The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-26

Inc III liscopal Church Congress mo,
@gSih a., Yesterday morning at l0:30 o'clo~,,
hiSht Rev. T. NJ. Whitile. d. D.II u
hisaop of the Diocese Of Virginia. in tho
ancc. ~ a'''' u
fr4yer 10y Right Rev. George W. Peter.
Nh Bishop OF West Nirginia.
invitations were read from the industrial
( leo!oredl School. through General Arm.
strong, at Hampton, Va. TO member. o.
the congress 10 visit the institution on Fri.
day afternoon. special train leaving Rich.
Nond about noon; and from Correspond.
InS secretary Newman. II the YouDg
Mems Christian Association, tenderiug tn
u>e q The library # The Association and
rooms u members 4 the Congress during
thclr stay IN the city.
Inc misunderstanding oi he Congress wa,
then begun, the assembly Inst singing h,
1871 hymn in the programme
"Yc servants q Tie Lord
conducted 10y Mr. W. II. Grant. Jr.. and
Professor kc,snich.
FEIEsTLY AND PROPHETIC FUNCTIONS cF III,
CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.
The topic for the morning wa, the
Priestly and Prophetic Functions = tle
: Christian Ministry and III. lr>l writer
was Rev. William X. Huntington, y. D..
q Worcester. Ma,
Or. Huntington said that. defined I'm
ieWe>t words q prophet /, one who speaks
for God u man: priest one who ,rclk-
ior man - God. Hebrew religion di>lri.
lUted these functions reco-uizin- Il,
gift II prophecy I'm one person. assign %.
The duty & priesthood o. another Christ
religion under, ke, q centre 10th Office.
IN one person. and aCiuls if> able minis
f i-r of the New Testament % le boti a pro-
Ibei G8d q priest. The ta>k. therefore.
F II adju,finy ;ao TWO function, is DO longer
F that Il rccouciiin- two ordcr- = men
Who may imagine themselves CHARGED
with ants roni,tic inicrr-t,: lut il j.
F the still more delicate work u deiermin-
ing bow in the one IeT>on', lie
! the two ,ort, - duty ought u hc properly
trained: how f@r forth shall the modern
minister 4 religion present hu>eli 70 hi'
4 ieilow-mcu - prophet, and how far io-;l
- priest. "J--i herr." aid tie speaker.
4 '' IS conceive. TIE real ,igni6caLce of TIE
question before u, le-.' The spcahd
Itaen began with the Irophet-one who
- ,i,. ,',i1.,,, @lsi's--vbo .n,,L, for
- 80 yC;,tl,,, 49,. .i5 II tho rr..
4 ,t.f .te very fr., .f.n in reli-ior i. in-
,.--.vI. -
v,--c-o,- = SERVICE.
.-, .... -. ..,.,'. co4 - who's r..
quiremeut> nothing ha, been told u,.
Hence. in the book 20! Gene-l> The voice 81
,he Lord God i- heard talking win Tie
nan in The rs-i,n before Ne read Il any
+ .-,-r Iuilied ar PRAYER made. Born with
+ IN i-..in-- # Worship in u~. We yet ar
,,C,-.r}'.. ~ ol..v +, until We have te,n
!,.~,,.i..;a5 ,o-..l,..'., Tleurorhct must
49,. -, rr-..f and sc,,rliusly Uro-
- .t.r. N. i.,,-, f~1ln tho outset; ala,
~.iftt.-, had uo, been.
TIE .r...ler ..r.t.in,d 4 that III Tie deep
80 .,D.e - all There !, 'ut one prophet
ar5 is.er the rqralll the,i, thai IN the hh'
-. ..r...f I'M t'..r. i, lut one priest
-. Cl.~i.. stand. II th- centre - li>' ary.
=. ,.>--.:-,,i1,. JTo~3 n God 10 man. viii
'-- -. - '' 80. penn,
'", ~. 80. .,'.t max, .,acerlotali.m
''-' -. 5, -,~~-,...-ionallv i - o.,
.l' - r,1f.b ono. SWEET that erea
-. .',. - ..l'or.e known q, the Reforms
-. i.i+tl7f tl,e,e people, have -rowI
- - 80 ,..1-v idea II priesthood, aul
s,,. -.,,yill-r-, That ANYTHING more than ib'
-ere,t .cnb.aucc Of i, should linser On IN
eer,h. IL thought not. H. believed ila
,t,r- - religion it>ci. ani that whi.,'
..-'...,.,nu.. =, hp society. room VII
.'f.,1D5 or raadc within IT, bcrd'.
-. -.,,..t liz Ia>ed This aihr-aiic,
,,,..., ,~- ,,'' f,lt. noted in human nature. an.
a.4 ...' a, = f. !. =. ... ~. argument. he ..t.
,l.t tie only -acrinci-.l rile i Ane" " .