Identifier: ancientapostles00mcka (find matches)
Title: Ancient apostles
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: McKay, David O. (David Oman), 1873-1970 Deseret Sunday School Union
Subjects: Apostles
Publisher: Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Sunday School Union
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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six years old until he be-^ I o T came a man. But in those days, school A Crooa btuaent , , , i i i i rm i i boys had no school books, ihey wouldjust listen to what their teacher told them, remember it, and try to be able to tell it again when asked to do so. The principal study in the schoolroom, at that time, was the holy scriptures. Of course, they did not have the Bible then as we have it now, but they had theOld Testament, and could learn all about Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the children of Israel, King Saul, King David, King Solomon and the prophets. Thus, he was taught early in his life to look forward to the Messiah who should be king of the Jews. Among the Jews were found dilferent sects or religions, chief among which were the Pharisees and the Sadducees. In Sauls day, Pharisees SaT ducee^^^ Were the most popular of all the sects, and held most of the highest offices in the state and the church. They believed in the oral law as delivered from God to Moses, as well as in the written
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Saul of Tarsus 135 law. They believed also in the resurrection of the body. But they made long and frequent prayers, not only in the synagogue and temple, but in the streets, so they could be heard of men. In other things, too,they were very hypocritical. The Sadducees did not believe in a bodily resurrection. You will see, later, how Saul used to good advantage this difference of belief between these two sects. Saul was a Pharisee; and a good Pharisee, too. He was just as sincere in his belief and education as any a Pharisee could be. If Saul had been a hypocritical Pharisee, he probably never would have found the truth, but being sincere, that is, always doing what he thought was right, he was led to the Gospel. There is another thing to learn about this boy, Saul of Tarsus; viz., that he was bom a Roman citizen. Tarsus, an exceedingly rich and populous Citizen city, was a Roman municipium, or free corporation. This means that the freedom of Rome (which ruled all those countries at that time) ha

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