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Show THINKS 8T. LUKE REPORTER. Prof. Burdlek Commends His Report of the Trial of St. Paul. Now York. Prof. Francis M. Bur-dick Bur-dick of tho Columbia Law school delivered de-livered a lecture upon tho subject of "St. I.uko as n I,aw Reporter." In tbo course of his nddrcsa Prof. Burdlek reviewed tho story ot the trial or Paul, 08 St. I.ukc, viewing It from tho legal standpoint, has reported It to us. Ho Bald: "I submit that a careful study of 8t. Luke's nccount ot tbo great trial of St. Paul will convlnca anyono that he is entitled to equal prnlso as n lav reporter. re-porter. I do not know ot any historian who hns embodied In his nnrratlvu an account of a Judicial trial so satisfactory satisfac-tory to a lawyer as Is this by Luke; ono In which tho various stages aro accurately followed, and mnttern ot procedure ns well as of substantive law aro proscntcd with tho certainty ot him who spoko from personal knowledge. I think that tho sacred writer preserves perfect coolness throughout his report. "Whllo tho abstract of Paul's addresses ad-dresses Is much fuller than that ot tho prosecutors, ho Indulges In no tirades against them, nor docs ho show nny Irritation over tho timidity of Fcstus or tho Itching palm of Follx Tho tone ot tho entlro nnrratlvo li that of sereno confidence In tho ultl muto victory of tho cause Imperson nted by Paul. Ills talth Is perfectl) cloudless," |