...proof of the point under consideration. " For we are informed in the fifth chapter of the Acts, that a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession. But he kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought only a certain part...

...X. " And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, a Lévite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet," Acts iv. 36, 37. I HAVE often thought that there is a harmony pervading everything connected with Barnabas,...

...benevolence of Barnabas led him to preach the gospel from pure, disinterested motives. " Having land, he sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet." He meant to endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ; and not entangle himself with the affairs...

...benevolence of Barnabas led him to preach the gospel from pure, disinterested motives. " Having land, he sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet." He meant to endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ ; and not entangle himself with the...

...brightening road To, wait, than if their own with all his radiance glow'd. * Acts iv. 37. Having land, he sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the Apostles' feet. 0 happy spirits, mark'd by God and man Their messages of love to bear,* What though long since in heaven...

...proof of the point under consideration; for we are informed in the tifth chapter of the Acts, that a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession ; lut lie kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought only a certain...

...down at the apostles' feet ; and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. 2. But a certain man named Anani'as, with Sapphi'ra his wife, sold a possession, and kept back [some] of the price, (his wife also being privy to it,) and brought a certain part, and laid it at...

...Gospel. His companion Barnabas, for example ; l who being " a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet." This is 1 Acts iv. 36. the case of one who of his own choice and free-will devotes himself to the cause...

...the Acts, of one of those very individuals, who, on the commencement of the persecution at Jerusalem, having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet : " Barnabas, a Levite of the country of Cyprus, departed from Jerusalem to Tarsus, for to seek Saul...

...Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, the son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, having land, sold it, and brought the money and laid it at the Apostles' feet." Here then we have one characteristic of this good man. He was a liberal man ; forward to do good with...