The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1891-10-08
Or. HAMMOND VS.. ELDER HAWS.

EDITOR BULL erIN:--
II Elder HaNes breaches faith, re-
pentance and lm'bersion in order to
become a child of Sod and an heir of
heaven, then, so far, he is right. All
Protestant denominat ions will receive
any such into their assembly and
communion.
do not believe Elder Haws' ICON
clusion,' viz; That apostles, pro-
phets, elders and laying on of hands
for the gift of the Holy Ghost are
necessary ID the Church of Christ
to-day.
The passages quoted by Elder
Haws in proof of his theory, together
with l Cor. 1873, are the passages
that forever settle my mind that all
these offices and acts are done away.
The apostles, prophets and elders
could cure all manner Of sickness
and disease and speak in unknown
tongues. If Elder Haws can do
these things, then he is an apostle or
prophet or an elder; and he has
come TO the right country, for it is
as easy for God to cure leprosy as
headache. But if he fail to work
such miracles, it is proof positive
that those he brings to Christ are
fed with indigestible food ard are
therefore sickly and unable to bear
much fruit.
have spoken about "elders" as
constituted and found in the churches
during The lifetime of the Apostles.
These were ordained by ''Iaying on
of the Apostles hands, in order to
impart the power of working mira
Giles. Such things were to continue,
"tilI we all come into the unity of
the faith, and of the knowledge of
the Son of God. That we
henceforth be no more children, toss
ed to and fro and carried about with
every wind of doctrine. Eph. All
l6. This agrees with | Cor. 10 IS.
The "tll we all come" has been full
filed, that is, "till" the whole canon
of Scripture be given. After
that no necessity for working
miracles. The word "ordination'
comes from two Greek words, viz,
CHER, the hand, and teino, to stretch
out. These two words when united
give us Chejr0t0ne0 and is defined in
Robinson's Greek Lexicon: "To
stretch out the hand, to hold up the
hand, as in voting; hence to ,ote by
holding up the hand. In New Tesla
ment to choose by vote" This is
the word translated "ordained'' in
Acts 14:23. But it is also the same
word translated "chosen" in King
James translation and "appointed"
in the Revised Version in Cor.
8:l9. So that "ordain" is to choose
by the vote of the church men for
certain work. But men continue the
"farce" of laying on the hands
among the denominations, pretending
thereby to impart some spiritual
gift. When in the days of the apos-
ties it was the churches that "or-
dained,' that is appointed" pas
tors, teachers, deacons, etc.
How much better off were those
two Portuguese young men, on
whose head Doctors Hyde, Beck
with, Bishop, etc, laid their hands
in the drama of ordination? What
grace did they impart to those two
young men? Have their intelects
been strengthened? No. Have they
obtained any fresh revelations? No.
Can they work miracles? No. Can
they speak language they never
studied? No. Have they better
appetites? No. Will it keep them
from shining? No. Will it keep
them orthodox? No. Away then
with all such mummery and non
sense. We have seen, that the
Scripture meaning of the word cor
dain,' as used in the Scripture, is
"to appoint" In the days of the
Apostles ministers were servants.
To-day they are highly offended if
you do not write Reverend in capital
letters before their names. They are
little gods. For Reverend is a
title that belongs to God. "Holy
and Reverend is His name" Ps.
Ill:9. Away with all such preten-
siOna and hun,huu