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 but rather that ye prophesied; for greater is he that prophsieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying." Ver. 4, 5,—" Seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church". Ver. 12.—Secondly, he tells us what is plain enough, "that any thing spoken in unknown language does not edify the church." See 4th verse.—" If I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church."—Ver 11 and 12. Thirdly, he commands that "If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course, and let one interpret. But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God."—ver. 27, 28.

Again St. Paul tells us, that public prayers ought to be offered up by the Priest or Minister, so that at the end