Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-28

Gen. Smedley D. Butler Of the Ma
rine Corps learned something about
missionaries while he was In COM
mand of the Marines in China for two
years that caused him to admire their
work for Christ. The Missionary Re-
view of the World quotes Gen. Butler
as saying: II learned something about
the missionaries out there that made
me like them. There was one chap In
particular. and there were plenty like
him in China, who lived in an unpro-
tected spot outside Shanghai. Perhaps
1t was 10 miles from the city-l0 miles
of Chinese roads. I met him one day
and suggested that he had better come
in where we could give him protection
I told him that If the Chinese should
burn down his building they would be
compelled to pay for it.
THAT good old fellow said to me
I'm out her spreading the gospel OF
Christ, and I never heard of Christ
! needing bodyguard. If 1 have to be
protected with bayonets in order &c
preach His gospel, then ! am going
home
Il admired his stand so much that
l told him to stay where he was, and
| If he got in trouble with the Chinese
We would come and rescue him. He
did not go home. He stuck to his toE
| and, fortunately, there was no trouble
His attitude appealed to me immense
| Iy-1t would appeal to any Marine
Ihere was man ready to place his
| life in jeopardy for an ideal" In tax.
ing that heroic stand that missioi AIRY
was carrying out the principles thai
our Lord taught when He sent forth
HIS apostles and the 20 as mission
aries.
Apostles Sent Forth.
During the last six months that Jesu
spent in Galilee He appears to hav,
devoted His attention almost exclusivel,
| to the training of the twelve, who
had demonstrated their loyalty by thei
| devotion to the Master at the houl
| when many of His disciples deserted
Him because He refused to accept DO
| litical power. Johns death helped ere
ate feeling of antipathy. against tn,
Master among His professed followers
During His journey in Cesarea-P Phillip
the apostles demonstrated that the!
| possessed spiritual vision when Pete
confessed that they believed that Jesu
was 1.-The Christ, the son of the Livinl
God. They had revelation, given thre,
OF their number upon the Mount o
TRANSPORTATION. of His glory. Realizing
! that He was facing the cross, Jesu
decided to send the apostles out a
| missionaries to their own countrymen.
| The spiritual needs of the multitud
appealed to Christ, who aroused tn
sympathetic interest of the twelve b.
pointing out how the people were Xix
sheep having no shepherd" H
aroused their PATRIOTIC loyalty and stir
red up in them a desire to help thei
countrymen through their prayers TO
their relief. Prayer precedes q call Il
every field of Christian endeavor. Hav
ing divided up the field, the Maste
sent them forth, two by two, "to he'll
and encourage each other and also 70
fullness of testimony" Their mission
was Ito preach the kingdom of CO.
and to heal the sick" Matthew add
that they we're also ito raise the deac
cleanse the lepers, cast out demons.
Christ warned them of the difficultie
and dangers that they would face an,
how they were to be maintained. The
reported back to Him the success o
their work. He took them aside s
that they could confer with more free
dom upon their missionary efforts, bu
1 the crowds following them prevented
at the moment. He fed 5000 an
taught them all day in the desert place
where they had hoped to secure som
rest. The presence of the crowds dem
onstated that the apostles had sue