REFERENCES
1 This part of the chapter is largely re-written from The Christadelphian, 1943, p. 207.
2 Matt. 12:34 ; Luke 6 : 45.
3 Spurgeon, " Lectures to my Students," p. 9. The author's " pulpit " has been amended to " platform " for our purpose.
4 1 Thess. 5:17.
5 Matt. 6:7.
6 This is not to prejudice the special relationship to God in which they stand who have entered into covenant with Him. While we do not know the content of Cornelius's prayers, we do know that " thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God " (Acts 10: 4), and so, at least, that He took cognisance of them.
7 Matt. 9: 37 ; Luke 10 : 2.
8 Some attempt is made to outline certain suggestions under this head in chapter Eight.
9 Matt. 22: 8-10. It matters nothing to the application of the principle that experience has shown certain conspicuous failures among those reclaimed from an evil manner of life. It did here, for there were gathered " both bad and good." But it was the Master's commandment.
10 Acts 14: 23.
11 A very rough estimate from a Gazetteer, not altogether up to date, suggested that of towns not less than 50,000 strong, around a quarter had no ecclesia of ours, while of those between 10,000 and 50,000, about 80 per cent, were barren. The figure is slightly misleading, since some of these places are close to neighbouring ecclesias, some of whose brethren may live in them, but it does not materially misrepresent the situation.
12 Luke 9: 62.
13 Acts 19: 9-10, 21.