Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-19

lRASlOK RUSStllyJ editor of The Con
 fluent, and alias. the "Religious Rambler" Ellis claims that Pastor RusselTs ordination as Pas tor is fraudulent. The address shows that Pastor Russell fully understands the situation He fully justified his po- sition before his vast audience and :. showed up the Rambler editor in | , the unenyiable light of either being |. ignorant Of the subjects discussed, or | attempting to deceive the public. His | text was, Not of men. neither by man, ] but by Jesus Christ. and God the Fa- 1 ! ther. who raised Him from the dead' ! Gal !, D. He said:- Tine time has come for telling the people what the Bible teaches respect ing ordination to teach and preach. { | The doctrine of Apostolic Succession | started in the second century 4. D. NThe bishops claimed that they had the same authority that Jesus gave to the twelve Apostles. Upon this claim they ordained the inferior clergy.
 This principle Is wholly unscriptural. According to the Bible. the Church of Christ is not composed of two parts. clergy and laity Jesus declared, "All ye are brethren; One is your Master. Christ" St. Paul shows that in the early Church the ministers were the ! servants of the flock. They were of the people. chosen by them by the stretching forth of the hand.
 Many of the reformers coveted the | titles accorded the Catholic clergy. ! ,,H1 gation that it's word was supreme, and that its ministers were merely its sery- ants. Others, realizing that these t- ties were unscriptural. declined 10 use them: preferriug to be called pastor. 2 My Bible Student associates. knowing
 my objection to the title Reverend" address me as Pastor. 1 am the elected Pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle
 congregation. and also of the London Tabernacle congregation, and l fail to Q see ground for criticism in this respect ! nor do l attack Christian brethren who r. accept other and unscriptural titles.
 Must Pastors Be Ordainsd7 $ Ordination is necessary to the office g of pastor The questioIris, What consti- 6 tutes an ordination to preach amongst ' the people of God:
 | This question has received various | answers. The Roman, Anglican and
 Greek Churches. claiming Apostolic D. Succession. declare that authorization . to preach must come through thcii ' apostle bishops, and have not allowed . Protestant ministers to enter their pull 'r pits-until the Episcopalians, about a a year ago granted this concession Oi 70 course. if their proposition were cor r. rect. I am just as much unordaincd a' D all other Protestant ministers-and nc
 more so.
 'e Each denomination at its beginuin; pr was opposed by all others; yet eacf n taught that the clergy were separat' ie from the laity Only since the organ v ization of the Evangelical Alliance H as40 have the different sects O
 Christendom acknowledged each oth =t CTS ordinations. Each denomination - makes use of such ceremonies as
 deems proper If, therefore, the con
 gregation of Christian believers i
 Brooklyn and London ordain or ar point me as their pastor, 1t is thei own choice what ceremonies, if any T shah accompany that ordination. Wh D can dispute thisF No Protestant d' nomination, surely; for their own oi
 dinations are on this very basis
 The subject of ordination seems { is have fallen Into confusion during tn
 Dark Ages. St. Paul particularly en
 phasizes the fact that he did not r' in eeiye his commission as preacher an 1s. Apostle of Christ from his brothe ys Apostles, but by Divine authorization on This IS the Scriptural principle nnderi. :. ing Divine Ordination to the miListr
 of Christ.
 ;.s No denomination claims that the O
 dination of it's ministers either made nd kept them perfect. All admit thi ng there have been sad failures among
 their ordained ministers. Neith' nb- would they claim that ordination h: he given their ministers superior discer mont of Divine Truths. On the co Aa- trary. it has injured the clergy ,n making many of them domineerir and lordly, contrary to the spirit aI
 teachings of Christ and the Apostle
 and the iaity by leading them to co
 1 clude that merely secular matte
 should engage their attention.
 The True Ordination
 VI Finally the Pastor showed the tfl sgssd ordination to be the importation of q lies Holy Spirit Whoever receives n
 has Gods authority te be His al ---- fassador and mouthpiece- Such sho -- the work of the Holy Spirit regener' - ing their minds and hearts, giVil - them insight into the Scriptures. al
 enabling them t0 be Gods moui
 pieces. ministers of His Truth