Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-21
Anglicus TO Anxious.


of the Anglican order at any time
within the first century" l too,
would have mnca preferred that
some one, nearer toyaur own field OF
labor, than myself, had entered the
field but Is yet, no one has done
so, and perhaps it will not be neces,
sary that any should. But now TO
the question The. assumptions of
the Anglican Episcopscy are much,
that the evidence furnished, must
not be OF o perolous character, bu,
must be to all, discernable az clearly,
as the evidence for the claim of the
Son of God, 70 be q scion OF the
house Of David or, the evidence Of
feref in proof of His resurrection
from the dead. The proof must not
be inferred, but clear and positive, so
that it cannot be mistaken.
Now, dear Sir, be not grievet if /
say, you have utterly failed, and nee
essarially must fail, to furnish such
evidence. SUCH proof is not in the
New Testirnen.. The passages of
Scripture selected by you, do not
help you but on the contrary, ut
terly overthrow the assumptions.
you are seeking, to establish. That
Timothy was 1.-THE Bishop of Ephe,
sus,' and Titus, the Bishop of
Crete" are pure assumptions. Proof
is asked from the New Testament.
and not from the corrupted sources
you call /" early church history" |
have no hesitation in saying, and in
due time will furnish the proof, that
the Anglican communivn, has not
at this hour, one Bishop of the type
given in the New Testament. The
reference TO lst Tim. lis seems to
me at least, unfortunate. 1t seems
as though you had quoted it, for the
purpose of conveying the impression,
that . The charge com mitted to
Timothy, was the pol0er to ordain
Bishops, &c. 1t had no reference
to this, in the sense you quote it. 1t
referred TO doctrine not to Episco-
pal power, 'charge some, that they
teach no other doctrine LIST Tim.l-3.
z This charge, l commit to thee son
Timothy Holding faith and a
good conscience, LIST Tim 1-18 is.
+" But thou, o man Of God, hee these
things, (evils before mentionedl fol>
low after righteousness &C." Il
give thee charge in the sight of God
" That thou keep this command.
ment without spot unrebukable"--
LIST Tim. ell Ii 20. 90 Timothy,
keep that which was committed t.
thy trust, avoiding profane and vain
babblings."
From the whole structure of PauIs
two letters TO Timothy, it is evident
that the charge to Timothy, was to
hold fast, and teach, a spotless doc
trine, in opposition to the false doc
trines which had overtnrown the
faith ofsome. Ii Timothy had been
" the Bishop of Ephesus when Paul
wrote to him, it is strange Paul does
not address or recognize him in that
capacity. Gas | besougM abide still
at Ephesus,'' surely indicates, that
Timo.hy's stay at Ephesus, was not
permanent, but only for given
time and purpo.e 80 also Of Titus :
Titus / S. Titus was left in Crete
to set in order and ordain," not ~
" Primate "or Lord Bishop" of
Crete, but as fellow iaborer with
Paul. Neither Ephesus nor Crete
had, as yet, been made acquainted
with such Reverend" "very Rev :
erend," f" Right Reverend" " Faith
ers in God" The Twelve called
the multitude of disciples and said
" Look out among you seven men"
and the aehole multitude I" chose and
''set before the apostles the sew
en- as selected. Acts So. It is the
practice of the " Anglican Commun.
ion," to "call together the wholc
multitude # the disciples" and re-
quest them to look out the proper
men tor the diaconate It's Gus.
tomary for the ,oAole multitude, to .'set
the persons SO selected before the
d" Bishops -? Please be explicit
here. Acts Is 1.3 will furnish you
with clear proof, that others, besides
the apostles, had the power to or
dain 20 the ministry. Paul and
Barnabas, one already an apostle
and the other a man full Of faith and
of the Holy Ghost, were both or,
dained by fasting, prayer and the
imposition of hands. Who laid
hands on them, and in what capaci,
ty I? They are not mentioned even
in the most remote manner, as being
anything more than Prophets and
Teachers /; yet they orddiH to the
work or diaconate of preaching the
Gospel to the Gentiles and the par
ties ordained, no less parsonage
than Paul and Barnabas over orr
dained before Here is the Scrip
ture you have asked for in vain. /"
The men who ordained Paul al. Bar
nabas, were ministers, deacons OF the
world and they ordained even an
apostle and q Barnabas. Again, Let
Pin. Ia, furnishes you another
proof that the ordination OF minis
tiers Of the word, was by Elders, or
the presbytery. Neglect not the
gift that is in thee, which was given
thee by prophecy. with the laying
On of the hapd. OF the Presbytery. !"
Here then in these two Scriptures,
ordination was practical by the Pres.
bysrg, in the one case, and by tea
cons or ministers of the word in the
other; and the parties ordained by
them, are Paul, Barnabas aud limo.
thy. The thing for which you con.
tend, is, IN the words of Archbishop
@ Whaitley fact which can nev.
or be ascertained with certain ""
and that it is, in the words of anoth-
er, 30 infernal machine for destroy
ing the souls of men may be clear.
ly seen in the scandslous case of DR..
Tying, now pending.
ASaLIcus.
Platteyille, April l9 1868.
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