Excerpt from An Important Question: Being an Introductory Discourse, Preached Before the First Presbyterian Church, Lowell, Mass I. - Tlie characters brought prominently to new m this narrative are, St. Peter, the Apostle, -and Cornelius, the Roman Centurion. The history of the former is replete with interest, and very instructive. He was early called to the Apo'stleship, by our blessed Lord; and maintained throughout the whole of his long and event ful life, with but a solitary exception, the character of an intrepid and ardent follower of the Lamb. Honored with the confidence of his Master, he was one of the few favored with the most intimate fellowship, and chosen to behold peculiar displays of His glory while on earth. He Was with him in his transfiguration on Mount Tabor. He was with him m his agony in the garden. He was a witness of his resurrection and as cension into heaven. But his present privilege was one of no Common kind, inasmuch as it was the entering wedge which was destined to break down the middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile, and declare them both one - one in Divine favor-one in spiritual blessings and privileges, and one as common heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus christ. 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.