The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-01-16

good deed done to the inpotent,
man, by what means he is made
whole; be it known unto you all,
and to all the people OF Israel, that
by the name OF Jesus Christ Of MAJ
areth, whom ye crucified, whom
God raised from the dead. even by
him doth this man stand here be-
fore you whole. This is the stone
which was set at nought of you
builders, which is become the head
of the corner. Neither is there SAL
walton in any other: for. there is
none other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must
be saved.
NOW when they saw the boldness
OF Peter and John. and perceived
that they were unlearned and ig-
norant men,. they marVeled; and
they took knowledge of them, that
they had been with Jesus. And be-
holding the man which was healed
standing with them, they could say
nothing against it. But when they
had commanded them to go aside
out of the. council, they confessed
among themselves, saying, What
shall we do to these men? for that
indeed a notable miracle hath been
done by them is manifest to all
them that dwell in Jerusalem; and
we cannot deny it. But that 1t
spread no further among the peo-
pie. let us straitly threaten them,
that they speak henceforth to no
man in this name. And they called
them, and commanded them not to
speak at all nor teach in the name
of Jesus. But Peter and John an
swered and said unto them, Whether
it be right in the sight of God to
hearken unto you more than unto
God, judge we. For we cannot but
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and heard. So when they had fur
Their threatend them. they let them
go, finding nothing how they might
punish them, because of the people:
for all men glorified God for that
which was done"
The Unanswcrable Argument.
Aside from supernatural reasons
how may we account for the growth
and power of the Christian church
the centuries? Has wealth
done it? Has government patronage
been responsible? Is the eloquence
of her advocates the secret of tbs
progress? Has the state
craft of her administrators. or the
military might of her followers
brought her to her present universal
position?
These questions carry their own an
sWer. The church is established upon
the testimony of men and women VIII
have experienced Christ. When Peter
made his famous avowal. Thou art
the Christ" the Master declared thai
this was the rock upon which he
would build his church. Thru the
centuries since, his foundation has en-
dured. Persons lowly and great, but
mostly lowIy, have said with the apos-
ties, I'VE cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and heard" When
1.-The redeemed of the Lord say so,
then the number of the redeemed
grows.
Testimony meetings seem to be de-
in fashion nowadays; and sc
are conversions. The class meeting
has gone from large areas of Method
ism; and there are church members
who are more expert at auction bridge
than at public testimony of what the
Lord has done for them. Mid-weeE
prayer meetings, flor prayer and con
ference" have in many places become
mere desultory lectures. and therefore
a dying institution. There was and is
and ever will be, power, real, vitaliz-
ing. life-changing power, in the per-
sonal testimony of Christians VINO
have experienced the Saviour.
All the skilled controversia1ists Of
the Sanhedrin could not stand up be-
fore the plain testimony of two fish
ermen bearing straightforward testi-
mony to what they knew. The unan-
swerable argument for Christianity is
the personal experience of the Chris
tan who has seen Christ work in his
own life