But he emphasizes another side ioo. Just as Luke, more than any other of the writers of the Gospels, blast of persecution. Some, have repudiated their faith rather than suffer; others have gone to less dangerous posts. But Luke remains, Only Luke is with him. Luke, faithful and fearless, refuses [to desert his friend.
Here then we have a key to the character of our Evangelist,—a faithful friend, a self-effacing worker, a [beloved physician. But this is not me our source of- information.
is a wealth of indirect testi-many from the pages of his writings, from the which bears his name and that delightful book which records the) triumphs of the early Church. Think' of the self-revelation of his Gospel. One cannot read the Gospel without coming to the conclusion that it is the work of a man of culture and refitiement, a man of wide and tender sympathies.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.