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to w rite my epitaph.” To which th e other replied, of privileges and tru e honor, she owes to th a t Gospel.— Johnson. v. 14. Whose h e a rt th e Lord opened. Even th e first disposition to believe is a work of grace. (Luke 24:45; Matt. 1 1 :2 7 ).— Olshausen. Seller of purple. Women of business may be women of prayer.— P ark er v. 16. As we w ent to prayer. Satan likes to ruffle us when we are about to engage in religious exercises.— Eliot. Damsel w ith a sp irit of divination. She possessed more th a n hum an powers of discernment. The evil sp irit th a t in dwelt her possessed powers of in telli gence in some directions beyond those possessed of men. While most of the medium istic predictions in our tim e are pure fraud, there still rem ains a certain am ount of phemomena th a t are best accounted for by the theory th a t they are in communication w ith demons.— Torrey. v. 17. Servants of th e most high God. Here we have th e tru th from th e mouth of one possessed by demons, (cf. Mark 1 :2 4 ). It is possible to know th e tru th and yet no t be saved. Even de mons are wiser th an some college pro fessors:— Brooks. v. 18. P au l being grieved. F o r th e poor victim, grieved to see such power' possessed by th e enemy of m an’s salva tion, and grieved to discern the malig n an t design w ith which th e high testi mony was borne to Christ.— J. F, & B. Did th is many days. Perhaps she de signed thereby to gain credit to herself and her prophecies and so to increase her m aster’s profit by pretending to be in the in terest and favor of th e apostles who, sTie thought, had a growing repu tation. Or perhaps it was a tu rn of Satan, knowing th a t those who were most likely to receive th e apostles’ doc trin e were such as were prejudiced a- gainst these spirits of divination and th erefo re would by th is testimony be prejudiced against the Gospelii-Henry. MSt Subject Illu stratio n The proclamation of the Gospel should never stop as long as th ere is a place where it is never heard. A sh o rt tim e before Mr. Cox, an American mission ary, sailed to Africa, he visited th e Uni versity a t Middletown, i In conversation w ith one of th e students he said, “ If I die in Africa, you m ust come afte r me
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