_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 ]
_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 ]