Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-08-26

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confirms tie truth conccrnigs- The rn;,,;..r,.
mat Ho'7 IS. aud describes tie on, Tn, ar,
chaTch ana the world demand We,ceJ
suca ministry II this time n o..Ier =
. the hargeS:. : speculative ,yo~iaI..
, mindei, selfish. monsv-gral;in~- i, ,,a,,',s.:
/ lazy, ienPorizing ministry. i No. -
Dane Of tie church aud the word A..
y" strive 10. holy am selfdenyiag min
isiTy. that will bring souls TO Christ. and
bui'd mp the church Of God-Sigas sf
The Tines
! To ". His.ers cf nc Goyel Of all
| Determinations.
/ Beloved Brethren In my las, al
served that had some things wished
- say 10 ministers, on the NECESSITY oF
IIei- being baptized with the Holy Ghost
begin by saying that 10 me il seems very
msnists, tha, ia. great difference IN min
listers ia regard 10 their spiritual Influence
and usefulness. does nol lie so much !,
their literary aud scien,lic attainmcpts as
IN ihs measure oil The Holy Snirit which
they enjoy. The Apostles appear 70 have
been entirely different men, at,cr the han
+ itIsm oil tie Holy Ghos,, from what hey
+ Were before. They had bcen converted
AID called 10 the ministry, and erioved
. iAe personal instructions OF Christ prryi-
o Gus ~ Ills death, aud Yet they remained
+ Amazingly Iguorant and III Qualified Tor
4 the work 10 which they We're called, Until
y ,ney were baptized by the Holy Gaos. II
d tic day Of Pen.ecoSL This baplis., did
J. 10. o. any means respect principally the
o working of miracles, IS some seem 10
e have supposed, for taey possessed. the
power OF working miilcl,s before But
- lis main design aud bearing was, to fl
e them win light ard power in preaching
l. the gospel. ANA as 1 said, alter this
10 bIplism, they appear TO have been in al
J. most every respect, entirely different men
e from what they were before.
Now Il seems that there are many min
lie listers in the church al the present time.
who have been converted and perhaps
called 10 the ministry. who have never Ie-
ceived the baptism ol the Holy Ghost, be-
cause they have never believed that ary
E. such tang vas aiiainabe, nor looked Tor
Ct or expected II. They have had the COS.
L. pei, with bat slight measure of the Ao-
/. ly SPlril, Just aSthe Apostles had the per-
Ii sonaI instruction Of Christ, but with so
is little o. the Spirits Influences as never TO
d. have understood aud te.t lis power They
rs are, therefore, Is much IN the dark and as
2 q: poorly qualified for The work 10 which
nd they are called, as the Apostles were pre-
" vious 10 the dav OF Peniccost. Now the
be thing which they need, and must have,
no before they will have power with God or
. man, is the baptism OF the Holy Ghost
ief Without this they will forever remain In
by the dgfl in regard io The spiritual wants
ect Of the church. Ind however learned.
lly philosophical, metaphysical. logical, or, if
Nv you please. theological, their sermons
may &c, they vii always lie wide Of the
art mark, and never E.eet tie necessities Of
of the church unit. they are lag..Zed Of the
the Holy Ghost. They need 10 be set apart
zen to the work by the anointing OF Cod
the They may have been called, bot nof an
cir oipled, because they have net sou : III To,
ed, amounting. They are in some Measure
Up prepared Intellectually, but scarcely at al
he spiritually for their work. Hence they
eed know act what to say to elevate The stand
md ard Of piety amoug Christians. Many b
'se- them can pyolIce conviction inihe chu,ch
an, but how few of them, as matter OF fact
he succeed in promoting the work OF sancllli
orn cation in the church
eat Beloved brethren, take il no. aniss iha
a TO | speak thus plainly. l speak in love
and as l trust. ia the bowels of Jesu
the Christ. DO you as matter Of fact, pTo
the mote the spirituality of your churchas2
lv- A great deal is said about n thorough
- preparation for the ministry, al Tie pre-:
to eGt day But certainly there can not b
the too much said upon the importance c
EN-, such preparations; but do permit me 1
ruth ask what, 10 fact, constitutes ihOIoug
luty preparation for the ministry! Is il meg
iga- college and theological education !-B
cart no means.-These are important; br
Ion they are far from constituting the prime
the pal part of a thorough education. IEdes,
,sus they are as nothing, when compared Wi:
sub the importance OF the baptism of the Hol
host Ghost. The Apostles were, for the mos
|. part, uniearned, IN the worldly acccptato
of that terri, and yet, more eificIer
an class of ministers never eXs.ed. AN
ain, what great numbers oota OF ni'.i'S'e's an
,ked avmen, unlearned 10 human science, nav
was been among the mos. efficient and power
that ful ministers and laymen in the church Q
ran God while for the most par: men tha
had nave been the most famed Tor human
.sseI learning have been in great measuH
;nx. inefficient and useless in the church o
,bin God. This by no meaas proves that hu
.nJ man learning is unim poT.3nt; bit II doe
= Of prove beyond all gain-saying The parmoun
,uid importance Of the baptism of the Hol'
,erv Ghost | would therefore repeat, witt
-ing great emphasis, what | said al fist. tha
lent. the difference in the efficiency OF minis
and tiers does not consist so much in the dIl
n