We find a still further explanation of the manner of obtaining this gift and blessing, in the Acts of the Apostles, where He "commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water, but ye shall be _baptized with the Holy Ghost_ not many days hence." (Acts 1:4, 5.) Turning to the account of the ministry of Philip in Samaria, we find that after the Samaritans had exercised FAITH sufficient to cause them to REPENT, they had been BAPTIZED under the hands of Philip. "Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John; who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost (for as yet he was fallen upon none of them; only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) Then _laid they their hands on them and they received the Holy Ghost_." (Acts 8:14-17.) Paul, writing to Timothy, charged him thus: "Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of hands of the presbytery." (I. Tim. 4:14); and again, "Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by putting on of my hands." (II. Tim. 1:6.) We also call the attention of the reader to the account of Paul's visit to the baptized saints of Ephesus, and his inquiry of them: "Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. * * * Then they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had _laid his hands_ upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them: and they spake with tongues and prophesied." (Acts 19:2-5.) Sufficient has doubtless been said to clearly establish the fact that the gift of the Holy Ghost was formerly obtained by the laying on of the hands of those who held the authority to do so. Nowhere do we find that the order here laid down has been supplanted or annulled. On the contrary, the apostle spoke in the strongest terms against any innovation upon the established forms that Jesus taught them. Paul, writing to the Galatians, speaks of those who were "perverting" the gospel; doubtless teaching that the laying on of hands was not necessary, or else that it was done away with, and says, "But though we or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed." (Gal. 1:8.) The reader has now examined the fourth step for man's advancement in the probation in which he is now living; and in the words of our Savior, "He that entereth not by the _door_ into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber." (John 10:1.)