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Gentilla Stanley am I called, but Mother Cockleshell was their name for me. But the fortune, my tender Gentile " "I don't want it told," interrupted Miss Greeby abruptly. "I don't believe in such rubbish." "There is rubbish and there is truth," said the ancient gypsy darkly. "And them as knows can see what's hidden from others." "Well, you will have an opportunity this afternoon of making money.
The waverers will concur with them, and the followers of the Nazarene will find it well to be silent, and take themselves off." Then said Rabinth, seeing they had approached the place of Pilate, "How shall we bring our message to Pilate? We dare not enter the house of the Gentile today, as in that case we should become unclean and could not eat the Passover?"
It was pleaded that there was a strong Gentile sentiment against these prosecutions, because of the hope that no new polygamous marriages were being contracted; but it was shown also, that the Church authorities controlled the enforcement of the law by their influence in the election of the agents of the law. The Church controlled, too, the making of the law.
Moreover, the report was abroad that he was to marry a Gentile the daughter of Van den Ende, the infidel. On order, he appeared at the synagogue, and defended his position. His ability in argument, his knowledge of Jewish law, his insight into the lessons of history, were alarming to the assembled rabbis. The young man was quiet, gentle, but firm.
He confessed with some delicacy of language and words of bitter regret that there had been of late some cases in Nauvoo such as were common enough, alas! in Gentile society, but whose occurrence among the Saints had caused excitement.
Such faith is entitled to the fullest share of His gift. She takes her place beside the Gentile centurion as the two recipients of commendation from Him for the greatness of their faith.
What was the character of the early Gentile Christians? This we can ascertain from only two sources the writings of their leaders, and those of their heathen contemporaries. According to the latter they were very weak and credulous. The primitive Christians were perpetually reproached for their gross credulity by all their enemies.
The fact that Jesus put aside the Passover and founded the Lord's Supper in its place, tells much both about His authority and its meaning. What must He have conceived of Himself, who bade Jew and Gentile turn away from that God-appointed festival, and think not of Moses, but of Him?
But it was not in the banishment of masters, the destruction of libraries and school buildings, the worst consequences of the Gentile war were felt.
This man's house is plainly higher than that man's when we are on the ground but, two thousand feet up, small difference can we observe. Now, the New Testament flies high. It frankly looks from a great altitude at the distinctions that seem so important on the earth. We say that racial differences are very important a great gulf between Jew and Gentile.
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