The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-02-12
Two Works of Grace :.
- y and Gods
X X Hand in it All
BY w. c. ANDERSON
CHAPTER v-Continued.

part of this chapter.
The former builders kingdom is but
a type of what the latter builders king
dom will be. My motive in writing
the little book is purely to raise the
world higher in the scale of life by use
of Gods divine holy word, which is to
stand forever. Jesus Christ and God
the father are the great founders of ev-
cry institution and fraternity that has
ever beer set on foot to advance and
promote the cause of their invisible |
spiritual kingdom duke xvii, 2O-21. |
Every minister of the gospel is called,
commissioned and sent by Jesus Christ
and God the Father just as was Paul
Gal. j, u Paul calls his position an
office given to him by the high appoint
ing power and says to the Gentiles in
as much as l am your minister, ! mag
nifty my office (Rom. xi, 49, Gods
wonderful visit to Paul on his way to
Damascus long after his ascension and
speaking to him in the Hebrew tongue
made him one of the humblest of all
men, and he reioiced greatly that he
was the chosen apostle to the heather
or Gentle people (Acts XVI, 10 When
Christ ascended on high it is written
he led captivity captive and gave gifts
unto men (Eph.-iv, 81 And he gave
some apostles; and some prophets; and
some evangelists; and some pastors and
teachers; for the perfecting of the
saints; for the work of the ministery,
for the edifying of the body of Christ;
till we all come in the unity of the faith
(Eph. iv, II to 13) These are all God
given appointments set into his body,
the church, by his spirit Il Cor. xii, 13.
And it is written that the members in
Gods spiritual church are as numerous
and important as are the members in
every human body. (Please read | Cor.
xii, 13 to 3l.) This last verse says to
covet earnestly the best gifts, and this
is what have been led by the spirit to
do 1t is Gods spirit that impresses
or leads the human mind or soul to any
point or station in his spiritual king
dom, and each appointment is gift of
God by his spirit, Just as regeneration
and eanctifcation are gifts (Eph. ii, 81,
and the holy spirit of God is to witness
to each gift at the the time and place
when received (Heb. K, IA to 16) /
trust you will pardon me for giving q
little of my own experience Just at this
point. When Ireceived the baptism of
the Holy Ghost February "a, 1898 (Rom.
XIV, 16), | was aware of the fact that
was no longer under the formal law Of
the Methodist church, but was under
the divine grace of God, and therefore
must obey my master. Since that time
: have kept my eye on the apostle to
the Gentiles. saw that the gospel of
the kingdom (Which means Christ in
you) should first be preached to all the
world for & witness unto all nations,
and that then the end was to come
(Mat. xiv, IA, which means the end
/ of this Gentle dlspensation, at which
time the Jews will be grated into theii
own olive tree Christ and the Gentiles
who. have not been made heirs by faith
will be cast off forever. (See Rom. xi
= "a to 20.) Won't you read it all? AT
ter this gospel of the kingdom hat
been preached in my own church ant
neighborhood, as well as in othel
churches and towns, and many coming
into the experience of full salvation
: saw the great need of some one being
ordained as an elder in this spiritua
kingdom, that he might call tn
l. body together just as Christ called
his body together the same night b.
was betrayed that he might give then
au example to follow him after hi
death. / was satisfied that some on
should be ordained to spread the tabl
of the Lord and invite every christian
! to it who had been regenerated b.
?. Gods spirit John iii, 3D. 1 never ha,
at any idea from the day / received tn
D. holy comforter of ever affiliating wit
any society except those who claim t
belong to Gods invisible spiritual king
dom. Yet l coveted earnestly the e
dership in Gods kingdom q Cor. xi
31) and sought everywhere that
thought God would be pleased to hav
me receive the commission. went
no DR.. Caroline while he was holding
: meeting at Greeneville, Tenn. as he
= one who has been preaching holmes
- or the gospel of the kingdom for seye
al years, and he said to me that woul
have to go to some bishop to be ordail
ed, as he could not act in the place of
bishop. thurned away from hi
% with this thought: No Methodist bisl
op shall ever ordain me to preach b
Methodist doctrine as taught by Met
odists of the present day, saw aft
that that Matthew Henry and DwigI
L. Moody had refused to be ordain'
by men, but finally Matthey Hem
ret agreed that as his people insisted
would be ordained to preach the gosp
Just as he saw il and believed it. Al