"Prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost" (Acts viii. 15). "Tarry" (Luke xxiv. 49). "Wait" (Acts i. 4)--not idling, but praying, pleading the promise. "These all with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer" (Acts i. 14). "They were all with one accord in one place, and suddenly" the answer came! (Acts ii. 1.) So in obtaining the blessing of the Fullness, prayer has its place. _2. Laying on of hands._ "Then laid they their hands on them and they (Samaritan converts) received the Holy Ghost" (Acts viii. 17). "Then when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away" (Acts xiii. 3). Barnabas and Saul were men who were already full of the Holy Ghost, but by the laying on of hands (it is probable that hands had been laid on these men before this) they received a fresh anointing of the Holy Ghost, a fresh equipment for special service, and thus they were set apart for the work to which the Holy Ghost was calling them. "And when Paul had laid his hands upon them (the men of Ephesus), the Holy Ghost came on them" (Acts xix. 6). "They laid their hands on them" (the deacons) (Acts vi. 6). "Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery" (1 Tim. iv. 14). "Stir up the gift of God, which is in thee through the laying on of my hands" (2 Tim. i. 6). It is quite evident that laying on of hands was no meaningless ceremonial in the primitive Church. Is there any reason why it should ever be an empty, barren form in our own day?