The history of Christianity : consisting of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth : the adventures of Paul and the apostles and the most interesting events in the progress of Christianity from the earliest period to the present time . mpted ? Oh holy mystery of the temptation of theSon of God! — a mystery so sacred and unfathomable, that wecan only bow our hearts in adoration, knowing that we havenow a high, priest who can be touched with the feeling ofour infirmities, — one who was in all points tempted like aswe are, yet without sin. It is impossible to ascertain with certainty the chr
The history of Christianity : consisting of the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth : the adventures of Paul and the apostles and the most interesting events in the progress of Christianity from the earliest period to the present time . mpted ? Oh holy mystery of the temptation of theSon of God! — a mystery so sacred and unfathomable, that wecan only bow our hearts in adoration, knowing that we havenow a high, priest who can be touched with the feeling ofour infirmities, — one who was in all points tempted like aswe are, yet without sin. It is impossible to ascertain with certainty the chronologyof our Saviours movements. But, following that which isgenerally most approved, we infer that Jesus returned from thetemptation in the wilderness to Nazareth, where he sojournedfor a short time. John had publicly announced Jesus to bethe Messiah, in the words, Behold the Lamb of God, whichtaketh away the sin of the world! Jesus was thus declared tobe the atoning Lamb, which for so many centuries had beenrepresented by the sacrifices offered under the law. Among the crowd who had flocked to the wilderness to hearthe impassioned preaching of John there were two fishermen,who became convinced that Jesus was the long-promised. CHILDHOOD AND EARLY MINISTRY OF JESUS. 25 Christ. The first of these, Andrew, hastened to inform hisbrother Simon Peter that he had found the Messiah. Thesetwo were apparently our Saviours first disciples. Probablytheir views of the nature of his mission were exceedinglyvague. They, however, attached themselves to his person, andfollowed him. Jesus received them kindly, but without anyparade. At the first glance he seems to have comprehendedthe marked character of Simon Peter; for he addressei himin language in some degree prophetic of his future career: Thou art Simon, the son of Jona: thou shalt be calledCephas; which is, by interpretation, a stone. Cephas wasthe Syriac for Peter. The next day two others attached themselves to Jesus, —Philip an
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