World's cresset., 1913-01-02


reading a $, rmon OF Pastor Rus
sel.'a in reply to q rhaiCngc
made him on bis ordination, a.
we understand his sermon,
And after VIC lad read it, car,
fully. We concIuded that it was .
duty resting ulou US, to give
TO- our Readers the i,lvi,- iac,s
on this point. For Pa, tor Rus cI.
Gays tt,at. Ora alton mus, bt
bg insptatior If ti't holy Spiri,
which, to a cel tain class of ctl,r
sen en- it is the case. Bu,
not 20 all NhO received Ordina
ton. But the Pastor sass again,
there j. NJ Classification, in TIC
church Gu TIL, point, either the
Pastor or the Bible is Vr0Dg,
on this pom For We read.
And Ut gave 81 1nt nl",lo- :lnl some rrn.
phcts aut sclnr "yNrIl-'s unh -oliu pa..u
and teachers; Mlhc. I'LL
Ana again We read.
And cod hath set so,no in the rhurh aYst
apostles Fprnnhurily prophet. thirdi3 t,,tn, r>
uftcc hat miracles then lifts Of uuui;ur4 H. lps
governments uil,rstls Of Tongues itvr. J.. :;
Now Dear Reader this proves
clearly 'C our minds, that there
is several different sets Of rt.l
GERS in the church. And w Y
those different E tlicar~ 20 in ln
church are to'd in this MAN. cr
10, thc pey4ect,ng tf the s'iuta fix tht ", ri
If the ministery for the 4ty;u! .. Ii, hud! o!
Christ. Erhc. 4--12
And later o, in GUY ,N>,}nA,
aion, we will find other officers
named in tho chu rch.
But the next question to he
asked is, lI'T many Of those
officers We're ol dained by the in,
spirat ION Of the Holy Spirit.
Well tie ordination of the
Twelve Apostles are settled very
quickly, Please read
Yc have not cil ,scn he but have chostI
YOU and ordained YOU. that yc should g nn,l
bring forth trui; phnuId-ennn that whatsoe
70 shall usA ut the lAtAc- iu NY name hU u4s,
give nyou. St JOIN, i1-.b
This language cannot oc mis-.
taken, for Christ said himself,
thai he chosen those Twelve and
ordained them. So we know
THAI those Apostles We're orlain'
ed and that too oy Christ.
1lcn the next questions arises,
Was any of the other oilicerf
named, Ordained: And by who
were tney ordained? And is
tnere any account given in the
scripture o! the New Testament
of a pastor being ordained:
To this last question We az
swev, Not to eur knowledge. un.
less they atc called by somG
other name. in those scriptures.
And trey could rot Of hcon
named Apostles. prophets, Evan
. gels or teachers, for pastor was
named IN connection with those
as you see in (Ephe l-1l.) An4
the word pastor was no5 used hy
Paul in, Il Cor. l2,33e.) But IL
this sane passage ot'tr names
were presented, such as, meri
calls, gifts Of healing, helps. gov
ernmcnts and diyercities OF
. tongues, all these arc scporatt
offices, yet they are all OF TIE
same body (the church, Pastor
+ Russell leaves til" conclusion
on the mlud of his readers thru
his sermon, that there is no 9th
or officers in the church, tut
pastors on this'polnt again he is
wrong. For Pau declared tina
teachers wa~ the third and un
der this declaration, Pastor a
least would have to be the fourti
And there is room for them t
still be lower than the fourth "
line. But this IS not all, We SCI
that the Office of governor, fo1
there must be governors, whe'
ever there is governments. Ant
. inorder to settle this tacr, WI
shall ask our readers TO read tn
following.
a..a i. ehoIt CANA o., n aa In IN a day that