OHAPTER L its Altera.tive Enlarged, Practical r,mJD P.A.GE Trust... 25 The Recapitulation 6 Heavenward Gazing reca.lled to The Grain of Mnsta.rd Seed 7 Ea.rthwa.rd Watching 27 The Rewards of Iniquity ... 8 A Second Interval of Thrilling Ex- Christ's Mission and ours ... 9 pectation hushing itself in Prayer 29 Wisdom in Bereavemeut ... 10 Judas, his Opportunity and his Treat- The Path of Sin and the Way of the ment of it 32 Righteous 11 Tbe Earnest of Zeal and Fidelity ex. The Forty Days after the Passion . .. 12 hibited by the Church Expectant... 37 Last Words 18 The Apparent Incompleteness of our The Uplifting of Jesus 13 Lord's Life 38 The Interval between the Ascension Tbe Origin of the Gospel Records . .. 89 and Pentecost ... 14 The Threefold Aspect of our Lord's The Dawu of the Gospel Day 15 Hnman Life 39 "Alpha and Omega" 15 The Holy Ghost in Christ ... 40 The Risen Jesus ... 16 Sensible Proofs of Christ's Resurrec- The Divine Equipment 17 tion ... 41 The Ascension : Heaven and Earth " Tbe Promise of the Father" 41 visibly united ... 17, 18 Carnal Oonoeptions of Christ's King- Witnessing for Christ 18 dom ... 42 The Angels' Message 18 The Asoension as the Visible Sign of The First Roll.Call of the Church .. , 19 the Acceptance of the Redeemer ... 43 The Church's First Prayer-Meeting ... 19 Christ's Coming Age.in 44 The Church's First Corporate Action 20 New Associations with the Upper The History, Cha.raoter, and End of Chamber 45 Judas !sea.riot . .. ... . .. 20 Judas, e.n Apostle 45 The World's Supreme Question to Jewish Christian Reading of the Old the Front ... ... . .. 21 Testament 46 The Supreme Promise to the Church 22 First Signs of Order in the Early Craving for Forbidden Knowledge- Church 4.7 ii INDEX.
'rRED r.l.G ■ CHAPTER Il. The E1:planation of the Signs of l'BIID r.1.0• Penteooet 90 i'he Unity of the Spirit 66 The Goepel Demands from Men 90 The Homily 67 Ea.rly Impulses of Ohrietian Disoiples 91 Holy Baptism 69 The Coming of God in Power 60 Truths from Peter'e Sermon 61 OHAPTER m. The Goepel aooording to Pet.er 62 Spiritua.l Fervour ... . .. 62 The Unexpected Gift 96 The Epoch of the Spiritual Dispensa- The Two Judgments 97 tion ... ... . .. 68 Helplessness and Healing . .. 98 The Ama.zement of the Multitude ... 64 The Human and the Divine 99 Interpretation of the Phenomena of The Greatness of Jesus Christ 100 the Spirit 64 The Hee.ling of the Lama Man 101 The Connection of the Christian Witness of Peter to Jesus ... 102, 117 Events 65 The Apostles Workers of Miracles ... 104 Spiritoal Riohes . .. 105 The Parable of the Resurrection in David's Psalm ... A. Great Sermon to a Wondering 66 Effects of the Divine Power npon the Multitude 105 Heart 66 The Power of Faith 106 Effects of the Pentecostal Day 67 Conversion 1Q7 The Mission of Jesus Christ 108 The Day of Pentecost : the Ma.nifes. Peter's Second Sermon and its Results ta.tion of the Spirit 67, 74 -One Evening's Good Work 108 Baptism of the Holy Ghost 68 Spiritnal Fa.cts ina World llllprepared The True Importance of Ancestry- to receive them 69 what it is 112 The Spirit speal--ing through the Habits of Pnblio Prayer .. . 113 Voice of an Apostle 69 The Kinship between Religion and The Common Salvation 69 Charity 115 The Power of Christ's Ne.me 116 The Divine Humanity 70 Responsibility in the Possession of Royal Bollllty 70 Power 117 The Da.y of Spiritual Wondlll'!I 70 Man's Ruling and God's Overruling 119 The Soul's Questions answered 71 Times of Refreshing and of Restitu. God's Promise of the Spirit 72 tion ... 120 The Beginning of Great Things 72 Moses' Witness to the Christ 121 The Spiritnal Co=onwea.lth 73 Christ's Mission to the Jews 12.3 God's Work amongst Men ... 73 The First Practice of Baptism 88 a Christian Rite ... 80 CH.il'TEB IV. The First B.egvme of the Body of Christ'11 Disciples 88 a Christian The First Persecution U7,136 Co=unity 81 Church Unity 128 The Church's Immediate Assertion of Truth from the Tribunal 129 her own Moral Forces ... 82 Association with Christ 129 The Symbols of the Spirit's Presence 84 The Simpler and the Deeper Truth ... 130 The Great Lesson of the Pentecost ... 85 Spiritual Inflexibility: a Sermon to Men's Attitudes toward Things be- those in the Midst of Life 131 yond Expla.na.tion 86 The Use of Freedom 181 Prophecies of the Times of the Spirit 87 The Resource of the Devout, etc. 132 The l'irst Fe.cui of Gollpel Preaching 88 Christ's Servants before the Tribunal 182 The First Argument for the Besur- The Joy of Faith con.firmed 134 rectilm 89 A. Glimpse of Ideal Social I.ife 186 INDEX. iii