Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-11-23
Pastor Russell's Sermon

representatives Of God If they speak In
His name, they must have some ordi
nation from Him. Whoever has not Dl'
vine authority is usurpug u holy office
aud placing himself In unugonism to
God. AS st. Paul suggests. no man
tnketh this honor unto himself but he
that is called of God as was Aaron
hebrews v. A. The Apostles arpu.
ment Is that the Aaronic priesthood
was typical Of the higher Priesthood Of
Iesus-the Melchisedec Priesthood.
Aaron and his sons belonged to the
ihc specially called to the Divine
orylce: ana they were specially called
ont Of that tribe to be the priests The
ontityre IL Jesus, the High Priest or
Head Priest. over the under Priesthood
all the true members Of the Church
Of Christ. This ST. Peter shows saying,
not to the clerics, but TO all the Church,
"Ye are a Royal Priesthood, holy ma.
ton, Il peculiar people, that ye should
show forth the praises Of Him who
hath called YOU ont Of darkness into
His marvellous light Peter ii, 8,
As Aaron received an amounting, quail
flying him for the typical priesthood. so
Jesus received an amounting Of the
Holy Spirit qualifying Him TO be the
Head or Chief Priest over all the
Church, the under priesthood. The be.
getting of the Holy Spirit came upon
Jesus at His baptism. That amounting
gave Him authority to preach and
teach in the Fathers name. There His
ministry began, as He tells us Himself
In His sermon IN the Nazareth synn-
gogue, where lie read the opening
verses Of Isaiah Xxi, and declared that
their fulfilment had been reached in
His own person; "rhe Spirit of the
Lord God Is upon Me; because the Lord
hath anolnted Me to preach good It'd
lngs unto the meek. Luke iy, l7.2l.
The Church Anonted to Preach,
While Jesus was with His disciples,
He sent them forth to preach in His
name, not in the Fathers name; for
the Father had not yet acknowledged
them by giving them the amounting Of
the Holy Spirit, as we reud:-"The
Holy Spirit was not yet given; because
Jesus was not yet glOriIied CIohn vii,
30D But when Jesus. having finished
His ministry and sacrifice, was leaving
His disciples He directed them not to
preach, but to tarry at Jerusalem "un-
Ill yc be endued with power from on
High. Luke xiv, 40
The promised power from on High
came at pentecost Immediately they
began to preach and to teach; for they
had received the Divine amounting, as
Jesus had received It at the time Of
His baptism. This Divine amounting
constituted their ordination, their Nu-
thority from the Father ms members
Of the Body Of Christ the Royal Priest
hood, TO be His mouthpieccS This Di-
vine amounting came not merely upon
the twelve Apostles; but 1t huS NIL
through this Gospel Age constituted
the blessed recognition Of the Father
and Of the son to all who receive it,
In the typical picture, Aaron had the
holy amounting oil poured upon his
head, and 1t ran down to the skirts Of
his garment All the members Of His
Body thus came under the amounting
So Jesus, the Head Of the Church, re.
cciyed the amounting at the beginning
Of His ministry; and from Him at
pcntecost by the Divine appointment
1t has flowed down over all the mem.
bcrs Of His Church Every one re.
cclylng the amounting Of the Holy Spir.
1t is qualified ambassador Of God to
speak In His name As St Peter says,
every such one ia a Royal Priest St
john refers to this same amounting,
saying, "Ye have an JUNCTION lanOint.
ingl from the Holy One, and We aIl
know IT,"
Who Lack Divine ordination2
From what we have said it must be
clear that no one is entitled to speak
for the Almighty unless he have this
Divine Ordination Of the Holy Spirit.
Human titles and human ordinations
are wholly inadequate to make real
nrpnChpr nnd tpDchpr I'm tho Church of
Christ But the Spiritbegotten are
fully authorized to use their every op.
portunlty under all circumstances aud
conditions There is no division Of
these SpIrlt-begotten ones along the
lines Of clergy and laity God never
recognized such distinctions aud divi.
slons His ambassadors bear the
marks OF Identification that none 9th.
ers have. They have Il knowledge OF
the real Gospel, and Of the real charac.