Excerpt from The Sending of the Apostles, Two by Two: A Sermon by Rev. Robert Ellis Thompson, D.D., Of the University of Pennsylvania Mark tells us He took them in His arms, put His hands upon them and blessed them. He makes much of the hands. - of the touch of Jesus - and then he makes much of His urgency. He is constantly pressing on from one thing to another. Our Lord does one thing; imme diately, says Mark, He did something else, as if the time was too short for all He had to. Do for us. The Greek word for immediately occurs eighty times in the New Testament, and of this eighty just forty are in this short gospel of Mark. Lastly Mark dwells on the fact of Christ ministering to the multitudes of men; and then after He calls the Disciples to be with Him in His ministry, He sends them out on their ministry two by two. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.