Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-17

disciples of all the nations baptiZ-
ing them in the name of the Father
and Of the Son and Of the Holy
Ghost. teaching them to observe ali
things whatsoever / commanded you:
and 10. ] am with you Away. even
unto the end Of the world Mat
28:19
Take up any paper these days.
whether il be secular or denomina
tionai, and you will see much space
devoted TO the general subject of
world wide eyangelizatiou. The spirit
cf missions is the spirit Of Christ:
the helping spirit And where even on
Jerusalem-Jericho road a man is
sl.it r. the Good Samaritan sphi-
will meet the demands Of the day. So
thoroughly has the Christian spirit
impressed itself upon the people
everywhere that fraternai otganiza-
tions and charitable institutions are
everywhere prevalent for the purpose
Of alleviating human suffering and
satisfying human need. So thorough
~ do believe in missions that if we
had accomplished nothing in the past
history OF our missionary endeavor
but enlist the activities of such a man
as Adoniram Judson. il would have
been worth to US in dollars and cents
more than all our propaganda has
cost us Christ gave His life to mis-
siOns We. therefore can make no
mistake in consecrating ours to the
same object. He came to bring life
and that we thenceforth in Him
ight have il more abundantly. Had
He no work for US to do at regenera-
ton. He would take us home to be
with Him forever in glory, away from
the temptation and snaTes OF a wicked
and adulterous generation. Jesus has
some purpose in view in allowing Us
TO remain here. He wants us 10 be-
come workers with Him in King
dom building The obligation is upon
every man to preach the Word One
need not sit down and begin to hunt
up reasons after he is saved as to
why hr should go to China or else
where to preach, rather should be sit
Gown and hunt reasons to justify him
in staying out of China. The com
mand is to go The text in Acts tells US
that they that were scattered abroad.
went everywhere preaching the Word.
Many believed and the Lord added to
the church daily such as were saved
The obligation then is upon us as
Chr stians to preach Christ How,
then. should we do it? How meet
the situation and handle the diff
cult problem?
I. BY Personal Effort.
And most men are so lazy by birth
and practice that they would rather
tho other fellow did it. When you,
my friend, go 70 church and some
specially telling truth is presented
by the preacher, why is it that you
pass it on to your neighbour? 1t is
que primarily to the fact that you
seek to shun individual responsibility
and. place the tasl- of giving the bless
ed Gospel to the world upon other
shoulders. Not very long ago the
mother of one of our greatest preach
ers lay dying. Most of the children
had gathered about her bedside. Her
son, the preacher, was a long way
off. but finally he came. and went in
and put his arms about her and ask
ed if she knew him. Surely" said
she, Il know my preacher boy" And
then. drawing him down to her. she
said: Keep on preaching the glorious
old Gospel until you come home to
.oin me-" and quietly passed away.
Could that preacher fail to speak the
Word in season, out of season? The
dying request of his sainted mother
continually comes before him-the
personal request. So when our dear
Lord faced the cross and before He
asCended to the right hand of the
Father. He commanded His disciples
in His parting words to preach and
teach the Gospel of the Kingdom to
all men everywhere. Can men fail
to respond to the dying command of
their Lord and Master, who freely of
His own good will lay down His life
for them? Could love so marvellous,
boundless and free meet with any
other ppGnnnSp than that of a mission
spirit worldwide in its scope?
II. BY Witnessing for Christ.
We shall be my witnesses in Jeru
salem. Tudea, Samaria and unto the
uttermost parts of the earth. Men
can reason away learned theories
and with ruthless hand push down
logic and argument, but they can
never get completely over the indi-
vidual Christian who lives the Christ
l:fe We are living examples, read
and known by the whole world. When
We walk with Christ men know it.
and His ever present, personal touch
on our lives makes US live lives as
gospel proDagators
1t was a dark day in Peters life
when he acted and spoke as he did in
the onemy's presence concerning his
knowledge of Jesus. He afterward
became a great witness for the Lord
but notice, if you please that Peter
did no great things while he was in
such an attitude Of mind and amidst
such surroundings that he could
stand up and witness as a true man
for his Christ seeing that We are
Compassed about by so great a crowd
of witnesses" That is a fine inCen-
tive to run a great race. Just to
think of the eyes upon you and know