Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-01-09

upon the rich cities across the Jordan
and planning to share with them the
truth which He had brought from
Heaven.
Few travellers venture across the
Jordan, but those who do are re-
paid by the wonderful ruins of Am
man, Jerash, Heshbon and Medaba
l confess that not until l looked first
upon the great marble remains of
Amman did / ever realize the mag
nificence of the civilization which
had fiourished here in the time of
Jesus. He coveted these great cities
for the kingdom; even as Christian
strategists to-day look with yearning
upon our own cities as keys to the
problem of world evangelization.
The spectacle thrilled the heart of
Christ with thoughts of ripe and
plenteous harvest, with few workers
This kingdom mind, if it may so be
termed, marks all who partake of the
character of Christ. One indictment
to be laid at the door of many of us
to-day is that we are not facing the
harvest field. and are not really con-
cerned over Ii. More of us are in
tereSted in the machinery of the har-
vest, and every new invention in the
way or patent spiritual harvester is
sure of attention; but we would
rather tinker with futile wheels than
take sickle and go out and do hand
reaping. Also we are not lacking for
enthusiasm in harvest festivals and
domes; even when there is no real
harvest to celebrate. Pitiable? OF
course. But the passion for har-
vest increase and for new fields.
is to be learned only in the
school of the Lord of the harvest.
The Unknown Seventy
The sending of the seventy is the
largest bit of organization work by
Jesus of which we have record. And.
according to our modern notions. the
press work was very poorly done.
Not a single man of the seventy got
his name in print! Evidently The
head of the firm did not think that
the advertisement of his agents was
an important matter. A drummer
told me the other day of a hot debate
among group of salesmen as to
whether the drummer's name should
be conSpiCuouSly in the center of his
business card, with the firms name
in small type down in the corner, or
vice versa All the men except one
voted that the firms name should be
kept small, and the representatives
name should be printed large, Which
reminded me of some kingdom drum
mers J have met; but not of these
unknown seventy, who are "only re-
membercd by what they have done"
Honor the seventy because they
dld their job. They went as sent
WITH one work in mind, they tray
elcd uneuCumbcred; the comfort of
the soldier is important only to the
HnUrnp hnt ii.
Many of us know that our lives are
too greatly cluttered up with con-
Venlences and luXuries and social
usages and trivial engagements to
permit us to do any real work The
seventy went out two by two-there
is your good society of fellow work.
ers, the best i'm the world-and they
made all things subservient to their
mission.
A Louisville pastor has learned that
men are willing to be sent out upon
adequate tasks. His men are band
ed together as Yokefellows, pledged
to do any reasonable definite service
Now multitude are marveling at
the great and varied work wrought
by these men, who go where they are
sent, whether it be to visit definite
man in prison or to 'rive out by
automobile into the country fifty
miles to hold a service. One sage
observer remarked upon this, "If a
preacher is failing, or thinks he is
failing, the way to cure the situation
is not to get a new preacher, but
to get an old bunch of laymen busy"
There is profound message for
every congregation in this story Of
the sending out of the seventy.
with Prayer, or Not at All"
The recent simultaneous EVERY
Member Canvas" of three denomina-
tons have taken as their motto,
With prayer, or not at ALL" These
sagacious leaders have seen that the
greater the activity the greater the
need for spirituality. More work is
no excuse for less prayer, but quite
the contrary. There is significance
IN the fact that right in the heart
of this lesson of going-a study in
how to be busy for the Kingdom
comes the great lesson on prayer.
There are many reasons why this
should be so. One is that the Lord
wants all His friends to have an equal
share In His work. That is why the
humble old saint, whose life is lived
may labor as effectively by her pray
ers as the busy, talented Christian
out in the thick of the fight Prob
ably many a preacher or missionary
or executive leader has been given
public credit for Christian victories,
won by the prayers of unsuspected
and secluded saints. The conviction
is growing that our need of needs
to-day in Christian work is for deeply
devoted disciples who are skilled in
that irresistible form of warfare
sometimes called knee drill"
The sense of crisis which seems to
have burdened the Masters soul as
He pleaded with the seventy-the
active workers-to pray the Lord of
the harvest that He would thrust
forth workers into the field, pervades
the most alert Christian conscious
ness of our own day. Never were
the nations in commotion' more
visibly than now. A whole set of
new problems confront the church
Worldliness has ingratiated it's in
sidious power into the most sacred
places. The call comes hot from the
lips of the Christ Himself for a pray
ing discipleship, and for disciple
ship willing to be sent
In AmbassadOrial Dignity
On the main street of Peking