The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-01

neither did they go at their own pleasure, un.
restrained. 1t was cmincntly proper that they
represented another they should receive his in.
structons, and do His will The directions were
threefold l. Go your ways, to the places APP
pointed, not wandering about carclessy, cross.
ing each Others paths and leaving some places
unvisitcd, but following the itcnCrary laid down
J for them, >, They much remember who they
were, what kind of men they expected TO
be, innocent as lambs, and what kind of men
would be about thcm men like wolves, so pro-
tecing themselves against danger and doing 10
| evil to Others Matt. x: l6) a very trying posi-.
ton. 3. They must be free from unnecessary
burdens-carrying no purse. taking money
with them; carrying no script, that is bag or
| leather wallet in which small articles Of con.
Venience might be kept Il sam. xvii: 4O), some.
times called huSk (lI Kings, iv: 42D, because Of
| the material OF which it was made; carrying no
shoes except the sandals worn. These same di.
rections were given TO the twelve. 0ukc iN: 81.
| SALUTATIONS.-(Verse 4, 5 and 81. Oriental
greetings were common as marks of potencss
| and good will. One was expected to salute a
stranger both as a proof that he intended no
| evil, and as a means Of securing favor. (Gen.,
| NNNlr: 3'4). Frequently these salutations
hypocritical formalities, although sometimes they
| indicated the highest friendship Il sam XX: 40.
| Jesus instructed the seventy not TO salute any
| one in the highway. That would have taken too
| much time, inaSmuch as those demonstrations
were excessive consisting of many obesances on
| approach and operation. The business was urgent
! and admitted no such delay. But on approaching
| dwelling where they were anxious to abide they
were required TO salute the host Matt, X: l2),
| but that was to be done after the manner Of a
| ligious teacher They would pronounce a bless.
| ing upon the house, which was quite the same
| as to offer prayer for its inmates. That would
disclose the character Of the owner as well as
the guest for if a righteous man abode here there
he would welcome them, and the peace should
| remain.
| HoSPITALITY.-Vers 7 and SS). II is eyi.
dent that Jesus intended 10 proceed leisurey TO.
| ward Jerusalem, and therefore the seventy would
be absent from him several days. Whenever
| they paused they were eXjected to find hospital.
ity among the good people who would welcome
| them because Of their eTrand. They were not
therefore to think Of themselves as mendcants.
They were to consider that the laborer was
worthy Of his ldre. that the spiritual benefits
| conferred by them were an equivalent for tenn
poral good received Il Cor, tx; H. According.
| ly they were TO remain in one place, as OF right
| not moving about from house 10 house, as IL
they were burdensome and the trouble must be
shifted and borne by several. They should feel
| as much at home as one now would at a hotel
where he paid his bill. Furthermore they must
| eat such things were set before them, not
| making themselves peculiar by selecting their
diet, or causing unnecessary annoyance by ex-
| cluding certain articles. This last provision
was intended to deliver men from the exactons
that had been made through subtle interpre.
tations Of the law.