, 1876-06-10

war,l rites of the lathcrs must yield to the p't-
siiv aud sanstty Ut the APOSTLES.
One ntstaclc fu thc cxct,tIun nf their heart
desires wa' 'e pobbty bsy # tS ih A9sS1 y a"onG on
were willing to repn1*c nl1 hastn, TINT might
threaten the preachers VI the glal news. They
felt Il to he their bonnttcn duty to protect them
against ttsc extreme measures q Their enemies @
VII. member Of tho Council. fte considered
the angry wrath Just manifested, the lnnrdernus
fntent Just proclaimed, entirely ltnafg1scd nfI'l
unheromnE so august cyil anu rriigi.a,a a.
IA n nwycr, AMI lad III peer In The courts. lie
WAS very popular among the prDr'c. lie was
always feudy to Md IN removing thrfr grievances
and IN securing thcir riyhts His ctnsllence as =
dtgtiaed. liz rarely spoke but NJ, nomentousoc.
,rasious. Ga,nnllcI rose ami locked uln'u
,the assembly. The Council were whist;
Ills eyes. Gained tic atorin, ns did
stli." Iii. ,'ign!lcd bearing, his profoui.i
learning, inclnc the entire Council to listcli to
LILA awcci, tnclolious tones with tue utmost re-
epect and trust. They all loved lin. lie was
elye. lic urged tho Council to t,c cool, and to
be run.tlcrate, not to add one lntltscrctton to
another; to dismiss forever their h'uoly infant,
tu consider the results of 30 summary course,
10 realize that these Apostles Ind numerous al;
with them, in the Church, were, .yct rn!
n.I.,,a{sns and ea If t'eq2 's snnc, saa ta wss 's
"qs,sny 5 sssSntns fiSass teis sttcns ,t md .a % s
own prrsutal tricnls and professional brcit'ret,
In near an distant titles hal the highest regard
and the deepest csteelil fur men WHO 1i;h1 so
tlrm mud =" loying trust IN their Master. Jss,lt
for whom death lind 10 fears. anil reFset'ltl'l!s
no checks. tlanlalicl then moved tl!at the
prisoners at the bar III this supreme Court l,e
removed by its executive officers u sntlic pr.
vatc ropm, while the Council calmly hclforratsd 70
What course of nrttun 1t ought to pursue Ill the
present dcrlural'lc state vi l'lnirs.
Tll[s il.terGstint, nafl certainly conferred honor
npou iIis profession lie was ut heart II Chris
tlaa. liz was wartn irtenti ,f t!c Apostles,
the Master. After tl,e Apostles hu'i retired,
l;Hu,aI1rl ,unturd u l}t cautious what yt,tt tl0
tn these men. It IL cvaE tint they arc cx:raor-
lInary. Consider the miracles a's wonders
prtso,ls, tic 1.o6lcness of tllclr character The
simplicity ,ll,l purity Ut THUR lives, niil then,
MI,pye nh, the f4et that wc cannot 1ol,'t tlMt
they nsc IN the Keeping Of sotnc unseen
i,rar Il, snd thu east Gs5 aml Ni} Vi Tllu.lueus
uull ,ll.tl,la C,1l 1inlc xLuwcd that they were
prctcndc,s and lnpostors. They soon came to
nauEit. , >, .,,a c,,,,,,.,,u tn. .,,u,o
Apostles ul.ne,' II ttts ct,tuscl, nr this work,
liz III Mrn it will c,'l11c tu i.atglt. II it is 1f
Gul, sou eansttt overthrow It. }nns finite men,
rAiluut lMillc the will and plans Ut thc Infinite.
what you Lave aetnally !onr: They have been
auudaltly conttr,uc IL their ftll a,iti trust in
.Icsl. by the very ini'niieious conrse you have
ptlr>liet. Let ne urge yon u let these MN
:lnnr.'" The sallllctrin, voted unanimously
| ITO let tsvgI Eh.''
| (io). 10 strongly hrnt were the santctlrfm on
,nrdcrIng the A1.'stlcs, TINT although t1Aey as
ssttca to Ga'na!iels udvIcc, they yet could rot
'.let them gn", without senur'ang them. Fer
they said, 'sunlvss weiusl, t!lssG men WI shall
c told Int W. did mt vin1ratc uur authority,
| hut have .ptt with sceulll tlisgraeetul efcat
aud thu people will sl,t'w liz lcss respect tlns
eyer aud sheer ut our ausiollty. They Will l'ast
no fear nj punishment. W. must therefore In
Ict so,1'r i'ain Oh .!rsc men, 1rst .lc pcoi'fl
.lccRl ntr power at nrtl eIltl." THUS, tlnnigl
the Saulntlrlsn v"tri to "lct them .sn,'' still
they felt hullHd to s,istlu tl,rtr authority by
beating and srt)llrgiuE the Apostles.
rhrse ,ucu went trou thu CoutHil rejoicing
that they wcrr considered worthy to suffer
sI.;l,nc for lls sake. They were dssgrarrd ful
tlscis nlhcrcnec tn Christ, hut they counted Il
honnr. THEY were exposed au severe lmin, bui
NllIncnt Of tile Master'S word. Neither dis
grace r&,r pain mntle them ulHcl from duty
E"st!ter the snIrsliand iur thu crucltics OF tn
Cnuncll deferred them frnn teaching and
'.lletterto obey God than ncn.h When thel
addressed the people they safd Ilangh'
| II thcir euetllics nur Ut themselves. Ihe,
preached "JGsus Christ nlNi Him crucltietl.
Nnblc ,ncn thcse curly Christians were. Thci
n!rn,ary will ever be fragrant III tho minds y
ttle wfsG anu the good
Polltlcai onlriats opposed them, not til
people. The Jews of tin prrscnt .lay are IN y,
sense responsible fur what their fnrefntllcrs did
my 1rors. tf,au are Christians for the xirkclnes
unil crue!t!cs Of their ANCESTORS Tic carl.
C!ltlstintlA in,lcf, better clasa III men thu
ts1clr successors, even up to the present tlms
,In, Stnip,.