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Some believe it, others scoff at it. But a few 

 hearts have been inclined by the Holy Ghost to 

 loving trust in God's Son, and these few are the 

 nucleus of the Church in that town. 



And now the work enlarges ; the travellers de- 

 liver their message to the pagan population of the 

 place ; they tell them that God would now make 

 Himself known to all men, and has sent His Son 

 to reveal the true God, that men might forsake 

 their idols and serve Him truly. There is com- 

 motion in the place. The crowd scoff at their 

 preaching of the Christ, and perhaps some rush 

 upon them to do them violence ; but God has 

 some open hearts there too, and a few believe. 

 These Gentile believers are engrafted into the 

 body of the Church, and thus among Jews and 

 Gentiles the work has begun in that pagan town. 

 Begun, yes ; to continue until scores and hundreds 

 of souls rejoice in the grace of the Son of God ! 



Thus it was that the work went on. "God 

 gave the word, and great was the company of the 

 preachers." Each newly organized congregation 

 became a centre from which some went with burn- 

 ing lips to tell the story to others. 



With all of the world against them, it seemed 

 almost a hopeless task to convert the world to the 

 faith of Christ ; but God was with them, and in 

 His strength they labored. At the end of thirty 

 years after the death of the Saviour, His truth had 



