Evening journal., 1905-09-09

MENTIONS.
"The separate order Of priesthood
in the churches is just a patching up
Of the old garment. And this hateful
error-and 1 speak deliberately and
advisedly: it is the doctrine Of Nj
colaitanism which thing He hates
this hateful thing is found not only
in the confessedly hierarchal
churches; none of us is free from t.
God has made us an equal brother
hood but we are not content to have
one Mediator between God and mul
the Man Christ Jesus: we must have
someone between us and the Mediator
We must have a priest-and so we
make priests out of our preachers.
They are 'clergymen' and doctors
and reverends. and they must be bet
ter than other Christians, for they are
ordained ministersr only they shall
preach the Gospel with the authority
lof the Church only they shall be
ipermitted to pronounce a benediction
iOnly they shall baptize believers
Only they shall administer the sac
lrament,' which is supposed TO mean
the breaking of the bread and the
lpouring of the wine at the Lords Sup
lperi
"AIv brethren-my holy brethren
III do not plead for liberty for the
preacher to do wrong: God knows /
have no desire for lower standard for
1.-THE pastor: but do plead for a high
Ter standard for his fellow-memb srs,
lhis co-partners. his brother -priesta.
lhis co-equal brethren in the body of
Christ. Take your places with him.
stop looking to him as IL he were your
pattern-look to Jesus. Cease from
man, whose breath i'm his nostrils.'
lean no man Father or Reverend
IGod is your Father and Holy and Rev
erend is His Name psalm HE'D. Let
mo man stand between you and Christ
for He hath made us all Kings and
Priests unto God. and the smallest
lhumblest member of His Body is as
near to Him as any other There are
no clergy and there are no laity In the
Church OF God. all distinctions are
forever abolished and we are all one
Man in Christ Jesus.
"The next paragraph Oversees 1920
presents a beautiful typical and dis
ipensational picture. The daughter OF
the Jewish ruler is a type Of Israel
the daughter of Zion. MY daughter
is even now dead. is the message
brought to the Kings ears. Behold
they say. our bones are dried up. and
our hope is lost; we are clean cut
on Ezekiel 37:11) The King has
lalraady started on His way TO raise hei
from the dead. He arose and follow
ed the sorrowing father and so did
His disciples (v. 19.) When He
comes TO raise up Israel His saints
Twill come with Him. dude l4) But
on His way He is intercepted by q
woman. who is delivered from an in
lcurable disease by one believing touch
lof His garment. She is a beautiful
TYPE of the church. saved parentheu-
cally between times, as IL We're, while
Israel lies dead and hopeless, waiting
for Him to come.
.Finally. He reaches the house, an al
wavs significant expression in Matthew
and he stops all the signs Of mourning
saying Give place; for the damsel is no
dead but sleepeth.' This is foolishness un
TO the crowd and they laugh Him e
scorn. Nevertheless. He puts them al
: aside and the dead girl is raised to life
Thus it will be when He comes to iudg
: ment. Everybody Is ready to furnis
music for Israers funeral, for all agre
that Israel is dead. But when II
will put them all forth and then sha
/ Israel rise up, and the fame Of it win. g
/ forth into an that Land. CV. 26)
"Ephraim and Iudah-the two branchf
Of Israel-are like two blind men. ]
n that day they shall cry out, sayin
- .Have mercy on us, Thou Son Of David