...Acts ix, 31, we read, " Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied." Neh. xii, 43, " Also that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced ; for God had made them rejoice...

...in all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria; for we read that the churches in these countries " had now reft, and were edified, and, walking in the fear of the...the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied*." The original preachers of the religion did not remit their labours or activity during this season of...

...increase, and, if not abused, it proves so too. Thus in the apostolic times, it is said, Acts ix, 51, Then had the churches rest and were edified ; and...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost were multiplied. We ought also to wish for ecclesiastical peace to the Church, that she may be free from dissensions...

...all that is contrary to what is recorded of the infant church, in Acts ix. 31. when" the churches had rest, and were edified, and walking in the fear of...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied !" Rest, Paley remarks, is the enjoyment of age; and, as in natural, so in spiritual things, the blessings...

...Liverpool Minutes of 1820; + •ad would tend to give a modern illustration of the scriptural doctrine: "Then had the churches rest. ..and were edified ;...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied." (Art* be. 31.) " Such u the case in our best Societies. The more of directly spiritual conversation,...

...to advance Thy glory.' For a season ' the churches ' under the care of these earnest workers ' had rest, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.' To the advantage taken of this favourable season for the zealous prosecution of their labours, as well...

...with peculiar propriety; " Then had the Churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified ; and, walking in the fear of the...in the comfort of the HOLY GHOST, were multiplied." It has been justly observed that, in consequence of the success of our Fathers in the work, the character...

...sent him forth to Tarsus. Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified ; and, walking in the fear of the...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied." II. Thus have I slightly touched upon the leading points of these two conversions ; I shall now, in...

...from Laodicea. Acts ix. 31. Then had the churches rest throughout all Judett and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. Acts xv. 41.' And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the ekurches. 2 Cor. viii. 1. Moreover,...

...the churches of Judea and Samaria, after the persecution that arose on account of Stephen, — " They were edified, and, walking in the fear of the Lord...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied." We may reason, from analogy, that this \vas the case. The same prosperity that nurtured the seeds of...