El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VIII, FIRST QUARTER. INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. 20.

LESSON VII, FIRST QUARTER, INTER- |
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. 20.
Text Of the Lesson. Math. Z. 2-1b-Mem-
DRY Verses. b-s-Goyden Text. Math. Z.
8 Commentary by tho Rev. ID. NJ.
Stearns.
copyright. 1897. by D. M. stearns.1
81. "Now the names Of the twelve
apostles are these: The first, Simon, who
is called Peter, and Andrew, bis brother"
Jesus Himself went about all the cities
and villages teaching in their synagogues
and preaching the gospel OF the Kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every dis
ease among the people, but the Multttudes
who were as sheep without shepherd
touched His heart and He told His dtsci-
pies to pray the Lord Of the harvest that
he would send forth laborers into His
harvest (chapter tx, $685. When We
pray this prayer from the heart, 1t seems
to imply q readiness on our part to go our
selves II He opens the way, for 1t Is JUST
following this command so to pray thas
we have the record Of His choosing and
sending forth these twelve. In Luke vi,
10, we read that just before He chose the
twelve He went out into q mountain to
pray, and continued all night In prayer to
God In Mark iii, IA, we read that He
ordained them that they should be with
Him, and that He might send them forth
to preach and to heal the sick The last
night before His crucifxiOn He told them
that He had chosen and ordained them
that they should go and bring forth fruit
and that their fruit should abide.
8, g. "These twelve Jesus sent forth,
and commanded them, saying, Go not into
the way Of the gentiles and into any city
Of the Samaritans enter ye not, but go
= -t ~ kHea \
Israel This restricted commission Will
not be understood unless one is familiar
with Gods plan Of blessing for all nations
which is to bless Israel first and then all
nations through Israel This Is fully re-
vealed in the prophets, and He will not
depart from 1t, for the gifts and calling OF
God are without repentance lRom- H. 2s)
xvii, 8; IL. 49, 81 Jer. ILL., II, ID; Zech.
xiv, 16, IT, There are two other prayers
which we would do well to pray along
with Math. tx, 80. One Is in lisa xii, 9,
Z, and the other in Rev. xii, 30 To pray
these three prayers from the heart daily
Christ His primary mission was to Israel
| (Math. Nv, 24); hence this restricted COM
mission at this time to the twelve, but be-
| ing rejected and crucif1ed by Israel He aft
| er His resurrection gave the worldwide
| commission as in Math. xviii, 10
| 2. "And as we go. preach, saying, The
kingdom OF heaven is at hand" Thus
| preached the Baptist, and Jesus Himself
| and the IL, and the TO- for in the person
of the king the kingdom was verify
among them duke xvii, 81, margin), and
had they been content to receive a crucif1ed
and risen Messiah the kingdom would
doubtless have been set up after His resur-
rection, but seeing their decided rejection
Of Him, He, before His death, told them
L l. ~ hat 14H Ii
poned till His return from the far country
| duke XIX, 11-16).
g. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, cast out devils; freely ye
| have received, freely give. Some one has
suggested that verses to Is of this chap
| ter contain special directions for the special
| mission Of the apostles at that time, verses
16 to % directions for gospel ministry in
| all ages, and verses "a to ~ the service OF
| Christ in its fullest and widest sense, call
ing attention to the fact that the last verse
| in each of these sections has His 'Verily.
| say unto you. "
O. Provide neither gold nor silver MOI
brass in your purses" In lisa vi, 8, the
question is, "Whom shall send and who
will 60 for usi" If any one will go fol
God the Father, Son and Spirit on theil
business and wholly in their interests, they
may rely upon Phil. ~, 10, being made
true to them, my God shall supply ali
| your need according to His riches in glory
by Christ Jesus Or, as one has para
phrased it, Make thou His service thy de-
light, He'll make thy wants His care
10. Nor scrip for your journey, neither
two coats, neither shoes, nor yet slaves,
II we are the Lords messengers on the
Lords business, we have no occasion to be
anxious about food or raiment or money,
but disentangled and free and without
fear oversees 90, 90, 81 follow where He
leadeth in quietness and in confidence, fol
the silver and the gold and the cattle
upon q thousand hills are His
II. "And into whatsoever city or town
ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy,
and there abide till ye go thence" The
prophets were plainly taught that not all
would receive their message, but that some
would hate them for it (Jer. 1, II, 10; Eek
ii, 6, 2; iii, -. In the second section OF
our present chapter, and in John Nv, 1s
| 30, we are taught to expect the same thing
but we are also taught that some will wei
come Him, and also us for His sake he
will direct our steps in this matter also
and If some day He wants us to have fel
lowship with Him in being refused, Hi
grace will be sufficient.
IL, 13. And when 70 come into an
house, salute it, and II the house be worthy
! let your peace come upon 1t, but II 1t be
not worthy, let your peace return to you >
Even Israel was not to fight against a city
until that city had rejected their offers Of
peace which they were TO proclaim to II
(Deut *, 1919. Every believer is to
count himself messenger Of the Prince Of
Peace, and, like the angels at His birth.
we are to proclaim peace in His name
(Luke II, 14). Preaching peace by Jesus
Christ is our work (Acts Z, 86}, for He ha.
made peace by the blood Of His cross (Col
1, 20). Blessed are the peacemakersi How
beautiful are the feet of suchi But there
are many who know not these things
(Math. v, 8; Isa lii, z; lix, 81
| IA. And whosoever shall not receive
you nor hear your words, when ye depart
out Of that house or city, shake off the
dust Of your feet. Thus the apostles did
(Acts xiii, 81; xviii, 81, and doubtless God
was gloriaed, as He always will be II the
messenger Is faithful, whether men will
hear or forbear. The faithful messenger
Is unto God a sweet SAVIOR Of Christ,
whether men believe or not Oh Cor. II, Is
16). The messenger is responsible for the
faithful delivery of the message but the
one who sends him is the one who will at
tend to the way the message is treated
Verse 40 saws that as they treat the Lord