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the word of (Jod ; whose faith follow, ing.
Ministeriel Co-operation^
i and an efficient preacher who lost bis
considering the end of their conver­
1. The ministration of the spirit or
; place because of the fa)»e utterances
published E very T hursday by the sation.” Hefr. xiii. 7.
MY W. L. 1UYDCX."
Evangelista new law was written on the'fiiishly
i of la jealous preacher who visited one
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when invited into a brothers
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Publication, should be addressed to the Editor.
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: Christ, yet have you not many fathers, law of Ten Commands was glorious
that will tend to win the affection of-ç
for in Christ Jesus‘1 have begotten in the day of its giving, but its glory in this inquiry. With our lailroads, ’’ 1 the congregation awav from their
Communicatiofis.
—— j vou through the Gospel, wherefore I all faded when the new law came like mail facilities and telcgiT.phs, time pastor. A man who thtis: abuses
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beseech you, be you followers, of me. the stars which seem to hide them­ and distance are so easily overcome courtesy and confidence that invites
Office of Evangelist. •
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For this cause have « 1 .sent you selves when the king of day first that opportunity fur cooperation is such • cooperation, is unworthy of à
WeMBJtR VI.
Timotheus, who is my belovedjwm, arises in the east and throws his glow­ widely extended.-It need not'by place in the ministry, and should be
We will offer no additional remarks, and faithful in the Lord, who shall ing light across the vast concave of confined to pastors of neightering shunned by all true men of God. ' He
beyond the foregoing investigation bring you into'remembrance of my heaven. You may ask, did not the churches, but may and should embrace i should be regarded much as a man
— would be, who, while accepting'tlic_ ’
jw»d Scripture, in support of the evan-' ways which be in Christ. ,*s I teach apostles keep Saturday as the Sab­ all who have the opportunity^ 0r 7"7''
sionsTrcqucntly
arise
where
preachers'
- • jpttml office mid work, for ad long as I every where"tn’evefy chii'rcf>7T 1 Cor. bath of the Lord ! I answer no. It'
-courteous hospitality of a friend,
the Gospel is to be preached, churches j iv. 15—17. Paul had the authority true they refrained from ordinary la-1 may be mutually helpful in building should take the occasion to. win the
established, built up, and eared for; of a father, and that was jested in bor on that day so far as we know in i up tlie-cburclus and'extending the affections of that friends wife. Such
ao long the office must exist. We Tiinotriy as a sop.. Paul exercising all their labors as the apostles of Jesus. kingdom of Ciirist. It is indispensa­ a m^n is unworthy of friendship and
. also think that but little more is evangelical authority by gonfirming Let us now candidly imptiro into the ble that such niutuxl helpfulness ■ unfit for good society.— —■-------------- —
peeded, besides a eareful study of the the disciples, exhorting the brethren, facte and circumstances that led them should be secured in some practical ’ ; Churches-that are so fickle as to be-,
.Scriptures.presented, to convince any­ and ordaining elder». “ And when to do as, they did. They did meet way, .and, lienee, we simply inquire at . : | charmed bv mere 'novelty of voice or
one that the evangelists create and they had preached the Gospel to that with the Jews on the Sabbath day, this tiiue, How many preachers coop- ' • style will soon become dissatisfied,
. pnt into office evangelists, ami that city, and had taught many, they re­ but did they meet on that day because erate b Without cooperation, our ion-1 j with any man who ministers to them
Jill the clni'rcliefl have to do in The turned again to Lystra, and to Icon- they regarded the 4th commandment gregatious are like so r.iaT“ --------
n.1i* ' regularlv. and will clamor for a change.
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I I hey- are eoestnntly ‘courting and .
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or at least point out such as ar? of souls of the disciples, and exhorting thrf* day the Jews ihef'for public
jilting their unforciintite ministerial
They
may
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make
soine
.inroads
upon'
good reputation among them, and none j them to continue in the faith, and that worship and the apostlos could get a
victims ; and are unable to appreciate
others should ever be made evangel-1 wc must through much tribulation hearing on those days that they could the enepiy.'and capture some spoils- real worth in a preacher. They are
ists, or be continued in office, but such ! enter into the kingdom, of God. And not get on any other day ? Simply be­ but they are unable to hold the con­ i liable to 1? captivated by some cleri­
as they can approbate and recommend ' when they had orilaincd them elders cause on tfie Sabbath the multitudes quered ten-itorv, and are liiiblg to fire cal dandy with his “ tinseled toys,"
to the grace of God, and when sb put I in every church; and had prayed with of Jews and religious ¡wosclytes were upon their own friends. Suclu’iscon- arid to be <leligh*-d with a religii.us
into office, none, can ¡nit them out, i fasting, they commended them to the assembled jind their meetings were so- nected movemeute may rout and 'mountebank or mere pulpit—actor.•
and publish them but evangelists, and i Lord, on whom they believed.” Acts conducted -that the-apostles were per­ frighten savages and ignorant peeple; Preachers are the last men who should
the churches newer received, or sub­ xiv 21—23, confirming the churches, mitted to .speak'in their assemblies but well organized codperatirr effort« raeo.iUSLg.e this fuulish, restiveness •
mitted to any but such as were synt “ And lie went through Syria and | and preach a crucified Christ, w hich are n'«N‘«ary to break thri’•lines’ and 1 that demands frequent change in the
to them by evangelists, and in the ' Silecia, confirming the church.” Acte i above all things they deTlghfed to do. drive back the forces of allied armies pastorate, and that is so ruinous w>
apostolic age the churches submitted xv. £1 ; strengthening the disciples, If the Jews had chosen Friduy or any of drilled men. But h<>>u raises the ! the best interests of the kingdom of
implicitly to such as were sent to “ And after be had spent some time other day as the day on which they i question of mrfhfttte.
Christ.
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them, in money matters, and all other ■ there, he departed, and went over all had their gatherings the apostles i Fiiflf «f all. ministers tin lnselves j Given a uiihistry composed of good
matters, whether the evangelist was the country of Gallatia and Phiygiâf accommodated their business accohl- i nnist feel the necessity of cooperation,' men, frei^from Jealotwg and acting ac­
selected from their own church, or ■ in order, strengthening all the disci- iagly, without ever thinking for a mo­ 1 ana free themselves from everything ' cording to the gulden rule of our LonJ
other church, and we are fully ■ pies.” ( Acts xviii. 23 ; and teaching ment that their act would have been ; that hinders it. They must banish ip their relations to each other, they
v ’ 1 j may cooperate
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«onvinced that if we as a people were the elder», “ And from Milctua he sent regarded as attaclung peculiar sanctity [ all jealousy from theii heart«. They
the PaulineJ ^»¿of pd’piii
to return to the "practice
the apos­ to Ephesus, and called the elder» of to the day on which they met. But-1 ¡. rtrust learn to practice
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In iowlinc8b
of mind
tractwl cffort
cffort Withont the«, -qualifi-
lowliness of
mind let
let J j tractwl
tolic age in these matters, as we have (ffie church, and continues his instruc- says the objector, did not the apostles precept, “ ,. In
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each
estrom
other
better
than
tlrfm-
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Operation is undesim-
in some others, we should not" have as tiork” Acts xx. 17—35.
meet with the people on the Sabbath
selves.
Then
they
will
not
fear
lest
many irresponsible and bad men
J. J. Moss.
in heatheh lands ? Yes. ‘ But we
among us going al>out the country s
should remember that the Jews and some other good brother be esteemed
Another method of ministerial co­
Tl»e Sabbath.
preaching and injuring the cause, and
religious proeelytes were numerous in better than themselves; nor feel hurt, < operation is by uniformity of teaching
iiringiug disgrace and death to the i
nearly all the cities of the Roinau em­ when other worthy men are coin- particularly in regard to the mutual
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churches, as wo liave now, nor as
pire and had houses of public worship mefided to their presence, and esteoin- ’relation of churches. Church fellow­
many weak-dying and tlead churches ■ i Sinter M. J. L :
called synagogues. They met punct- ed very higldy for their work’s salic. ship is very imperfectly understood
In my first letter to you, I spoke of ally on the Sabbath and the apostles All right-minded men are delighted to by the membership, and n<t »tnfre-
mi now, nor as many cankering, corrod­
ing and disgraceful difficulties existing the abolishment of the law of Moses, met with them for the same reasons have their fellow lalxtrers appreciated qnentbj by preachers. For want of
among us unsettle«I as nows May the and of the introduction of the new law, that they met with the Jews in Judea. and encouraged by words of approval. a proper understanding upon thia mat-
• or the Gospel. The first law was I have examined every passage where Those who think and speak well of i ter, ministers some times operate
Lord speed the time.
While we would call earnest and 1 given on the first Pentecost after the the word Sabbath occurs from the first our co-Iaborcrs in the ministry will against each other and the cause of
careful attention to the subject of killing of_fhe pascal lamb in Egypt. of Acts to thecloee of Rev. and can't see think and speak w'ell of us’ if we are ■ righteousness. ~~
^evangelical authority, as set forth in See Exodus xix. 20, read the chapter that the apostles ever attached any worthy. We should beware of those
The ajwstle John give, the funda­
tie foregoing Scriptures, we feel it entire. The second law or new cove­ any sacredness to the seventh day af­ who criticise others in our presence, mental idVa of this relationship. He
important to present some additional nant, was given on the first Pentecost ter the birthday of the churdi recorded for they will criticise us to others says: "Truly our fellowship is with the
thoughts and evidence. Christ the after the slaying of the Christ, pur in Acte ij. chapter. Col. ii, 14-18, in­ when we know it not. Ministers, Father and with His Son,Jesus CTrist.’
head is the fountain and »course frorp, passover, the lirftih of God that taketh clusive, shows the following.
above all other men, need to wear over
Then,,“ if-we walk in the light a.® he
■whence all authority flows, and it, away the sins of the would. See Acts
1. That the law as a system was all their ganneuts of righteousness is in tig' light, we have fellowship one
the mantle of charity, that seeks not with another
«comes down through apostles and pro­ ii. chapter entire. Nothing but’the against us. ’
This fellowship is not
phets, and then sinks into the sand, i Ten Commandments were ever writ­
2. That it was taken out of the way. its own, thinks no evil, and hopes all limited to the members of a single
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and is lost while it pasaes by evangel­ ten on stones,, Four commands were
3. That new moons and Sabbath things.
Seeomfiy, miriisferH must leant to 4 congregation. It embraces ail wlio
ists, or “ thirdly teacher.”. Eph. iv. written on the first table or slab, the days are included in the thingk taken
have been called into the’ fellowship
apply the gulden rule regulating their of Christ. The notion that a disciple
31, and 1 Cor. xii. 2$, 29, arid tihen last of which “ is remember the Sab­ out of the way.
Lreaks out again in “pastors and bath day to keep it holy. All of the
4. That the Sabbath and all the conduct toward each other. When <*t ( liri.st_can. disldlow-MhAp-one-ehu-rek.
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toaehera," or “ helps amTgovernmenta?’ command» of the first table are purely j Jewish ritual was buV a shadow of in anothei field
minister
and at the same time rightly hold ap­
positive
and
not
moral.
The
second
'This certainly cannot be. “ And we
Christianity. Again one is ready to .jhindd speak of, and act toward, his
proved membership in a sister church
Leaeoch you, brethren, to know them table or fllab Contains the remaining ask, did not the apostles keep the brother as he wishes others to speak
church is the offspring of ignorance
■jwbo labor among you, and are over six commands and are purely nurral, Sabbath as a civil institution, I an­ of, and act toward him, when .they are’ and 'self-destruction. Withholding
you in the Lord, and admonish you, and not jioeitive. For the distinction swer yes. Just as lawabiding Jews in his field ; and so, also, lie should
membership from, or abandon:ng, a
and to esteem them very highly in between moral and positive command» now keep Sunday, simply because the do at other times and in all place*.
church, because of personal grievances
love for their work’s sake.” 1 Theas, please Consult Webster. I could refer laws require it not because the day is He should never drop a disparaging
is . an abandonment of Christ. .No
v. 12, 13. Who wy over them in the yon to what I consider better author­ sacred to them. God requires us to Word, listen to the mutterings of dis­
worthy disciple neglects the divinely
Lord I 1 The»». L 1, and iii. 2, quoted ity but to you it is perhaps not acccs- obey the laws of the land so far as they content nor the discordant Dotes <of
appointed npenns of spiritual grovffh
do
not
conflict
with
his
law,
Chris
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croakers and backbiters, nor enoonr- withjiyhis roach, or refuses to work
Above, shgjrethat it was Paul; Sil- sable. Adventist» say that all that
tians can rest on Saturday or any
vanus amjTTmbthy, and how over was not written on stones was «lone other day required by law. In my age the pious whining» of Pharisaical
for Christ in building up the church
punctiliousness. Be not deceived bv
♦hem, if it was not in authority ? away, an<i no more, Let us now refer next I will treat of Sunday keeping.
where he. resides? A minister who
** Remember them who have the rule to 2 Cor. iii. chapter entire. Read
the cheap flattery of sneaking fault­
In the blesseif hope,
approves * man in holding his mrtn-
. G. W. R ichakdsok . . finding. 1 once heard of a good man
4>ver you, who have spoken unto you carefully and you will note the follow-
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