The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-08-31
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international Seriea
for september =, I0OO-The
seventy sent Forth.
PREPARED hy II. G. Leaington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

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/. After these things the Lord appointed
other 40 also, and sent them two and two
before His face into every city and place
whittier lie Himself would come
. Therefore said lie unto them. The
harvest truly is great. but the laborers
are few; pray ye therefore the Lord
of the harvest. that lie would send forth
ab0rers into Ills harvest.
B. Go your ways: behold, I send you
lortn as lambs among wolves.
T. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor
shoes. and salute no man by the way.
8. And into whatsoever house ye enter,
first say Peace Doe 10 this house.
g. And II the son OF peace be there.
your peace shall rest upon fl, II not,
81 shall turn 90 you again.
Z. And in the same house remain, eat
ine and drinking such things as they give;
for the lahorer is worthy OF his hire 60
not from house 10 house.
g. And into whatsoever city We enter.
and they receive you, eat such things as
are set before you.
o And heal the sick that are therein.
T and say unto them, The kingdom of God
IS come uirh unto you.
l0 But into whatsoever city ye enter.
and they receive you not go your ways
a
II. Even the very dust Of your city.
which cleaveth on ms, we DO wipe oft
AGAINST you; notwithstanding De ye sure
of this, that the kingdom OF God is come
nigh unto you
II. And the 20 returned again with Joy,
saying Lord. even the devils are subject
unto MS through Thy name.
Is. And He said unto them. 7 beheld
Satan as lightning fan from Heaven.
l9 Behold ! give unto you power TO
tread on serpcnts and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy; and
nothing shall by any means hurt YOU.
20 Notwithstanding I'm this rejoice not,
that The spirits are subject unto you;
but rather rejoice. because your names
are written i'm Heaven.
GOLDEN TENT-1hc harvest truly
* grcnt, hut the iuborcrs are few
Luke fO;2.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
After the feast of tabcrnaclcs Jesus
returned TO GaIilee. lie was there but
a short time when lie prepared TO leave
ON what llc knew was Ills last journey
10 Jerusalem. lie sent messengers into
a Samaritan village to prepare a place
for Him. but the Samaritans refused 10
receive Him, so they were compelled
~ 90 TO another town. On the way
lie was met by those who wanted to
be followers, but were not quite ready
TO them He said: NO man, having
put his hand TO the plow. and looking
back, is fiji for the kingdom Of God"
The Seventy SEM Forth (yerses 1, 2).
Once Jesus had appointed - disciples
TO De with Him, learn OF Him, and
preach His c,angcl. Now lie appoints
go others for n special service. They
were TO 90 two by two into those places
where Jesus was TO come. Their work
was 10 be great one in visible results.
The harvest, declared Jesus, was great.
but the laborers few. They were not
only TO work themselves. hlH w@e -
pray earnestly that God should pys-
pare the hearts Of others that they
might 90 into the same work
Instructions TO the Seventy (Verses
3-11).-For their journey Jesus tells
them not to be burdened by uuneccs-
sary baggage. carrying only what they
could wear. This was because there
was need Of haste. The same reason
applies TO the command to "salute no
man by the way" We are told that
the Jewish salutatious were elaborate
ly formal, and occupied so much time
as to be a serious hindrance when there
was reason for haste. When accosted
bx the conventional "Peace be with
thee!" they were TO reply: "On thee be
peace" and pass on without stopping
for further formalities. Expedition
was TO be their watchword.
When they arrived in a town they
were to partake OF whatever hospital
ity it afforded. II they were well
coined. their peace was to be upon the
house and in the town in which they
staid. They were not 10 go from house
to house. as was the custom Of travel
ers. but were to attend strictly 10
their mission. that Of healing the sick
and preaching the coming Of the king
dom Of God.
When met with opposition they were
TO rctaliate in no way, but simply 60
on after warming them that the king
dom Of God had come near them, and
that from thenccforth the responsible
fly would be upon themselves for IT'S
rejection.
Result Of Their Labors (Verses H.
10).-The 60 did as instructed and re-
turned TO Jesus. Their mission had
been highly successful. Even the de-
mons had been suhicct 10 them in the
name of Jesus. Even Jesus had seen
a vision of what lie was 10 accom-
pIish. for IIe had seen the fall Of Satan
from his power over fhe hearts Of men.
as swift and uumistakable as light
ming fash in the skies.
A Warning to Disciples.-TIowever
Jesus feels lie must warn His dis
ciplos against the clation coming from
success. Rather" lie saws, "Reioico,
because your names are written in
Heaven" Rejoicing because of sue
cess would have been a selfish feeling,
but rejoicing because of salvation.
while it may at first seem more selfish.
keeps the disciple ON the watch for the
unseen enemies Of the soul.
The Instructions TO the 10 disciples
suggest an effective method Of work /
for today Let there be no show, no
and no unnecessary ex-
pense.
Progress.
Progress seems 10 me indispensable /
rs IN nXilnnce Of hcinr leh by tho |