The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-04-09

This is the only lesson we have on
the whole Of that most important sec
ton. chapter <. and we begin with the
closing words Of chapter il. telling Of
Jesus going everywhere preaching the
gospel OF the kingdom and showing
the power Of the kingdom in mortal
bodies. healing every sickness and ev-
cry disease. The shepherdless condi-
ton of the multitudes filed Him with
compassion for them. aud the plenti-
full harvest and scarcity of laborers
led Him to say to His disciples. Pray
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest
that He s,ill send forth laborers into
His harvest" There is something SO
strangely mysterious about 1t all to us
earthly minded people that we can
not grasp it except the Spirit shall
enlighten US. Here is the Lord OF
the harvest Himself. the King Of the
kingdom. manifesting His power over
the souls and bodies Of people and over
wind and wave and full OF compassion
for people. but He wants associates
from among men to whom He can
intrust His power that they may go
been doing That is all wonderful. re-
minding us of lisa. vi, 8. where we hear
| the one living and true God in the
| persons of the Trinity saying. Whom
shall send and who will go for us?"
The wonder on our part is that so
| few respond to such an honor. But
| why should He ask US to ask Him or
| His Father to do this? Is 1t that in
| asking Him we may offer ourselves,
| saying, Here am /; send me:" Would
we be honest In asking Jesus Christ
| to send forth laborers into the wide
world to work for His great cause
IL we did not first offer Him our
| selves?
After an all night of prayer to God
i He had chosen twelve that they might
be with Him and that He might send
| them forth. and now He gives them
| all the power that He had been mani
| Testing and sends them forth by two
and two to preach the kingdom of God
and to heal the sick Mark iii. 10: Luke
vi. IL: ix. p When the kingdom comes
we shall find the twelve apostles tsome
one in Judas place, on twelve thrones
ruling the twelve tribes OF Israel
Matt. xix. oS,. bnt it will still be His
power conferred upon them. 1t is
true now and always will be-apart
from Him. nothing. All power in
heaven and on earth is His. How i.
it that we know so little Of it? Arc
| we not wholly His. fully yielded. sim
ply trusting. willing and obedient'
Has He not said. LAS the Father sem
Me. so send you?" These twelve
were. however. to go only to Israel n
this time. not to gentiles or Samari
tans oversees 5, O.. And to the woman
Of Canaan we hear Him saying. Il an
!, not sent but unto the lost sheep Of
the house OF Israel Matt. xv. 24). Ht
worketh all things after the counse
Of His own will. according to His goot
pleasure which He hath purposed II
Himself. and we must lie fully in tina
purpose aud will. whether it refer Il
the Jew. gentle or the church OF Cox
(Eph. i. 0. IL: Cor Il. 32,. DR.. SEQ
field says in his notes on this chapte
that the mission of the twelve wa
that of heralds. announcing to Israe
only the kingdom AS ut hand. enduet
with the divine credentials of thei
Office and lnanifesting kingdom pow
ers. Verses III to :..3 cover iii a gen
eral sense the sphere Of service during
: this present age. while verse % ha
in view the preaching of the remnan
in the time Of rhe tribulntion and i'm
mediately preceding the return o
. Christ in glory. The remnant then viii
not have gone over the cities OF Israe
till the Lord comes.
/, II any cannot receive this suggested
, division let him lay to heart the ger
, eral principles. remembering that al
. need to hear OF the grace of God. til
present salvation by grace. the dali,
life of service. the enduement of th
, Spirit for that service and the COMM
!, OF Jesus Christ to set up His King
dom.
In this age we are commanded TO &
into all the world and give the gospe
to every creature (Matt. xviii. 80. &c
: Mark xvi. Is. contrasted with Mat
!, <. g.. our object being not the convei
, sion of any rart of the world. but tn