...singular appearance of God in him ; it is said, they that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel, Acts vi. 15. Stephen knew that the Holy Ghost was in him, animating him, and working in him, and drawing forth these...

...— c Lord their sin forgive! i * My spirit, Lord, receive! —' " He spake, and fell asleep." * " They saw his face as it had been the face of an Angel" Acts, ch. vi. ver. 15.. f See Acts, ch. vii. ver. 57, to the end. THE REFORMATION AN ODE. 1s mine, the sway...

...making us meet to be partakers ; Col. i. 12. If " all that sat in the council against him, saw Stephen's face as it had been the face of an angel" (Acts vi. 15.), what shall be the glory of the saints when themselves shall see the face of God, and his name shall...

...even unto death. FEBBUABV 21.—" And all that aat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, eaw his face as it had been the face of an angel." — Acts vi. I5. was nothing unaccountable in their beholding him as they did. He was a remarkable character ; and...

...people," and when called upon to make his defence before the council, they " looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel," Acts vi. 15. This that occurred at Samaria is remarkable, and sets before our minds the supreme power of the apostles...

...the customs which Moses delivered us. And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. ACTS VII., I. Then said the high Priest, Are these things so ? And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers,...

...ho had said this he fell asleep."] t And all that were in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. Acts vi. 15. • . t [With awfu| dread his murderers shook As, radiant and serene, The lustre of his dying look...

...Sanhedrim. The sacred writer tells us that " all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." (Acts vi. 15.) There are just two or three marks of difference, which I must beg my readers to notice, between this...

...: if the angels had tongues, they must needs be admirable. They looked stedfastly on Stephen, and " saw his face as it had been the face of an angel," Acts vi. 15. David admiring man's creative glory, with uncontained passion breaks forth, " Thou hast made him a...

...what tenderness! What benignity and love! " And all that sat in the council looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel." Acts vi. 15. And when they gnashed on him with their teeth, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of...