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THE SEVENTY SENT OUT.
LESSON VIII, SECOND QUARTER, M
TERNATlONAL SERIES, MAY 25l
Text of the Lesson, Luke Z, 1-16-Com.
NIT Verses S-11--Golden Text Luke x,
i1-Commentnry by the Rev. u. NJ.
Stearns.

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Many things have transpired in the life Of |
our Lord between the TRANSPORTATION and |
the sending out of these seventy. We will |
lust indicate them and where they may be |
found After they came down from the |
mount He cast out dumb spirit which the |
disciples could not cast out; He again fore |
told his violent death; He taught humility
by the little child; He rebuked the disciples
because they forbade one TO cast out devils in
Jesus name. simply because he was not of
their company; lie journeyod through Sama-
ria on His way to Jerusalem, but is rejected
10y the Samaritans; He talks to several who
desire to follow Him. All this is briefly
mentioned in Luke tx, 37-63. Matthew and
Mark record some things more fully. But
according to Mimpriss' Harmony we must
insert between the both and 5tSt verses Of
| Luke tx the whole of Matt. xviii (which is
peculiar to Matthew, and the whole of John
| vii = to ri, 81 (Which is peculiar to john.
| !. AFTER these things the Lord appointed
| other seventy also, and sent them two and
| two before His face into every city and
! place whittier He Himself would come" In
! the previous chapter ". 5D it is written that
! "When the time was come that He should be
received ny, He steadfastly set His face to 80
to Jerusalem" 1t would seem, therefore, that
| the sending forth of these seventy was a last
appeal ere His crucitxion.
, Pray We the Lord of the harvest, that
| He would send forth laborers into His har-
! vest" The same words concerning the great
mes, of the harvest and the need of laborers
| He spake before He sent out the twelve; and
on another occasion He said Lift up your
eyes and look on the fields; for they are
white already to harvest Matt. tx, 81, John
iv, 30. Is not the same cry with greater
power than ever vrinGlnS i'll our ears todaya
| Open doors everywhere in all the world, but
where are the laborersf True there are moro
going forth than ever before; but one mission
alone lthe China InlandJ is asking for 200 adj
ditonal laborers a year for the next five
years, to occupy in some measure the vast
fields of China.
g. 500 your ways: behold, send you forth
as lambs among wolves" Compare His III
structions TO these with His instructions to
the twelve in MATT. X.
/. Garry neither purse, nor scrip, nor
shoes: and salute no man by the way" Carry
no money, no food nor bag to put it in. no
extra clothing. Have no anxiety about out
fit or expenses; leave all that to the manager
and proprietor who sends you. This is His
affair and He will take care OF His worhmen.
Do not stop by the way for the sake of earthly
friendships, or to do honor one to another;
you are going forth to honor the King, aud
the Kings business must be done quickly.
None who 80 in His name relying ON Him,
will lacl, any good thing. u.u xxi, 80, Ps
lxxziv, III Rom viii 33D
T. And into whatsoever house We enter,
first say, Peace be to this house, He is the
Prince Of Peace; he Is the Peace of God; He
r is our Peace when we receive Him usa. tx, d;
r Phil ", = Eph. ii, IA, and the commission
of all whom lie sends is to preach peace by
Jesus Christ (Acts :. Sc; Rom. V, J.. Per-
iect peace is the privilege Of all whose minds
are stayed on Him, but it is His own peace,
and can only come to heart wholly subject
to God in all things as His was lisa. XVI,
} 5: John xiv, 20.
t. IF the Son of Peace be there" They
were not taught to expect reception in every
/ house.
:. Eating and drinking such things as
. tHey give, for the labOrer Is worthy Of his
lire" When they found a welcome in any
house, there they We're to abide, and be con-
tent with such fare as might be provided not
running from house to house for the sake of
receiving better fare We are not to think
, too much of what eat, but where We are
, welcome there receive and gratefully partake
. of whatever is set before us u Cor. X, -.
The Lord hath ordained that they who preach
Tue Sl'>l'i SLbhlb lNt Vi tllt SSkltI anu lllt
laborer is worthy of his reward Il Cor. tx, IL
| Tim. Y, Is.
s. "Whatsoever city" in verse ) it wa;
I whatsoever house" The whosoevers and
whatsoevers of Scripture area glorious study,
d and open wide the door to the unsearchable
riches of Christ for all who are willing tC
enter in. God comes in mercy to cities, and
n households, and individuals, Offering His love
to all, but not forcing himself upon any. lie
n gives the best He has, but leaves it to Us tc
n offer Him such as we choose.
% 8. Heal the sick that are therein, and say
g unto them The Kingdom OF God is come sL
l. unto you" Blind eyes opened, deaf ears un
u stopped, lame people healed, no body sick
r and all this IL connection with the forgive
d ness Of iuiquty, were features of the King
e dom foretold by the prophets and this die
j. not refer to Heaven, but to the land and peo
= pie Of lrsael lisa. XXXv, Ito; xxxiii, 2O-24J.
" 10, II. But into whatsoever city ye enter
j and they receive you not' In obedience Il
d Christ they were to 50 their way into tn,
r city proclulming peace, but if that peace wa
IS jected they were to go their way out of The
J., city, wiping its very dust from their feet, anC
It at the same time assuring the city that tn
n kingdom of God had como nigh unto them.
70 l.. at shall be more tolerabe in that ia.
l. for Sodom than for that city At least tw
he things are clear from this statement; tn
o people Of Sodom have yet to come into judg
J. meut; and punishment at that time will b
1t i'll proportion to past privileges and oppor
ls tunities which have been sighted. For thos
ie who knew and did not, there shall be man,
O. stripes; while for those who knew not anC
tie did not there shall be few stripes duke Xii
TO A., 4S.
H. Woe unto thee, Chorazin woe unit
thee, Bethsaida r. Similar words had Ii
used on previous occasion; and at anothe
time lie had said that the men of Nineve
-, and the Queen OF the South would rise i
~, judgment against that nation Matt xi, 20-3i
In XII, Il-i2. He says these things AZ this time
- 10 doubt, to impress upon the seventy tn
- importance of their mission, and tine awfI
ne responsibility resting upon those who NIGH
reject them. Many who are to-day in land
a where the gospel has never come woul
-, gladly receive it if it were brought to then
- In how much worse case, then, is tho on
-, who has heard the gospel and rejected 1t tina
- the one vino has never heard it,
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