The Acts of the Apostles (1911) — PDF Scan 145

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A SEEKEB FOB TRUTH 139 present to Jesiis as tlie sinner's only hope, lie liimself understood more fully the meaning of the vision he had seen, and his heart glowed with the spirit of the truth that he was presenting. Suddenly the discourse was interrupted by the descent of the Holy Spirit. While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. "Then answered Peter, Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we! And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord." Thus was the gospel brought to those who had been strangers and foreigners, making them fellowcitizens with the saints, and members of the household of God. The conversion of Cornelius and his household was but the first-fruits of a harvest to be gathered in. From this household a wide-spread work of grace was carried on in that heathen city. To-day God is seeking for souls among the high as well as the lowly. There are many like Cornelius, men whom the Lord desires to connect with His work in the world. Their sympathies are with the Lord's people, but the ties that bind them to the world hold them firmly. It requires moral courage for them to take their position for Christ. Special efforts should be made for these souls, who are in