Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-21

would be little better prrformel
4, A motion was made and carried asking
Mr.. Roc to prepare cory Of his address
for publication In ihe religious pnpers.
! Dr. Martin was tho next speaker hnv.
ing for his subject the deacons and
elders Of the church.
The deacons. he said. were In the
| ollcn days the oyerscers Of the Hook.
appointed as such by the Holy Ghost.
| The apostle gave them specific iniunc-
/ tiou that they should feed the church
I Vt God; or to the ilock, which Christ
had purchased even with Ills own blood
| Therefore he continued. "ihe APOSTLE
said. because II these things, that il
! particularly because the holy spirit had
made diem ovcrscers OF This dock. which
God had purchased with his own blood.
therefore the apostle lays the Injunction
upon the eldeiiliip that they shnll fcci
their Hooks. This idea Of tho obligation
of the eldcrship is not peculiar to this
passage OF holy scripture. Peter himself
speaks 10 the elders which are among
you | exhort TO feed the flock of Col.
Thus We may conclude from this brief
review " tie points presented to Us
That elders are oVcrseers; that they are
nYerseers Of the floci, which means
that taey are shepherds, which means
shat they are pastors, which meant
that they are bishops. II IS great loss
10 the Presbyterian church that Tho
term bishop has been allowed to fall
into disuse; or even to the extent that Ii
has come back " our usage. He is tho
bishop All elders are bishops: al bish-
ops arr elders aud. some bishops have
the superadded function Of preacher, not
toacher.
1he high ofis. Of tie eldership Is to
rule by virtue u his Office; to rule by
authority Of the Lord; TO rule by thu
power VI truth; by the power Of the holy
HT1Fifs nW thu eNUwNtllnn fHffeN HQfI
will see then that, In tie Acts. oversccrs
il term equivelant to tile term mission
aries; and that bishop IS d term synOny-
nous with the term elders. Non win
see that the functions Of the eldership
correspond with the term Oyerscers in
Acts. And doing tue work Of bishops
corresponds with the term Uyerseers."
Mr.. frye followed Dr. Martin in
few words and Mr.. Robertson Of Pal.
esiinc told briefly how be thought elders
could be u more service to the church.
Mr.. MrM1rray ot Laredo. who follow
ed. said he thought one reason that
elders did not render more efficient SER
vice was that they were often rebuGed as
being mrddlprs when they went amoug
the arishioners. They were generally
met with the question. what business
has hc IN me,ldlug IN ms aiiuirsE He
thought ministers could do great deal
toward removing this spirit. They can
urge upon the ulrishioncrs The import
aucc Of the elders work show them
that thtirs' Is not d private duty, but one
which affects the welfare Of the Whole
'uH.en, r.
~ Wy 'pl,lu,l9n OF VT ~ nv
Hftt7s tn' e"l' 'h'i"h '"'N I''ess A"r
Immediately after the convention wns
called To order 10 tie afternoon "Blest
be- tho Tie was sung, after which +.
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"ueer SPOKE On ne keauon ni hldtr
iilh It'io"R 10 w ll1,n names;
ne shl' NY "ull'ol lniluWs idthraly
NhI. l7E. HHy lle hNcNseoh OF lhe ounce
ihu uNnes OF 'lueF Ahn u'lou 50 GEAR
W So lor'h 1g Tue gentlemen preceding
ln@ lhe-e oihceS, as we nave seen, nre
nlsthNi' ana tlc.f duties 20 mol cohlhci.
lhey constitute thhs Two heinispheres OIL
church hfuNily. me functions OF each
arc clearly deiingu w boi WoFu, anu
~ "ur VIVA VI thuI,h gIufI'
am 20 ,pclk OF ihe Nention 81 II
h'IN VI, ~ ~, ,,I''''oh0 70 w nhulrh ~
nanees' Inc question OF finance Is q
lsFp"xing one b0th a. church and state.
lhc c9nETes7 9i NE United states - now
wrestling win w. but sennlogml cOnr,
tc-y Wlh NOT permit o. W sQlnilon. !
cannot nope TO exhaust ms important
snlJroi' an l san az Is simply to touch
upon some OF US saltht poihiS. Money
= htocs7Ary 70 carry. on church work,
but low TO obtain this money has been
one Of the most diiiienlt problems which
ne ehureh ~ modern ilmes has ever
aVeWlGel 10 folNc' WIN gu our preach-
,ns ahd teAcIl9E' hhd CHRISTIAN literature,
llefr YET exists lcgFIul ignorance
OF Wndt nod dcWuhds 40 tie d.
reciipn OF financial support Of the
clW"i' Whcn man unites with
tue church. az that moment and in
that act hr assumes - financial obliEtidn
10 support the rlurch-.ind he ought TO
understand lt-this obliration Is just as
hitting upon his conscience Us though he
had signed his name 70 q promissory
note Nei many seem 20 think aud act
a. II the church had no particular claims
upon them for hnaaclnl support: they
are az liberty 90 give much or little or
none NJ AL aud 20 10 heaven just the
same. Every member should understand
tue relation which God has established
hrlWooll gold lud the gospel Pastors
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