“I have fought a good fight; I have finished my course; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that day;and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.”[224]

Footnotes.

[1] – Luke i. 5–38.
[2] – Isa. vii. 14.
[3] – Mic. v. 2.
[4] – Mark i. 15.
[5] – Mark i. 22.
[6] – Luke iv. 32.
[7] – Life of Christ by William Hanna, D.D., p. 198.
[8] – Luke iv. 40.
[9] – Jesus of Nazareth. p. 178.
[10] – Luke vi. 12.
[11] – Matt. x. 2–4.
[12] – Luke vii. 12–16.
[13] – Matt. xi. 20–30.
[14] – Mark v. 18–20.
[15] – Matt. ix. 35.
[16] – No commentator has given a satisfactory explanation of the meaning, in this connection, of these last words.
[17] – So called from their want of wealth, rank, learning, and whatever the world calls great.
[18] – John vi. 25–71.
[19] – Mark vii. 35.
[20] – Mark viii. 26.
[21] – Matthew expresses the same idea by the words, “Till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.” This wonderful expansion of the kingdom of Christ was indeed witnessed on the day of Pentecost, and in many subsequent scenes.
[22] – Matt. xvii. 20, 21.
[23] – Matt. xviii. 2–4; Mark ix. 31, 33–36.
[24] – Matt. xviii. 6–9; Mark ix. 44–50.
[25] – John vii. 34.
[26] – John viii. 2–7.
[27] – John viii. 13–18.
[28] – John x. 25–31.
[29] – The Author of the resurrection, and the Giver of eternal life.
[30] – Luke ix. 51.
[31] – Luke ix. 58.
[32] – Luke x. 30–37.
[33] – Luke xi. 2–4.
[34] – Luke xiv. 9–25.
[35] – Luke xiv. 1–24.
[36] – Luke xvi. 1–31.
[37] – Luke xvii. 24–30.
[38] – Luke xii. 5–8.
[39] – Luke xviii. 11–14.
[40] – Matt. xix. 3–12.
[41] – Matt. xix. 29.
[42] – Mark x. 33, 34.
[43] – Matt. xx. 26–28; Mark x. 43–45.
[44] – Matt. xxvi. 10–13.
[45] – John xii. 12, 13.
[46] – Matt. xxi. 8, 9.
[47] – Luke xix. 41–43.
[48] – Matt. xxi. 28–42.
[49] – Matt. xxi. 24–30; Mark xii. 18–25; Luke xx. 27–36.
[50] – Luke xx. 37, 38.
[51] – Matt. xxii. 32.
[52] – Luke xxi. 3, 4.
[53] – Luke xii. 42, 43.
[54] – John xii. 44–50.
[55] – See Matt. xxiii. 13–37.
[56] – Mark xiii. 9–13.
[57] – Matt. xxiv. 30–34.
[58] – The Life of Christ, by Rev. William B. Hanna, D.D., LL.D., p. 567.
[59] – Matt. xxv. 31–46.
[60] – John xiii. 18–21.
[61] – John xiii. 28, 29.
[62] – Converted,—when thou art turned to me, after having forsaken me.
[63] – By “works” is here probably meant all that the apostles did to make an impression upon mankind.
[64] – “Ye shall continue to see me by faith.”
[65] – John xvi. 1–23.
[66] – John xvii.
[67] – Luke xxii. 43, 44.
[68] – “Cruel hands disrobed the still uncomplaining sufferer. Brawny arms wielded upon his naked back the fearful scourge, whose thongs of leather, loaded with sharp metal, cut at every stroke their bloody furrow in the quivering flesh. This torture, beneath which many a strong man had given up his life, could not extort from the steadfast heart of Jesus a single groan.”—Life of Jesus of Nazareth by Lyman Abbott, p. 469.
[69] – This probably refers to Caiaphas, the high priest, as representing the Jewish authorities.
[70] – Luke xxiii. 13–16.
[71] – This last phrase was a proverbial expression. A “green tree” represented the righteous; the “dry tree” the wicked, fit only to be burned.
[72] – Matt. xxvii. 64.
[73] – Matt. xxviii. 5, 6.
[74] – This was a kind message to Peter, who had so recently denied his Lord. It assured him of his forgiveness.
[75] – The word translated “fools” does not imply reproach, as the word does with us. It means that they were thoughtless, not attending to the evidence that Jesus was to die and rise again.
[76] – Luke xxiv. 17–31.
[77] – See Luke xxiv. 34, and 1 Cor. xv. 5.
[78] – Doubts, suspicions.
[79] – The meaning of this passage is supposed to be, that, in founding the Church, the apostles should be taught by the Holy Ghost on what terms and to what characters God would extend forgiveness of sin.
[80] – John xx. 30.
[81] – Matt. xxviii. 17–20.
[82] – About a hundred and thirty-two yards.
[83] – The third time to the disciples collectively.
[84] – More than these other apostles. Peter had professed, before his fall, superior attachment.
[85] – John xxi. 2–23.
[86] – Luke xxiv. 44–49.
[87] – Acts ii. 38.
[88] – Acts iv. 12.
[89] – Acts iv. 19, 20.
[90] – Acts v. 15, 16.
[91] – Acts v. 29–32.
[92] – Acts vii. 51–53.
[93] – Acts vii. 57–60.
[94] – Acts xxvi. 10.
[95] – Acts xxvi. 11.
[96] – Acts viii. 3.
[97] – Acts ix. 1, 2.
[98] – Acts xxii. 6–12. In the account which Luke gives of this event (Acts ix. 1–6), some incidents are recorded which Saul omits.
[99] – Acts ix. 16.
[100] – Acts xxvi. 19, 20.
[101] – Acts ix. 22.
[102] – Gal. i. 17, 18.
[103] – Acts ix. 26.
[104] – Acts iv. 36.
[105] – Gal. i. 18.
[106] – Acts xxii. 18–21.
[107] – Saron was the well-inhabited plain which extended from Lydda to Joppa (Acts ix. 36).
[108] – Acts x. 20.
[109] – All that have lived and died, or shall live when the archangel’s trump shall sound, will stand before the judgment-seat of Jesus Christ.
[110] – Acts x. 34, 43.
[111] – Acts x. 45, 46.
[112] – Acts xi. 21.
[113] – Acts xi. 24.
[114] – Acts xii. 6–17.
[115] – Josephus, Ant. xix. 8–12.
[116] – Acts xiii. 16–41.
[117] – Acts xiii. 45.
[118] – Isa. xlix. 6.
[119] – Acts xiv. 21–23.
[120] – About ten years before.
[121] – Acts xv. 7–11.
[122] – Acts xv. 22–29.
[123] – Gal. ii. 11–16.
[124] – 2 Pet. iii. 15.
[125] – Acts xv. 36.
[126] – 2 Tim. i. 5.
[127] – Phil. ii. 22.
[128] – Acts xvi. 5.
[129] – Acts xvi. 14, 15.
[130] – Acts xviii. 2.
[131] – “How often,” says Cicero, “has the exclamation, ‘I am a Roman citizen!’ brought aid and safety, even among barbarians in the remotest parts of the earth!”—Cicero, Verr. v. 57.
[132] – 1 Thess. iv. 13–17.
[133] – 2 Thess. ii. 1–4.
[134] – Acts i. 11.
[135] – 2 Pet. iii. 1–13.
[136] – Acts xvii. 5–7.
[137] – Acts xvii. 11, 12.
[138] – Paradise Regained.
[139] – Acts xvii. 18.
[140] – Too superstitious.—The meaning of the words thus translated would be better conveyed to us by the phrase, “More than others, ye reverence the deities.”
[141] – Acts xvii. 22–31.
[142] – 1 Cor. i. 14.
[143] – Acts xviii. 18.
[144] – Probably the Pentecost.
[145] – Acts xviii. 23
[146] – Acts xviii. 28.
[147] – Acts xix. 10.
[148] – Acts xix. 25–27.
[149] – The original image of Diana was supposed to be a gift from heaven.
[150] – Matters beyond the jurisdiction of the courts.
[151] – Acts xix. 35–40.
[152] – See John xx. 26, and 1 Cor. xvi. 2.
[153] – Acts xx. 18–38.
[154] – Acts xi. 28.
[155] – Acts xxi. 11.
[156] – Life, Times, and Travels of St. Paul, Conybeare and Howson, vol. ii. p. 235.
[157] – Acts xxi. 28.
[158] – A name of reproach which the Jews gave the Christians.
[159] – Acts xxiv. 2–8.
[160] – Acts xxiv. 26.
[161] – Acts xxv. 10, 11.
[162] – Acts xxv. 14–21. Augustus and Cæsar were the titles adopted by the Roman emperors.
[163] – Acts xxv. 24–27.
[164] – Acts xxvii. 21–26.
[165] – Acts xxviii. 7–10.
[166] – The hope which the Jews cherished of the coming of the Messiah.
[167] – Works of Tacitus, Oxford translation, p. 423.
[168] – Histoire du Christianisme, par l’Abbé Fleury. The abbé gives all the authorities upon which he bases his narrative.
[169] – Luke xxi. 20–24.
[170] – Matt. xxiv. 15–22.
[171] – L’Abbé Fleury, p. 101.
[172] – Luke vi. 31.
[173] – 1 John v. 10.
[174] – 2 Thess. ii. 11.
[175] – Rev. ii. 8–10.
[176] – Acts xvii. 26.
[177] – Matt. vii. 12.
[178] – Mark xii. 31.
[179] – Isa. xiv. 9–12.
[180] – Histoire du Christianisme, par l’Abbé Fleury.
[181] – Histoire du Christianisme, par l’Abbé Fleury, t. i. p. 432.
[182] – Eusebius, Vit. 11, c. 34.
[183] – Histoire du Christianisme, par l’Abbé Fleury, t. i. p. 480.
[184] – Encyclopædia Americana.
[185] – Matt. xii. 30.
[186] – Histoire du Christianisme, par l’Abbé Fleury, livre quinzième, s. liii.
[187] – Theod. iv. c. 2, 3.
[188] – Histoire du Christianisme, par l’Abbé Fleury, t. i. p. 639.
[189] – Gibbon, after a careful calculation, estimates the number of inhabitants at a million two hundred thousand.
[190] – Gibbon.
[191] – Gibbon.
[192] – Gibbon, chap. xxxii.
[193] – Rom. viii. 28.
[194] – Vol. iv. p. 84.
[195] – Vol. v. p. 8.
[196] – Encyclopædia Americana.
[197] – Encyclopædia Americana.
[198] – Koran, iii. 40.
[199] – John xv. 26.
[200] – Price, vol. i. p. 13.
[201] – Rev. xx. 2, 3.
[202] – Eighteen Christian Centuries, p. 269.
[203] – Eighteen Christian Centuries, Rev. James White, p. 131.
[204] – Eighteen Christian Centuries.
[205] – Empire of Austria, by John S. C. Abbott.
[206] – The History of the Protestants in France, by G. de Félice, p. 58.
[207] – Encyclopædia Americana.
[208] – The History of the Protestants of France.
[209] – Encyclopædia Americana.
[210] – Encyclopædia Americana.
[211] – Encyclopædia Americana.
[212] – The History of France, M. Guizot, vol. i. p. 530.
[213] – Histoire de l’Édit de Nantes, t. iv. p. 479.
[214] – History of the Protestants in France, by Prof. G. de Félice.
[215] – Rev. vii. 15–17.
[216] – New American Encyclopædia.
[217] – According to the same authority, there are, in the United States, Baptist church-members, of the various divisions of that body,—Calvinist, Freewill, Seventh-day, Campbellite, and Winnebrunarians,—amounting to 1,795,406. The Presbyterians number 615,776; the Congregationalists report 300,362; and the Episcopalians, 176,685. The Catholics, counting all nominal Catholics as church-members, irrespective of moral character, number between three and five millions.
[218] – New American Encyclopædia.
[219] – Heb. xi. 25.
[220] – John xiv. 1–3.
[221] – John vii. 17.
[222] – John v. 10.
[223] – Jer. viii. 20.
[224] – 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8.

Transcriber’s Notes.

The following corrections have been made in the text:
[♦] – duplicated word removed ‘a’
(John was not “a reed shaken)
[♦] – ‘martrydom’ replaced with ‘martyrdom’
(and won the crown of martyrdom.)
[♦] – ‘Bythinia’ replaced with ‘Bithynia’
(the principal cities of Bithynia,)
[♦] – Illustrated dropcap of the letter “J” retained.
(JN reference to the death)
[♦] – ‘Protestanism’ replaced with ‘Protestantism’
(the voice of Protestantism,)
[♦] – ‘Wittenburg’ replaced with ‘Wittenberg’
(return to Wittenberg,)
[♦] – ‘but’ replaced with ‘butt’
(and the butt of their muskets.)