in the New Testament. Here that great and glorious event took place the admission of the Gentiles into the Church of Christ, when the distinction which had formerly existed between Jew and Greek openly ceased-and they became one in Christ Jesus. Here Philip resided with his four gifted

daughters, and here the prophet Agabus foretold the coming trials of St. Paul. Hence several faithful brethren accompanied that great apostle to the place of his apprehension, and here he returned and dwelt as a prisoner for two years. Here the profligate and guilty Felix trembled at his reasoning, and Agrippa was almost

persuaded to be a Christian. And here, lastly, did that fearful judgment come upon Herod, who in this very city, which he had filled with so many wonders, and adorned with such magnificence, died of a loathsome and horrible disease, the punishment of his vain-glorious boasting.

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Cæsarea, formerly called Strato's Tower, from a Greek, who founded it, was built by Herod the Great, in honour of Augustus Cæsar. It was situated on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, near the south end of Mount Carmel, thirty-six miles south of Acre, thirty north of Joppa, and sixty-two north-west of Jerusalem. It was a dispute respecting the possession of this city that gave rise to the war with the Romans: the Jews claiming it because it had been built in their own land, and the Greeks, because it had been dedicated to the heathen gods.

"Cæsarea was inhabited by Jews, Heathens, and Samaritans; hence parts of it were esteemed unclean by the Jews.1 Some would not pass over certain places; others were less scrupulous. Perpetual contests were maintained between the Jews and the Syrians, or the Greeks; on one Sabbath-day, twenty thousand persons were slain here."

The account Josephus gives us of the building of Cæsarea is as follows:-" Now, upon his (Herod's) observation of a place near the sea, which was very proper for containing a city, and was before called Strato's Tower, he set about getting a plan for a magnificent city there, and erected many edifices. .. all over it, of white stone. He also adorned it with most sumptuous palaces... and, what was the greatest and most laborious work of all, he adorned it with a haven, that was always free from the waves of the sea It was of excellent workmanship, which was the more remark

This circumstance, no doubt, added to the scruples of the Apostle about going to Cornelius, and gave double force to the announcement that henceforth he was to call no man common or unclean.

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able, being built in a place that, of itself, was not suitable to such noble structures, but was perfected by materials from other places, at very great expenses. This city is situate. . . in the passage by sea to Egypt, between Joppa and Dora, which are lesser maritime cities, and not fit for havens, on account of the impetuous south winds that beat upon them . . . So Herod endeavoured to rectify this inconvenience, and laid out such a compass towards the land, as might be sufficient for an haven, wherein the great ships might be in safety : and this he effected by letting down vast stones, of above fifty feet in length, not less than eighteen in breadth, and nine in depth, into twenty fathom deep . . . the mole, which he built by the sea-side, was two hundred feet wide, the half of which was opposed to the current of the waves, so as to keep off those waves which were to break upon them. . . the other half had upon it a wall, with several towers, the largest of which was named Drusus. from the son-in-law of Cæsar, who died young. There were also a great number of arches, where the mariners dwelt. There was before them a quay, or landing-place, which ran round the entire haven, and was a most agreeable walk . . . there were edifices all along the circular haven, made of the most polished stone, with a certain elevation, whereon was erected a temple, that was seen a great way off by those that were sailing for that haven, and had in it two statues, one of Rome, the other of Cæsar. The city itself was called Cæsarea, and was also built of fine materials, and was of a fine structure. Nay, the very subterranean vaults and cellars had no less of architecture bestowed on them than had the buildings above ground. Some of these vaults carried things, at even distances, to the haven and to the sea; but one of them ran obliquely, and bound all the rest together, that both the rain and the filth of the city were together carried off with ease; and the sea itself, upon the flux of the tide from without, came into the city and washed it all clear. Herod