eagerly accepted that manifestly fraudulent Christianity, Protestantism.
Brethren, the knowledge communicated by the Holy Spirit to the Apostles comprised all the mysteries and truths of our faith. " The heavens show forth the glory of God, and the firmament declareth the work of His hands," and from a study of visible things philosophy came to a knowledge of the invisible things of God. But the Lord leads the just man by direct ways and shows him the kingdom of God, and hence it was that through the influence of the Holy Ghost more wisdom was infused into the Apostles in a moment than all the philosophers laboriously and for centuries had been able to acquire. Natural truths, however, did not most probably constitute a part of these revelations, except indeed such as were necessary in the accomplishment of their apostolic mission, for, says St. Augustine, " the Spirit designed to make them not mathematicians, but Christians." The Apostles had said to Christ: "Lord, we know not whither Thou goest, and how are we to learn the way?" and through the coming of the Paraclete, He, as He promised, sufficiently enlightened them so that they might be able " to give knowledge of salvation to His people unto the remission of their sins."
The second gift was the gift of tongues. On that first Pentecost Day, there were in Jerusalem representatives of all civilized peoples, and each was amazed at hearing the Apostles address him in his native tongue. Not that they spoke Greek, for ex
