Evening star., 1914-12-12

7 them in their missionary endeavor and
educating all those who united with
them to observe all the precepts OF
/ Christ.
The conception of Jesus for Il world
wide religion stands alone among the
faiths of the world a testimonial to
| the. character of the Deity of the
Christ who conceived the program and
| sent forth His disciples to subdue all
nations by the power of their gospel
message.
The supporting promise that strength
| ed them was the assurance that if
| they obeyed His commands they would
not be alone. for He would be with
| them until the consummation OF His
plans to make the nations of the world
the nation of their Lord and Christ
The duty to carry out the Masters pol
icy for the conquest of the world not
by might nor by power but by His
spiritual presence working in and
through His disciples rests upon every
Christian
Our hope for the success of the cam
paign rests upon the personal presence
of the risen Christ directing His forces
at all times and in all lands. Whenever
We are troubled the consciousness OF
His presence and His words will give
| us peace and make US conscious Of our
great strength.
Surprised Disciples Sent Forth.
Peace, the worlds great need today,
| when more than 5s per cent of the globe
| are engaged in the maddening pursuit
of world power by methods and means
| that Jesus never contemplated to use in
the upbuilding of His kingdom. was the
message that the Master spoke to the
eleven when He appeared to them In the
upper room. They had gathered there
| to discuss the news concerning His res
t1of Iad xxr;th
the evening of the first day that He
rose from the dead. Peace is the mes
sage that His personal presence always
brings to the disturbed soul
He seemed to them to be a spirit, so
He gave them three infallible proofs OF
His resurrection by showing them His
hands and feet. 1t is this reference
that gives us evidence that the Masters
feet were nailed to the cross. He gave
them further proof by eating fish with
them that the Lord had risen from the
dead.
After He had filled them with conf
dence of His resurrection. Jesus for forty
days sought TO solve all the problems
growing out of their new relations to
Him and the world. that they became
men of power. 1t was a period OF quiet
readjustlnent OF their views OF the king
dom, of growing spiritual conviction, OF
kindling enthusiasm, of unceasing con-
structive thinking and the Transforming
of old doubts into encouragements to
| dlltlilpl liie SredltSl taSk ever given
men to subdue the nations of the world
by the spiritual power of the gospel.
At the end of the forty days that had
been crowned with development that
surpassed that of their course during
the time they had previously spent with
Him in the apostolic college they were
different men, They understood the
lation Of the various parts of the Old
Testament 70 The Masters lie because
He had opened their minds to understand
the meaning Of the messages of Scrip
lures concerning Him.
sent them forth to preach the message
of repentance and remission of sins
among all nations. The force of their
testimony, like that of all that have
ever experienced the new birth, was
that they could speak from personal
experience.
They were to start at Jerusalem
The strategic Importance of starting
here in the city where Christ had been
! crucified was not only because of the
fact that out of Zion should go forth
the law for all nations, but they need
ed the help of making good in the
city where they had failed in their
duty to Jesus. If they were faithful
there they would be at every other
place and under every possible condi-
ton.
Our parish. like theirs, is the world
Within the last few months we, as a
nation, have commenced to realize our
duty to the world. Our first obliga-
tion is to give them a knowledge of
Christ, who alone can bring peace to
every soul and nation in the world