When the disciples of Christ are referred to, thought goes back over a period of nineteen hundred years In the twelve and the seventy. These men, who were chosen because of their special fitness for the work that would he required of them, occupy a unique position in the world's religious history. It was their blessed privilege, to receive instruction, counsel, and admonition from the greatest and most successful teacher the world has ever known.—a teacher who could prove, and did prove, the truth of every statement he made.
The earthly mission of Jesus was to make plain the way of salvation from sin, sickness, and death. He taught "as one having authority," and his disciples were impressed with the fact that what they heard they also saw; i.e., they heard the declaration of Truth and afterwards saw the demonstration thereof. They were sent out into the world to do the works of the Master and thus fulfil their mission in helping to establish the true idea of Christianity, concerning which it was prophesied that it should fill the whole earth, and of its kingdom there should be no end.
It is believed by many that the immediate disciples of Christ were divinely favored persons who possessed and exercised a power that is not needed in this age, and whose privilege it was to enjoy many blessings that the Christian of the twentieth century may not enjoy. Their works are said to have been the result of a supernatural power which appeared at that time, as evidence from on high of the truthfulness of Jesus' teachings.
