of St. Paul, and this is supposed to be a mere parallel to the narrative in Ac 5:14, 15. The parallel is too distant to have any weight, and here, as elsewhere, we need only remark about the miracles, that even if the handkerchiefs of St. Paul had no healing power it would certainly be believed that they possessed it, and that if the faith of the recipient was a condition of healing it might surely act equally with those who received a handkerchief in the virtue of which they believed. The whole