NOTE: To the young Christians sending in the most satisfactory series of answers to these first fifteen questions on the Church, a first, second and third reward will be given, as announced in the January number of “The Young Christian.”
Always give Scripture for answers, as well as your own expressions.
6. What day in the Old Testament feasts foreshadowed the birthday of the Church?
7. When was the birthday of the Church?
8. Of what faith were those mentioned in Acts 2:5-115And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. 6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galileans? 8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? 9Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. (Acts 2:5‑11)?
9. Admission to the Church was at first limited to what people?
10. Why does Scripture never speak of “joining church”?