Biography of the Early Church
by Robert Wilson Evans (9781458824547)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SYMEON. textit{Symeon's family textit{A Presbyter of the Church at Jerusalem textit{Elected Bishop textit{Siege of Jerusalem, and flight of the Church to Pella textit{Return to Jerusalem textit{Reasons for still retaining the Law textit{Latter days and death of Symeon. One among few glimpses gained of a Church more celebrated than known, and of a preacher, who having been born early enough to share in the general expectation of the coming of Christ, lived long enough both to witness the fulfilment of his prediction of the destruction of Jerusalem, and to see the third generation rise in succession to the Apostles this combines a number of interesting objects to him who sits down to collect and arrange the scanty documents of the life of Symeon. He is disappointed at finding so slight a record of one who was so nearly connected with the Lord, and held a conspicuous post in his Church. But as the moon will pour from one end of the heaven to the other a light which could not be contributed from the whole host of minute studding stars, so it is with certain historical facts. They shed a brighter and wider light than the whole extent of historical view, starred with less important facts, could dispense. Two 01 three such facts combine to render the life of Symeon a theme of clear conception and glorious meditation. The proudest kings, of the longest and most famous line, might have envied his relationship, and among the few who would be superior to the boast of such a distinction was the possessor: Symeon was son of Clopas, who was brother of Joseph'. Thus he was reputed cousin-german to the Lord. His mother was Mary, sister of the Virgin 2. Thus he again stood in the same relation to the Lord. He was in the vigour of ripe manhood3 when the long- expected Saviour revealed hi...

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