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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Mark
DESCRIPTION:From a sermon by \nST JOHN HENRY NEWMAN \n◊◊◊ \nThe chief points of St Mark’s history are these: first\, that he was nephew to \nBarnabas\, and taken with him and St Paul on their first apostolic journey; next\, \nthat after a short time he deserted them and returned to Jerusalem; then\, that \nafter an interval\, he was St Peter’s assistant at Rome\, and composed his Gospel \nthere principally from the accounts which he received from that Apostle; lastly\, \nthat he was sent by him to Alexandria\, in Egypt\, where he founded one of the \nstrictest and most powerful churches of the primitive times. \nThe points of contrast in his history are as follows: that first he abandoned \nthe cause of the Gospel as soon as danger appeared; afterwards\, he proved \nhimself\, not merely an ordinary Christian\, but a most resolute and exact servant \nof God\, founding and ruling the strictest Church of Alexandria. And the \ninstrument of this change was\, as it appears the influence of St Peter\, a fit \nrestorer of a timid and backsliding disciple. \nThe encouragement which we derive from these circumstances in St \nMark’s history\, is that the feeblest among us may through God’s grace become \nstrong. And the warning to be drawn from it is\, to distrust ourselves; and again\, \nnot to despise weak brethren\, or to despair of them\, but to bear their burdens \nand help them forward\, if so be we may restore them… \nSome are naturally impetuous and active; others love quiet and readily \nyield. The over-earnest must be sobered\, and the indolent must be roused. The \nhistory of Moses supplies us with an instance of a proud and rash spirit\, tamed \ndown to an extreme gentleness of deportment. In the greatness of the change \nwrought in him\, when from a fierce\, though honest avenger of his brethren\, he \nbecame the meekest of human beings on earth\, he evidences the power of faith\, \nthe influence of the Spirit on the heart. \nSt Mark’s history affords a specimen of the other\, and still rarer change\, \nfrom timidity to boldness. Difficult as it is to subdue the more violent passions\, \nyet I believe it to be still more difficult to overcome a tendency to sloth\, \ncowardice\, and despondency. These evil dispositions cling about a person\, and \nweigh him down. They are minute chains\, binding him on every side to the \nearth\, so that he cannot even turn himself or make an effort to rise. It would \nseem as if right principles had yet to be planted in the indolent mind; whereas \nviolent and obstinate tempers had already something of the nature of firmness \nand zeal in them\, or rather what will become so with care\, exercise\, and God’s \nblessing. Besides\, the events of life have a powerful influence in sobering the \nardent or self-confident temper. Disappointments\, pain anxiety\, advancing \nyears\, bring with them some natural wisdom as a matter of course; and\, though \nsuch tardy improvement bespeaks but a weak faith\, yet we may believe that the \nHoly Spirit often blesses these means\, however slowly and imperceptibly… \nSt Mark’s change\, therefore\, may be considered even more astonishing in \nits nature than that of the Jewish Lawgiver. “By faith\,” he was “out of weakness \nmade strong\,” and becomes a memorial of the more glorious and marvelous \ngifts of the last and spiritual Dispensation.
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