The Centurions
Subtitle: Or, Scripture Portraits Of Roman Officers
Publisher: R.B. Seeley & W. Burnside
Published: 1841
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: THE CENTURION AT OUR LORD'S CRUCIFIXION.; title: Matt, xxvii. 54. Mark xv. 39. Luke xxiii. 47.; title: The rank of a centurion — The centurion's conduct previous to the arrival at Calvary — The cross laid upon Simon — The fitness of the centurion to judge of the character of Jesus — His anxiety during the crucifixion — His teachableness — The marvels of the crucifixion — His conviction of the divinity of Christ — Consequences of his faith to Christianity — To himself — And to the world — Claims of the Bible upon military men. Page 1; title: CHAPTER II.; title: THE CHIEF CAPTAIN LYSIAS.; title: Acts xxi. 18, to xxiii. 35.; title: The occasion of Lysias being mentioned — Large military force always kept at Jerusalem — The rank of a chief captain — The zeal and alacrity of Lysias — The desire of distinction a doubtful way of ensuring these qualities — False notions instilled into the young — Peace has its claims upon a soldier as much as war — The courtesy of Lysias — The army sometimes stigmatized as hardening the heart — The discretion of Lysias — The value of discretion — What it is, and how to be acquired — The humility of Lysias — His disingenuous letter — His advantages compared with our own. Page 32; title: CHAPTER III.; title: THE CENTURION JULIUS.; title: Acts xxvii. 1. to xxviii. 13.; title: Appointed to take charge of the Apostle Paul from Caesarea to Rome — The party embark, and sail — Julius courteously entreats Paul — The power of an officer at sea — Prisons of war — Violent tempest — Paul encourages the crew, and passengers — Arrival off an unknown coast — Paul interferes to prevent the sailors from escaping — Manly behaviour of Julius — His appreciation and care of the Apostle — They are cast upon the island of Malta — Discipline of the party — Julius greatly indebted to Paul — In what respect he may be proposed as an example — The faith of Julius — His resolution and generosity — Study of the bible again recommended to military men — All are in the eyes of heaven centurions — The history of Julius illustrative of Christian experience. Page 78; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: THE CENTURION AT CAPERNAUM.; title: Matt. viii. 5. Luke vii. 1.; title: Universal application of sacred history — Capernaum the residence of this centurion — -Sickness of his servant — Arrival of Jesus — The centurion determines to apply to him — Retrospective view of the centurion's life — State of Capernaum — The centurion a man of property — Danger of riches — His liberal piety — Application to modern colonies — The centurion sends the elders to Jesus to intercede for him — His humility — Our Lord's behaviour — The centurion's exalted ideas of him — His preparations to receive him — His faith — Importance and nature of faith — The encomium passed upon the centurion by our Lord — The promise — Comparison of crusaders and centurion — Conclusion of the interview — Subsequent career of the centurion. Page 121; title: CHAPTER V.; title: THE CENTURION CORNELIUS.; title: Acts x. 1, to xi. 18.; title: Introduction — Character of Cornelius — Who the most remarkable for maintaining religious order in their families — The vision of Cornelius — His reception of the Angel — The minutest events taken cognizance of by God — Cornelius despatches messengers to Peter. — Peter goes to the housetop to pray — His trance — Testimony borne by the messengers to the character of Cornelius — Peter returns with them to Caesarea — Cornelius is expecting him — Relates his vision, and the cause for which he sent to Joppa — Peter's discourse — Its consequences — The Holy Ghost descends upon Cornelius and his friends — His subsequent career. Page 188