to describe the disciples, when Agrippa used it in supercilious contempt, or when Peter used it recognising that it was being made use of as a term of reproach. If we examine these occasions of New Testament use, we shall find that all the values that attach to the name to-day are to be found in them in germ. First let us examine these instances carefully, in order that we may see how it was used at the beginning; and then let us go behind these early uses of the name, and find out what it really