After discharging the duties of their ministry for twelve years in Judea, they agreed to disperse into dif ferent parts of the world ; and it is said that they deter mined by lot what country each should take. Accord ing to that division, Peter and John went to Galacia, and the provinces of Lesser Asia ; Andrew, to the exten sive northern countries of Scythia ; Philip, to Upper Asia ; Bartholomew, to Arabia ; Matthew, Ap Chaldea, Persia, and Parthia ; Thomas, to various paTs of India ; James the less, continued in Jerusalem, of which church he was bishop ; Simon, went to Egypt, Lybia, and Mau ritania; Jude, to Syria and Mesopotamia ; Matthias, who was chosen in the room of Judas, preached in Cappa docia and Colchis ; and Paul tells us (Rom. 15. 19.) " that from Jerusalem, and round about Illyricum, he himself had fully preached the gospel of Christ." We have but very imperfect accounts in scripture of the travels and lives of the Apostles, but we know that, in spite of the bigotry of the Jews, the superstition of the heathens, the learning of philosophers, the ridicule of poets, the eloquence of orators, the power of princes, and the utmost rage of persecution, " the word of God grew and prevailed ; and that our Lord's prophecy was ful filled, that " the gospel of the kingdom should be preach ed in all the world, for a witness unto all nations, before the end came"—the end of the Jewish state, the des truction of Jerusalem and its temple, and the dispersion of the Jews among the heathen nations.
The Apostles are usually represented with their re spective badges or attributes. Peter is painted with the keys ; Paul, with a sword ; Andrew, with a cross ; James the Greater, with a pilgrim's staff, and a gourd bottle ; James the Less, with a fuller's pole ; John, with a cup and a winged Serpent ; Philip, with a long staff, shaped like a cross ; Bartholomew, with a knife ; Thomas, with a lance ; Matthew, with a hatchet ; Simon, with a saw ; Jude, with a club ; and Matthias, with a battle-ax. (A. F.)