then, like the stream from the foot of the glaciers of Mont Blanc,
full-grown in its birth, been all swallowed up in the sand, like some
of those rivers in the East? Has the oil dried in the cruse? People
tell us that Christianity is on its death-bed; and the aspect of a
great many professing Christians seems to confirm the statement. But
let us thankfully recognise that 'we are not straitened in God, but
in ourselves.' To how many of us the question might be put: 'Did you
receive the Holy Ghost when you believed?' And how many of us by our
lives answer: 'We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy
Ghost.' Let us go where we can receive Him; and remember the blessed
words: 'If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy
Spirit to them that ask Him'!



PETER'S FIRST SERMON

'This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having
received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He hath
shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 34. For David is not
ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said
unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand, 35. Until I make Thy
foes Thy footstool. 36. Therefore let all the house of Israel
know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have
crucified, both Lord and Christ. 37. Now when they heard this,
they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the
rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? 38.
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of