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ministry throughout all Galilee and Ju dea. The words also summarize aptly the work of missionaries today who go forth at Christ’s command. We sometimes characterize the three kinds of service as educational, evangel istic, and medical. However, if rightly carried on, they are simply three aspects of one great enterprise—missions—the work of giving to all the world the gos pel, the good news of sins fo: given and of victory in our risen Saviour. All three phases are important; all are nec essary; all work hand In hand. “Jesus went about . . . teaching in their synagogues.” And it was said of Him, “Never man spake like this man” (John 7:46), “for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes” (Matt. 7:29). Likewise today, the missionary-teacher may speak with authority if he uses the Word of God as the foundation of his teaching. Preaching, like teaching, must be based on the God-given message. “Preaching ,the gospel of the kingdom" was Jesus Christ’s task. That kingdom was delayed through men’s rejection of the King, and today the missionary- preacher proclaims “Jesus Christ, and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2) to a world lost in sin. “Healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the peo ple”—this was the third phase of Christ’s ministry. His great compassion ate h iart went out to all the sick and the afflicted, and we never hear of His turning any away who came to Him. Matthew refers to this work of Jesus as fulfilling Isaiah’s picture of the promised Messiah: “Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses” (Matt, 8:17). The people could see that the picture was fulfilled by Jesus in every line. By these miraculous deeds of kindness and power, the Lord Jesus expressed His love and the love of the heavenly Father toward men. The language of love is understood in all lands. “All the experience of modern missionaries in the East goes to. show the wisdom of the method employed by Jesus Christ and His apostles in giving attention to diseased bodies as a means of access to diseased souls,” says Isa bella Bishop. The “medical missionary” has been characterized as “a missionary and one- half” because of the wonderful oppor tunities he has for ministry. However, to be of any eternal value, fall three forms of missionary activity must have as .their goal the salvation of the sinner by the precious blood of Christ. Teach ing, preaching, healing—all must cen ter at Calvary. _ Helps for the- Leader I. H eathen at H ome “Every once In a while,” said Jacob Riis, “I" hear some one growl against
foreign missions because the money and the strength put into them are needed at home. I did it myself when I did not know better. God forgive me. 1 know better now, and I will tell you how I found out. I became interested in a strong religious awakening in my own old city of Copenhagen, and set about 'investigating it. It was then I learned what others had learned before me, and what was the fact there, that for every dollar you give away to con vert heathen abroad, God gives you ten dollars’ worth of purpose to deal with your heathen at home.” —Sunday School Times. * II. “M en W ith H ot H earts " Warm-hearted preaching is what peo ple desire, as is evidenced by the follow ing comments: Richard Sheridan used to say, “1 often go to hear Rowland Hill because his ideas come red-hot from the heart.” John Mason was asked what he thought was the forte of Dr. Chalmers. After a moment’s consideration, Dr. Mason replied, “His blood-earnestness.” A Chinese convert once remarked, in a conversation with a missionary, “We want men with hot hearts to tell us of the love of Christ.” The missionary who preaches should do so “as a dying man to dying men.”—Webb. m . T he V alue of M edical M issions It has been said of Peter Parker, who was the real founder of medical mis sions, a man of singular beauty of character and eminent ability, that “he opened China to the gospel at the point of his lancet.” Thousands flocked to him for the recovery of their sight and for healing of every sort of disease, un til it was quite impossible for him to attend to the multitudes who* claimed his care.—Missionary Review. DECEMBER 17, 1939 OUR PART IN THE MISSION ARY ENTERPRISE R omans 10:8-15 Meditation on the Lesson When we ask, “What is our part in the missionary enterprise?” we find the answer very clear and plain in our Scripture passage, which itself closes with a series of searching, inescapable questions. After we read that only those who trust in the Lord Jesus Christ can be saved (vs. 9-13), the challenging ques tions come: “How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?” In this chain of cumu lative questions, we are forced to ac knowledge that the responsibility of
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