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THE SEVENTY SENT OUT.
LESSON WIN, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, MAY rs.

Tezt Of tho Lesson, Luke e. i-1e-Com
malt Verses s-ll-~Goldea Text, Luke :
I Commentary by the Rev. D. N
I, stsArna.
[Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
mission Of II. s. Hoffman, publisher. Philadel
phial
Many things have transpired In the life OF
our Lord between the TRANSPORTATION and
the sending out Of these seventy. We will
just 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 tina 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; He journeyed through Sauna
ria ON His way TO Jerusalem. hut is rejected
by the Samaritans; He talks to several who
desire 70 follow Him. All this is briefly
mentioned In Luke TX, 1892. Matthew and
Mark record some things more fully. But
according to Mimpriss Harmony we must
insert between the 50th and 51st verses Of
Luke TX, the whole OF Matt xviii (which Ia
peculiar to Matthew. and the whole of John
vii, 2, TO ri, "a (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 Gomez In
the preyiors chapter w. hl) it is written that
When the time was come that He should be
received up, He steadfastly set His face to &c
to Jerusalem" 1t would seem, therefore, that
the sending forth OF these seventy was a last
appeal ere His crucifxion.
2 "Pray ye the Lord of the harvest, that
He would send forth laborers into His har,
vest" The same words concerning the great.
ness Of the harvest and the need Of laborers
saat. out the twelve; and
ON another occasion He said ''Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they are
white already to harvestH (Matt. tx, 81; John
tv, $50. Is not the same cry with greater
power than ever wringing In our ears today
Open doors every where in ell the world, but
where are the laborerss True, there are more
going forth than ever before; but one mission
alone (the China Inland) is asking for 200 ad.
ditional laborers a year for the next five
years, 10 occupy In some measure the vast
fields OF China.
8. $50 your ways: behold, send you forth
as lambs among wolves" Compare His in.
structions to these with His instructions to
the twelve In aatt. K.
4. Garry neither purse. nor scrip, nor
shoes: and salute no man by the way.h Carry
no money, no food nor bag to put 1t in, no
extra clothing. Have no anxiety about out
At or expenses; leave all that to the manager
and proprietor who sends you. This is His
affair, and He will take care of His workmen
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, and
the Kings business must be done quickly
None who go In His name, relying on Him,
will lack any good thing. uu xii, 35; Ps.
ixxxiv, IL; Rom. viii, 32.l
s. "And into whatsoever house ye enter,
first say, Peace be to this house, He Is the
Prince of Peace; He is the Peace Of God; He
Is our Peace when we receive Him (Isa. TX, g.;
Phil iv, z; Eph. II, 10, and the commission
Of all whom He sends is to preach peace by
Jesus Christ lActs x, SO; Rom. v, y. Per-
feet peace is the privilege of all whose minds
Are stayed on Him. but IL is His own peace,
and can only come to heart wholly subject
TO God In all things as His was lisa. XVI,
s; John xiv, 81.
g. IF the Son of Peace be- there" They
were not taught to expect a reception in every
house.
z. Eating and drinking such things as
they give, for the laborer is worthy of his
hire" When they found welcome In any
house, there they were 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 we eat, but where we are
welcome there receive and gratefully partake
OF whateveris set before us Il Cor. x, 90.
The Lord hath ordained that they who preach
the gospel should live of the gospel; and the
laborer is worthy Of his reward Il Cor. tx, Ia;
Tim. v, lS).
8. "Whatsoever city," In verse s it was
whatsoever house." The whosoevers and
Of Scripture area glorious study,
and open wide the door to the unsearchable
riches Of Christ for all who are willing to
enter i'm God comes in mercy to cities, and
households, and individuals, offering His love
to all, batnot forcing himself upon any. He
gives the best He has, but leaves 1t to us to
offer Him such as we choose
Q. Heal the sick that are therein, and say
unto them, The Kingdom of God is come nigh
unto you" Blind eyes opened, deaf ears un-
stopped, lame people healed, no body sick,
and all this In connection with the forgive
ness Of iniquity, were features of the King
dom foretold by the prophets; and this did
not refer to Heaven, but to the land and peo-
pie Of Irsael lisa. xxxv, lilo; xxxiii, 2O-2D.
10, IL. "But into whatsoever city ye enter,
and they receive you not" In obedience to
Christ they were TO go their way into the
city proclaiming peace, but If that peace was
rejected they were to go their way out Of the
city ,wiping Its very dust from their feet, and
II the same time assuring the city that the
kingdom of God had come nigh unto them.
IL ut shall be more tolerable In that day
for Sodom than for that city," AT least two
things are clear from this statement: the
people OF Sodom have yet to come into judg-
nent; and punishment at that time will be
In proportion to past privileges and oppor-
tunities which have been slighted. For those
who knew and did not there shall be many
stripes; while for those who knew not and
Hid not there shall be few stripes duke xii,
II, ~.
13 "Woe unto thee. ChoIa1in woe unto
thee, Bethsaida |" Similar words had He
lsed on previous occasion and at another
lime He had said that the men Of Nineveh
and the Queen Of the South would rise In
Judgment against that nation Matt ri, 20-24;
xii, BA42). He says these things at this time,
20 doubt, to impress upon the seventy the
Importance OF their mission, and the awful
resting upon those whs might
reject them. Many who are to-day in lands
where the gospel mas never come would
gladly receive 1t II it were brought to them.
In how much worse case, then, is the one
sho has heard the gospel and rejected 1t than
he one who has never heard It'll
II. ut shall be more tolerable at
he judgment" This gives the meaning Of
that dayu in versa 10. IL il the indgmonk