as not saved he could not receive him.

A similar instance of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the
previously regenerated is that of Cornelius, recorded in the tenth chapter
of Acts. We are often told that Cornelius was a devout man under the law
like Moses, Isaiah, and other Old Testament prophets. This is only a
supposition, and one without foundation. Cornelius was not a keeper of the
law. He was a Gentile, a Roman centurion. He had heard of Jesus, ver. 36,
37. He had learned enough to believe on him for the salvation from sin,
but wanted to be taught the way of God more perfectly. Under Peter's
preaching they received the Holy Spirit. In the nineteenth chapter of Acts
is preserved the experience of twelve men at Ephesus. They were disciples.
The Jews under the law were never called disciples. A disciple is a
follower or learner of Christ. Paul preached to them and laid hands upon
them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

This is the dispensation of the Holy Spirit. As holy men were once led and
spoken to by God directly, holy men are now led and spoken to by the Holy
Spirit. The man who rejects the power, work and light of the Holy Spirit
is like a blind man who does not believe the existence of a sun because he
never saw the light. The Holy Spirit calls to the ministry. Acts 13:1-4.
He leads them and directs them where to preach or labor. Acts 8:26, 29;
16:6, 7. He created the overseers. Acts 20:28. Men spake as moved by the
Holy Spirit. They spake as the Spirit gave them utterance. God sets all
the members in the body as pleases him. 1 Cor. 12:18. He does this through
the agency of the Holy Spirit. 1 Cor. 12:13. Apostles and prophets and
teachers and gifts of healing and miracles and tongues are all the gifts
of the Holy Spirit. The whole work of God is now carried on by the Holy
Spirit, the third person in the trinity.

Chapter XVI. Miscellaneous Subjects.

Woman's Freedom.

The Scriptural right for women to labor in the gospel as exhorters,
teachers, preachers, etc., is questioned by many. To deny women such a
privilege is contrary to the Christian spirit of equality, and a serious
obstruction to pure gospel light. We (male and female) are all one in
Christ Jesus. Gal. 3:28. In the kingdom of grace man and woman are on an
equal footing so far as concerns the work of God. To explain some texts
that seem to prohibit women from laboring in the gospel and to prove
positively to you that women di