The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-06-28
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uss 30 i originated 10 Auiioch.
iEei : forcigu7 o. "GenlHe city
The psrhbg command II the sarior. as
Be ieit BIS disciples and scsndsd 70
The throne q bis new sad everlasting
bad beea Go ye ibio oil
toe world AID erabgelize eoerg nation =
Boz a. With many Smother dirinely re-.
sealcd uaib Il took even good people
. long while TO get bold q the new
truth Tic revelation IL il was plain
enough, bot their apprehension q it
"a. iarjy. batting. imperfect The
slogblc was, they bad 30 many false
notions 70 unlearu first. II was a great
Transition from Judaism TO Christianity
greater Than VIC. here and now. can
well la.aziae. II bad alwsys been M.
8erstood though 10 vague sort of
way. that The coming kingdom Of the
Messiah s1oBld he a worldwide DO
minion Jesus IN conversations with
his disciples had often given no I'M
certain indmationa Of the same thing.
During those wonderful forty days be-
tween tie resurrection and the ascen
sion was a time when they began to
learn With amazing rapidity As the
risen Lord opened 10 them the Scrip.
lures, beginning at Moses and all the
prophets, and talked with them ICON.
corning the gospel Of the Kingdom a
wholly new world was opened to their
vision, aud vast, strange hopes began
to burn within their hearts. At the
Pentecost The Holy Spirit came down
TO dwell with them, aud still more start.
ling disclosures Of gospel truth and the
gospel plan were given. The twin
visions that came TO Cornelius the Gen
tile, and 10 Peter the Jew.Cbristian.
came nearer TO making Ineligible "the
mystery hid from ages and genera
ton" namely, that Of Christ among
the Gentiles also the glorious hope.
Aud Philips interview with and the
conversion Of the Ethiopian was fur
Their lesson respecting the same truth
Nevertheless their old Judaic prepos'
sessions still chung to them. Many be
levers had indeed gone out from Jeru
salem into all the countries round
about but they did not go as mission
aries they were not sent out---they
were thrust forth They went because
persecution compelled them to fec
Still, wherever they went, they coult
not but speak that which they knew
and had experienced Of "the word o
life. Many Of these scattered believers
bad found their way up to Antioch, ant
by the force Of the natural affinity Of The
one common life in Christ, they easily
found each other out Thus a churcl
there came into being, as if it simply
grow into existence Report Of i
getting back to the ears Of the believ
ers in the home country, the great, ten
der.hearled Barnabas was sent TO Sc,
what had happened, and what guidance
it might need The revival which fol
lowed was surprising in the sweep 0
its power aud the might of its joy. Al
the good work grew on his hands, /
soon out grew his ability to superintent
IT, 50, going to Tarsus, he procureI
Paul to come over and help him. Labor
ing together for a year or 30, the re
suits wereof such nature they coul.
not fail to see, in a new light, what th'
Lord bad meant by the command L
"evangelize every people What Thu
gospel bad done there, it could do else
where. Thus the new thought grew
into a conviction, aud, under the burn
ing light Of the Holy Spirit in thei
hearts The conviction grew into AN ab
soirtcly irresistible purpose aud impul
sion "For there is no difference be
tween the jew aud the Greek, for th
same Lord over all is rich unto all tina
call upon him For whatsoever shal
call upon the name Of the Lord shall b
saved How then shall they call Of
/ him in whom they have not believed
aud how shall they believe 10 him q
whom they have not heard and hoy
shall they hear without a preacher
/ And how shall they preach. except the.
be sent as il is written. "How beauti
/ fol are the feet of them that preach th
gospel Of peace, and bring glad ti1ibg
Of good things 7!
+ And that is the way the First Foreig
Missionary Society come 10 be organ
ICED 10 Antioch.
The Missionary Band Baraabat
Simeon, Lucius. Manaen. aud Pau
Barnabas Is mentioned frat, as. bein
more especially the pastor Of the churc
TIE precedence would naturally an
properly belong to him. lie was oldc
than Paul. aud probably Of mere impol
ing personal appearance. or Since
nothing j. kHowa except the one fac
thai he was called Niger. or the ''blac
man II hc was of African descent
is pleasant - thiak that the race whoI
white hristiaus 10 certain section
q the world 30 despise, the colofe