CHAPTER II

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THE CONVERSATIONS OF THE GREAT FORTY DAYS.

ACTS i. 6-9.

Subject-Matter Revealed in the Acts--Our Lord's Post-Resurrection Appearances--Apostolic Curiosity-- Messianic Idea among Jews--Books of Enoch and of Jubilees--Evidence for Inspiration of New Testament-- Christianity a Practical Religion--Contrast with Paganism--Mithraism--Spiritual Blessing of Christ's Reticence concerning the Future--Antinomies in Scripture--Bad Effects of Human Curiosity--At Thessalonica--In the Middle Ages--In Last and Present Centuries--Irvingism--Holy Ghost alone the Source of Spiritual Power 23-42

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