...therefore they were come together, they asked him, saying, " Lord, art thou at this time restoring* 7 the kingdom to Israel ?" And he said unto them, " It is not for you to know the times or seasons, which the Father 8 hath put in his own disposal. But ye shall receive power5,...

...water, but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence. M 3 When When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, LORD, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel ? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times and the seasons,...

...might have said, " knoweth no one, no, not the angelsin heaven, but the Father and the Son— but it is not for you to know the times and the seasons which the Father bath put in his own power."* No unprejudiced and candid critic, I am persuaded, will ever be able to...

...them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father." And again, " they asked of Him, saying, Lord wilt thou at this...kingdom to Israel ? And He said unto them, It is not lawful for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power. But ye...

...object of curiosity to those who consider the answer of our Lprd to a similar question : " It is not foi you to know the times and the seasons which the Father hath put iu his own power." The same answer might be given to those who would curiously inquire into the duration...

...working, Lord, wilt thou at this time ing with them, and confirming restore again the kingdom ol fcrael? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye snail receive power, after...

...with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost, not many days hence. When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord,...? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after...

...asked of him, saying, Lord, • Rom. x. 6—10. ' 1 John, v. 1. * 1 John, v. 4, 5. wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel ? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power0. But ye shall receive power after...

...discerning the signs of the times ; while in the passage before us, he tells us that it is not for us to know the times and the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. Now there is no contradiction in these two passages, though it may be thought so...

...? Whether God will at this day bless the gospel at home or abroad, we know not. ' It is not for us to know the times and the seasons which the Father hath put in his own power' — it is for us to obey. For eventual success in any of our endeavours, we shall...