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day of the week (lhe day Of PeDecust) ii
one place. Upon them The Holy Ghos
descended with his blessed and miraculous
influences. The multitude being Assem-
bled. the gospel was preached, and the
awakened were exhorled to repent and be
baplized.-Th results was. that thou
sands were added unto The disciples in one
day. And they remained stcad!asl in
their duty, as mentioned above.
Fourhly, On subsequen, day. Peter
and John went up together into the lem.
pile at The hour Of prayer, and performing
a miracle on lame man all the people
ran together unto them in The porch. Pc
ter embraced the occasion aud preached
Christ unto them. This excited The at
tenton of the Priests, before whom the
Apostle preached Jesus again. They
were threat ened, and being let go, went
to their company, and ihey put up a
prayer of acknowledgment and thanks.
giving To God
Fflhly, Believers were the more added
to lhe Lord mulitudes. both of men and
women.
Now in this brief history. we do not
read of public prayer being made by any
one in connexion with the preaching of
the gospel, or the exhoration that follow
ed. Neither Go We read of AN anxlous
enquiry seal, nor of persons being called
upon 10 approach the altar and kneel for
prayer, nor of two singing al time nor Of
any ane exhoriing, while another was
singing. or going about talking 10 those,
who were on their knees. But we do read
of the disciples when together, (but not
before The multitude at the lime of preach
ing) engaging in ferveut prayer. Not
that they would have excluded The un.
godly, if they had desired to be present.
The scenes. to which we have now re-
ferred, were all conducted by inspired A
postles, fresh foom communion with their
nasler, and from his holy instructions.
ded 10 lhe church, Of whom TWO only were
found failhless, Ananias and Sapphira.-
Were they right, or were they wrong?
! Can any one question the correctness Of
their course? Is that course a model for
| succeeding christians. or is it NOT?
now add, that there is not single
instance Of The preaching orIhe Gospel TO
The ,houghtless and impeni,ent sinner &C
! companied with public prayer, recorded
in the New Testament, if my memory
serves me. There is the fact. The rea.
son apprehend to be is that the preach.
ing of the gospel is a proclamation OF mer
cy to the guilty. The Herald, who pro-
claims the offer of pardon to the revolIer,
is the friend of his insulted Monarch
He cannot GU into any act Of allegiance
with the revolter. hut as soon as The rev0l-
ler accepts the offer of mercy and complies
with the terms laid down they eau unite
in prayer together, and thus join in the
same act of loyalty. In the case of ST.
mon Magus. Peter told him TO repent
and pray to Sod. Simon asked Peter
to pray for him, but we do not road that
he did it.
We see. then, that The preaching Of the
gospel accompanied with exhoualion is
the manner, 10 which the moral excite
ment. necessary for bringing out the NOR
al principle is brought our Alright. that is.
when sinner is converted to God and
baptized, then the further mode Of apply
ing The moral excitement of The gospel. to
the excitabiity of our nature is in the
church relation. Meeting together on each
returning Lords day, the day Of his glo-
rous resurrection, his disciples are to:ead
his blessed word, sing, pray, teach, exhort,
exercise their gifts, contribute of their
substance for the poor, ai,d commemorate
his sufferings. Replenished thus for The
week, they go forth, strong in the eLord and
the power Of his might, to exercise the
various graces oflhe spirit in The sncial,
personal, and relative duties Of life. Belize
vers thus using the instituted means, will
be found studying the scriptures al home.
faithful in their duties TO all round it yea
lous for Gods glory contributing of their
talents, influence, add money for the pro-
motion of his cause They will be like
minded with: the disciples gathered ia the
proiracled meetings at Jerusalem.
! / shall pursue The subject in my next,
aud hope bring il to close. la5
Affectionalely yours, z.
WIN. b. JOHNSON
Edgefeld C H., SIC, -Oct. 30lh. 1914. :
a Ne,0 Question on the Naturalization
La,os.--We see il suggested in The Nation
al Inielligencer that the legality Of the