St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-21
PRIESTS AND THRONES.
There Is But One Mediator Be-
tween God and Man.

There Is But One Mediator Be-
tween God and Man.
Rev. w. J. Lhamon, at the Church OF
Christ last evening, preached as fol-.
lows: The apostle Peter calls the
church "holy priesthood" The apostle
john calls Christians kings and priests"
The true priesthood is not an exclusive
clerical order. The imposition of papal
or Protestant hands is nothing if the or
dained one has not himself prieStiy
soul, and if he has he lisa priest without
the ordination. Whoever does his own
praying is his own priest. Whoever
offers himself living sacrifice to God is
his own priest. Every man made holy
in Christ is a priest, and every
redeemed woman is prlesuess.
From the day that Jesus died on
the cross to this hour there has
b cen but one mediator between God
and man, and He is the one High Priest
Of humanity, the man Christ Jesus.
Jesus arose from the grave and is still
living, and whoever assumes to be His
vicar is an impostor. In the name OF
Christ each human soul must offer his
own prayers, present his own sacrifices,
make his own confessions. No human
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right to probe the secrets of any other
human beings heart. Be your own
priest, with Christ as your high priest.
and then pray, and sacrifice, and con-
fess as much as you like. There is no
clerical office higher than this. Those
that are assumed have their beginning
in falsehood and their contamination in
tyranny. The honest plOwman who is
a genuine Christian is as priestly and
reverend as the honest preacher who is
also Christian, for neither can pos
sibly be more than Christian. That is
the highest character, and hence the
highest office that any man or woman
or child can fill.
PriestlinesS is the sacrificial side of
character, and kingliness is Its conquer
ing side. True royalty resides in the
soul, and not in external trappings.
Purple and gold are nothing. The
knave may have them by theft, and the
fool by inheritance. He, whose under
standing is quick to discern truth, whose
makes haste to love it: he, who dlsarmS
his foes by forgiveness, who conquers
by kindness. and who reigns by help
fulness, is royal being. Regnancy,
and not tyranny. is the test of kingli-
ness. The royalest brow of all this
world was crowned with thorns; but
what an empire over Himself. The
drunkard is slave, and not a king.
There is no royalty in roguery,
but only meanness and slav-
cry. Knavery is akin to coward
ice, but courage is kingly. The kingly
man cannot be bought, though the mu-
nicipal officer sometimes may be.
Never men, but only aldermen, are in
the market. PriestlineSs is character
Godward; kingliness is character man
ward. The man who seeks inter or
a crown most likely does not deserve it.
The average Office seeker Is scandalous.
The bramble is ever ready to rule,
while the oak and the vine refuse to be
elected. The true priest seeks an en-
pire over himself; therefore he is
kingly. The true king seeks to sacri-
fee himself. humbly to all who are
above him, helpfully to all who are be-
meath him; therefore he is priestly.
Thus it happens always that while
"kingly eyes look throneward, priestly
blood drops downward"