Excerpt from The Glorious Company of the Apostles: Being Studies in the Characters of the TwelveThe Sermons contained in this volume were originally delivered on consecutive Sabbath morn ings in the regular course of my ministry at Richmond Hill. They are essentially spoken sermons, and they have been printed exactly as they were spoken. I have derived help from various quarters in the preparation of these Studies, especially from Dr. Alexander Whyte's Bz'éle Ckameters, and Dr. A. B. Bruce's beautiful book, T/ze Training of z'ize T welve. My thanks are due to the Rev. A. J. Pearse, m.a., of Trow bridge, for valued counsel and help, and to my friend, Mr. E. Carr, who has added to previous kindnesses by undertaking all the work connected with the passing of this volume through the.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.