Saturday, 23 February, 2019*

                          __________________I Timothy 6:6_

 

    

  

            there 

            is 

            great 

            gain

            in

            godli-

            ness 

            com-

            bined 

            with contentment

*Polycarp,

156, bish-

op & martyr 

of Smyrna, 

a pupil of St. John, appoint-ed bishop by “apostles in Asia,”ac-

cording to 

Irenaeus. 

When com-

manded by

the Proconsul to curse Christ, Polycarp replied, “85 years have I served him, and

he never did me the wrong. How can I 

blsppheme my King who save me?” He 

was burned at the stake in Smyrna 

(Izmir in modern day Turkey.)