other. The

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Ve in the risen Lord, joined the little band, until they numbered one
hundred and twenty at one of their meetings, and the mother of Jesus was
among them. At this meeting Peter proposed that some disciple who could
be a witness with them to the Lord's resurrection should be appointed to
the place that Judas once held in the circle of the twelve. The ten
disciples agreed with Peter, and two were chosen--Joseph and Matthias.
Then they prayed that the Lord Himself would show them which of these
two He wished to be an Apostle, and when they cast lots the lot fell
upon Matthias. When the upper room became too small they went to a
larger one that was more public, and did not try to guard their doors,
for the priests had become afraid of the people as well as of the signs
at the time of the Lord's death, when the sky was darkened, the rocks
rent by an earthquake, and the Temple veil by an unseen Hand. The Feast
of the Weeks came on, and at the end of May--the day of Pentecost (the
fiftieth after the second day of the Passover), the Lord's little church
had gathered in their large public room to pray and wait for the
Promise. Suddenly there came a sound from the heavens like the rushing
of a mighty wind, and with it came a flash of fire which was not
lightning, but which divided into many, and sat above the brow of each
like a soft, bright tongue of flame. Then the silence was broken, and
they all began to praise God in other languages, as the Spirit gave them
utterance, for the Promise of the Father 
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