. Ancient apostles. for we are all here! Then he (the jailor) called for a light and sprangin and came trembling and fell down before Paul andSilas. His Conversion Perhaps he had heard what the damsel had said,that These men are the servants of the most high God; it may be that he had heard themellelt^T^ preach, or at least had been told by others what they preached. Probablythe earthquake itself had convinced him that thesemen not only were innocent, but were servants of any rate, he cried out: Sirs, what must I do to besaved? That is the question everybody should ask, and theanswer, w
. Ancient apostles. for we are all here! Then he (the jailor) called for a light and sprangin and came trembling and fell down before Paul andSilas. His Conversion Perhaps he had heard what the damsel had said,that These men are the servants of the most high God; it may be that he had heard themellelt^T^ preach, or at least had been told by others what they preached. Probablythe earthquake itself had convinced him that thesemen not only were innocent, but were servants of any rate, he cried out: Sirs, what must I do to besaved? That is the question everybody should ask, and theanswer, when truthfully given, everybody shouldobey. Note the answer: Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. Then the. servants of the Lord explained what a true 1 he Answer i t /» . i i i ci. i r i beliei is, expounded the word oi theLord, taught them faith and repentance and baptism;and when the keeper of the prison and his family saidthey believed the Gospel to be true, he led the elders. At Philippi 183 out, washed their stripes, and was baptized that samenight, he and all his straightway. Then he took them, not back to the dreary dungeon,but into his own house, and set meat before them. Weare told that his heart was filled with rejoicing be-cause he believed in God with all his house. By doing right he had opened the windows of hissoul, and the sunshine of pure happiness had radiatedthrough his entire being. He was experiencing thetruth as expressed in the song: Doing good is a pleasure, A joy beyond measure, A blessing of duty and love. The earthquake or something else had put fear inthe hearts of odier men in that city, too, and amongthese were the magistrates who had sen-Reieased tcnccd, uncondcmned, two innocent men tobe beaten and imprisoned. Realizing theirmistake they sent word early in the morning to thejailor to Let those men go. Pleased with the message, the keeper of the prisonhurried to Paul and Silas crying: The magistrateshave sent t
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