Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, Acts
Book 44 Acts 001:001 My former narrative, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught as a beginning, down to the day on which, 001:002 after giving instruction through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen, He was taken up to Heaven. 001:003 He had also, after He suffered, shown Himself alive to them with many sure proofs, appearing to them at intervals during forty days, and speaking of the Kingdom of God. 001:004 And while in their company He charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father's promised gift. "This you have heard of," He said, "from me. 001:005 For John indeed baptized with water, but before many days have passed you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." 001:006 Once when they were with Him, they asked Him, "Master, is this the time at which you are about to restore the kingdom of Israel?" 001:007 "It is not for you," He replied, "to know times or epochs which the Father has reserved within His own authority; 001:008 and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth." 001:009 When He had said this, and while they were looking
PREFACE TO REAL FOLKS SERIES.
"Leslie Goldthwaite" was the first of a series of four, which grew from
this beginning, and was written in 1866 and the years nearly following;
the first two stories--this and "We Girls"--having been furnished, by
request, for the magazine "Our Young Folks," published at that time with
such success by Messrs. Fields, Osgood & Co., and edited by Mr. Howard
M. Ticknor and Miss Lucy Larcom. The last two volumes--"Real Folks" and
"The Other Girls"--were asked for to complete the set, and were not
delayed by serial publication, but issued at once, in their order of
completion, in book form.
There is a sequence of purpose, character, and incident in the four
stories, of which it is well to remind new readers, upon their
reappearance in fresh editions. They all deal especially with girl-life
and home-life; endeavoring, even in the narration of experiences outside
the home and seeming to preclude its life, to keep for girlhood and
womanhood the true motive and tendency, through whatever temporary
interruption and necessity, of and toward the best spirit and shaping of
womanly work and surrounding; making the home-life the ideal one, and
Book 44 Acts 001:001 My former narrative, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught as a beginning, down to the day on which, 001:002 after giving instruction through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen, He was taken up to Heaven. 001:003 He had also, after He suffered, shown Himself alive to them with many sure proofs, appearing to them at intervals during forty days, and speaking of the Kingdom of God. 001:004 And while in their company He charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father's promised gift. "This you have heard of," He said, "from me. 001:005 For John indeed baptized with water, but before many days have passed you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." 001:006 Once when they were with Him, they asked Him, "Master, is this the time at which you are about to restore the kingdom of Israel?" 001:007 "It is not for you," He replied, "to know times or epochs which the Father has reserved within His own authority; 001:008 and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth." 001:009 When He had said this, and while they were looking