Excerpt from Biography of the Saviour, and His Apostles: With a Portrait of Each In the lives of the individuals here alluded to, we may trace, in well defined characters, the ope rations of all those desires, appetites, and passions, which mark the character of man. There virtue shines in her native lustre, and vice presents her awful picture of deformity. In the character of the Saviour is reflected the most lovely image of moral perfection. His divine lessons touch the heart, by the affecting combina tion of practice with theory. But in the lives of his Apostles, we have lamentable specimens of human degeneracy. Though they were eminent for piety, still, the seeds of vice and discord often sprang up, and obscured their virtues. 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.