The Detroit times., 1912-05-20

~ Tn. ThIrt.enth Apostle has no
tfoolIah fears about his number. IL
hns been tho chief business or MS dis-
cipleship 10 strip superstition OF It's
n'f.rhe name OF the Thirteenth Apostle
t<fns unknown TO the Twelve. let put
Efor hIm all OF the chosen ones would
he nameless here forevermore
'VainIy would We retrace memory
long aisles--were II not for this 9n-
named disclple-to recall the SUNDAY
school rhyme OF our childhood:
These are the twelve disciples names,
Peter and Andrew John and James.
Two pairs of brothers who hshed oy
the sea =.
when Jesus said TO them follow me-"
Then James the Less and jude We're
called, toe,
Philip ano also Bartholomew;
Matthew and Thomas, slow or belief
Simon; and Judas, traitor and thiei
The thirteenth Apostle. who pub
lfshed to the world these unfadinB
names. has no place In this rhythmic
He came into discipieshlp unsum-
moned Yet he held companionship
WITH simon and James and Andrew as
they mended their nets by the sea ana
sat with Matthew at the receipt OF Gus
toms, when the Master called 10 them
/ 40 leave all and follow him.
/. Only recently the Thirteenth Apostle
/ has sat at the receipt or customs ana
exposcd those who sought TO evade the
d payment OF duties; and he has stood
\ OF late by the sea, catching out OF the
\ midnight's murk the far distant cry
/ tor help from a sinking ship.
The ministry OF the Thirteenth
I Apostle preceded by thousands OF years
1 the discipleship OF the Galilean nsher-
men who attended the Savior when ne
performed wonders and spake parallels
In Palestine.
Here was a ceaseless service that
began at the Beginning. 1t came into
being In response to the sublime com.
mand of creation, Let there be hght'
II was given three or the Twelve
Peter, James and John-to behold
Noses and Elijah on the Mount or
TRANSPORTATION; but the Thirteenth
Apostle saw Israers great captain and
He beheid Moses on smoking Sinai
amidst the thunderings and lightnings.
at the giving OF the Commandments.
He heard God speaking to him in the
burning bush. He saw him leading the
children OF Israel 10 the land flowing
with milk and honey--the PROMISED
Land which he was not privileged to
enter.
He looked upon the close OF the Law
Glver's eventful life on the border OF
but he did not see the grave close over
him for
mo man knows that sepulcher
And no man saw IL e'er,
~ rhe angels Of God upturned the sod
And laid the dead man there"
We feel sure that the Thirteenth
Apostle was a witness OF the glorifed
Fcene on the Mount OF Transfigura-
ttion, for the other apostles were COM
smanded to say nothing OF it--and be-
hold how great place IL has In scrip
tural NARRATIVES; and who but the Thir-
teenth Apostle could have been with
fhe fleeing Elijah in the long days and
nights on, Horeb. where he wrestlsd
ewful debate as TO who was Lord or
the elements on Mount Carmel? Who
saw him confront the wretched Ahab
amidst the splendors Of his idolatrous
court and finally beheld him taken up
hre
hrst IL was he who framed the IA
,miliar phrase, las 1t was foretold by
the prophets" or thus bringing TO pass
the saving that was written" He came
out OF the old order 20 forward the
prophecy. and fulhllment. He was mes
senger from the Patriarchs to the
Apostles. and from the Apostles to the
children OF men all the way down the
christian era, even unto the present
day.
For 81 was the Thirteenth Apostle;
really fuIniled the Divine Command.
go We into all the world and preach
the Gospel to every creature"
81 They were not lacking In zeal to
spread the word. but faring forth afoot
was tedious. and martyrdom overlook
the majority of the Twelve before they
had carried the message OF salvation
very far. Simon Peter IL said 10 have
reached Rome. John died at Ephesus
Bartholomew got TO India-accordinR
20 tradition--and Thaddeus preached
the Gospel in Africa.
Paul, transformed from prosecutor
into apostle on the road 10 Damascus.
fher than any of the original company
or teachcrs-reaching In his three bold
and brilliant missionary journeys the
Mediterranean waters over which Ulys-
xes voyaged: Philippi, scene OF Caesars
military triumph: Athens. center OF
Grecian philosophy and art; and Cor
NTH, Rome and Spain.
But II has remained for the Thir-
teenth Apostle, taking up the greatest
message In the world where John the
Beloved left of In the Isle OF Patmos
land the spirit and the bride say,
Come. And let him that heareth say.
Gene. And let him that Is athirst
take the water OF life freely'-to carry
tfadown the centuries and throughout
the known world until no habitable
corner OF the globe remains unreached
by tho Apostolic command. He set
Europe on fire through the Reforma-
ton: Christianized this western CONT
nent through the Pilgrims: and from
to Asia and Africa and the Islands OF
THE sea-
While che Thirteenth Apostle had
Escaped the martyrs fate that befell
Simon and Andrew and James and
Philip and Bartholomew--victims all
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