Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1903-12-19


nack at his Alarming illness; as il God;
bending over His prostraic servant. n ,,,
lsed His great heart rs 4 magnet TO hlt
:hc sufferer from tho grave. .ove mtghe-
| lied Hezekiah from death: !'e We. there
:ore, imitators Of God. Paul urges; and
walk in love even as thiIst also loved you.
As His sent ones. we are to go about low
ing people ont OF sin into forgiveness. out
If unrest into peace. Constrained, mn
oelled. urged on. he'd irresiStib!y 10 ono
aim bv the love of Christ. we arc sent to
hose vet in cnmity against God, to love
Them into fellowship with Him.
Continuing. rs VIC do. f:hrist's mission.
sur parish is the world. AS We was sent
nto the world. even so has lie also sen.
is. His command to make disciples vt all
The nations has never been renea ed.
Within every Christian church ] wish
there hung chart constructed on The ba-
SIS CT Acts is: Eye shall be witnesses unto
Ne. both in Jerusalem. and in all .In'lea.
md in Samaria. and unto The nttermost
BART Of the earth Four conccntric CIR.
les 4 n;cturc OF the local church at the
centre. The inner circle at the ton. .ln
al ,Judea:" at the bottom, "Stair's MIS-
stems" The third circ:c at III" top, I'm
Samar;a:" at the bottom, "IIomc Mis-
;ions;:" The outer circle at he top, Unit"
The Uttermost Parts OF the Earth" at the
potion. "Foreign Missions" Across them
all IN the shane of a cross. "Prc,.h the
gospel to every creature" The Field IS
he World"
A sinful world where r,rn and women
ire diving without God and without hone.
A sorrowful world. where bleeding hearts
need handaeing, where MANY man never
sees the stars shine through his cypress
:rees. A covetous world. where greed
,urnIants creed. where the book Of truth
md the bottles Of hell are struggling Tor
The supremacy: where. with eyes blinded
~ the god of this age. many are hasten'nG;
20 become rich. falling into temptation and
snare and into many foolish and 'nrtf"
alsts which drown men in destruction ana
ret mist we keen ourselves u"spo'te!
from the world. His figure of the salt
. Jesus immediate followed with His figure
If the light While minolng with peonl"
Is salt is mixed with that which needs
preservation. we must be. as lights, abovc
md shining down upon the world Some
times in the how mount with the trans
igu;ed Christ. then down among the neo
o!e with the der,oniac boy; keepiing close
% the Master while keening touch Of the
world: LAYING hold of sinful man with one
aand and the sin!ess Man with the other,
md bringing them face to face.
It is profitable to note Christ's iaternre.
.ation Of His own mission. and to read our
mission in the light Of that interpretation.
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heaven. not to GO Min" own will hit the
will of Hir, that sent Me. As My Father
hath sent Me even so send you. | came
not to call the righteous, but sinners TO
repentance. As My Father hath sent Me.
even so send you. The Son OF man came
not to be ministered unto, but to m'rlster
and TO give His life a ransom for many
As My Father hath sent Me, even 50, send
T YOU. The Son of man came TO seek and
70 save that which was lost. As MY
Father hath sent Me. even so send you.
He came to minister. and He nlinistered
70 all classes. lie. welcomed influential
Nicodemns. and explained to him the new
birth. He took equal pains with The de.
,pised woman of Samaria. and drew Tor
Ter the living water. The two accounts
are paced side by side. Durin" His life
He mingled with the moor; in His death
He made His grave with the rich Ill order
That He might save both. So IS the WIZ 10, o.
God in Christ Jesus concerning us: we
are saved to serve With hands full OF
helpful charity, with Il word in season Ia
him that is weary. with heart at leisure
from Itself to soothe and sympathZe, we
are sent to bring ourselves into contact
with humanity at the point OF need
Ourselves mark YOU, not mercy our SGD.
stance. The human soul is cavernomS, IN
it's hunger. not Tor things. but Tor toiES'
It is easier often TO give, money than sell
It takes less prayer, and necessltates less
nervous expenditure. Jesus touched men,
and virtue went out of Him. He gave HIS
life. AS ransom that gift was unique III
it's value and effect. As an offering for
sin it can never be duplicated. Yet may
We in some true sense, give ourselves as
He gave Himself. We may present gu:
bodies living sacrifice. We may pour out
sur lives on the altar of the church 5 latin.
and count it joy, as Paul did. we ma!
initiate the devotion which burned IN .n1
I in no
teacher, Martin Brewer Anderson. whs
used to say: SIT haS been the purpose OF
nv life to live as far as l might for ott,.
srs: like my divine Master, to give myself
for them. and so far to renew IN myse'i
that perfect life.'
In view Of our mighty MISSION are W"
in weakness, and in fear and IN mucn
Lords microscopy prayer lie 2nafanle1es
complete equipment. When lie speaks
Of sending us into the word, His word
means more than mere sending. IL I'M
plies an official, authoritative commisslo,
together with the necessary. equipment
As the Father. equipped HIM tor Ills , E,'t',
: very good d work. He was anointed with
The Hoy Ghost AMI with power. Ne snail
receive power, said He, when the 10!
Ghost is come upon you. ana We sha' "
Nv witnesses. For witness-bearihg !he
Eft of the Spirit is ABSOLUTELY es;entIa'.
I'VE must tarry until we are endue". we
nav be richly endowed without beng en-.
iued at all. Once, we are too, II took
,ne sermon to convert 5000 son.s; now "
lakes 5000 sermons to convert one sour IL
the statement be true. the reason IS Gear.
Equipped with power. we are gwen =
message. Jesus went about teaching ana
preaching the gospel of the kingdom; AS
The Father sent Him even so sends ne ts.
When a man gets the tongue OF fire ms
theme is not politics or sociology, not Ut
,rature or science. not the popular topics
IF business or society. but the mighty
works of God. Paul told Timothy that the
lime would come when men would not en-
lure sound doctrine, but, having itching
ears, would heap to themselves teachers
after their own lusts. 1T churches nave
itching ears they can always lind teachers
and preachers who are willing to scratch
their cars. But ear-scratchers are not ann
bassadors. In our ministry OF reconcila,
ton we have but one message-the wore
Of reconciliation God has committed It
to us: Or, as Paul says, God has deposited
it in us; as il it is a sacred treasure which
we are to preserve carefully and bear faith.
fully to others.
Parents and teachers and fellow workers
INTO the kingdom of God, While continuing
the mission Of Jesus who came to seek and
to save that which was lost, may GHd give
you and me the unspeakabie JOY not only
vi turning men and women from darkness
to light. but also OF leading many OF thu
little ones to Him who carries tn. lambs
in His DO: ON.
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