The Detroit times., 1912-05-20

that bigots and knaves have not sought
10 put him TO death. have not visited
stripes and stranglings Jpn him. nave
not thrust him into dungeons and tried
10 burn him at the stake. But throuBH
Il all he has suffered no hurt put mas
increased steadily in power ana nolu
ness until now there is none so foolish-
Nv audacious as 10 attempt his over
throw He stands militant ana uhcoh-
Querable
so peculiar was his power ne could
have saved the Master when lie re-
yealed at the Last supper that there
was a conspiracy TO betray himi out
he was restrained from intercessloh by
the conviction that what had been or
dained from the beginning must come
to pass Therefore he withheId tuS
alarm that would have prevented 'he
betrayal
claim. "Is IL II" when Christ said az
the supper there Is one here VINO VIII
betray me. The Thirteenth Apostle
never has and never viii cause Ihc
righteous to grieve or suHer lie seehs
the chastisement OF transgressors ohIE'
No one could have been more zeai-
ously attentiVe-not even the lHlPet-
uous Petcr--to the instructions ia 81
vice which Christ gave ms ds1ipies
than the Thirteenth Apostle. Nheh
the Twelve were told 10 20 OUT Two
by two with authority over uncleah
spirits he went forth alone but aple 10
surpass them all in casting out demons
from individual, Industrial and govern
mental life, and in healing commuhl-
ties and people that were the victims
OF diseases that are attributable 10
neglect ignorance or indifference. The
Thirteenth Apostle has been consist
entity hostile 10 demons and epidemics
everywhere
The regularly commissioned disciples
were told TO take nothing Tor their
Journey. save a stan only. The Thir-
teenth Apostle took torch, instead,
There was TO be no bread. no wallet
no money In their purses Ihey Were
TO go shod with sandals and to put not
on two coats. "Wheresoever We enter
into a house, there abide till ye depart
hence" said the Master.
The earliest equipment OF the mir
teenth Apostle was meager enough.
Tablets OF stone Were his text books;
the language OF Nature his only litera-
ture. The rainbow In the heavens, the
cloud by day and pillar or fire by night.
the parting OF the waters OF the Red
Sea, the staying OF sun and moon, the
feeding OF the multitude, the smiuns
Of the Assyrian army, the raising or
Lazarus from the dead, the walking on
the sea--these and other signs ana
speCtacIes made up at first the eye
teaching OF the Thirteenth Apostle.
Prophecy and parable made their APP
peal to the ear. Then scroll and epistle
and manuscript contributed TO the
gradual unfolding or the new faith.
But the whole process was painfully
slow, tor these forms OF Biblical mar
ratIve were for the scholarly few.
Then tie Thirteenth Apostle entered
into humble house in Germany in
the fifteenth century, and he abode
there until one Gutenberg wrought
miracle with movable type: and when
the Thirteenth Apostle shook the dust
OF Mainz from his feet he carried with.
him the "forty-two line Bible" whose
crude pages contributed to the marvel
Gus religious and literary activity that
gave TO the awakening world the tow
ering figures OF Luther. Melancthon.
Savonarola. Milton. and other heralds
OF the new day that followed the dark
ness OF medievalism.
The unnoticed apostle. who over
heard the Masters commission TO the
disciples. was actually the one 10 ac-
complish its fulhllment 10 the letter
He has carried the tidings OF redemp-
ton into the farthest corners OF the
earth
If Peter was the rock upon which the
church was founded. the Thirteenth
Apostle must be the spire OF the
church. pointing to heaven and calling
to prayer.
You may not see him with the other
saints on canvas. window or ceiling, in
marble image or on printed page; but
every immortal painting. every glori-
fed pane, every hallowed panel. every
consecrated sculpture and every
Heaven born message committed to