Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-06
Jesus Sending ont Missionarte..

Pentccost has always been count
cd the birthday of organiz e q
Christianity. Every circumstance Is
Of thrilling Significance. There was.
paradoatcal az II sounds, IL construo-
tive cyclone. Gods breath made the
church IL living organism Us IL made
tho first man a living creature. 1t
melted that PolyElot audience into
language the wonderful things of
God. But there was also a little pre-
Pentccost, sort OF forerunncr of
tho great Pentecost. 1t camo to pass
when Jesus Himself sent out the
twelve apostles to be tho founders OF
new and spiritual Israel which for
multitude was to be aS sands of scR
and stars of heaven. He sent out
the seventy to be the organizers of
new and spiritual Sanhcdrin. Jesus
gave these eighty-two men explicit
orders insurinB their success. :.
They arc TO 20 In light marching
acconterment, weights and hindering
supertiuities are to be laid aside.
quires haste. they are to omit all the
formal tedious. time-cons III II
snlutations. When they stand on
any doorstep they are TO invoke tho
there is man of good Will within.
tho bencdiction will be effective. 1t
VIII fill every corner and crevIcc. and
every heart like sunshine. But oven
u lutic Il TcpuIl, 1DtnllE VIII De
lost to the sender OF the blessing. 1t
Will he as II II returned to him. lie
VIII keep his peace. his poisc. II no
one In the whole village receives the
message. then the messenger is to
perform symbolic act, not in anger
or resentment. but for educational
purposes. EveryW here the happy
announcement Is to bo made: Tho
Kingdom of heaven has come TO you"
Not In some occult and mysterious
WAY. not mr. l, inc
the person who brings II. In
spite OF their ineNperience and the
novelty of their mission. tho seventy
had good success and joyously re-
They said that even the extreme
cages OF demoniaral possession, or In
sanity. were cured. AT this word
Jesus uttered ono OF those cxclama-
realing the workings OF His mind
anu heart. lIo had Il vision of all
evil as II ncarnatcd In ono person
railing like meteor into the abyss
n great reversal OF human history.
IN" d.ihronement OF darkness. tho
ascending of light. Yet even
in HIS transport lie does not forget
the peril OF His messengers. lie
cautions them against spiritual pride
He does Il with conSumnlate skill and
tenderness. lie said: The ground
OF your happiness should not be that
you have achieved such great re-
suits, but in the simple fact that
through sovereign mercy your names
are written in tho family register OF
henvcn as the sons and daughters OF
God"
Under tho study Lamp.
Not single one OF the seventy
liz known by name. Their anonymity
is complete. Yet their contribution
TO the planting Of the Kingdom was
non" the less for that. We know
they gave joy to the Master.
II was Il fine poetic stroke when
each nation Of the allies took Ia"
body Of an unknown soldier who had
made the supreme sacrifice and
heuped upon him tho honors duo to
all. In the final analysis IL is the
humble and unannounced that really
In the aggregate make the largest
nothing without the rank and file.
This ~ George Eiiots Choir in
visible" In this sense also the dead
still live. and their voices ALI blend
ia the universal anthem. The identi-
hcation OF the individual may come
known"
THY duty ever"
This did fully many who sleep un-
known"
80 never. never.
Think'st thou they unknown whom
thou know'st not.
In heaven by, angel trumps their
fame is blown.
Divine their lot"
dom Is not matter OF Indifference.
II Is to entail II real loss. the great
est possible. The secret OF the
Scventys success was that they were