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the emotions of a great joy, praising and blessing 

 God, but within the narrow borders of the Jewish 

 Temple. Why? because the Gospel of St. Luke, 

 moving in the liberty of the Spirit of God, does 

 not end with the fifty-third verse of its twenty- 

 fourth chapter, but goes straight forward into the 

 book of Acts, records the words of the Final 

 Instruction, and clothes the infant Church with 

 the power promised from on high. 



Before we pass with St. Luke from the school Elements of 



First Three in 



of Apostolic Instruction into the school of the Fourth 

 Apostolic Message, read once more the four 

 pronouncements of their Lord and Master the 

 Primary Command, the Intermediate Statement, 

 the Great Commission, and the Final Instruction. 

 Having done that, note how the essential elements 

 of the first three are combined, co-ordinated, and 

 re -emphasized, in the fourth. 



&quot;Ye shall be my witnesses&quot; the vital ele 

 ment first ; a witness must speak from personal 

 knowledge. 



&quot;In Jerusalem, and in all Judea.&quot; Home 

 Missions, in one s own city and country. 



&quot;And Samaria.&quot; The country and people 

 next to one s own. In the light of the conver 

 sation at Jacob s well, and of the churlish re 

 fusal of the Samaritian villagers to &quot;receive Luke ix:53 

 Him&quot; may we not see here a reference to the 

 &quot;other sheep&quot; of the Intermediate Statement, 

 with the peculiar stress upon the word &quot;must.&quot; 

 &quot;Them also I must bring.&quot; Even the despised 



