250 Inasmuch 



her up, and she ministered unto them. And at 

 even, when the sun did set, they brought unto 

 Him all that were sick, and them that were pos 

 sessed with devils .... and He healed many that 

 were sick, and cast out many devils .... and in 

 the morning, a great while before day, He rose up 

 and went out, and departed into a desert place, 

 and there prayed.&quot; 



Having read this, we can surely paraphrase the 

 words of the High Priest and say &quot;What need 

 have we of witnessess, ye have heard the testi 

 mony: What think ye?&quot; 



The busy days, the prayerful nights, the 

 triumphant Cross and the empty tomb, proclaim 

 the attraction of a new message and the authority 

 of a new life ; in the conscious freedom of which the 

 children of every race and tongue of men become 

 the sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty. 

 2. Mandatory, Mandatory: through the commands oj Christ. 

 mands of The mandatory basis of Christian missionary 



Christ effort is found, chiefly, in four direct pronounce 



ments of Jesus Christ; linked together, in a pro 

 gressive and cumulative order. 

 These may be described as: 



1 . The Primary Command. 



2. The Intermediate Statement. 



3. The Great Commission. 



4. The Final Instruction. 



The Primary The Primary Command, is found in the 5th 

 command ^ 6th verses of the tenth chapter of St. Mat- 



thew, the first sending-forth of the Twelve. 

 &quot;Gojiot into any way of the Gentiles, and enter 



