A Missionary Address (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Missionary Address The distinction between home and foreign missions was not so recognized in the New Testament as to give any priority or preponderance to either. Our Lord distinctly declared, that the field was the world. The souls which were to be gathered into his fold, were those which had been given him by the Father, and had been redeemed by him. They were on differ ent parts of the globe, and most of them yet to be born. For special reasons the apostl 3s were required to commence their ministry at Jerusalem, but it was not to end there, nor would God allow them to remain there until every individual in that city should have been converted. He permitted a violent per secution to arise, by which they were dispersed and driven away, to preach the gospel every where. God makes those to whom he gives the gospel debtors to the Jews and to the Greeks, to the barbarians, Scythians, bond and free. None are to be overlooked nor to be neglected, since all are included in the commission. As we cannot occupy the whole field at once, having neither the men nor the means to do so, as there ever have been some portions of the field closed against the intro duction of the gospel, as the early disciples were directed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.