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Silas

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Silas (sī`ləs), in the Acts of the Apostles, early Christian leader and companion of Paul on two missionary journeys. Probably he is the Silvanus mentioned frequently in the Letters.


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In the early years of this century, such a linen-weaver, named Silas Marner, worked at his vocation in a stone cottage that stood among the nutty hedgerows near the village of Raveloe, and not far from the edge of a deserted stone-pit.
Silas Deemer died on the 16th day of July, 1863, and two days later his remains were buried.
Says your uncle Silas is like a changed man, on account of all this quarreling.
 
 
 
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