Show TWO MINUTE SERMON By Thomas Hastwell THE CALL CAL THEN CALL THEN AND NOW V In the manner of choosing his workers and sending them out outto outto outto to carry carr his message and his pr gram gram grain to the world Christ teaches a number of splendid lessons that I might be aptly applied to the work of his program today The first lesson is to be found in the fact that the men who were invited to become his followers came willing ly Iy I They did not offer excuses They did what they could in the best way wa that they could The sec second second ond lesson i is to be found in the fact that these workers were select selected cd ed from the very very ordinary walks of life men who were busy from until dark in pursuit of their humble callings They had no special training no special education ho no cultural attainments The third lesson might be found in the fact that when Christ sent out ot his workers without money or means without even an extra coat I often think of these things thins when requests arc are made for work work- workers ers in the church and the promo promo- promotion promotion promotion tion of its program are arc met with refusals and excuses and one ol of o f which just as as' as astr truly tr ly might have been be n given by the men whom Christ called I wonder what wha t would have been the result if in instead ill in- instead stead of responding to the call they too would have offered in instead in- in instead stead excuses I wonder too what wha t would beb the result today t day if in instead in- in instead stead of offering excuses workers would w uld respond respond- in the spirit tha that t the tIle disciples did |