f the sick and the afflicted. Sometimes He taught them,
sitting among them on the mountainside; sometimes beside
the sea or walking by the way, He revealed the mysteries of
the kingdom of God. Wherever hearts were open to receive
the divine message, He unfolded the truths of the way of
salvation. He did not command the disciples to do this or
that, but said, “Follow Me.” On His journeys through country
and cities, He took them with Him, that they might see how
He taught the people. They traveled with Him from place
to place. They shared His frugal fare, and like Him were
sometimes hungry and often weary. On the crowded streets,
by the lakeside, in the lonely desert, they were with Him.
They saw Him in every phase of life.
It was at the ordination of the Twelve that the first step
was taken in the organization of the church that after Christ’s
departure was to carry on His work on the earth. Of this
ordination the record says, “He goeth up into a mounta
