The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-24
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 INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY-SCHOOL LESSON
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1, to been comparatively neglected. Brief | time remained for it's evangelization be- fore the clo5e of His career It was nc
 mere experimental mission. It was really called for, and Jesus deployed His ljttie force with consummate, strategic skill, 1 and the sterling quality of these evangel-
 fists is shown by their success.
 | It has been said that the seventy are l remarkable luminary in the public life
 of Jesus, whose brilliancy, however. en-
 cured only brief timo. There is no sub Seauent traca of them. After the accom- p'ishment of their charge they were ab- scrhcd into the larger company, and their
 term of service was 50 brief that their names were soon forgotten. The orders
 under which these pioneers were sent are ideal instructions for Christian scouting parties today. At the same time they arc very mirror of Jesus heart. He sees the humen mass as a harvest heavy for
 the sickle. but insuflciently supplied with hsrvesters. He yearns to hsvo the defic-
 iency made up, but He will have ncUD go who are not forewarned of the hoce.le forces they will certainly find arrayed against them. His startling analogy is
 'lombs among wolves" Paradoxical in- structions follow Emptiness is their de- fense No purse. or knapsack, or shoes. Trey must not be overloaded. Punctilious courtesies are to be omitted. Oriental solutions are time-consumers But in this caution Jesus puts no premium on rude moroseness He was Himself the soul of courtesy.
 These messengers are not to follow the custom of rotating as a guest among the houses open for entertainment. That would mean time lost in making new &C., quhintances. They are to be thankful foS plain food. "It Ill becomes Chrlst's dis ciples to be desirous of dainties." They are neither to fast with Pharisees nor feast with epicureans. The reference IA to the traditions about meats which made one critical of what was set before hin. Jesus says. Eat; don't question:" A home once entered Is to be blessed with the benediction, Peace" If there is a single member of the family open to 1t
 the Kingdom of heaven with its peace and
 joy will enter his heart. It Is a question of receptlvity. For such individuals and communities the Kingdom is imminent
 the kingdom whose essential is not sac- rifice and oblation (meat and drink, but righteousness. peace and joy. Alas! for the cities which reject these messengers. Tn cases where there Is no welcome there is to be warning. Wiping off the dust is truly Oriental A sign Is always pre- Ierred to a word. Tyre and Sidon were synonyms of depravity. They were the cities where prodigaI sons went to spend their patrimony in riotous living.
 This paragraph makes golden circle. There is the sending out and the return ing. The directions have been faithfully oheyed. The propaganda has been earn est and thorough. the results beyond the expectations of the propagandists The Master has foretaste of His millennial joy While the seventy have been forging ahead with their mission" He has had joy-giving visions of the downfall of, Satan. Now, in conclusion of this exemplary incident, the paradoxical char acter of Christian evangelism Is assert ed. Those who were dismissed as sheep among wolves are now assured that nothing shall harm them, even when the emergency seems as extreme as when one treads on a serpent. But ioy must not be seated in the mere circ,Iu1- stance of triumph over an adverse en- vironment. It must root itself in the cause of that triumph. which is the citizenship of the individual in the heavenly kingdom. Yet do not find your happiness in the fact that the spirits sub init to you. but. in the fact that your names have been enrolled in heaven"