The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-03-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE
LESSON.
Reflections of an Eievating Character
Wholesome Food for Thought
Studying the Scripturai Lesson In
tcIIigentIy and Probably.
Lesson for March "a.

Golden Text.-"Pray We therefore the
Lord of the harvest. that he would send
forth laborers into his harvest."-Luke
10: ..
The Mission of the Seventy is the sub
ject this week-Luke 10: 10. The mis-
sion of the seventy was the mission of tho
swft-fying evangel. They were not 10
tarry, but to go, and as We 60 preach,
preach on the go.
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but TO do and die"
To these seventy forward movement"V
men the sole inquiry was, What are the
marching orders?' They halted not to
be stimulated by results. They spoke
their message and passed on, Christ-iin-
PEELED. If we can but gather inspiration
for simple, daily testimony, much of ITS
fruitage unseen from this il will dc well.
Two Christian women in Baltimore, going
forth OH mission errands, approached
poor, sick man. who much needed thciri
help, but evidently resented it, They
left little leaflct with him rs they went
away, which he tossed aside But il
lodged where, some time after. rs he
turned in his pain, his eye lighted upon il.
"Do you want frendt" il sail. IF
anybody needs Il friend" he groaDe1, lit
is l." He picked up the little tract AMI
read of the Friend that sticketh closer
than a brother" He must now have the
Bible, which his wife brought at his anX-
ious solicitation-and he presently had
Christ and his great salvation. SO he
passed. Brother, sister, speak the mos
sage. Speak it in faith, in hope, in love;
and then leave it with God. He knows
how to bring 10 pass. Only SOW the seed.
diligently, prayerfuly; God will take
care of it,
There's only one thing that should con-
Germ US,
To find just the task that is ours:
And then, having found il, TO do it
With all our God-giveL powers.
Points in the Lesson
After these things The time for an
aggressive evangelism had come. The
disciples had been instructed The king
dom was prepared Is this not the time
for us? THE Lord appointed other sew
enty, also" Appointed means to desig-
nate or set apart openly. For such pion-
eer work the Lord gives an open designa
ton. There are certain men in every gen
Grafton whom God seems to specially or
dain for advance work in the kingdom.
Ii is so, in degree, also, in every com
munity. God has his picked men for
picked work.
Two and two. There is wisdom in il
divine wisdom. And much of human
comfort Two souls in sympathy not only
help and strengthen each other. but make,
as it were, the burner-tips between whose
points the light plays. 1t was before his
face" and only into those cities and
places whittier he himself would come"
There is no work where such care is need
ed as in pioneering. Here let there be
ceaseless prayer For unless it be before
his face and according to the Spirits di-
rection II will come To naught. We speak
thus because we have known of rash
movements into hazardous ground where
the disciple has not been prepared and
there was no clear voice saying Go
The dismal sequel has proven it to have
been of man rather than of God-perhaps
of Satan. 1t is indeed to God we must
look both for the labor and the laborers.
The special mission of the seventy was
evidently preparatory. They were to an
nounce, as avant couriers, or heralds.
They were TO get the people ready for
the Jesus, who was just at hand. After
ward was to come more permanent min
istry and the fuller proclamation of the
Christ of God. Doubtless in all our mis-
sion work, both at home and abroad.
there is some such proper division as this
There are those who go before as the
pioneers of the Gospel, carrying Il flying
message, the kingdom of heaven is at
hand. After them come the ministers of
the cross who are to abide through, it may
be, days of hardship and suffering and
preach Christ by life as well as lip. And
yet it is not for us to say that this ex-
hausts the significance of the mission of
the seventy. Christ linked with all his
declarations regarding his advent into the
world the promise that he was coming
again.
Hints and illustrations.
A lesson in aggressive evangelism Ger
tainly we need it-both the lesson and
the evangelism. At Thessalonica on the
day the cry was raised, "These that have
turned the world upside down are come
hither also" acts xvii, g. Lord send
them down this way, we need ouseves
turning upside down-upsde down in or
der to be right side up. Europe was dead I
and needed to be brought to life, and it
is worth noting that the word for-upsids
down here is anastasis, meaning resurrec-
ton. These men were Gods resurrec-
tionists, sent to dead world. And their
power lay in this, that they themselves
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