J'AOB TRBlfll PA.OW TllAH The Servant.a in the Footsteps of The Church's Mission to the World... 175 their Lord 137 "We o~ght to obey God rather tha.n Tho Unfolded Be.n.ner of Salvation ... 137 Men ... 176 The Impotenoe of Unbelief 138 The Throne of Meray 1711 Witnessing for Obrist 138 A Study of Jewish Cha.re.cter: Gs- The Aggressiveness of the Gospel ... 139 maliel... 1'77 The Two Kingdoms in Anay against The True Witnessing Spirit 17\' one Another 139 Jerusalem's Second Bummer 177 The Host of God drawing together in A Grand Victory for the Truth along Readiness for Action 140 the Whole Line, etc. 180 Christian Comm11Jlism 140 The Theme of Themes: the Angel's A Great Example of SpiritneJ Excel- Charge 183 lence ... 140 Joy in the Fellowship of Shame 184 The First TrieJ of Christian Preachers The Conviction of Ananias 186 in a Court of Judgment, and their Helpers in Sin must be Sharers in Viotory 141 Judgment 186 The Grateful, Emboldened, and Hindrances to Belief 187 Prayerful Church, and the Spirit's Bodily Healings may prepare for Witness 144 Spiritual Ones... 188 A Novel Unanimity 146 Angel-Help 189 The Earliest of the Tares in the Field The Hopelessness of Fighting against of the Church ... 148 God ... 190 The First Prisoners for Christ 151 The Present Royalty and Rights of The Despised Stone 11, Sure Founda- JeBllS... 190 tion ... 162 The A.dvioe of the Cautions 191 The One Saving Name 153 Signe of having been with JeBUs 164 Praise for Safety and Prayer for CHAPTER VL Power 154 Nothing our own .. . 156 Wise Counsels 195 " Great Gmoe" .. . 156 Fanaticism 196 The Power of 11, High Example 156 Prosperity and Peace within the Church 197 The Service of the Lip a.nd the Glory CHAPTER V. of the Countenance 198 The First Hypocrisy 163 The Appoinbnent of Deacons 199 The Advancing Tide 164 Stephen's Work and Witness 200 A Fatal Forgetfulness 165 Institution of Deacons 201 Elements of Influence 166 The First Note of Strife ... 202 Three Things Divine 166 An Earnest Ministry the Greatest The Crose and the Crown ... 16'7 Need and Blessing of the Church... 202 Our Attitude towards God ... 168 The Fruits of Faith 202 The Sin of Heart: Untruth and its Stephen before the Council 203 Pnniehment 169 The First Crystalli.zings of Eoolesi- The Healing Personality of Christ's asticel Institution 203 Servants 1'70 Convinoing Testimonies to the Force Arrest of the Apostles 170 of the New Faith 204 Power and Weakness 172 The Logia of Heavenly Lustre 206 The Dea.th of Ana.nias 1'73 The Cell for Order in the Church 208 Oonspira.oy against God .• , 1'73 The True Fitness for Church Offices 209 " Clear Shining after Ra.in" 174 The Work of the Ministry... 210 Second Persecution of the Oburoh 176 Stephen, the Proto.Martyr 211 Iv INDEX.
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The Le.ying on of He.nde 212 Missions to the Mase$■ 264, The Wee.kneas of Perseontora 212 The Spirit of Lies ce.11t out... ll61i The Angel-Fe.oe on Man 113 The Spirit of Mammon in the Chris. tian Ohuroh 266 The Second Flight of the Gospel 266 CHAPTER VII. Jesns the Hope of the World 266 The First Martyrdom ... 222, 234, 236 The Way of Pleasantness . .. 266 Living Faith 223 Discord&nt Elements obedient to the Israel e.nd Egypt: Divine Providence 224 Accomplishment of One Pnrpose .. . 266 The Divine a.nd the Hume.n 225 . New-Found Joy ... 268 Sin and Righteousness 226 The Type of One stricken with Re- Ill ustratione 227 ligious Blindness 271 Stephen's Address: Lessons of the A Life trne to Light led to the Light Pa.tria.rche.l Time 228 true to Life 278 Israel in Egypt: the Rise of Moses... 230 Providence making Missionaries 275 The Ce.11 of Moses 231 Intense age.inst Christ may become Moses, a.nd Israel's Bea.ring towe.rds Intense for him 276 him : a. Fignre of Christ 232 Preaching Christ... 277 Leuons of Sacred History... 283 Warnings from Simon Magus 278 Stephen's Address in the Sa.nhedrim 235 The Gift of the Holy Ghost !'19 The Recital of e. Ne.tion's Spiritnal The Inquiring Proselyte . .. 2S0 Pedigree-its Lee.ding Snggestions 236 Testing the Impulse to Confession .. , 281 Ma.rk:s of the Born Reformer 238 Rebnke, a.nd the Ill Faith the.t comes CHAPTER IX. of J nst Rebuke refused . . . 240 The Glory of the Martyr . .. 242 The Ethiopian changes his Skin 288 Srephen's Defence 244 The Fisher of Men 290 The Ethics of Scripture Quotation ... 245 Conversion 291 A Prophet like Moses 246 The Goads of God 291 Visions of the Risen Christ 247 Christ's Treatment of us and our Obe- Onr Introduction to the Gree.test of dience to him .. . 292 Apostles 248 The Texture of Human Life 293 Noble Dying Ori.ea 249 The Opportunity e.nd Obligation o( the Church 294 The Miraculous and the Supernatnral 265 CHAPTER VIII. Saul on his We.y to Dama.sous 296 The Fro.its of Persecution 255 Saul and A.na.nias 297 The First Heretic 256 Saul a.t Damascus 298 The Word Written preparing the Way Saul's Visit to Jerusalem ... 299 for the Word Preached .. . 257 Works of Peace .. . 199 Perversion. and Restoration 257 The Sign from Heaven 800 SucceBS and Disappointment in Chris- Baptism of St. Paul 801 tian Wark 258 A Spiritwi.l Wonder 801 The Christian Teacher and Disciple... 259 The New Convert proving his Sin- Incidents of Persecution and Disper- cerity... 802. sion ... 260 The New Faith exposed to Trial 802 The Impostor unmasked . . . 261 The Church's Sea.I upon the New Philip and the Ethiopian .. . 262 .Acquisition 808 The En.emy coming in like a Flood . .. 263 Edification 803 The Grave beside the Church 263 Wonderful Ministry of the Apostle The First Flight of the Word 264, Peter 803 Sa.maria evangelized 264 The Baising of Dorene ~04 INDEX. V