1. Time To Go Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. Joshua 1:9 May 3, 2009 Rev. David B. Hanson

2. Jesus’ Apostles’ Time To Go Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

3. Paul’s Time To Go Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

4. Elisha’s Time To Go II Kings 2:12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

5. Christians’ Time To Go Jesus – Luke 9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Paul – Acts 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: Peter – I Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

6. John Gibson Paton’s Time To Go Was born in Scotland on May 24, 1824 Was a city missionary from 1847- 1857 Sailed to the New Hebrides Islands on April 16, 1858 with his wife Was driven away by the natives after his wife and their little boy died of fever Brought 7 missionaries and his second new wife to the new Hebrides. Took up mission work on the island of Aniwa in 1866 Printed the New Testament in the Aniwan language in 1897 Had missionaries on 25 of 30 islands Died on January 28, 1907