The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-11-22

representatives of God, If they speak IN
His name. they must have some ordi-
nation from Him. Whoever has not Di-
vine authority is usurping a holy Office
and placing himself in antagonism to
God. As st. Paul suggests, No man
taketh this honor unto himself, but he
that is called of God, as was Aaron"
hebrews V, a. The Apostles argu-
ment is that the Aaronic priesthood
was typical of the higher Priesthood Of
Jesus-the Melchisedec Priesthood
Aaron and his sons belonged to the
tribe specially called to the Divine
service; and they were specially called
out Of that tribe to be the priests. The
antitype is 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.
eye are Royal Priesthood, d holy ma
ton, peculiar people, that We should
show forth the praises of Him who
hath called you out of darkness into
His marvellous light Peter Ii, O.
AS Aaron received an anoin; q quail
flying him for the typical prizes ID. 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
| ~, h. Iic
ministry began, as He tells US Himself
| in His sermon in the Nazareth syna-
! gogue, where He read the opening
verses Of Isaiah Xxi, and declared that
their fulfilment had been reached in
His own person: THE Spirit of the
Lord God is upon Me: because the Lord
| hath anointed Me to preach good It'd
| ings unto the meek."-Luke iv, 1921.
The Church Amounted to Preach.
While Jesus was with His disciples,
| 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 read:-"The
| Holy Spirit was not vet given; because
Jesus was not yet glorified." John vii,
39) But when Jesus, having finished
His ministry and sacrifice, was leaving
His disciples He directed them not to
preach, but to tarry g. Jerusalem ''un-
| til ye 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 au-
| thority from the Father as members
of the Body of Christ, the Royal Priest
hood, to be His mOuthpieces. This Di-
| vine amounting came not merely upon
the twelve Apostles; but it has all
| 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 it 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-
| 'ceived the amounting at the beginning
of His ministry; and from Him at
| PentecOSt by the Divine appointment
| it has flowed down over all the men,
bers of His Church. Every one re-
ceiving the amounting of the Holy Spir-
it is a qualified ambassador of God to
speak in His name. AS st. Peter says,
every such one is a Royal Priest. ST.
John refers TO this same amounting
| saying, eye have an JUNCTION anoint-
ing1 from the Holy One, and ye all
know it."