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II. T h e P lan e of H elpfulness
D I D Y O U K N O W THAT IN 1890 Dr. C. I. SCOFIELD
“I have learned,” says a worker in one of the University settlements, “that you can get access to the people who need you only by living with them. They will not come to you, but Jew and Gentile will make you welcome if you come to them. Our meetings for their benefit are a fail ure. Our personal intercourse with them has been promising great good. It is of no use to come once or twice to see them; you must live with them if you are to do anything for them.”-—R. E. T h om pson . m . “No D ealings w it h t h e S am a rita n s ” The story of the Good Samaritan is an excellent example of how Jesus looked at race. Perhaps the bitterest race prejudice of the day was that existing between Jews and Samaritans. “The Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans” is the sim ple statement of the Bible record. But Jesus,, teaching the implications of true neighborliness, selects as His hero not a Jew but a Samaritan. Here was one who, the Jews felt, “should keep his place,” Yet he was held up to them as an example. V'ii-H. S. L eik er . SEPTEMBER 22, 1935 WHAT MISSIONARY WORK CAN OUR SOCIETY UNDERTAKE? R om an s 15 :l-7 Suggestions for the Meeting Hymn—“The Morning Light Is Break- ing.” Hymn-—“We’ve a Story to Tell.’ Hymn—“Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun.” Prayer. Scripture—Romans 15:1-7. Solo—“Nobody Told Me of Jesus.” Leader’s Message. Testimonies. Quiet Hour. Hymn—“Bringing in the Sheaves.” Benediction—followed by Matthew 28: 19, 20. Meditation on the Lesson The great lesson of this passage is the fundamental motive that underlies all mis sionary effort. It is found in verse .3, Christ’s perfect example. This is the first time Paul has referred to Christ as an Ex ample, as men are not saved nor sanctified by an example. The main burden of the epistle has been the plan of salvation by grace, a redemption which is made pos sible only by Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary’s cross, and which is received by faith alone. But now that Paul has presented Christ as the only sufficient Saviour, he offers Him as our Example, for, as Bishop Moule re minds us, “The more the Sacrifice is ap prehended, the more powerful the Ex ample becomes. It will emphatically be not merely a model but a motive.” “Christ pleased not himself.” Always, He could say: “I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.” If self-pleasing had been the con trolling aim of Christ’s life, He would never have left the heavenly home to suf fer and die for us. He would not have “endured such contradiction of sinners against himself,” had He been self-cen tered. No, praise be to God, Christ so loved that He came and accepted re proaches and shame and sorrow and death, that we might become the children of God.
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Then He says to us: “As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.” ‘Go ye. The nations lie in darkness yet, and we have the light, Shall we not obey His gracious command? Christ loved the world , bond, free, Jew, Gentile-—there are no barriers to His love. And in the con straining love of Christ is the moving purpose of missions—that lost men and women, both near at hand and in distant lands, may know Him and glorify Him. 1. Study—“Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields” ! Intercede—“Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.” Give and serve—“Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel.” —D oughty . 2 . Prayer is the first and chief method of solving the missionary problem. Among all the methods that have been devised, none is more practical, more fruitful than this. If we could get a definite group of people at home into the habit of supporting by prayer each missionary in the thick of the fight, by this simple method alone the efficiency of the present missionary force could probably be doubled without adding a single new missionary. — J. C am pbell W h it e . 3. Let but devoted laborers be found who will prove faithful to God, and there is no reason to fear that God will not prove faithful to them. He will set before them an open door, and will esteem them, of more value than the sparrows' and the lilies that He feeds and clothes. He will be with them in danger, in difficulty, in per plexity; and while they may be utter weakness, He will work through them in power. They may cast their bread upon the waters, but His Word shall not re turn unto Him void. —J. H udson T aylor . II. S uggestions for L ocal S ocieties I. For Societies in Small Towns and Outlying Districts: 1. A Daily Vacation Bible School. 2. A gospel team for visitation of churches in the country. 3. Regular ministry to shut-ins. 4. An increased prayer life in your society, with prayer for missions. Leader’s Helps I. M issionary P rinciples
II. For Societies in Cities: 1. Jail work. 2. Rescue mission work.
3. Sunday-school teaching a m o n g foreigners. 4. Street meetings. 5. Hospital work. 6. Gospel teams for outlying districts. —M. G. G.
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