supervision, for again the Lord was with him and “whatever he did, the Lord made it prosper.” With a final sentence like that we almost forget that this man was languishing in prison and that we are supposed to be sympathizing with his courage in adversity. There is plenty of evidence of the writer’s skill and keen eye for character in the middle of this chapter, but in my opinion that skill deserts him at the beginning and end of the story. He is so concerned to get over his lesson of God’s providence