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00:23Let us pray
00:26Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ, who, from the cross, looked in upon your mother, overwhelmed with
00:34grief and tears, and so truly took compassion on her sorrow, commending her to the care of your disciple John,
00:42as also you commended John, and in him, all of us, to her maternal care.
00:50Grant me to love and honour your mother, with the purest and most ardent love, that I may have her
00:57for my mother, and be worthily acknowledged by her as her son. Grant that in every necessity, and especially at
01:05the hour of my death, I may find her ever present and at hand to help me.
01:13Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ, who, with your wounds gaping, and your head crowned with thorns,
01:21while hanging in misery upon the cross, declared that you were without any consolation.
01:29Grant that in all adversity and times of temptation and desolation, I may fly with faith to you, my most
01:37holy Father, and putting no confidence in myself, grant that I may place all my hopes in you alone, and
01:44entirely resign myself and trust in you.
01:48Wound my innermost soul, with the remembrance of your wounds, write and imprint them upon my heart, satiate me wholly
01:57with your blood, that all my intentions may be fixed in you alone, and that I may seek and find
02:03and hold you fast, possessing you for ever and ever.
02:09Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ, who, when your body was exhausted from the loss of blood,
02:16gasped for breath, and cried out on the cross that you were tormented with thirst, while you burnt with unspeakable
02:23desire for our salvation.
02:27Give me grace to thirst most ardently after your honour, and the salvation of souls, and be ready cheerfully to
02:35spend myself for them, according to your will.
02:40Grant that no love of any transitory object may possess my soul, that I may never attach myself to any
02:47creature, and that even when I am bound to love, I may love only in you.
02:53But give me grace to love you above all, and with my whole soul, and quietly to rest in you.
03:02Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ, who, when you were thirsty, even at the point of death,
03:09permitted a sponge filled with vinegar to be offered to you, and that by tasting of this, you might make
03:16satisfaction for our gluttony, giving us an example of poverty.
03:22Grant me the grace to despise any unlawful pleasure and delight, and to avoid any excess in eating and drinking,
03:29and may I use with moderation and thanksgiving whatever you do give me for the support of my poor body.
03:38So cleanse, I beg you, that it may relish nothing except that which is pleasing to you, and may find
03:46nothing but bitterness in whatever displeases you.
03:51Praise, honour and glory be to you, O Christ, you, the greatest lover of the human race, who, when you
03:58were bringing out the work of our redemption to a close, brought yourself as a holy victim upon the altar
04:05of the cross for the sin of all mankind.
04:09May this be the only end, I beg you, of all my thoughts, words and works, namely, to seek your
04:17honour with an upright and sincere heart, and to desire nothing save you alone.
04:24Grant that I may never grow weary or lukewarm in your service, but a fervent spirit always be ever renewed
04:31within me, that I may daily more be more and more inflamed to love and praise you.
04:59You are dead, my beloved one, that I may live forever.
05:06What hope, what confidence is laid up for me in your death and in your blood, I glorify you, I
05:12give you thanks as far as in me lies.
05:15Give me grace to die entirely, to sin and all evil desires, and to live to you alone.
05:23May I think of you alone, may my understanding exercise itself in nothing except you,
05:30that, clad in your grace and with holy charity, I may soon after the close of this life come to
05:37you, the true paradise.
05:39O good Jesus, by your bitter passion and death, grant to me the living pardon and grace, and to the
05:46faithful departed rest and everlasting light.
05:50Praise honour and glory be to you, O Christ, at his death the sun withdrew its light, and the veil
05:58of the temple was divided in two.
06:01The earth quaked, and the rocks were cut, and the graves opened.
06:07May the rays of your grace never leave me, I beg you, you son of righteousness.
06:14You that are my God, may they always lighten even the very inmost recesses of my heart, that I may
06:22joyfully serve you forever.
06:25Tear away from me the veil of hypocrisy, make the ground of my soul quake with saving penitence, rend in
06:33tomb this heart of stone of mine,
06:36that, being wholly renewed within, I may despise anything perishable, and love only the things that are of heaven.
06:45Amen.
06:49O Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall sing your praise.
07:02O Lord, open our lips, and our mouths shall sing your praise.
07:19O Lord, open our lips, and our hearts shall sing your praise.
07:37O God, O God, O God, O God, O God.
08:08O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God,
08:17O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God,
08:20O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God,
08:21O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God,
08:21O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God,
08:21O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God,
08:27O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God, O God,
08:28O God, O God, O God, O God, O
08:36His love and heaven shall be, world without end. Amen.
08:49Amen.
09:19In the time of my trample, I sought my Lord. I saw ran and seized not in the night season.
09:35I saw refuted comfort.
09:42When I am in heaviness, I will think upon God. When my heart is vexed, I will complain.
09:58Amen.
10:00The word is my heart is waiting. I am so feeble that I cannot speak.
10:17I have considered the days above, and I yielded her past.
10:32I call to thee reverence my soul, and in the night I commune with my Lord God, and search
10:48out my spirit. Will the Lord have sent itself forever, and will he be no more entreated?
11:08Is his mercy kingdom forever, and is his promise come out on his work and forevermore?
11:27And God told God to be gracious, and when he shut up his loving kindness in displeasure,
11:45and I said, it is thine own infanity, but I will remember the years of the right hand of the
12:01lost highest.
12:05I will remember the works of the Lord, and call to mind my work as of all time.
12:22I will remember the works of all my works, and my talking shall be of my doings.
12:38May God, O God, O God, O God, O God.
12:54The Lord, the Lord, that doeth for us, and hast declared thy power among our people.
13:11The Lord, the Lord, the Lord, that doeth for us, and hast for us, and hast for us, and hast
13:25for us, and hast for us.
14:07CHOIR SINGS
14:38CHOIR SINGS
15:08CHOIR SINGS
15:36CHOIR SINGS
15:39CHOIR SINGS
15:43CHOIR SINGS
15:51CHOIR SINGS
15:57CHOIR SINGS
15:59CHOIR SINGS
16:04CHOIR SINGS
16:07running up to him
16:08he saw that he was reading Isaiah the prophet
16:11and said to him
16:12is the sense of what you are reading clear to you
16:16he said
16:17how can that be possible
16:18when I have no guide
16:20and so he bade Philip get up by his side
16:26now the place in the book where he was reading was this
16:30he was taken
16:31like a sheep
16:31to be put to death
16:33as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut
16:36so he made no sound
16:38being of low degree
16:40his cause was not given a hearing
16:43who has knowledge of his family
16:45for his life is cut off from the earth
16:50the Egyptians said to Philip
16:53about whom are these words said by the prophet
16:55about himself or some other
16:59so Philip starting with this writing
17:01gave him the good news of Jesus
17:06while they were going on their way
17:07they came to some water
17:08and the Ethiopian said
17:09look here is water
17:12why may I not have baptism
17:15and so he gave orders for the carriage to be stopped
17:18and the two of them went down into the water
17:20and Philip baptised him
17:25when they came up out of the water
17:26the spirit of the Lord took Philip away
17:29the Ethiopian saw him no more
17:31and he continued on his way
17:34full of joy
17:36but Philip
17:37came to Azotus
17:39and went through all the tones
17:41preaching the good news
17:43until he came to Caesarea
17:47this is the word of the Lord
17:50thanks be to God
17:56the conversion
17:57of the Ethiopian eunuch
18:00that we read of today
18:01is a great text
18:02on missionary work
18:05it illustrates with singular force
18:07and clearness
18:08the double need of the Bible
18:09and the preacher
18:10to bring men to the knowledge
18:12of Christ crucified
18:15without the evangelist to teach him
18:17this seeker after truth
18:19might long have groped in vain
18:21for the meaning of the prophet
18:24and if his mind had not been exercised
18:26by musings on the prophet
18:28the evangelist would neither have had the opportunity to teach
18:33and nor would his teaching have had much success
18:37it was the concurrence of the two
18:39that brought this illustrious convert
18:42within the gates of the city of God
18:46hence we may conclude
18:48from this reading
18:50that the written word
18:51and the preached word
18:52are concurrent factors
18:54in the conversion of men to God
18:56that both are necessary
18:58and neither of them
18:59can be safely dispensed with
19:03the written word
19:04being given by the inspiration of God
19:07is as far as it goes
19:09both perfect and infallible
19:11and yet it is not of itself sufficient
19:16the preached word
19:17albeit far inferior
19:19as being liable to error
19:21imperfect and fallible
19:23is yet necessary
19:25as the complement of the testimony
19:27of the scripture
19:29the written word
19:30stands immovable
19:31the touchstone of truth
19:33the standard of doctrine
19:35the referee in doubt
19:36the pattern and the model
19:38the crucible of error
19:40the court of final appeal
19:42in all controversies of faith
19:46the preached word
19:47preached word
19:48varied
19:49modified
19:50by circumstance
19:51of time and place
19:52drawing its colours
19:54its clothing
19:55its fashion
19:56from its immediate surrenders
19:59presents the eternal truth
20:01in the garb
20:02most suited to the wants
20:03and capacities
20:04of those with whom it deals
20:07but in doing this
20:09it is liable to error
20:14then the sole appeal
20:15is to the written word of God
20:17all teaching
20:18not in accordance with it
20:20however venerable for age
20:22and for the authority
20:23by which it is supported
20:25must be mercilessly
20:27and ruthlessly
20:28cut off
20:31blessed is that church
20:32whose doctors explain
20:34but never darken
20:35the revelation
20:36of holy scripture
20:38blessed are the people
20:39whose teachers guide them
20:41into the meaning
20:42of the holy scripture
20:43but never turn them from it
20:46happy is the disciple
20:48whose mind
20:48being deeply imbued
20:50with the truths
20:51of the word of God
20:52is aided
20:53by a faithful evangelist
20:55to adjust
20:56those truths
20:57in the true proportion
20:59and relation
21:00to each other
21:01and to fill up
21:02their industries
21:03with harmonious
21:04and homogenous
21:05material
21:08as regard missionary work
21:10the lesson
21:11very simply
21:12is to sow
21:14the bible broadcast
21:15and prepare the way
21:17for the foot
21:18of the missionary
21:21we have an interesting
21:23and instructive instance
21:24here
21:24of one man submitting himself
21:26to the teaching of another
21:28and deriving from him
21:30a sudden
21:31transforming influence
21:32which most beneficially
21:35affected his whole
21:36afterlife
21:38such teaching might well
21:40come ultimately
21:41from God
21:41as in truth
21:42it did
21:43for we learn
21:45that the Christian teacher
21:46is to place himself
21:47continually
21:48under divine direction
21:52Philip had advantages
21:53which we do not now
21:55enjoy
21:57the angel of the Lord
21:58spoke to him
21:59audibly
22:00and gave him
22:01definite instructions
22:02where he should go
22:03arise and go south
22:05etc
22:07the spirit said to Philip
22:09go near and join with him
22:12and when his work
22:13was finished there
22:14the spirit of the Lord
22:15caught away for them
22:18but though we have
22:19not now these outward
22:20unmistakable demonstrations
22:22we have the mind of Christ
22:24that we may consult
22:25and know his will
22:27provided we
22:29intelligently
22:29and devotedly
22:30study his work
22:32provided we
22:33unselfishly regard
22:34the leading
22:35of his providence
22:36and provided
22:37we earnestly ask
22:39for the prompting
22:40of his divine spirit
22:42we are earnestly
22:43to desire
22:44to go only
22:44where we are sent
22:45of God
22:46to address ourselves
22:48to these
22:48whom he
22:49with whom
22:50we would have
22:51us influence
22:52and to stay
22:53no longer
22:53than he has
22:54worked for us
22:55to do them
22:59we learn
22:59that Christ
23:00has subjects
23:00to secure
23:01for his kingdom
23:02other than those
23:03that we would
23:04otherwise
23:05have expected
23:09which of the
23:09apostles
23:10would have
23:10imagined
23:11that the next
23:11convert to
23:12Christianity
23:13at this time
23:14would be a man
23:15of Ethiopia
23:16a eunuch
23:17of much authority
23:19and yet such
23:20was the mind
23:21of Christ
23:23we are prone
23:23to think
23:24that we can tell
23:25whence disciples
23:26will be drawn
23:27by whom
23:28the table
23:29will be furnished
23:29with guests
23:31but our
23:32master
23:32has surprises
23:33for us
23:33here
23:34as elsewhere
23:36we must
23:36not in thought
23:37limit the rage
23:38of his redeeming
23:39love
23:39for converting
23:40power
23:42it may not
23:43be the poor
23:44in need
23:44of some
23:45enrichment
23:45but the rich
23:46in need
23:47of some
23:47higher wealth
23:48not the lowly
23:49wanting some
23:50honour
23:51but the honourable
23:52craving
23:52some true
23:53dignity
23:55it may not
23:56be the children
23:56of privilege
23:57familiar with the
23:58truth
23:58but the sons
23:59of ignorance
24:00or superstition
24:01even the children
24:03of infidelity
24:03far from the
24:05wisdom of God
24:06it may be these
24:08and not those
24:09whom the Lord
24:10of love and power
24:11means to call
24:12and win
24:12and bless
24:15we learn
24:16that God
24:17has much
24:17enlightenment
24:18to impart
24:19through human
24:20agency
24:22here is human
24:23ignorance
24:24and misapprehension
24:25a sense of
24:26utter helplessness
24:27without guidance
24:28from a friendly
24:29hand
24:29an invitation
24:31to him
24:31who knows
24:33and who can
24:34explain
24:35without the
24:36enlightenment
24:37which some men
24:38have in their
24:39power to impart
24:40everything is dark
24:41meaningless
24:42obscure
24:43and confusing
24:45facts in nature
24:47laws of God
24:48utterances
24:49of the divine
24:50word
24:52then comes
24:53the illuminating
24:54flash
24:54and all the
24:55mists roll
24:56the way
24:56the objects
24:57become clear
24:58in the sunlight
24:59and the path
25:00is plain
25:01how wise to speak
25:03how excellent
25:04to render
25:04the light
25:05which by God's
25:07kind blessing
25:08one human mind
25:09may shed
25:09on the highest
25:11of themes
25:11into the most
25:12troubled soul
25:16we learn
25:17that the sacrificial
25:18sufferings of Christ
25:19are the grand
25:20theme of the
25:21Christian teacher
25:22what passage
25:23in all the
25:24Hebrew scriptures
25:25could Philip
25:26have referred
25:27to this
25:27as a text
25:28for his teaching
25:29this supreme
25:31fact in the
25:31history of our
25:32race
25:32is the theme
25:33on which to
25:34dwell
25:34in which to
25:36find a deepening
25:37interest
25:38from which to
25:39draw motive
25:40and inspiration
25:40with which to
25:42fascinate the
25:43people
25:43with which to
25:44be continually
25:45returning
25:48we learn
25:49that the
25:49convinced
25:50disciple
25:50should straight
25:52away
25:52avow his
25:53conviction
25:53in the
25:54appointed ways
25:56the Ethiopian
25:59yearned
26:00for baptism
26:02we learn
26:03that the
26:03full reception
26:04of the
26:04Christian truth
26:05will be
26:06followed
26:06by a deep
26:07and abiding
26:08joy
26:08the Ethiopian
26:10went on his
26:11way
26:11rejoicing
26:14and we learn
26:15that the
26:16Christian teacher
26:17makes success
26:18and inspiration
26:18to further
26:20holy activity
26:25from one
26:26of the most
26:26unwelcome
26:27exhibitions
26:27of human
26:29nature
26:29in Simon
26:30Majors
26:30we are led
26:32with grateful
26:32relief to this
26:33episode full of
26:34hope
26:34and to the
26:35very suggestion
26:36of sunshine
26:36for the world
26:39this alternate
26:40light and shade
26:41of a written
26:41record of human
26:42life
26:43which exhibits
26:44alike the
26:44appearance
26:45of a compendious
26:46description
26:47and a crowded
26:48epitome
26:48is so far
26:50from a very
26:51faithful reflection
26:52of the inner
26:53tenor of human
26:53history
26:55and the
26:56faithfulness
26:57of the reflection
26:57goes some way
26:59to tell those
27:00whose hand
27:01the pencil
27:02of such graphic
27:03effect
27:03has held
27:06incident
27:06of bones
27:07in the paragraph
27:08mapped by
27:08today's verses
27:10but it is no
27:11disjointed
27:12incoherent
27:13collection of
27:14incidents
27:14they come together
27:15bone to his
27:16bone sinew and
27:17flesh come upon
27:19them
27:19skin covers them
27:20above and they
27:21make the most
27:21living whole
27:23let us notice
27:24what is recorded
27:26here of a life
27:27that was true
27:27to its light
27:30the subject
27:31of today's
27:32fragment
27:32is an
27:34Ethiopian
27:35though a
27:36fragment
27:37a mere
27:38piece
27:38it conducts
27:40to the most
27:40critical portion
27:41of life
27:41and puts the
27:42key of it
27:43in our hand
27:44it is the
27:45first fruit
27:45of the
27:46fulfilment
27:46of the
27:47prophecy
27:47that was
27:47written
27:48Ethiopia
27:49shall stretch
27:50out her
27:50hands
27:51unto God
27:52and in
27:53the desolation
27:54too rapidly
27:54drawing on
27:55Jerusalem
27:56Zion could
27:57still say
27:58this man
27:59was born
27:59in her
28:02the Ethiopian
28:03surely
28:03could not
28:04change his
28:04skin
28:05but God
28:06can change
28:06a darkened
28:06heart
28:07and this
28:07he does
28:09by what
28:10root
28:10the divine
28:11ray of
28:11light
28:11reached the
28:12Ethiopian's
28:13mind
28:13we do not
28:14know
28:15but that
28:15in man's
28:16deepest
28:16darkness
28:17that light
28:18often
28:19loves
28:20most suddenly
28:20to spring
28:21up
28:21we do
28:22know
28:24he is not
28:25one who
28:25had been
28:25brought up
28:26in the
28:26light of
28:27revelation
28:27but was
28:28now
28:29following
28:29with zeal
28:31that which
28:31was given
28:32to him
28:34this was
28:35a man of
28:36peace
28:36and doubtless
28:37also of
28:37wealth
28:38of great
28:38authority
28:39and with
28:40near relations
28:41of office
28:41to royalty
28:43and yet
28:44he is an
28:45instance of
28:45exception
28:46to the
28:46tyrannical
28:47entanglements
28:48of the
28:48cares of
28:48the world
28:49the deceitfulness
28:50of riches
28:51and the lust
28:52of other
28:52things entering
28:53in to
28:54choke the
28:54word
28:56he is
28:56not
28:56one of
28:57those rich
28:58of whom
28:58it is
28:59said by
28:59unerring
29:00lips
29:00how hardly
29:01shall they
29:02that have
29:02riches
29:03enter into
29:03the kingdom
29:04of god
29:05he is here
29:06striving to
29:07enter in
29:08and strives
29:09at the
29:09right time
29:11he does
29:11not leave
29:12it too
29:12late
29:13the too
29:14late
29:14of those
29:14who shall
29:15seek
29:15and not
29:16be able
29:17this again
29:18was obeying
29:19and being
29:20very faithfully
29:21ruled by
29:21the light
29:22that had
29:23come upon
29:23the subject
29:26of today's
29:27fragment
29:27is come
29:28upon
29:29using the
29:29advantages
29:30of his
29:30position
29:31state
29:32and wealth
29:32for direct
29:34religious
29:34purposes
29:36he has
29:37been to
29:37Jerusalem
29:37for worship
29:39he is
29:40returning
29:40he has
29:42by his
29:42resources of
29:43money and
29:43influence
29:44possessed
29:44himself
29:45of the
29:45scriptures
29:45or at
29:47least a
29:47portion
29:47of them
29:48even though
29:49they would
29:49have been
29:50comparatively
29:50difficult
29:51to obtain
29:53and yet
29:54while on
29:54his journey
29:55he is
29:56reading them
29:57he is
29:58dwelling on
29:59what he has
29:59heard and
30:00read in
30:00Jerusalem
30:01and is
30:02referring to
30:02something that
30:03has fixed
30:03his attention
30:04and awoken
30:05his wonder
30:07air
30:08light and
30:08sun
30:09the movement
30:10of the
30:10chariot
30:10and presumably
30:11some voices
30:12of the
30:13attendants
30:13are playing
30:14disregarded
30:15upon his
30:16senses
30:16while his
30:18soul
30:18communes
30:18with itself
30:19and the
30:20things
30:20written
30:20in that
30:21scarcely
30:21understood
30:22scripture
30:22all
30:23interested
30:24he is
30:26scarcely
30:26outside
30:27he is
30:28crossing
30:29the
30:29threshold
30:30in the
30:30very
30:31porch
30:31of the
30:31living
30:32church
30:32of God's
30:33own
30:34glorious
30:34temple
30:34and
30:35manifestation
30:36of truth
30:37to man
30:38he is
30:39reading
30:39in
30:40Isaiah
30:41the
30:41prophet
30:41and
30:42is
30:42reading
30:43in the
30:43place
30:43of
30:44places
30:44where
30:45some
30:45soft
30:46hand
30:46invisible
30:47has
30:47guided
30:47his
30:48eye
30:49this
30:50sacred
30:51parable
30:51of
30:52six
30:52centuries
30:53old
30:53but which
30:55within the
30:55last
30:56few
30:56months
30:57has
30:58unknown
30:58to him
30:58blossomed
30:59for a
30:59mission
31:00of perpetual
31:00youth
31:01has
31:01arrested
31:02him
31:02he reads
31:04and wonders
31:05and inquires
31:06of whom
31:07speaks
31:08the prophet
31:08he
31:09was led
31:10as a
31:11sheep
31:11to the
31:11slaughter
31:12like a
31:13lamb
31:13done
31:13before
31:14his
31:14shearer
31:15and so
31:16he opened
31:16not his
31:17mouth
31:17death
31:17and in
31:18his
31:19humiliation
31:19his
31:20judgment
31:20was
31:20taken
31:21away
31:22who
31:23shall
31:23declare
31:24his
31:24generation
31:24for his
31:26life
31:26is
31:26taken
31:26from
31:27the
31:27earth
31:28the
31:29man
31:29who
31:30has
31:30got
31:30to
31:30that
31:30story
31:31sacred
31:32story
31:32sweet
31:33story
31:33strange
31:34story
31:34and
31:34cannot
31:35pass
31:35it
31:35refuses
31:36to
31:37pass
31:37it
31:37but
31:38lingers
31:38on
31:39it
31:39dwells
31:40on
31:40it
31:41asks
31:42in the
31:42very
31:42spirit
31:42prayer
31:43for
31:44its
31:44interpretation
31:45looks
31:46very
31:47much
31:47like
31:47a
31:47man
31:48who
31:48is
31:48not
31:48putting
31:48out
31:49his
31:49light
31:49not
31:50dishonoring
31:51it
31:51but
31:52is
31:52following
31:52it
31:52and
31:53is
31:53on
31:53the
31:53way
31:53to
31:54improve
31:54it
31:54and
31:54find
31:55it
31:55the
31:55brighter
31:58the
31:59subject
31:59of
32:00this
32:00partial
32:00biography
32:01is
32:02resolved
32:02without
32:04unnecessary
32:04delay
32:05to
32:06make
32:06profession
32:07let
32:08him
32:08belong
32:09to
32:09what
32:09nation
32:09he
32:10may
32:10let
32:10him
32:10wear
32:11what
32:11livery
32:11he
32:12may
32:12let
32:12him
32:13jeopardize
32:13what
32:13splendid
32:14place
32:14of
32:14earthly
32:15promotion
32:15he
32:15may
32:16he
32:17will
32:17take
32:18the
32:18name
32:18of
32:18Christ
32:19he
32:20has
32:20found
32:20the
32:20truth
32:20he
32:21recognizes
32:22it
32:22and
32:23not
32:23an
32:23hour
32:23will
32:23he
32:24lose
32:24or
32:24risk
32:24his
32:25part
32:26or
32:26lot
32:26in
32:26the
32:26matter
32:27his
32:28heart
32:28is
32:28right
32:29in
32:29the
32:29sight
32:29of
32:29God
32:30and
32:31it
32:31is
32:31because
32:32God's
32:33light
32:33has
32:33come
32:34upon
32:34him
32:36what
32:36light
32:37he
32:37had
32:37followed
32:38and
32:39it
32:39shone
32:39upon
32:39the
32:39road
32:40that
32:40led
32:40him
32:40to
32:40the
32:41lamb
32:41and
32:42he
32:42was
32:42satisfied
32:43and
32:43he
32:44went
32:44on
32:44his
32:44way
32:45rejoicing
32:48let
32:49us
32:49note
32:49what
32:50is
32:50recorded
32:50here
32:50unseen
32:51and
32:52utterly
32:52unsuspected
32:53agencies
32:54at
32:55work
32:55befriending
32:56the
32:56Ethiopian
32:59there
32:59were
32:59such
33:00agencies
33:00and
33:01this
33:01was
33:01the
33:01first
33:01to
33:02be
33:02noted
33:03it
33:04is
33:04plainly
33:04written
33:04where
33:05it
33:05can
33:05be
33:06written
33:06that
33:07it
33:07may
33:07be
33:07better
33:07understood
33:08and
33:08believed
33:08in the
33:09times
33:09innumerable
33:10when it
33:10cannot be
33:10written
33:12life
33:12life
33:12flows
33:13on
33:13apparently
33:14by
33:14itself
33:14but
33:15what
33:16unthought
33:16of
33:16tributaries
33:17there
33:18are
33:18to
33:18its
33:18stream
33:20or
33:20if
33:21they
33:21are
33:21ever
33:21thought
33:22of
33:22and
33:22even
33:22seen
33:22how
33:23little
33:23is
33:23made
33:23of
33:24them
33:24with
33:25how
33:25little
33:25faith
33:26or
33:26devoutness
33:26are
33:27they
33:27thought
33:27of
33:28even
33:29when
33:29acknowledged
33:30as
33:30providence
33:30the
33:31utterance
33:32of
33:32that
33:32word
33:32seems
33:33to
33:33discharge
33:33the
33:34debt
33:34connected
33:34to
33:35it
33:36it
33:36is
33:36not
33:37treated
33:37as
33:38a
33:38sacred
33:38symbol
33:38of
33:39untold
33:40profoundness
33:41and
33:42breath
33:42and a
33:43mercy
33:44of
33:44meaning
33:44only
33:45thinly
33:45veiled
33:46beneath
33:46it
33:50we
33:51may
33:51be
33:51very
33:51sure
33:51the
33:52eunuch
33:52would
33:52have
33:52been
33:52first
33:53to
33:53desire
33:53to
33:54acknowledge
33:54the
33:55help
33:55that
33:55he
33:55had
33:55received
33:56from
33:56Philip
33:58what
33:58he
33:59may
33:59have
33:59thought
33:59of
33:59his
34:00sudden
34:00appearance
34:00of
34:01his
34:01placing
34:02himself
34:02so
34:02as
34:02to
34:03overhear
34:03his
34:03reading
34:04of
34:04the
34:05sacred
34:05scroll
34:07and
34:07of
34:08his
34:08addressing
34:08to
34:09him
34:09the
34:09somewhat
34:10gratuitous
34:11question
34:11do
34:12you
34:12understand
34:13that
34:13which
34:14you
34:14are
34:14reading
34:14we
34:15do
34:15not
34:15know
34:16but
34:17it
34:17is
34:17evident
34:17that
34:18he
34:18both
34:18courteously
34:19and
34:19gladly
34:19received
34:20the
34:20offered
34:21intrusion
34:21and
34:22did
34:22not
34:22regard
34:23it
34:23as
34:23intrusion
34:25and
34:26how
34:26well
34:26he
34:26would
34:27be
34:27repaid
34:28Philip
34:29explained
34:29to him
34:30the
34:30scripture
34:30and
34:31preached
34:31to
34:32him
34:32Jesus
34:33and
34:34soon
34:34after
34:35is
34:35the
34:35minister
34:35to
34:36him
34:36of
34:36baptism
34:38and
34:38he
34:38neither
34:39asks
34:40nor
34:40takes
34:40fee
34:41of
34:41reward
34:42but
34:43so
34:43soon
34:44as
34:44his
34:44service
34:44is
34:45fulfilled
34:45he
34:45vanishes
34:46was
34:47all
34:47his
34:47chance
34:49if
34:49the
34:50Egyptian
34:50thought
34:50it
34:50was
34:51or
34:51did
34:51not
34:51think
34:52it
34:52was
34:52not
34:54it
34:55may
34:55be
34:55in
34:55some
34:55measure
34:56forgiven
34:56the
34:56likely
34:57to
34:57his
34:57education
34:58and
34:59want
34:59of
34:59education
35:01but
35:02he
35:02does
35:02not
35:02strike
35:03as
35:03a
35:03man
35:03certain
35:04to
35:04fail
35:04or
35:04likely
35:05to
35:05fail
35:05in
35:05matters
35:05of
35:06spiritual
35:06discernment
35:09be
35:09this
35:09as
35:10it
35:10may
35:10we
35:11know
35:11that
35:11there
35:12was
35:12no
35:12chance
35:12about
35:12it
35:13but
35:13design
35:14and
35:14preparation
35:16so
35:16this
35:17visible
35:17human
35:18contribution
35:18of
35:19help
35:19gratefully
35:20received
35:21and
35:21no
35:21doubt
35:23unstintedly
35:23acknowledged
35:24in the
35:24heart
35:25of the
35:25Ethiopian
35:26owed
35:27to
35:27an
35:27unseen
35:28friendly
35:28power
35:30it
35:31was
35:31a
35:31notable
35:31instance
35:31of
35:32a
35:32stranger
35:32being
35:33unaware
35:34but
35:35an
35:35angel
35:35and
35:36our
35:36human
35:37friends
35:37and
35:38the
35:38visits
35:38of
35:38their
35:38sympathy
35:39their
35:40voice
35:40to
35:40encourage
35:40or
35:41to
35:41exhort
35:41or
35:42to
35:42rebuke
35:43may
35:43often
35:43be
35:44the
35:44visits
35:44of
35:45angels
35:47it
35:47is
35:47a
35:47pity
35:48that
35:48they
35:49are
35:49not
35:49in
35:49fact
35:49more
35:50often
35:50and
35:51it
35:51is
35:51a
35:51pity
35:52that
35:52we
35:52do
35:53not
35:53more
35:53often
35:53recognize
35:54them
35:54and
35:54use
35:55them
35:55and
35:55such
35:56when
35:56they
35:57are
35:57in
35:57truth
35:57so
35:58ordained
36:01more
36:02remote
36:02still
36:02there
36:03was
36:03the
36:03friendly
36:04agency
36:05unknown
36:05and
36:06unsuspected
36:06by the
36:07man
36:07who
36:07took
36:07all
36:07the
36:08benefits
36:08of
36:08it
36:10Philip
36:10himself
36:11did
36:11not
36:11come
36:12he
36:12was
36:12sent
36:13and
36:14the
36:14Ethiopians
36:14greater
36:15and
36:15devouter
36:15thanks
36:16belong to
36:16him
36:16who
36:16sent
36:17him
36:18and so
36:19it was
36:19once
36:19that there
36:20was
36:20no eye
36:21to pity
36:21no arm
36:22to save
36:24and the
36:24majesty
36:25and sovereignty
36:25and might
36:26of the highest
36:27heaven
36:27interposed
36:29and
36:30and to
36:30these
36:30behind
36:31and above
36:31all
36:31means
36:32and
36:32methods
36:32and
36:32instruments
36:33belong
36:34the
36:34glory
36:34the
36:35gratitude
36:35and
36:35endless
36:36praise
36:37for the
36:38angel of
36:38the
36:38lord
36:39appeared
36:39to
36:39Philip
36:39and
36:40told
36:40him
36:41the
36:41way
36:41in
36:41which
36:41he
36:41should
36:42go
36:42and
36:43Philip
36:43went
36:43obedient
36:45unquestioning
36:46although
36:47there would
36:48surely
36:48have been
36:48room for
36:49at least
36:49two or
36:50three
36:50questions
36:51like
36:52Abraham
36:52he
36:52went
36:54presumably
36:54at
36:55present
36:55not knowing
36:56why
36:56he was
36:57going
36:57though
36:59he did
36:59know
36:59the
36:59unpromising
37:00desert
37:01where
37:02and
37:03this
37:03was
37:03no
37:03chance
37:04nor
37:05was
37:05it
37:05what
37:05happened
37:06as a
37:06sign
37:07and
37:07wonder
37:08in the
37:08once
37:08solitary
37:09history
37:09of
37:09this
37:09Ethiopian
37:11it
37:12is
37:12what
37:12often
37:12is
37:13taking
37:13place
37:13it
37:14is
37:14in
37:15human
37:15light
37:15life
37:16not
37:17deserted
37:17forsaken
37:18despised
37:19of
37:19God
37:19to
37:20be
37:20also
37:21often
37:21befriended
37:22and
37:23most
37:23graciously
37:24befriended
37:25by
37:25him
37:28a
37:29third
37:29inference
37:29is
37:30vouchsafed
37:30in the
37:31behalf
37:31of
37:31the
37:31Ethiopian
37:33Philip
37:33has
37:34reached
37:34the
37:34way
37:35from
37:35Jerusalem
37:35to
37:36Gaza
37:36and
37:36probably
37:37he
37:37knows
37:37the
37:37desert
37:38heat
37:38and
37:38drought
37:40and
37:40the
37:41unrefreshing
37:41barrenness
37:42of the
37:43road
37:44he
37:45is
37:45going
37:45to
37:45cross
37:45the
37:46path
37:46of
37:46the
37:46traveller's
37:47chariot
37:47or
37:48rather
37:48be
37:49left
37:49of
37:49it
37:49behind
37:49it
37:50and
37:50miss
37:50it
37:52we
37:52do
37:52not
37:53need
37:53to
37:53suppose
37:53that
37:54Philip
37:54was not
37:54wishful
37:55to
37:55be
37:55instant
37:56in
37:56season
37:57and
37:57out
37:57of
37:57season
37:59but
38:00whatever
38:00reason
38:00he
38:01needed
38:01the
38:01direction
38:02of
38:02the
38:02spirit
38:02and
38:03the
38:03spirit
38:03interposed
38:04and
38:04instructed
38:05and
38:05commanded
38:07these
38:08these
38:08of
38:08the
38:08gracious
38:09spirit
38:09principal
38:09functions
38:10to
38:11stop
38:11to
38:12inform
38:12and
38:12to
38:13command
38:14still
38:15it
38:16is
38:16for
38:16all
38:16the
38:16help
38:17of
38:17the
38:17unwitting
38:17Ethiopian
38:18travelling
38:19from
38:19worship
38:20of
38:20Jerusalem
38:21using
38:22well
38:22even
38:23travelling
38:24time
38:26and
38:26living
38:27true
38:27to
38:27such
38:27light
38:28as
38:28he
38:28had
38:29the
38:30fuller
38:30day
38:31was
38:31near
38:31at
38:31hand
38:31for
38:32him
38:32before
38:33long
38:33perhaps
38:34glimmering
38:35rays
38:35would
38:36be
38:36straying
38:36in
38:36and
38:37he
38:37wondered
38:38what
38:38they
38:38meant
38:38and
38:39they
38:39had
38:39made
38:40him
38:40long
38:40for
38:40more
38:41light
38:41and
38:41feel
38:42for
38:42it
38:42with
38:42many
38:43a
38:43groving
38:44thus
38:45he
38:45that
38:45seeks
38:46finds
38:46full
38:47conviction
38:48full
38:49satisfaction
38:50full
38:50faith
38:50and
38:50peace
38:51and
38:51joy
38:51are
38:52to
38:52be
38:53his
38:53reward
38:57Philip
38:58asked
38:58if
38:58the
38:59Ethiopian
38:59understood
39:00the
39:00passage
39:00from
39:00Isaiah
39:01that
39:01he
39:01had
39:01been
39:01reading
39:03and
39:03was
39:03told
39:04because
39:04he
39:05had
39:05nobody
39:05to
39:05explain
39:06it
39:06to
39:06him
39:08the
39:08door
39:08was
39:09wide
39:09open
39:09for
39:10Philip
39:12this
39:12was
39:12a
39:12man
39:13searching
39:13for
39:13something
39:14in
39:14his
39:14life
39:14to
39:15give
39:15everything
39:15thus
39:16far
39:16meaning
39:18he
39:18was
39:18comfortably
39:19off
39:19because
39:20he
39:20was
39:20sitting
39:20in
39:20his
39:21carriage
39:21reading
39:21rather
39:22than
39:22driving
39:24but
39:24he
39:24knew
39:25that
39:25he
39:25was
39:25missing
39:25something
39:26fundamental
39:28Philip
39:29seized
39:30the
39:30opportunity
39:31and
39:32explaining
39:32everything
39:33was
39:34asked
39:34to
39:34perform
39:35the
39:35baptism
39:36and
39:37the
39:37Ethiopian
39:37went
39:38on
39:38his
39:38way
39:38full
39:39of
39:39joy
39:39for
39:40what
39:40he
39:40had
39:40felt
39:42today
39:43we
39:44look
39:44around
39:44us
39:44at
39:45a
39:45world
39:45where
39:46there
39:46are
39:46literally
39:46millions
39:47of
39:47people
39:48searching
39:49just
39:49like
39:49this
39:49man
39:50for
39:51the
39:51lost
39:51key
39:51to
39:52life
39:53sadly
39:54many
39:54of
39:54them
39:55are
39:55going
39:55to
39:55be
39:55failed
39:56by
39:56the
39:56church
39:56and
39:57as a
39:57result
39:58they
39:58are
39:58given
39:58keys
39:59that
39:59will
39:59not
39:59work
40:01this
40:02is
40:03a
40:03result
40:03of
40:04the
40:04failure
40:04to
40:05evangelise
40:06and
40:06we
40:06as
40:06Christians
40:07should
40:07pull
40:08together
40:08and
40:08reach
40:09out
40:09one
40:09and
40:10every
40:10single
40:11one
40:11of
40:12us
40:12especially
40:13to
40:13the
40:14young
40:14and
40:14the
40:15spiritually
40:15hungry
40:17lest
40:17they
40:18fall
40:18by the
40:19wayside
40:19to
40:20the
40:20snares
40:20of
40:20crime
40:21drugs
40:22and
40:23the
40:23escapism
40:24of
40:24radicalisation
40:30let us
40:31pray
40:32O God
40:33our refuge
40:35and strength
40:35who is the author
40:37of all
40:37godliness
40:38be ready
40:39we beseech
40:40you
40:40to hear
40:41the devout
40:42prayers
40:42of your
40:43church
40:44grant
40:45that those
40:45things which
40:46we ask
40:47faithfully
40:47we may
40:48obtain
40:49effectually
40:50through
40:51Jesus
40:52Christ
40:52our
40:53Lord
40:53Amen
40:59May the
41:00Lord bless
41:01us and
41:02keep us
41:02from all
41:03evil
41:03bringing
41:05us to
41:05everlasting
41:06life
41:07Amen
41:08to
41:09Jesus
41:09he
41:09he
41:11he
41:12he
41:13he
41:13You