Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-11-17

our heavenly Father to save the world.
His missionary spirit has been tho
soul Of all religious progress and the
core Of Christian history. The heart
of all, missionary endeavor has been
the example, of Jesus Christ, who
came to seek and to save that which
was lost. If we should trace back
the missionary motive that has
nodded the Master and His followers
to its source itswould be found In the
love of God for lost world Our
Golden Text tells US that God so
loved the world. that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whatsoever
believeth on Him should not perish,
but have eternal life" The following
verse, which is the last one Of, the
lesson. points out. the reason that
God sent His Son into the world was
that the world might be saved
through Him"
He was a foreign missionary. who
smptied. Himself of the glory of
flesh. He left the society. joys and
joyous homage Of glory to assume the
form OF child. to be limited and con-
fined for thirty-year life Of prepara-
ton as human being, and tempta-
and enduring the drudgery OF a me-
chanic In Nazareth's carpenter shop.
While His missionary work was
limited to Judea, Samaria and Galilee
His missionary activities Jesus was a
home missionary If you look at His
life from the human side, but His
program of service took In all ma
tons His passion for souls found
and educational missionary work.
Jesus entered the public arena as
an evangelist. He took up the slogan
OF John and proclaimed Gods Good
Message of the Kingdom" He went.
"a bout all the cities and villages.
teaching in their synagogues and
preaching the gospel Of the kingdom. :"
The narratives Of His life reveals
in the recognized places. OF public
worship, but also in the open air. as
well as in the homes OF the people.
His passion for souls is revealed by
His compassion for the multitude and
His efforts to, reach all with His mes
sage
The dominant note of the Masters
preaching was the kingdom Of God.
He called upon the people to place
first before the question OF food and
and care and before every other thing.
the Kingdom. While the multitude
welcomed His message as the promise
of a political deliverauce from the
power of the Roman empire. the Lord
tried. to correct that error in the
three recognized groups of parallels
epochs of His ministry. THE subject
Of them all is the Kingdom Of heaven:
its founding and growth; its prin-
ciples and progress; its comsumation
and glory"
Christ recognized that the need Of
humanity was a revelation OF the
character Of God. In his messages
as a missionary He taught men con-
corning the love OF God, He revealed
as our father. who In holy love creates,
sustains and orders all. He filled
men who were sinners with hope. be-
cause He taught them the way OF sal
thad failed with the hope OF becoming
better through. the Transforming
power OF love. He encouraged them
! to live the new life with the asSur-
ance that they would have the aid
of: tile. unseen God, who would walk
| them to live the Ideal life.
Our Masters influence as a mission
airy was due to His life Of purity.
which was untainted by sin. and His
activity as plilsn ,na ,,s gG1fTs
aries, who have followed the Lord s
example, IL is the life they live which
gives power to their message. Inc
marvellous cures OF Jesus attracted
men, who were won to His cause by
His personality, preaching and prac-
tfce as q medical missionary.
Our Lord recognized the futiltty OF
evangelizing-. the ignorant and the
weak If physical conditions were
wrong While He did not advocate
the sanitation of the cities. the build
l - oil l.
ment of public clinics and the adop-
Etion of preventative methods In deal
| Ing with epidemics, lie taught the
principles which we're the germs OF
| all the modern advancement In nedi-
cal science during His missionary ac-
ministry to a close, He went about
tGalilee healing all manner of dis
ease and all manner of sickness
There was no case of illness that He
| could not cure. He understood the
close relation between the mind and
good health and healed many mental
cases by methods that are used by
modern specialists in psyehiatry.
Jesus always kept the spiritual ele-
ment in view in all His work as a
medical missionary. The cure Of souls
| was His goal and the object OF His
mission.
Medical missions play a great part
in opening the hearts Of people to
Christianity. The point of lance
opened the doors of. China for the
proclamation of the Gospel. One OF
| the medical missionaries In China
seaport town collects In fees from
American and English residents more
than his salary as missionary. He
turns over his fees to the mission
work. Every medical missionary hnds
| it necessary to train a corp OF assist
ants Jesus called the twelve to fol-
low Him that He might teach them,
| how to become fishers Of men. They
were Joined by a band of women, in
GLIDING Mary Magdalene. who showed
their appreciation for being cured OF
ailments and being saved by gener-
! to- His cause. During His missionary
Journeys these followers OF the Mas
ter were taught by Him the prtnci-
ples of His gospel and His methods
| OF healing men and women.
An Educational Missionary.
Jesus trained His disciples by pre-
cept and practice. He conducted pub
| lie clinics as he went about doing
good. He recognized that the future
depended upon trained ministry so
He instructed the twelve and the
women. In His prayer life they found
Jesus pleaded for the salvation of
His spiritual power. In the seven
teenth chapter of Johns Gospel at the
ninth verse, we note in the Lord 6
Prayer for His. disciples that He said
"h pray not for the world" One has
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