O Foreword F making missionary books there is no end. Missionary biographies and autobiographies; missionary histories; works on the non-Christian religions, on the different fields, on missionary problems, theories and methods; reports of missionary conferences; missionary sermons and addresses, come from the press in a perpetual stream. These works are of the greatest value, and cannot be read too widely. This book is somewhat different. Its aim is to show the connection between missions and the Bible. The missionary idea runs like golden cord through all revelation. In Genesis we have the promise of a Saviour; in Revelation we have the beatific vision of a world evangelized and redeemed. The New Testament was written by missionaries who were in the thick of the fight. They had a missionary purpose in mind. They wished to enlist all mankind under the banner of Christ, and to teach the enlisted to observe all things whatsoever Christ had commanded. The "Studies" that constitute this volume were prepared with no thought of publication. They are published because some who heard them felt that they would help many busy people and many who do not have access to the literature of the subject. I make no claim to profundity or to originality. In writing I have had the plain people and young people in mind, and not missionary experts. have availed myself of the results of the labours of commentators and other students in the same field, giving credit where I knew credit was due. My one aim has been to give the thought of God as it is related to missions, not in words which man's wisdom teaches, but in words which the Holy Spirit teaches. 657551 On this account I have not hesitated to repeat the same Scriptural passages over and over again. If I can lodge the truth of God in the minds and hearts of the readers, I shall be more than satisfied. Cincinnati. ARCHIBALD MCLEAN. I. PAUL'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS MISSIONS XII. THE NEW TESTAMENT MODEL CHURCH XIII. Two NEW TESTAMENT CHURCHES |