, 1876-05-20
potor and John After Their
Discharge by the Sam j;
fledrim. |
Mork OF the British and Irish
Home Missions Of the
Baptists.
New Testament Verses,
Stricken Out as Spu-. :
rious by the Re-
visers.

fet,terday's Proceedings in tho
Methodist General Con-
ference.
sUNDAY-sCHOOL LESSON.
TIE sAN1EkDRIM.
1ets,, tv.--Thts lcsaoTis closclyrconncctcilw with
ahe last Tho apostles were called again into
tou,t and commanded to preach "Jcsus Christ
md Him cruciicl" " 10 tnoru.
VIC will lot our friends, tho apostles, Peter
md John, with their numerous converts, 60
homo. Wc will linger In the presence Of tho
smhedrim. We are onv1ous TO observe their
,pendld rcgalia rs they move about and talk
fl.h each other on the signal dofcat Of tho day.
Tho last man has hardly left tho court
room, when they begun to manifest great
.harrin ut the unexpected result Of the
trial. They wcro greatly vexcd, and deeply
mortified, TINT unotlucatc1 men, for whom they
had no respect nor esteem, should have so CON-
olctcy foilcd aud bafllcd tho wcli-laid plans Of
tho august Sanbcdrim. They looked aB II they
deeply felt tho lsgruce which lal so unoxpecl-
.rdly befalfon them. Their insignia Of oflco
,shoy threw OF as II they wished they Ind ncycr
After somo conversation, tho purport Of
lslch VIC can only conjecture, they dispersed.
As they 'gcndcd their way honsewartl, We won
.satcring thoir own dwellings. Most M of
proud of being, tho "bettcr half" u
sono member Of the Supreme Court Of Jcr,ssa-
lcn. Women aro BY natrro more ptous ti1nn
merL Their religious gcrns usuully develop ut
an earlier period OF life, md, In due tinlc reach
good degree Of maturlty. Mems souls nrc
dwarfed md sttntcd by tho cares and vexations
d business, aud by tho dcceItfulncss and flight
Tic wives Of somo Of the rulers had heard
The Apostles preach, aud wcre acquainted Will
many Of their converts 10 Christ. They Oh
!sryed the Wondsrful lg1 change for the bottcr IN
and rulers Lad arrested TIC Apostles and thrown
them into the dark, darap cola Of tho
city prison, they urged their husbands to do no
hafm to tho Apostles: Theso wonyn wctc al-
reported that tho sanl,edrim had put n,cln q Oh II
lnal, and il1d been completely worated, and
Lint tho priests and rulers could not 1nd them
guilty Of nny crime, or even Of my wrong, md
werc compelled ITO let them co." lest retain
Ing them should create an upFoar A1nong tho
people, these good women werc vcT9 glud.
30 when their husbands canlo lronc they did
rot hesltato to say to them, "Wnat fine show
seize you aul place you in that Baine stronghold
!n which you placed those good men, the Apos-
lies Of Christ, whom you crlc1el. These
Apostosaro gSoa and religious men They arc
whom our fathers adord. They havo Wrought
!hcif Muster, Jesus. They have dono
ouF Gity ny harm; They hayc converted to tic
YeTts arc grcntly. changed In character. They
did indulge In I'LL aorts Of sins, but now they
new religIon viii mako them better cItlzcns. sna
by Their fruits you mny know them,,''
Tho Court were cruelty bont On their ournosr.
and yet they deemed 1t unwisc to do unytllinr
that might raise storm among tho n eort Xfi
last, lnado discreet and just BY ncc essity, they
and euduEe patiently whut they could not urc-
Ycnt. '+o' f'o
So the priest and f,llcrs Vie thcm cor Tic
spostles, surrounded by frfcne a. went 10 meet
esa, eaoT snnn trenas aa Gonye9, ~ could not lind
TIC Sanhcdrinl. The fire. ii. an1 Hr'innt % .,on. n.
vcrss felt that tho apostle 4 were rcal,y cuducd
from heaven. 1hoy cor graduated pGtcr upon upon
G,e n 1hnsn roxa1 p 1ionS III meeting and suhu-
III oss ,Mono ,,.t 1o.,' ~ III their den. All their
,en cilts tnae rstfT q te aiu w 'o o,
ths dark' thy e ,ls of thc city locku XII in
mi n,ailv ,s iist to the place of assembling,
iie4 I G2cgm9l In .ened to tho Reports Of tho Apos;
so1n1c;c, so0 oc 41ey thought Peter spoke, how
fRt fuIecd y tho Masters promises l,avo bcc,.
.u,s' .nrs'w TINT "11u would bu with them and
s su1 deliver them from the rage Ut tho priests
NJ NJ" .he control of the rucrs, heyery tlrcats
" u thc sanliedrim indicated that ClIriat was al
ady power oven III their civil affairs, md that
tleir rulers had good reason to fear tl,at go1nc
unseen forcc would soon scattcr them and In
troducc new elements into their social, religious,
anil civil atlairs-that Moses must soon yiuld To
chliat-and rites. md ceremonies to i purcr
faith and simpler forms Of Religious worship.
,t9i) The report greatly Increased their conf
1caeo @ ana thoir Joy. Very properly the Aros-
xllo had 80 completely toilcd tl,o Wicked designs
81 their rulers. Peter WIS always the mouth Of
thc company. Ho very happily expressed tho
feelings OF i'll present when 10 said that tho
tame t Jehovah who, at the fitting Of The earth
%as HOW spreading tho wings Of Ills love over
thc1n. THEY nil acknowledged QoA to be tlcir
eisator SsaI prcssrycr' and constant Bcucfnetor'
ii!toller Of all Q events and persons.
These mon wcrp positive u,,l earnest They, tn
aglcat sztent, appreciated tlat long step hnsi
9eea ls1a,n towards establishing ,Clrlst's King
hopsd to irlghtcn them from thcir course of
tuty, ha1l been, for tho present ut least, driven
t{om thciF posts, una were now trembling lest
ulo people should rise in their might md de-
IMhcso M dooga barkcd in vain. It wins Of nu use for
tle heathcn and people to rage aud to oppose
ged ggc1, Iio docs what iIo plcases. .cs;)
Ihe Christians OF TINT day felt tint
IN 'gaY sys 10 t. desttoy ss "is Hoodees; dies
darkness trying to annihiate light: 70 they
considered ttciT ca,lse not pcrsolat, but ono
~ Which all tho world was Interested. Thry
set lsgs ts tsqsc.% as "e s Iced 4 III ,y w9 @
tsu!!y conscious tint tho seed was NOW actually
tull!!lnE tta misston, that they wcro merely thu
u iuvans ulo absolute Sovereign was employing to
sau to substitute liolncss aud happiness. They
pt61n to yet Cliu1necH of Coda f,lnn, In tt1nV