...violent manner, when he had declared his vision. And they stoned, him, "calling upon God, and saying Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down,...with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." We perceive here no evidence that Stephen's calling upon Jesus indicates anything more than...

...affecting instance of divine worship paid to Christ : " They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit ! And he kneeled down,...with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge !" The prayer of the thief on the cross is a similar instance: " Lord, remember me when thou...

...at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down,...with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. The Gospel . St. Matth. xxiii. 34. BEHOLD, I send...

...cross), Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. — Luke xxiii. 34. They stoned Stephen ; and he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,...Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. — Acts vii. 59, 60. Paul prayed for Agrippa, that he were not only almost, but altogether such as he, except his...

...Lord Jesus Christ ;" (Eph. iii. 14.) And to mention but one instance more, Stephen at his martyrdom " kneeled down and cried with a loud " voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." (Acts vii. 60.) Kneeling is the most proper posture for prayer ; and in this attitude the early Christians generally...

...extraordinary circumstances in which Stephen was at this time, for addressing prayers to Christ in general. 60. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge ; and when he had said this, he fell asleep. And Saul was consenting unto his death. This was...

...the earth as it was, the spirit likewise returns," even " unto God who gave it." And again we read, " he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge :" another act of worship, properly addressed to that Being alone who forgiveth sin, but as...

...Stephen; for, commending his spirit to the Lord Jesus, and imploring the pardon of his murderers, " he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge :" By the authority of Peter and Paul, who severally " kneeled down and prayed ;" the one, when...

...proto-martyr Stephen, in the fullest assurance that all power was given to Jesus in heaven and earth, (before he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, " Lord, lay not this sin to their charge, and fell asleep,") said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."! Doubtless they both in these words...

...his course as a martyr. When they cast him out of their city, and stoned him, he called, saying, " Lord Jesus, receive my spirit! :' And he kneeled down,...with a loud voice, " Lord, lay not this sin to their charge ! " and then, just as an infant would repose its head on the bosom of its mother, he laid down...