Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-09-10
know too little of the Paul-Barnabas
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generally because he is a fluent talk
er or is finished in manner or speech,
but because he comes TO YOU with
real life experiences and you realize
that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is in
deed the power of God unto salvation
| to every one that believeth.
That Rally Day in the church at
\ Antiocn was a memorable occasion.
and undoubtedly stirred the life of
/ the church to n degree that it had
not known before. Probably there
were some there who for the first
\ time rad borne in upon their souls
/ the sense OF their own obligations %
wards others and felt n special call
/ 10 service. II is the spark that is
struck from the flint which can set
. the finder into blaze. and not the
I flint or the piece of steel by itself. IL
/ is the lightning fash which spits out
| the ball OF electrical fire, and not
the thunder clap which rolls through
the heavens. 1t is life in touch with
life that quickens and produces re
suits. 1t is real heart and life ex-
/ periences which supply inspiration
| for the most stirring testimonies.
\ Suggest ton for Rally Day.-And if
/ you want 10 make Rally Day in your
I church and Sunday school an occasion
/ of great profit and blessing, and stir
| the meeting to its foundations, and
\ stimulate to more and better work
| than ever before, cut out all the fine
| cut and dried speeches of welcome, all
/ the fulsome praise, all the good prom
/ Uses TO larger and better service. and
! get two or three or four, who have
/ been about the Masters business dur
| ing the summer and are all alive with
His work, to tell their experiences.
/ Pick your speakers carefully. Let
/ your choice be determined not by
huency of speech and ease Of manner.
but by the fact that those who are 10
speak have had an experience in soul
saving and are burning with desire
to tell it. Theories as TO methods Of
work and eXhortations TO service are
all well enough sometimes, but there
Is more power 10 the square inch in
the Paul and Barnabas Rally Day meth
DDS than in all the theories and elo-
| quent speeches you can crowd into the
audience room of the meeting house.
| Try it and see
The Need of Going Away.-In order
/ ~ ANA'g oPIA SNAd u Ailt NuOuRill III lUt
| Home Coming. let us go back of our
text to the time of the departure OF
! Paul and Barnabas from Antioch on
their missionary journey. Undoubt-
eddy there was double purpose in the
Lords calling these two men to new
fields of labor. First. the needs Of 9TH
ers were greater than those of the
church at Antioch, and second, the
church at Antioch had reached a con-
dition where it required the stimulus
OF the Home Coming. Your going away
/ from home or your church ought 10
be marked by the same conditions or
motives. You are going away or have
been away? II it was ir response to
the call of God (and we ought never
to go anywhere or do anything except
He does call MS and lead us), it was not
at any sacrifice OF real duty to home
or church. IL the Lord calls us away
il is because we are no longer needed
there, but have a mission to perform
elsewhere, and because. the time of
separation ended and the mission per-
formed the home and the church
needs the inspiratio and blessing of
the return home.
Christ said 10 His disciples: at is
expedient for you that / go away"
Why? Because His going away meant
His return in fuller measure in the
person of the Holy Spirit 1t was ex-
pedient for Paul and Barnabas to 90
away, not alone to carry a blessing
! 10 all the dark places they visited. but
that they might return filed with ex-
periences and lessons which would
! stir tho church "A Antioch
10 greater effort than ever before.
And not only was it needful for Paul
and Barnabas TO go away TO carry the
| Gospel to others, but because they
were absolutely not needed any Longer
at the church at Antioch and would
have been in the way Of the work Of
the Lord il they had remained A
. great many parents tie themselves up
in the home and a great many Chris
tan workers tie themselves up in the
church and Sunday school under the
mistaken notion that the home or the
work cannot survive their absence.
when il the leading Of the Lord were
! followed. they would 90 away for
season 20 be revived and quickened and
returned home again TO be greater
! blessing than ever before. Philip was
called from the great revival he had
been Instrumental in starting at Sa-
maria out into the desert not alone
because he was needed TO preach the
! Gospel 90 the euuuch. but because he
was no longer needed at Samaria. and
perhaps would have spoiled large
part Of the work he had accomplished
had he remained. II there was
closer following Of the leading Of the
Lord to-day there would be more
/ Journeys through the Asia Minors Of
| the worlds roads and less puttering
over the Lords work at the Antiochs;
there would be more live experiences
| in the ont Of the way places. and more
| Home Comings TO thrill the home and