This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ...his real glory than they did, and yet are backward to sacrifice any thing in his cause. It was about this time, either just before commencing this new journey or soon after its commencement, that he selected from among his disciples the twelve apostles. This was a great and Matt. x. 1. Mark iii. 13. Luke vi. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ...his real glory than they did, and yet are backward to sacrifice any thing in his cause. It was about this time, either just before commencing this new journey or soon after its commencement, that he selected from among his disciples the twelve apostles. This was a great and Matt. x. 1. Mark iii. 13. Luke vi. 12. important step. He needed assistants in his ministry, for he was unable to go every where himself, and yet it was important that many places should be visited. He knew too, that he should continue to labor but a short time, and that it was necessary to make provision for carrying on and completing his work after he should be taken away. Having this object in view, Luke tells us, that he retired to a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. When it was morning, he called together the disciples, and from among them chose twelve;--undoubtedly men who had been acquainted with him, and whom he thoroughly knew. Four of them, Andrew, Peter, John, and Philip, had been attached to him from the very beginning of his ministry, and the first James from an early period. Matthew was, like himself, a citizen of Capernaum. The other six are not named in the Gospels until now. Two of them, Thomas, the incredulous, and Judas the traitor, became conspicuous in the history of their Master's life. James, the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, or Judas, his brother, were afterwards distinguished as writers of Epistles. The other two are less known. Their names were Bartholomew and Simon. These are the men who devoted their lives to Christ, and through whom his religion was pre-served and spread. Doubtless they felt themselves honored by the distinction conferred upon them; but they little understood its true nature. It is evident that at this...
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