The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-04-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON ", SECOND QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL "a.

Text of the Lesson. Luke n. i-i6.
Memory Verses. 4, 2-Golden Text,
Luke n. documentary Prepared
by Rev. ID. NJ. stearns.
copyright. 1904. by American Press Association
Between the TRANSPORTATION and the
sending forth of the seventy we must
not only consider the events of Luke
tx, 1862, and the more full account OF
some Of these in Matthew and Mark,
but according to Mimpriss' Harmony"
we must insert between verses 90 and
81 the whole OF Matt. xviii found only
in that gospel and the whole of John
vii. >, to XII. "a found only in john.
That will bring us to this lesson, which
is recorded only by Luke. The time
having come or drawing near that He
should be received up, He steadfastly
set His face to go TO Jerusalem QX, 5l,
although He knew all that awaited
Him there. 1t would seem that the
sending forth of the seventy was
last appeal ere His crucifXion. They
were to so before Him unto every
about to come. showing His power and
stirring up a spirit Of expectation.
In His prayer He said concerning
His followers, "As Thou hast sent Me
into the world. even so have | also sent
them into the world" John xvii, 49,.
Our great business now is to go be-
fore His face and prepare His way,
d., nd iC wifi
us. That the number twelve, the num-
Der of the apostles, suggests all Israel
needs no comment, but that the num-
Der seventy suggests all nations may
not be so clear unless you have counted
and found the nations of Gen. 10 be
just seventy. These seventy Of our
lesson were the Lords appointing and
unless He appoints and ordains all is
useless John XIV, :, 80. The command
which He gave to the disciples in
Matt. tx, 81, SO, and now repeats to
the seventy, that they should pray the
Lord of the harvest that He would
send forth laborers into His harvest,
is still sounding in our ears. for the
harvest still is great, and the laborers
''Whom shall | send and who will go
for u.s." Qsa. vi, s. But there are few
who answer: Here am |. Send me-"
When | last wrote notes on this pOr-
ton Of Scripture in 1889 our mission
airy interest-that is, a real interest,
something more than an annual offer
ing-was only beginning, but we felt
M. I, H.,
$553 to help obey Mark xvi, -. and
after that it steadily increased from
$1,000 TO $1,000 a year until 1896, when
from the church and Bible classes and
friends we sent over $4,000. Since
then it has never been less than 500
900 a year. and last year, 1902, it was
over $4,000, total in fourteen years
of over $21S,OOO, without any effort to
raise Il cent of it beyond mentioning
the need and calling attention to the
command.
The marching orders Of the seventy
are very largely our marching orders
now, though after His death and res
direction there was some change i'm the
commission
against God. and the whole world CON
tinues in the wicked one (Rom. viii. Z;
| John V, 10, Il. W. There are wolves
in Sleeps clothing, and the messenger
of Christ must be wise as serpent
and harmless as a dove. Not all will
welcome the messenger or the message.
The parallels Of the sower and the
tKrh nd far = az Itpl,
But the messenger has only to get his
message from God in the power of the
Spirit deliver it faithfully and earDest-
ly, and the Lord will always accom-
plish His pleasure lisa. " ID.
We are TO have no anxiety about out
fit or expenses, but leave all that to the
Manager and Proprietor who sends MS,
for He will not fail to take care of His
own. (See Matt. vi, 1888: Luke xii.
22-31; Phil. iv, 6. ~ We are not to
waste time on the mere courtesies of
the world nor seek honor one of anoth-
err but be whole heartedly the Kings
own.
Preaching peace by Jesus Christ TO
all the world, and that as quickly as
possible. should be our one aim for,
having made peace by the blood of His
cross, He puts i'm the hands Of the re-
deemed the commission to proclaim it
far and wide. lie has had compassion
on a lost world, and if His Spirit fills
us we will show our compassion by
giving freely that which we have so
freely received. The God Of Peace and
the Prince Of Peace are calling for
messengers who will faithfully and
earnestly carry everywhere the good
news of redemption by the blood of
Christ that whatsoever will may ac-
cept the Lamb of God and, being justi-
fed by faith. have peace with God
through Jesus Christ QIeb. Kill, 20, 81:
lisa. tx 6; vi. s. Rom. V, j..
The command Eat such things as
are set before you" is a very important
one if the messenger desires to COM
mend his message, but there are many
Christians and even evangelsts. teach
ers and preachers who are SO fastidi-
Gus about eating and drinking. sleeping