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An exciting "panorama of Jewish history" NOVEMBER • 1970 in this exposition of Romans. THE CH SEN A Hebrew Christian Looks At Romans PE -'114E by Sanford C. Mills r ap 0 r^ Ul 4c, CO 1 0 Z PC D X fit e"` Co r. 0 . c.i7 C7 SOWING THE SEED ,0 0v` ton Price: $7.95 VA 2' 0 r" 0 X ICA CD A perceptive commentary on Paul's Epistle to the Romans by the senior Field Evangelist for the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. "I have never read and never expect to read a greater more ex- haustive commentary on the book of Romans. This is not only an exposition of a book, this is a panorama of Jewish history through the ages." Dr. David Otis Fuller, Pastor Wealthy Street Baptist Church Grand Rapids, Michigan American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. 236 West 72nd Street New York, New York 10023 Please send me your new book. A Hebrew Christian Looks At Romans. I enclose $7.95 for each copy. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP CODE AMERICAN BOARD OF MISSIONS TO THE JEWS, Inc. HEADQUARTERS — 236 West 72nd Street, New York, N. Y. 10023 Continuing the Williamsburg Mission to the Jews Founded in 1894 by Leopold Cohn, D.D. (1862-1937) Succeeded by Joseph Hoffman Cohn, D.D. (1886-1953) BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADVISORY COUNCIL JOHN E. MELHORN, President REV. C. GORDON BROWNVILLE, D.D. JOHN J. KUBACH, Vice-President Florida WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL, Treasurer PROF. CHARLES LEE FEINBERC, Th.D., Ph.D. ISAAC J. LEONARDy Secretary La Mirada, California HAROLD B. PRETLoVE DANIEL FUCHS REV. CHARLES H. STEVENS, D.D. LOUIS W. IviNs Winston-Salem, N. C. HARVEY SCHARFMAN REV. STANLEY S. STOCK, M.A. JAMES W. STRAUB Montreal, Canada EARLY BELOVED FRIENDS IN THE LORD: "Behold, a sower went forth to sow" (Matthew 13:3). Sowing near D Galilee in the days of our Lord was different from that of today. Now PUBLICATIONS JEWISH MISSIONARY TRAINING great areas of land have been cleared of rocks, and the stony soil which grew Editor, REV. DANIEL FUCHS, D.D. INSTITUTE only thorns has been pulverized and made fertile. It was not so when our Lord THE CHOSEN PEOPLE: Monthly, official organ of the Mission President, REV. HENRY J. HEYDT, Th.D. preached to the crowds. Each field had four different kinds of soil: hard, rocky, THE SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL: Bilingual monthly A training school held at Mission Head- thorny, and good. The time for sowing was brief, thus the sower could not for Jews quarters in New York City for Christian plant each seed individually. His one job was to scatter the seed so that it SAR SHALOM PUBLICATIONS: Pamphlets for workers who are interested in Jewish evan- would fall on every inch of good soil. If the harvest was to be plenteous the Jews in English, Yiddish, Hebrew, German, gelization. seed must be broadcast. Spanish and French Tracts and Books for Christians on Prophecy Modern farmers would ridicule such a method of seed sowing as being and the Jews. For list of publications see THE CHOSEN PEOPLE RADIO wasteful. Today we would say that it is folly to sow the seed on the hardened page 20. PROGRAM wayside, or rocky ground, or among thorns; but to our Lord each square inch HOME AND FOREIGN MINISTRY of good soil is of greatest value, since the time of sowing is short. Somehow Bible studies broadcast throughout U.SA. and Atlanta, Georgia Pittsburgh, Pa. or other, the seed must be scattered so as to make contact with the good soil. Brooklyn, New York Prairie Village, Kansas Canada. Camden, New Jersey Rochester, New York One lesson of the parable is "to scatter the seed everywhere." The parable is both history and prophecy. It tells Christ's own experience, Chicago, Illinois Toronto, Canada BETH SAR SHALOM, New York City Columbus, Ohio San Francisco, Calif. and it foretells His servants'. He is the great Sower, who has 'come forth' from Coney Island, N. Y. San Jose, Calif. House of Worship: where Jewish and Gentile the Father. His present errand is not to burn up thorns or to punish the husband- men, but to scatter on all hearts the living seed, which is here interpreted, in Dallas, Texas Washington, D. C. Christians meet. Denver, Colorado Athens, Greece accordance with the dominant idea of this Gospel, as being 'the word of the Hollis, New York Chihuahua, Mexico kingdom' (ver. 19). All who follow Him, and make His truth known, are sowers Long Island, N. Y. Hamilton, Canada WORLD FELLOWSHIP OF in their turn, and have to look for the same issue of their work. The figure is common to all languages. Truth, whether intellectual, moral, or spiritual, is seminal, Los Angeles, Calif. Montreal, Canada CHRISTIAN JEWS Miami, Florida Paris, France and, deposited in the heart, understanding, or conscience, grows. It has a mysterious Minneapolis/St. Paul, Haifa, Israel American Headquarters, 236 West 72nd Street, vitality, and its issue is not a manufacture, but a fruit. If all teachers, especially religious teachers, would remember that, perhaps there would be fewer failures, Minn. Jerusalem, Israel New York, N. Y. 10023 New York City Buenos Aires, and a great deal of their work would be modified. We have here four sowings Philadelphia, Pa. Argentina European Headquarters, 48, rue de Lille, and one ripening — a sad proportion! We are not told that the quantity of seed Phoenix, Arizona Paris (7) was in each case the same. Rather we may suppose that much less fell on the wayside, and on the rocky soil, and among the thorns, than on the good ground. So we cannot say that seventy-five per cent of it was wasted; but, in any case, the proportion of failure is tragically large. This Sower was under no illusion as to the result of His work. (Italics ours — Editor) VOL. LXXVI No. 3 NOVEMBER 1970 THE CHOSEN PEOPLE Alexander Maclaren, D.D., Expositions of Holy Scripture, THE CHOSEN PEOPLE is published monthly, September to June, as a medium of informa- St. Matthew, Chaps. IX to XVII, p. 202. tion concerning the Jews, Israel and the work of the AMERICAN BOARD OF MISSIONS TO THE JEWS, INC. Copyright © 1970 by the American Board of Missions to the Jews, Inc. How thankful we are that our task is not to burn the thorns, or even to Not to be reproduced in any form without permission of the publisher. Second Class postage prepare the soil — that is our Lord's work. "Some seeds fell by the way-side. paid at New York, N. Y. 20 cents a copy $1 a year But others fell into good ground." It was the condition of the soil, not its chemical composition which differed. For example, a hardened path has been Our Lord abundantly blesses the obedience of those who sow the seed and trodden by the edge of the field. It is exactly the same soil as the rest of the leave the results to Him! Can you imagine what He will do with the "seed" field but many travellers have pounded it down making it hard; even the foot which was "telecast" at our Passover Special in the Los Angeles area last April? of the sower, as he scatters the seed, makes it harder. The path has been By God's grace, we plan to scatter the seed by this method again next Spring hardened by external pressure. It is not rock but good soil that has been so that one million Jews will be contacted. Already we have the assurance hardened. What a picture this is of men whose insensibility to the love of God that the Jewish Evangelical Witness of Australia will telecast our Passover is caused by the crush of life. Each occasion is another footfall that has Program over five stations. The First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, will also hardened the soil. How many there are who never receive the Word because sponsor the Telecast. Their beloved pastor, Dr. W. A. Criswell will personally they are completely preoccupied! We are not to judge the condition of the offer to the listeners a special four-color edition of his booklet, "Israel In The soil. Who knows if the great Husbandman is breaking up the soil preparing it Plan Of God." In several other cities the station cost has already been under- to receive the seed of the Word? written. Besides this, in every large area of Jewish population where we have a witness, we are already organizing the Christian community for this outreach. The servant of the Lord who has learned the parable of the soils is he who By God's grace, we shall sow the seed. "Pray ye the Lord of the harvest that he joyously and confidently labors in His fields! At the close of each day he knows will send forth laborers into the harvest." that he has done his job and the Lord will do His. Dr. Maclaren has reminded us that the "Sower was under no illusion as to the result of His work." If we Another effective seed-sowing ministry is our literature work. Our printing press in New York is operating behind schedule because of the demand, and do our job, He will do His! We instill this fact into the awareness of our trainees in our Missionary Training Program. we have had to use commercial presses. The Shepherd of Israel is mailed each month to thousands of Jewish homes all over the world.