Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-13
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For Mop 10. Jesus the Missionary, by
BY DR.. MARION McH. HULL


mic blood vessels opened up, and He
felt like He was going to die, like
He could not stand it another mo.
ment. Yes. He had the heart of a
missionary.
AS you read of the conditions Of
| those lands, where the gospel OF
Christ has never been preached of
the slavery of women, Of the cruel.
ty. the ignorance and superstition
that controls the lives of men and
women and children; as you hear
Of rheumatism being treated by
puncturing with a red hot iron the
joint to let the evil spirit out; Of the
barbarous treatment of eyes, and of
the lepers, and of the insane, and
of the aged-does it have the effect
on you that it had on Jesus? Have
you the heart of missionary?
Jesus went further. He recognized
what the solution was. When He
saw the multitude that they tainted,
and were as sheep having no shep-
herd, He was moved with compass
sion and said, THE fields are white
with the harvest; pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest that He
would violently thrust forth laborers
into His harvest Organize a new
missionary movement, student, lay
mems, young peoples missionary?
No! Make an appeal to the churches
to canvass their available material
of men and money, that the need
might be supplied? No! Publish a
whole page display advertisement in
the denominatonal papers? MOI!
Create a new committee with several
paid secretaries. office help, printing
and postage, etc, whose business it
shall be to supply the need? No.!
What then? Pray ye! Pray ye the
Lord of the harvest. Pray ye that
He, the owner, will thrust forth
laborers into the harvest!
A moments reflection will show
that this is the only solution that
will be adequate. He alone knows
the needs; He alone knows whom He
can use to supply that need; He
alone is able to awaken an interest in
the hearts of those whom He would
use; He alone can provide the ways
and means for thrusting them forth.
So Jesus was one sent forth, one who
went willingly, one who had the
heart Of a missionary, and who knew
the only solution of the problem.
He went forth and lost Himself in
the service which He was rendering.
He spent and was spent in service, to
do the will of Him who sent Him. See
Him on a typical day-at the syna-
gogue service in the morning: COM
ing home to find Peters mother-in-
law desperately ill and healing her:
from then until bedtime blessing
every soul in the city who came for
His healing touch or word. Then a
great while before day and after only
Few hours of sleep slipping out for
quiet Tune alone with His Father.
Or wa III Him as He goes through
out all the cities and villages, teach
ing and preaching in their syna.
gogues, healing all manner of sick
ness among the people, casting out
keVlls, md preaching the gospel of
the Kingdom. Three times through
Calilee, once along the borders of
Tyre and Sidon, up into DecapoIis;
over in Perea, down in Judea, needs
going through Samaria! very mo-
ment of His public life was a busy
one. Even when He suggested to his
disciples that they go apart and
rest while, lie crowd reached the
point almost as soon as they did and
ms of resting He taught them
until the day began to wane
fed 5000 of them with a lads lunch.
Jesus was a missionary who forgot
Himself n His manifold service Tor
others.
He was a good missionary because
He multiplied Himself. He inspired
others to carry on the work He had
commenced and instructed them so
they could do it. 1t was a hard task,
that of training twelve dull men; and
one Of them never learned. But when
He was g. they tarried as He COM
manded, and when they received His
gift, the gift of His other self, the
Holv Spirit, they went out with bold
ness to do as He had said. And to-
day there is not a land where He is
not known. Oh no! not we'll known,
be it said to our shame, but known
i'll some measure by some people.
Did we, His followers, but obey His
orders and follow really His exam.
pie it would take less than year to
make Him well known everywhere.
There are 100, 100000 people in the
world; of this number approximately
one-third are nominally His follow
ers and own Him as their Lord and
Master. The other two-thirds have
not heard His name, know nothing
of Him as their Savior and Lord.
How quickly the one-third could ac-
complish the task assigned to them
and make Him known by the other
two-thirds if they had something of
His spirit
But tie real purpose for which He
came is unique, and can not be du-
plicated by any Of His followers. For
God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world but that the
world through Him might be saved.
He came that He might redeem us
from the curse of the law, that He
might satisfy all the righteousness
demands Of the just and Holy God,
and yet be merciful as His love re-
quired. He came to give His life as
a ransom for many.