Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-12-17
"CHRISTIAN MISSION"'
A Brilliant Sunday Sermon By Rev.
T. J. ViIlers.
Most Popular Clergyman In Indiana Delivers
Strong Discourse on Evangelism.

''0"S o"'~S "
V;lers nnstor Of the itirst baptist
ahurch of this CITY. preached Sunday
morning a strony sermon. the theme of
'pb;ch was evangelism His subject was
sTha Christians Mission to the World"
The text was chosen from John xvii:l8:
sAs Thnu hast semi Me into the world
even 90 have sent them into the world"
Nr Villers said:
,be farewell d;sco,,rscs Ia the disciDlcs
yern ended Eethscmanr with its mental
,non;sh and bloody sweat was but a step
in tho distance fbc shadows flung from
,ho nros, wnre dacncning and darkeninp.
Iasrs knew that before another sun should
act His work nm earth would be done. In
,se last moments lie betook Himself to
nrover DYING wards are undying words
W. amhalm Them in frof rant memories.
With eyes upliftcd toward the Father the,
i;v;ne SmnnIiant first REL iewed His own
ministry have ylorifed Thee on the
.arth. I have finished the work which
Thom oovast Me IN do" Then His mind
turned toward lJis disciplcs. He prayed
for them dccl,r;n0 their mission to be a
,on t;mmat;on of U;s own This thought He
emnha s1od eiore Ills death. on the earth.
warJ sJn of Calvary. while standing in
Tho Jeen Shade and yioom. GAS Thou hast
sert Me INTO the worid. cvsm 80 So, naau !
Also sent lhem ih'o INC Wo'su nc sou
and framed from Ills Inns on The heaven.
val LAX nj ihr cross while standing in
The l;ght reflected from the crown. "Then
sid Icsus 10 them again, Peace be with
VOW. ,s Nv Father hath sent Me, even 81
send I vou Thus with the emphasis of
repetition our Lord announces 'h' Via 10
tan mlsS' On 70 lhc worin.
Jesus Is called the apostle OF our con.es
son. I'VE is Hod sent one, whoH, we . ,I;.
tess. ne repea,cdly iaid s'hp.,is.s w 'ona
,aact' n'carlhg 'ilmseI, 10 ne .me oi r," No
word. In John Gospc' alone ne sPeaks
OF Himself ihlrly's'x times as oelhe SeuI
OF God lie was sent 10 preach GOO" W.
ings to the poor, l" procia''n rtTase '" ths
cant!ves and RECOVERING OF s,en, 10 ane
bind, to set at liberty them 'hat arr
bruised to proclaim inc arceplapIe yea W
the LORD. Having FINISHED tne WORK "m,em
aposto.ate: dlSnllN'ng all dlsciplrS as ll.s
apostles: for while HIS commission ever
so send YOU may have primary reference
TO the twelve, 1t anpl, hes with rqual iorce
to all who have obtained like precious
fai.... God sent Him; He sends us. IN
the Acts we read that when stephen sur
fered martyrdom there arose tnat gay d
rusa,em. Ard they We're al scat,efch
throughout the regions OF ,udea and "a
maria. except the twelve. They, therefore,
that were scattered abroad 49, not me
twelve for they STAYED at JcrnSaiem hGt
the laymen. the rank and ~" o, the 'hnrcn
they that We're scattered abroad Went
about preaching the word
Do Won plead yonr lacK OF etodncnce. al.
frmiug that You are slow 81 speech ana o,
Sow tongue? Listen The gospel IS Good
news aud good news does not need orna-
MONT at Corinth, after day of depressing
toll. when there had been little to cheer
paul's soul. Jesus appeared to him N a
vision. saving: "Rp not afraid. but sneak.
The word which Christ used is significant
II is not the term for a formal set dis.
course, It suggests the simplest form OF
human language. 1t means merely to talk
Our Lord did not want Paul to sugarroat
his message with poetic rhetorical descrln-
tons Of the glory OF Corinth's two seas
.HocLcd with white sails from many lands
did not want him to wax eloquent ami!
that napeant of islands and mountains aud
Groves Of cypress and pine hathed in the
low of Crecian sunsets Jesus wanted
Paul inst 10 talk the gospel At the npos-
tle's feet Law the blue waters Of the
AEGEAN. Jesus did not want Paul to pre-
marc learned disousitiona. whose profund
Nv uouId canal the unplumbed sea. like
the preacher who was said to be invisible
~. lac in The week and incomprchenSlb' he
on thc seventh, Christ only wanted Paul
70 IAN; the GOSPEL. In the distance
oloo,"oI the snowy summit Of lIelicon
,rha"o mnses had insured Hcsiod and his
"i i,oI af ,,r;ters Jpsus did not want Paul
s ,r;th u hand a. cold and a vocabulary as
; M,'" "a Uelicon's summit, to show the rhet