Acts 1:11

_ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN_ ‘Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?’ Acts 1:11 The words contain a reproach. Christ had left His disciples not a barren legacy of sorrow and idleness, but an inexhaustible fund of joy and an inheritance of practical labours for His sake. And so with the... [ Continue Reading ]

Acts 1:26

_THE ELECTION OF ST. MATTHIAS_ ‘The lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.’ Acts 1:26 The lesson of the festival of Matthias is emphatically one of encouragement. I. THE ELECTORS.—First, note what a little band it was that gathered together to elect an Apostle in... [ Continue Reading ]

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