River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-12-17
Pastor RusseIps Ordination.


They have tried all kinds of SANDER
people are hearing gladly in all parts of
the world the Message of the Rible-its
anti-cIerical Message They have pub
liShed me as a hereto. only 10 find
| that the most thoughtful and inteli
gent of their people realize that their
creeds are unsatisfactory and are the
more anxious to know what | have to
| tell them respecting the Bible Message
of Gods Wisdom, Justice. Love and
Power. operating through Jesus now
for the blessing of the Church. and
during the Millennium for the blessing
of the remainder of the world
am glad that they are making
lister of their kind as ST. Paul says,
am not ordained of man or by man, but
by the Lord Galatians H., In men
tiOning ordination, these ministers are
counting on the ignorance Of their PEG
pie on the subject. Let me make the
subject plain. The Church of Rome
does not recognize the ordination of
any E-IOIcSJdul OHCI QuIIc
recently the Church of England recog
niZed the ordination of the Church OF
Rome and the Greek Church. but did
not recognize the ordination of Luther
ans. Methodists. Presbyterians. etc;
nor do the others recognize each the
Baptist ordination If preacher goes
from one denomination to another, it is
not requisite that be change his mind
at all respecting the creeds. however
different. but it is necessary that he
be re ordained by the denomination
which be enters. AS | refuse to be
| identified with any OF these earthly
churches. |, of course. do not wish an
ordination or an authority to preach
from any of them
The Only One True Church.
Nothing in the Bible gives authority
for the organization of any of these
churches. The Church which Jesus
| founded. and of which the Apostles
were the inspired teachers. is Scrip
turally declared to be 1.-The Church OF
the First borns, whose names are writ
ten in Heaven" This Church is joined
only upon Gods terms and the names
are written or blotted out only by the
Redeemer Himself On it's roll-call we
doubt not there are sanity persons
who are members of all denominations;
but their earthly membership. contrary
to the Scriptures, does not promote
them in the Lords esteem: but. on the
contrary, they are hindered thereby.
According to the Bible, whoever
joins the Church of Christ does SO by
| Joining Christ Himself-by surrender
ing his will to the Master--by becom-
| ing His pupil and follower-by exer
cising faith in Him-by being begot-
| ten of the Holy Spirit-by cultivating
the fruits and graces Of that Spirit
by thus being made ready for the in
| heritance of the saints-the Millennial
Kingdom These. as the Apostle de
clares, are children of God and. If chill
dren. then heirs-heirs of God and
ioint-heirs with Jesus Christ their
Lord. if so be that they suffer with
Him. that they may be also glorifed
together-in His Kingdom. now soon
to be manifested. Romans SIT.
The Church of Christ, according to
the Bible. has an earthly association.
but it is not bondage. 1t has no
creed but the Bible All of it's mem
bers are brethren None of them are
lords. None of them are of the clergy
class. None lord it over Gods her
itage. In their voluntary association
as brethren some are recognized as
Elder brethren. and are given more
particular charge in the Church by the
stretching forth Of the hands of the
Congregation in voting for them and
bS> the subsequent cooperation Of the
Holy Spirit assisting them in the serv
ice of the Ecclesia. There are also
Deacons. or servants in the Ecclesia
who specially attend TO other matters.
There are also, according to the Scrip
lures. some who may be recognized as
Pastors, or shepherds Of the flock, un-
der the great Chief Shepherd and Bish
op of their souls, the Lord Jesus Christ.
| So far from separating Gods people
into clergy and laity. the Scriptures in
sist that only One is the Master. that
all others of the Lords people are
brethren. They are all ordained of
God to be Divine ambassadors, to speak
forth the Word of God as they have
talent and opportunity. The qualify
ing ordination set forth in the Scrip
lures is that they shall have received
the begetting Of the Holy Spirit. This
is said to be IAN JUNCTION from the Holy
| One'-an amounting.
This is typifed in the holy amounting
oil used by the Jewish high priest. AS
that amounting was poured upon the
head Of the priest and ran down to the
skirts of his garment. SO in antitype
the amounting of all the members of
the true Church took place in the per-
son of the Lord Jesus Christ He was
anointed of the Father to be the Bish-
op of our souls, to be the Head over
the Church which is the Royal Priest
hood He is our great High Priest
His ordaining and amounting is the one