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CARTOONS OF RAPHAEL URBIN.
CARTOON VI.
PAUL AND BARNABAS AT LYSTRA.
And there sat a certain man at fystra, impotent in his feet,
being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had
walked. The same heard Paul speak, who stedfastly be-
holding him, and perceiving that'he had faith to be healed,
said with a loud voice, stand upright on thy feet; and he
leaped and walked. And when the people saw what Paul
had done, they lift up their voices, saying in the speech of
Lycaonia, the gods are come down to us in the likeness of
men. And they called Parnabas Jupiter, and Paul
Mer curias, because he was chief speaker. Then the priest
of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and
garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice
with the people. Which when the apostles Parnabas and
Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among
the people, crying out.—Acts, chap. xiv. ver. 8—14.
In this cartoon the simplicity and purity of the Chris-
tian religion is finely opposed to the pompous idolatry
and superstition of the heathens; the divine behaviour
and modesty of the two apostles is infinitely more striking
and greater than all the tumult and parade of the sacri-
fice which the priests, attended by the people, are about
to make to them. The manner in which Raphael has de-
scribed this ceremony is perfectly fine, and agreeable to
the custom of the Romans; and is entirely taken from
the bas-relief of the Trajan column, the priests and boys
employed in the intended sacrifice being almost exactly
CARTOON VI.
PAUL AND BARNABAS AT LYSTRA.
And there sat a certain man at fystra, impotent in his feet,
being a cripple from his mother’s womb, who never had
walked. The same heard Paul speak, who stedfastly be-
holding him, and perceiving that'he had faith to be healed,
said with a loud voice, stand upright on thy feet; and he
leaped and walked. And when the people saw what Paul
had done, they lift up their voices, saying in the speech of
Lycaonia, the gods are come down to us in the likeness of
men. And they called Parnabas Jupiter, and Paul
Mer curias, because he was chief speaker. Then the priest
of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and
garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice
with the people. Which when the apostles Parnabas and
Paul heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among
the people, crying out.—Acts, chap. xiv. ver. 8—14.
In this cartoon the simplicity and purity of the Chris-
tian religion is finely opposed to the pompous idolatry
and superstition of the heathens; the divine behaviour
and modesty of the two apostles is infinitely more striking
and greater than all the tumult and parade of the sacri-
fice which the priests, attended by the people, are about
to make to them. The manner in which Raphael has de-
scribed this ceremony is perfectly fine, and agreeable to
the custom of the Romans; and is entirely taken from
the bas-relief of the Trajan column, the priests and boys
employed in the intended sacrifice being almost exactly