CHAPTER 5 THE PENTECOSTAL BLESSING. Acts 2:1 IN these words we find the record of the event which completed the Church, and endowed it with that mysterious power which then was, and ever since has been, the source of its true life and of its highest success. The time when the gift of the Spirit... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 6 ST. PETER'S FIRST SERMON. Acts 2:14 THIS verse contains the opening words of St. Peter's address to the multitude who were roused to wonder arid inquiry by the miraculous manifestations of Pentecost: That address is full of interest when viewed aright, freed from all the haze which the l... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 7 THE FIRSTFRUITS OF PENTECOST. Acts 2:37 THE sermon of St. Peter on the day of Pentecost and the sermons of our Lord present a striking contrast. Our Lord's sermons were of various kinds; they were at times consoling, yet full of instruction and direction. Such, for instance, was the Ser... [ Continue Reading ]