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SilasSilas or Silvanus (flourished 1st century) was an early Christian who was a companion of Paul and Peter. The name Silas is a Greek nickname for the Latin Silvanus.Silas is listed as a co-author or co-sender of the First and Second Epistle to the Thessalonians, a part of the New Testament. According to 1 Pet. 5:12, Silas was the bearer of the First Epistle of Peter. Yet there was no other way.
Then a daring idea came to Bert. He remembered reading about a man who
scattered about the barn, and they were of heavy wool.
"I've got one," shouted Vincent. At the same time Bert found a large
which were filled the pails to water.html">water.html">water the horses when they were in the
had absorbed most of the water, and there was only a little more left
blanket to his chum, and taking the dry one from him.
"What will you do?"
"Never mind about me! I'll pump some more water. You jump, before it's
the boys to hasten, as the roof.html">roof was about to fall in. There were
wrap the blanket about his body, and fairly shoving him toward the
minute!"
Above the crackle of the flames could be heard men yelling:
"Come on, boys! Come on! The roof's going!"
With a look at his chum, Vincent pulled the blanket more closely about
look. Then he ran.html">ran to the big.html">big doors.
Bert stuffed his blanket into the pail, in the bottom of which was a
the curtain of fire.html">fire, and then, murmuring a hope that he was safe, he
had eaten down into the cow stable, and melted the pipe that ran from
which he depended to save himself from the flames.
"Bert! Bert! Come on! Jump!" he heard some one call.
He caught up his blanket It was merely damp.
"It's got to do!" he murmured. "I'll be scorched, I'm afraid, but
was ablaze in several places under his feet. The cataract of fire was
blanket to protect his head, he took a running start, and jumped.
Straight through the big opening he went, and he heard a. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
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