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"GUttS" FOR
- SLUGGISH UVER
*?
Ho sick headache, sour stomach,
i biliousness or constipation
i by morning.
0et a 10-cent box now.
Turn the "ascals out?the headache,
vbtliousneB8. Indigeetion, the sick, sour
atomach and foul gases?turn them
- at to-night and keep them out with
-Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
Smow the misery caused by a lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stomach.
Don't put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
removo the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascarot to-night straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
amy drug store means a clear head,
aweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Children
lovo Cascarets because they
.never gripe or sicken. Adv.
DIDN'T KNOW GREAT PLACER
?oy Would Have Fallen Down and
Worshiped If He Realized of
Whom He Was Speaking.
Joe Tinker brought this story from
the east with him. He declares Willie
Keeler, now a scout for the Giants,
told it on himself:
Keeler likes nothing better than to
watch a bunch of boys playing a "sandlot
game." While scouting in a western
league town late in the season he
chanced upon such a game, arriving
Just in time to see a lanky, sc-abbyliatred
lad, who was umpire, give a
decision. The little captain of the
team lighting the decision rushed up
to Keeler.
"Wasn't that a strike, mister?" he
demanded.
"Sure it was," replied one of the
greatest batters in baseball history.
"Aw," said the other kid captain,
fiercely, "what does that old boob
Zfnow about baseball, anyway?"
Cruel Art of Warfare.
One hundred years ago General McClure,
learning of the disastrous re^
cult of the American campaign In
i Ix>wer Canada and fearing his own
j; force would be attacked by the Uritish
k ^^Mfeped to evacuate Fort George and
B*^V^Hraon the country. This lie accordingly
did. with all his troops, and with
such precipitancy that ho left behind
his tents and stores. His retreat was
accompanied by an act that had left
an indelible stigma upon his name.
The frost had set In early and severe.
The snow lay deep upon the ground.
Yet at 30 minutes' notice, of 150
houses In the Canadian village of
Newark, he fired all save one, and
<lrov?3 400 helpless women and children
to seek shelter In the log huts
of the scattered settlers, or in the
hark wigwams the wandering Indians.
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Both In and Out.
Mrs. Panlpiurst, the English "militant."
said at a luncheon in Chicago:
"We are all jailbirds, all of us English
militants. 1 called one afternoon
at Mrs Cobden Sanderson's.
"'Is Mrs. Cobden Sanderson in?' I
asked the butler.
" 'Yes, madam,' he answered, gravely.
'In for seven months.'"
SELF DELUSION.
Many People Deceived by Coffee.
We like to duffcnd our indigencies
and habits even though we njjp bo
convinced of their actual harmfifraess.
A man can convince himself that
. whiskey is good for him on a cold
' morning, or beer on a hot summer day
?when he wants the whiskey or beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thousands
of people suffer headache and
ervousness year after year but try to
persuade themselves the cause Is not
coffee?because they like coffee.
"While yet a child I commenced
wslng coffee and continued it," writes
a Wis. man. "until I was a regular
coffee tlend. I drank It eVery morning
and in consequence had a blinding
headache nearly every afternoon.
"My folks thought it was coffee that
ailed me. but I liked it and would not
admit It was the cause of my trouble.
U * DIUCK lit CUUUU illiu mo uuduucuea
tuck to me.
"Finally, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postum.
They made it right (directions ou
pkg.) and told mo to see what difference
it would make with my head, and
during that first week on Postum my
old affliction did not bother me once.
From that day to this we have used
nothing but Postum in place of coffee
??headaches are a thing of the past
and the whole family Is in fine health."
"Postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good, is good, and does good to
tbo whole body."
Nairn given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellsrtlle,"
In pkgs.
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum?must be well
boiled.
Instant Postum?Is a soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
tn a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. Grocers sell both kinda
"There's a Reason" for Postum.
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i WORLD HAS HAD A
FORTUNATE YEAR
No Terrible Catastrophe Has
Marked the Twelvemonth.
DEATH TAKES NOTABLE MEN
I
General Success of the Democrats and
Startling Developments South of
the Rio Grande Chief Events
in Western Hemisphere.
Now York.?Taken nil In all, the
year 1913 has boon a happy and rather
fortunate one for the world in general.
It was not marked by any great
, catastrophe, such as the San Francisco
earthquake or the Titanic disaster; it
buw the end of the wars In the Halkans,
it witnessed the inauguration of
a Democratic president in the United
States, followed by genuine tariff reduction
without financial panic.
The death roll for the j?ast year has
hit the linancial world rather hard. Including
such notable figures as J. 1?.
Morgan, Henry M. Flagler and James
R. lveene. The Roman Catholic
church also lost two of Its most ven1
erable cardinals, Ore'glla, dean of the
Bucred college, and Ranipolla, once
secretary at the Vatican and who
| would havo been pope instead of Pius
X had not the emperor of Austria voted
against him.
In the United States political do|
velopments have been extremely Interesting.
but not startling. everything
seems to have goue the way of
! the Democrats. Democratic victories
i were won last November in New York
city, the state of New Jersey and
6tate of Massachusetts. Congress has
yitrf. eorrency hill, and the banking
interests of the country are adJusting
themselves to It,
As alarmed as high finance may
have been when it was learned that
rresiaent Wilson believed in Sherman
lnw should be "clarified," business and
financial interests have apparently become
convinced that the president's
attitude is not one of opposition, but
rather an attitude in which he would
consult and confer with business and
finance to remedy evils generally admitted
to exist.
Doings in Mexico.
South of the Itio Grande developments
have been startling and rapid.
| The year 1913 saw in .Mexico the assassination
of President Francisco Madero,
Vice-President Pino Suarez and
Gustavo Madero, brother of the president,
the usurpation of the presidency
by Gen. Victoriano lluerta, boosted
J into that position by General Felix
Diaz. Then came the rupture between
i Diaz and Huerta, with the practical
! banishment of Diaz. Later in 1913
\ came the rise of Venustiano Carranza,
leader of the constitutionalists in the
' north of Mexico, with the result that
the powerful northern states of Mexico
are now under his control. Scarcely
had Carranza become famous than
Francisco "Pancho" Villa, former bandit,
with a price on his head, leaped
into the limelight as a rebel leader
serving Carranza, and it is now questioned
whether Carranza or Villa is
the stronger in the leadership of the
constitutionalist forces.
In its relations with Mexico the
i United States has stood firm. Early
In his administration President Wilson
announced his determination to with|
hold recognition from the Huerta administration,
and although much
pressure, has been brought to bear,
the president has refused to change
his attitude. Efforts have been made
to inauce uuerta to retire and allow a
fair and honest election, without result.
Today the United States has a
heavy armed force at the border and
i an impressive array of battleships off
I the coast.
j There have been several marriages
! of importance in the past year, and
! u number of engagements of promiI
nent persons announced. ForetiToat in
the minds of Americans, of course, Is
the wedding of Miss Jessie Woodrow
; Wilson, daughter of the president.
Assassinations of the Year.
Barring Mexico's barbarous achievei
ments, there have been few assassinations
In countries generally recognized
as being civilized, George I, king of
Greece, was assassinated by a mad
anurchlst in Salonika, March 18. In
/Turkey the commander-in-chief of the
Ottoman forces in the Balknn wars,
Enver Bey, was slain on February 17.
This was followed soon after by the
; assassination of Naziin Pasha, Turkish
! premier. Turkey and Mexico appear
to have been contending with each
other for honors In the lino of assassination,
with Mexico slightly in the
lead.
European affairs have gone along
i rainer as usual, barring a few extra
startling outbursts by suffragists in
1 England, such us the sensational suii
eide of the young suffragette who
1 threw herself before the king's horse
I in the derby and was killed. Politically
England has been in a furor,
which, however, is nothing out of the
ordinary". The year has seen the very
remarkable "rebellion" of Ulster, un|
der the direction of Sir Edward Car,
I son, and the organization of an "aririy"
j of Ulstermen to resist enforcement of
the home rule bill should it pass parliament.
I England has also had its share of
labor troubles. There have been large
strikes at home and in Ireland, notably
the Dublin riots, led by Jim Lari
kin. All of the European powers have
i gone on as heretofore in the construction
of battleships, and the "armed
ca^nn" policies of Germany, England,
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THE FORT MILL TIMES, FO
Franco and RubsIa are stronger than
ever, possibly made bo by the Ilalkau
wars.
There have beeu somo few epats between
France and Germany, but nothing
In any way approaching a breach
of diplomatic relations. The fulling of
a couple of German war balloons on
French territory created some little
excitement, as did the mobbing of
some German subjects by French citizens
In border towus. France, as well
as the United States, underwent a
presidential election in 1913, placing a
very democratic and a very diplomatic
. person in the office of chief executive
?President Poincare.
In the Far East.
In the far eust several things of moment
occurred in 1913, among them
tllo rhi n PUrt roKollinn ??? ?. l i.
v. .'wwwiiuu (ill u mUIUII?iU'
, nient of a republic, an?l in Japan the
death of the Mikado and the succession
of his son and the anti-American
demonstrations and riots as a result
of the adoption of the anti-alien laudowning
law in California.
in the realm of science and exploration
there have been but few developments
that could positively he?<losiganted
as history-ore; ting.
The discovery of the souUvjfcle and
the disaster to the Scott rej^edition
both occurred in 19 although the
fate of Captain Scott ivas-jnot made
known to the world unCtf Dr.
Fred rich Franz Fried maiitWdtacoverer
of a "cure" for tubercxaeW jnade
liis appearance in 19K?, biyW. he-value
of l>r. Friedtnanii's "cure, and other
"cures" for that dread disease announced
at about (he same time, are
very much open to doubt. C.rent strides
have undoubtedly been made in the
treatment of cancer, but no positive
cure lias yet been discovered, although
much has been learned about the value
of radium.
Aviation Is progressing rapidly.
Much attention to aeronautics has
been paid by the various European
governments from a military standpoint.
but no moans of making aeroplaning
anywhere near safe have yet
been discovered. France has organized
and trained a military aviation corps
that would unquestionably be of groat
value in case of war, and Germany
has devoted much time and money to
dirlgiblo ballooning. The United
States has spent some $f>0,000 during
the year in military experiments in
aviation.
The number of deaths resulting from
aviation has not been especially large.
Aviators have died, just as aviators
died in 1912. and Germany suffered a j
iiiiinurr ui uisasiTOUS UCCUIt'IltB li) Zop- j
]tolin dirigible balloons. Many of tho |
accidents of aeroplanes resulted from
fancy exhibition living and military!
experiments. The year 1913 saw tfua
tlrst aeroplane flight over tho l'anumar
canal.
On the Panama Canal.
In Panama great developments have
taken place. October 10 last saw the
dynamiting of Gamboa dike, being the
removal of practically the last serious
obstruction in the big ditch. The canal
Is now almost completed, so far as
a trans-continental waterway is concerned.
ulthough not yet prepared for
the passage of steamers from ocean to
ocean. Work has also been begun on
the buildings and grounds for the great
Panama-Paclfle International exposition.
to be held in San Francisco In
1915. as a celebration of the formal
opening of the Panama canal. In this
connection It may bo mentioned some
slight international 111 feeling may
have been caused by tho refusal of the
Hritlsli and German government to
participate officially in the San Francisco
exposition. German and English
merchants, however, will take part
on their own accounts.
Tho United States may congratulate
Itself that, barring the case of Hans
Schmidt, the New York priest, there
have been few gruesome and startling
murders during tho year.
New York state furnished the most
sensational bit of local politics of tho
year In the impeachment and removal
of Gov. William Sulzer, followed by
Sulzer's nomination by Progressives
unci election to the state assembly.
In the world of sports the United
States still stands supreme. In addition
to humbling the British polo cup
challengers, the United States further
shocked Johnny Hull when Francis
Oulmet, the youthful golf wonder,
walked away from the English experts
in the national open golf championship
at Brookline, Mass., and by the winning
of the international Davis tennis
cup. America's supremncy in sports
was further recognized during the year
when King Gustavo of Sweden presented
the American athletes with the
medals and trophies won at the Olympic
games In Stockholm in 1912. Tho
sporting world suffered a shock, however,
when it was learned that "Jim"
Thorpe, tho famous Carlisle Indian
athlete really belonged In the classification
of "professional." Ho voluntarily
renounced the trophies ho had
won as an amateur in tho Olympic
games.
Here aro the leading events of tha?
year: f
Disasters, Fires, Floods.
Floods in Ohio, many killed, much
suffering and great damage done.
Floods In the Mississippi valley as a
result of Ohio Hoods.
Tornado destroys part of Omaha,
Neb.
Zeppelin 1/-2 exploded October 7.
Twenty killed.
Gas explosion near Pittsburgh kills
120 miners. m
Pong Heach, Cal., pier gives way,
killing 35 persons.
Disastrous floods In Texas, early
part of October.
Firedamp In Welsh mine entombs
931. Five hundred rescued alive.
Two hundred and eighty miners eatombed
following mine explosion at
Dawson, N. M. Twenty-three rescued
alive.
Steamship Nevada strikes a mine la
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Gulf
twenty
Stearaer^J^^^^^^^^^^Hsea October
19. Oiu^ffll^^^^^Htclrty-six
drown, 825 rescuem^^H^^
* Fifty girls-die in factory flro at Blnghamton,
N. Y., July 22.^[
Stoim at Nome, Aflbl^Jtills 11,
destroys 500 houses, ' tljCfOi^wO loss.
The Death WH. .
Enver Bey, chief pf; ^fcPwf Turkish
army, ussassinated^PelMM^Fy 17.
Henry N. Flagler,"***' of founders
of Standard Oil comp&ny, and financial
George I., king Jrec ce. assassinated
by r.uid aOtrtAlBt at Salonika,
March IS.
James R. Keeie-i, financier, dies January
2.
Deaths of Cirdlnals Oreglia, dean
of the Sacred'.college, and Kampollo.
within n few "days of each other at the
Vatican,
Luther McCarthy, pugilist, died at
Alberta May 21.
Death of eniperor of Japan.
Naaim l'acha. Turkish premier, assassinated.
King Mencdik of Abbyssinla reported
dead. Ilia death conPvmed on Decern
her 23.
Whiti law Reid, American ambassador
to Great Britain, h.iried at Sleepy
Hollow cemeterv. N. Y.
Adolphus lluseh. uilllic naire brewer
of St. Louis, died Octofer 10.
Charles G. Gates, son of the late
John \V. Gates, died October 28.
Ralph Rose, famous athlete and
champion shot putter, died October 16.
Timothy Woodruff, New York politician.
died October 12.
Anthony N. Brady, died In London,
July 22.
Col. S. F. Cody, American aviator,
killed in England by fall from aero
August 7.
Mayor Gaynor of New York died on
way to England.
Timothy D. Sullivan. New York politician,
found dead on railroad track
after escaping from an asylum.
Alfred Austin, poet laureate of England,
died June 2.
Crimes and Executions.
Mrs. Fannie Mnv P.ilnn wife nf
Roar Admiral Raton, acquitted October
31 of murdering her husband.
Kov. Hans Schmidt, discredited
Catholic priest, arrested in New York
for the murder of Anna Aumuller, his
sweetheart.
Floyd and Claude S Alien executed
nt Richmond, Va., March 2S for participation
in the famous Allen court
house shooting affray.
Henry Spencer, confessed murderer
of many persons, is convicted of killing
Mildred Allison-Hexroat, a dancing
kt? acher, in Chicago. Appeal pending.
^ Mrs ltessie Wakefield is convicted
^>f murdering her husband and son,
teneed to hang in Connecticut on
I March 4.
I,eo Frank, wealthy manufacturer,
convicted in Atlanta. Cla., of murderi
itig eir! in his office. Appeal pending.
Dr. Frank Craig acquitted in IndlanS
apolis of murder of l)r. Helen Knahc.
i Political Development at Home.
inauguration of President Wood row
1 Wilson on March 4.
, United States Judge Robert W.
I Arch bald removed from office by
' United States senate after Impeach*
| ment trial.
I John Purroy Mitchel elected mayor
t of New York on the fusion ticket,
destroying Tammany's power.
David I. Walsh, Democrat, elected
governor of Massachusetts, a victory
i for the Wilson administration.
InriiuK-imvcrnor riciuer eiecieu
governor of New Jersey. Fielder Is
, a Democrat and was the Wilson administration
candidate.
Minnesota legislature adopted equal
suffrage measure February 11.
i Passage of Wilson tariff bill.
I Passage of the currency bill.
Inauguration of Vice-President MarJ
shall, his address to the senate and
J administration of oaths to the now
senators. March 4.
California legislature adopts equal
suffrage measure.
Illinois passes ?qual suffrage bill.
Japanese land law in California approved
by Governor Johnson, February
3.
William Sulzer of New York Im.
peached and removed from ofllco and
succeeded by J,leut. Gov. Martin 11.
I Glynn.
Political Developments Abroad.
King Otto, known as the "Mad King
of Havana," removed from throne and
succeeded by his son.
Sir Hufus Isaacs made lord chief
justice of Great Britain, being tho first
Jew to hold that office.
Election of President Poincaro in
France, January 17; inauguration February
18.
Election and installation of Sir Vansittart
Ilowater as lord mayor of Eondon.
Victoriano Huerta proclaimed provisional
nresident of Mevl?<r? PVhrn
ary 18.
Yuan Shl-Kal elected president of
China October 6; Inaugurated October
10.
Sir Edward Carson gathers together
an "army" of Orangemen in Ulster
to resist enforcement of the home
rule hill should it pass parliament.
Japanese mobs in Tokyo demand
war on the United States over the
California land question.
United States forces Oreat Ttritain
to give up attempt to gain oil monopoly
in Colombia.
United States warns Santo Domingo
"No more revolutions."
Rebellion and overthrow of the Chinese
empire and establishment of a
republic.
Krupp scandal In Germany. Disclosures
made April 18.
Sports.
American successfully defends the
international polo cup against Great
Rrltain.
Syracuso wins the intercollegiate
regatta, June 21.
\
Harvard eight-oared crew beat*
Yale, June 20.
Francis Ouiinet wins the national
open golf championship at Brookline,
Mass., September 20.
America wins the Davis tennis cup.
July 28.
Horse racing resumed in New York
state on May 30. I
Jim Thorpe admits he is a profes!
sional athlete and resigns Olympic
(lu^uiun, .1 iiuuui t -I.
Philadelphia Athletics defeat the
New York Giants In the world'B championship
baseball series, October 11.
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for
the America's cup Is accepted by New
York Yacht club.
Invention and Exploration.
Vihlijamar Stefansson sails from
British Columbia on Arctic Expedition
June IT.
Robert G. Fowler flies cross the
Panama canal April 27.
Crocker Land Exposition sails from
New York July 2d.
Pr. Hudson Stuck reaches the Hummlt
of Mt. McKinley June 20.
Pr. Simon Floxner announces the
discovery of the germ of Infantile
paralysis.
Arrival c? Pr. Frlcdrich Franz
Friedmann government test of his
tuberculosis serum started March 11
Discovery of radium as a cure for
cancer announced, doubt east upon the
discovery by the American Association
for the Cure of Cancer.
Aviation death list in Germany for
1913 reaches 30; Franco 37; England
10; Italy 4; Russia S; Argentine Republic
4; Japan 3; Turkey 3; Austria
1; Brazil 1; Switzerland 1; Scotland
1; Canada 1; Portugal l; Moroc
eo 1: China 1 and United States 25.
Marriages and Engagements.
Wedding of Princes Victoria-Louise.
mil V rlnnolitne t\f I?r
uiki^ikv I w 1 iuc i\uiani aim
Prince Ernst of Cumberland May 24.
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, second
daughter of the president, marries
Francis Bowes Sayre at the
White House Nov. 25.
Engagement of Vincent Astor to
Miss Helen Huntington announced.
Huke of Croy marries Miss I-eishmann,
daughter of the American ambassador
to Germany, Oct. 27.
Prince Arthur of Cor.nauglit marries
the Hucliess of Fife. Oct. 15.
Dethroned King Manuel of Portugal
marries the Princess of Hoherizollern
at Singmaringen, Germany.
Miss Helen Gould married Finley
J. Shepard.
Mexico.
General Felix Diaz released from
penitentiary in Mexico City and attacked
the National Palace, Feb. 6.
President Francisco Madero forced
to resign and is imprisoned at the National
Palace. Mexico City.
Gustavo Madero. President Madero's
brother, is arrested by General
lluerta and imprisoned in the National
Palace. February 19.
Gustavo Madero is executed by the
order of General Felix Diaz Feb. 19.
President Madero and Vice-President
Pino Suarez are shot down while
"trying to escape."
General Vlctorlano lluerta proclaimed
provisional president of Mexico.
Feb. 19.
Rise of General Venustiano Carranza
in the north of Mexico.
Capture of Juarez and Chihuahua.
Rise of General Francisco C'Panoho")
Villa as a leader of Carranza's
Constitutionalists in the north of
Mexico.
i i i-iia i <!?/. muudi'u in Havana, inov.
j 6th.
President Wood row Wilson declines
j to recognize lluerta ua Constitutional
l president of Mexico.
Mexican rebels fail in attack on
Tamplco. but resume assault.
United States battleship fleet and
international squadron gather at Vera
Cruz and Tamplco to protect foreign
interests.
Balkan Wars.
Adrlanople falls. Match 26.
Scutari surrendered to Montengro.
April 22.
Peace treaty of Halkans signed in
London.
Miscellaneous.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst visits the
United States, Oct. 18
Gettysburg encampment of confederate
and Union veterans fifty years
after the battle of Gettysburg, held on
July 1-.V
Harry K Thaw, slayer of Stanford
i White, escaped from Matteawan Insane
asylum and flees to Canudn. He
is ejected from Canada and seek9 refuge
in New Hampshire, where the
case is still pending in the U. S.
courts.
Steamship Aqultunia to be the larg
t*?i Biruiuer in ine worm. luunclied In
England. April 2.
Colonel Roosevelt starts on South
American hunting trip, visits Rio
Janeiro, Brazil; Sao Paulo, Brlzll;
Buenos AyreH, Argentine Republic
and Valparaiso, Chile.
Mendel Beilis tried and acquitted
of ritual murder at the "Holy City"
of Kiev. Russia.
Qaniboa dike last obstruction In the
Panama Canal blown up with dynamite
on Oct. 10th.
Buildings of the Pnnama-Paclflc Exposition
started at San Francisco. German
and English governments docllno
to participate.
Labor Disputes.
Indianapolis street car strike be-1
gins Oct. 31.
Copper strike In Michigan started
July 23.
Prisoners in tho Indianapolis dynamite
conspiracy spend the first day In
Ft. Leavenworth penitentiary Jan. 1.
Firemen, engineers and trainmen of
Eastern railroads demand Increase
and better hours. Matter adjusted by
arbitration.
Motel waiters' strike In New York
I city Jan. 1st.
One hundred thousand lady garment
workers strike In New York Jan. 10.
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(By E. O. SELLERS, director of Evening
| Department, the Moody Bible Institute.
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LESSON FOR JANUARY 11. \'
i THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY.
LESSON TEXT.?Luke 10:1-24.
GOLDEN TEXT.?"It la not ye that
! apeak, but the spirit^ of your Father that
! spouKem in you."?Ainu. 10:20.
1
Jesus "came unto bis own and his
' own received him not." Rejected In
Judea, he turned to Galilee, making
his headquarters at Capernaum only
to be rejected there alBO. "Alter these
things" (v. 1.) 0. g.. after his final departure
from Galilee, and as ho was
about to perform his Pereau ministry.
The ministry of Jesus Is rapidly hastening
to a close, still there Is much
work to do. hence the selection of
those who shall go before him to prepare
for what proved to bo In each
city and town his last visit.
I. The Seventy Sent (vv. 1-9J. Verse
one tells us of the character of the
work they ware to undertake, viz., to
be hernlds; to prepare the people
against his coming, 2 Cor. 5:20. There
: is a plentltude of work, but, "the laborers
are few." They were sent to
a particular people, "whither he himself
would come," 2 Tim. 4:8; Titus
; 2:13. No matter what may have been
their limitations, the "coming one"
j would supply all deficiencies. JeBUB
commanded prayer, but also sent forth
those same praying ones (vv. 2. 3).
Prayer and work go hand in hand in
a sune Christian experience. Every
Impression demands sufficient expression.
if it Is to make any lasting con
trlbution to our characters. The large
, harvest demands attention. We are
sent into that harvest by the King
himself, "Behold I send you;" and
those whom ho sends are not compelled
to labor ulone. Matt. 28:20;
John 14:16. Jesus mentions four
things about those whom he sends:
'Like Lambs.
(1) Their charucter. They are to be
like "lambs." We have JuBt had the
llgure of "laborers" presented, laborers
who were sent. Is this then a
mixed simile? We think not. We are
; to go forth to the harvesting work as
laborers, that is our work, but, in our
characters., we uro to be lamb-like.
(2) Their environment, "among
wolves." That is to say, surrounding
each harvest ileld, and frequently encroaching
as far as they c'aro. are the
wolves, a type of the evil one and of
his agents. Those who go thua into,
1 or by the way of, danger will not carry
; any excess of baggage, 2 Tim. 2:4.
(3) In the third place, they are to
go forth with completo dependence
upon God's providing care (v. 4). The
exact letter of these Instructions is
not always Incumbent upon his ambassadors,
chapter 22:35, 36, but the spirit
of absolute faith in a Father who
will provide, must always possess his
i represeuutuves.
4. Ah to their bearing, It muat be
j that of dignity and Belf-respect (v. 5).
Social demands consume a great deal
ol energy in diplomatic circles, and it
i is here that many Christians waste
precious energy, as well as becoming
involved in worldly practices. Their
first thought upon entering a house
must be for the good of the home
(v. 5). not for their personal comfort.
If a "son of peace," (v. 6), dwelt there,
one to whom peace rightfully belonged,
their benediction would bring
to that home a blessing. Hut if he be
not there their peace was not to be
lost, for it would return to the giver.
(5) Their mission was to offer, not
i to force acceptance. They were not
beggars, going from house to house
(v. 7). they had something worth
while and were worthy of their hire.
The fawning, cringing sycophants that
pass for Christian workers stand rebuked
before this teaching. However,
this does not sanction the dogmatic,
domineering methods of some. They
are to accept what is offered (v. 8).
not demanding, "a worthy compensation."
The church of Christ stands
condemned for the meager salaries
given its representatives, yet it is also
true that a man usually, and in the
long run, gets about what he is worth.
God's Truth.
To build up character brings a far
richer compensation, and more lasting
resultB, than to obtain earthly
prestige, ease or wealth. Therefore
the ambassador of Christ can afford
to wait with glad certainty the final
casting up of accounts, accepting In
the meantime the lowlier seats among
men, Luke 14:7-14. However, these
q m vto oo nrlnra stsv kovA a r? Avail a/1 w/\rlr
to perform. They had a commission
for both body and soul. The Gospel
of Christ is for the whole man (v. 9).
To minister to the bodies of men must
however be accompanied by the heralding
of the coming kingdom. That
kingdom, which is everlastingly to bo
visible upon earth, Dan. 2:44.
II. The Seventy Received (vv. 10 16.)
These heralds were to proclaim
that the kingdom was "nigh unto you."
In this section we have set before
us not only the probable manner
whereby the ambassadors may be received,
but also their attitude towards
those whc shall reject them? Jesus, by
his anathemas pronounced upon Chorazln
and Bethsalda (vv. 12-15), Intimates
what shall be the fate of those
who reject the ambassadors of the
King. He emphasises this by laying
(v. 16) that he is beard and despised
when these, his representatives* are
heard or despised.
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