The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-05-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
ENTERTAINING DISSERTATION ON
SERIOUS SUBJECTS.

A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive
Lesson and Where Il, May Pc Found-.A
Learned and Concise Review of tho
same
The lesson for Sunday, May rs, may be
found In Luke 10: Lie.
LESSON PARAGRAPHS.
The account of the seventy is given by
Luke alone, Matthew, Mark and Luke
writing in the narrative of the sending
forth of the twelve. Matt. TO- l-42.)
The Savior was now on his way south
ward toward Jerusalem. Somewhere in
that journey he selected from among his
disciples % many rs seventy. who should
go before him and announce his coming
in the cities through which he was To
pass.
The mission of the seventy was more
specific than that of the TWELVE. II was
to prepare for the comm of the Messiah
As such it was but temporary The
twelve were given permanent authority
and power. Theirs was an enduring COM
/ mission.
The whole language indicates rapidity
of movement. The first word of Christ,
swift and sharp, Go" zone word in the
Greek. Behold / send you" might be-
translated, Lo / dispatch YOU. They
were to carry neither purse nor shoes.
They were to stay not for the courtesy OF
|
neither were they 10 go about fulfilling
visitation fuyors. -One thing / do" their
| motto.
Two by two. There is grace in it.
Have you made trial of the plan? There
was religious call to be made, one Of q
serious and indeed critical SOFT. On the
way We stopped in and took with as n
| Christian yokefellow, brother full of
the spirit of his Master. The power OF
| h,t lett - i'll Lx,tx Ixxk
more nearly by ten. And we have almost
invariably found it so. Try it and see.
Take helper with you; but be sure, az
You go, il be ever before his face.
But the laborels are few. Harvest
great, laborers few. That is our labor
| question" Not how shall we get work
for all! But how shall we secure men to
take care of the work already upon us?
1t is laborers We need. laborers. One
might care little how they come, whether
il be up the long road fIom the factory.
where scyi hes are thoroughly shaped aud
ground, or whether they take the short
cut" and come across lots, selling up
and whetting as they run, such imple-
| ments Of husbandry as they find nearest
at hand. The harvest is full. dea d ripe;
aud if workmen do not spring at once to
the fields there will be much grain wasted.
Work fog all, the good, the better and the
best. This only is necessary, that every
hand hold blade and know how 10 WELD
it. o, to see it once SO, the force of
laborers as great" as the harvest!
Peace be unto this house" was TO be
their salut .tion. 1t was tentative test
ing. If son of peace wGs there ("the"
is misleading). The peace they spoke
was to find lodsment. If not, it was to
return 10 themselves. 1t was as if they
said, Peace for you, if you will take it,"
So goes the messenger to-day, saying.
Christ for you, for you. Who will take
Christi" Those who have the responsive
spirit within will receive him; those who
have not will miss the blessing.
Even the very dust of your city which
cleaveth unto us We do wipe oil against
you. For you, is the more accurate rem
dering. 1t was according 10 mems viii
and wish. There was TO be no pressure.
Simply proclamation of grace at hand.
If men declined the prefer the disciple
was TO accept the decision and wipe off
for them, as being their deliberate choice
| in the matter the very dust of their city.
fearful responsibility is ours. We can
effectually dismiss Gods an els from our
| thresholds. If we so elect Gods over
lures of grace will be suspended for us.
And yet how gear the kindgoml Not
| withstanding be We sure of this, that the
kingdom of God is come nigh unto you"
Sterner. sadder words were never spoken.
| To those who accept and those who re-
fuse, the grace of God is offered.
Whether they take it joyfully, glance at
it indifierently, or reject it scornfully,
nevertheless let it be remembered that
the kingdom of God has been right at the
| hearts door. If il goes from them they
are to know that they themselves have
sent it away. Il would-but We would
! not
More tolerable in that dav for Sodom.
Then there is future for Sodom. There
are those that tell us that Sodom has had
its day; its judgment is past. But here
We are plainly told that there is another
day of Judgment in the far distant future.
day when men shall be judged moro
fully and righteously than here. accord
ing to the deeds done in the flesh. Are
you ready for that day to Gomez"
Woe unto thee, Chorazin, Chorazin?
We had not heard of such place before.
We did not know that Christ had been
there. But here it is with a woe pro-
nounced against IL, because of Christ
m de manifest and Christ deliberately
| rejected. All, Christ visited many towns
and hamlets of which we know little; but
we shall hear of them at the judgment.
| And around about us to-day there are
many hearts to whom God has spoken,
Abe careless face is borne. However
indifferent they may seem, God is surely
dealing with them on close terms, and
some time this hidden controversy shall
be made startlingly manifest. Shall it be
WOE" or shall it be "blessed?" 1t is
for ihese TO say.
He that heareth you heareth me. This
our comfort as we 60 before his face.
Christ identifies himself with his SER
wants. lie that despiseth (rejecteth) YOU
despiseth me-tnis our source of trem-
bling. We bring TO men the opportunity.
under God, for decision unto everlasting
life Pastors, Sunday-school teachers.
Christian workers. let us 30 forward rev.
erently. prayerfully. Think of it, as this
word is spoken to-day, however weakly,
the Kingdom of God is, through the Holy
Spirit, brought nigh 10 men. This COM
munity, this church. this Sunday school,
this class, this individual, can to-day
take or refuse, as he will. the answer to
the Oft breathed prayer, Thy kingdom
come Why not open the heart right
now and receive it?
Next Lesson-"The Good Samaritan
Luke 10: 25-37.
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