The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-12-01
yNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
JESUS TnE WORRIES SAVIOR.
esus Sending Out Missionaries (;
Luke 9:1-I0:2L
(By c. II. RAYL.J


|bnly in the New Testament they ar,
jailed "The Twelve" Jesus gave then
the name of Apostles" The word Il
significant 1t indicates the desire au,
purpose of the Master to spread til,
knowledge of His Gospel. An apostle
is one sent out upon a mission. Ant
the special mission of the twelve va
to tell the Good News" of the king
dom of God to the world. From thi
viewpoint they were missionaries il
the strictest sense of the term.
We have only to study the lives o
the twelve Apostles TO find what crud,
material Jesus can use. They wert
mostly uncultured, illiterate men, of
ten faint-hearted, irresolute and COW
ardly, but higher honors than any o.
earth were given them when jesus
sent them forth as His Ambassadors
When an ambassador is appointed tc
any land, he is given special instruc-
tons before he departs on his mission
Sometimes these instructions are Sc
cret, but Jesus instructions to the
twelve extends beyond their special
mission and even that of the early
church, for it sets forth the mission of
Christ's church in the world and of
His followers throughout all ages.
Jesus sent these beginners to the
,al, fhA
field of labor and that most apt to be
= overlooked. The day was soon to come
when they would be free to go to Sa-
maria, but this early in their ministry
they had so little of the spirit of their
Master that one would have called fire
from Heaven upon unbelievers, and it
required heavenly vision to lift pre-
judice and teach another the way of
salvation.
A young girl once longed to be for
eign missionary. One doy while get
ting a drink of cold water for her
grandmother, she broke the handle OF
the pitcher at the pump and betrayed
the aged saint, when a voice seemed to
say to her, MY child, if you have not
learned to give cup of cold water to
one of my little ones, how could you
give the bread of life to my enemies?"
1t is a wonderful thing to he an am
bassador for Christ. To tell the story
of Christ We may not all be eloquent
but all should be able to tell the
simple story of the cross. And how
needed it is in this time of false doc
trinc.
"Stir me, Oh! stir me Lord care not
how,
\Put stir my heart in passion for the
world;
Stir me to give, to go, but most of all
to pray.
Stir, till the blood-red banner be I'M
furled
Ger lands that still in heather dark
ness lie,
Ger deserts where no cross is lifted
high"
AS the twelve performed the task as
signed them to the extent of their abil'
fly and of their opportunities. Jesus
found it necessary to increase thu
number of his missionaries to seventy
Other territories were now included
and He declared that the harvest was
ripe. Looking down through the cen
turtles and. seeing the constant need
of remembering the "Other sheep
which are not of this fold and empha-
sizing the greatness of the harvest He
commanded them and is commanding
us as well to pray. pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest, that He
would send forth laborers into His
harvest" He was asking them to pray
for the vast world-field whose soul
harvest must be gathered in, and for
gospel harvesters to be raised up,
called and trained for missionary
work.
"Stir me, oh! stir me Lord, till all my
heart
Is filled with strong compassion for
these souls,
Till Thy constraining love reach to the
poles
Far North and South, in burning, deep
desire
Till East and West are caught in loves
great fire.
"Stir me, oh! stir me, Lord till prayer
is pain.
TIL prayer is joy-till prayer turns
into praise
Stir me till heart and will and mind.
yes, all
Is wholly Thine to use through all the
days"
"Even the very dust of your city,
which cleaveth on us do We wipe of
against you" This was the condemna-
ton to the city that rejected its chance
There is a great Christian principle
running through all Scripture and all
life, which declares that exalted priv
ilege neglected brings added con-
domination. AS far back as in the song
OF Deborah and Barak this principle is
recorded in history. 1t is this which
Z Jesus scts forth in this lesson ITO
whomsoever much is given. OF him
much is required"