"I will pray about it, Mr. Jones," said Robert.

On the next day, Mr. Percy Johnson visited them on the same mission,
and on the day following, Mr. Claude Perkins came. To them, Robert
replied much as he did to Mr. Jones. All of them deplored the lack
of vital godliness in their churches and bewailed the lack of
spirituality among their numbers. It was a fact that on prayer meeting
nights very few persons were out to either of their churches. On the
outside, Robert could discern little difference between the various
denominations. He had learned that they held different doctrines, and
had different schemes of government, but as to the real church life,
the heart and soul of them, he saw little difference. He was about to
decide to join by casting lots, when something providentially started
his mind along another line of thinking.

Robert Davis suddenly bethought himself of the new religious paper.
Those words which he read when he first saw a copy stood out before
him again:

"A Definite, Heart-Searching, Non-Sectarian
Religious Weekly
Published in the Interests of
THE CHURCH OF GOD."

"Mary," Robert suddenly said to his wife, "there is beginning to form
in my mind an idea of what a church ought to be. I suppose that text
in the Acts that you read this morning for worship, and that religious
paper, are responsible for it. These words paint a beautiful picture:

"'And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of
one soul: neither said any of them that ought of these things which he
possessed was his own; but they had all things common. And with great
power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus:
and great grace was upon them all.'

"This, it seems to me, is the kind of church there ought to be today.
Where is it? By the way, those words were written of the early church,
were they not? Yes, for see here, in Acts 2:47 it says, 'And the Lord
added to the church daily such as should be saved.' This description
is of the early church then.

"They were united, with one heart and soul; one holy purpose animated
them; one powerful motive brought them together. There were no
divisions among them, they all believed the same thing, and their holy
fellowship was complete. Everyone knew them as the disciples of Jesus,
and anyone under conviction of sin knew where to go for salvation. It
was a pure church. I suppose that there was not a sinner who dar