The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1915-07-23

ter Of the Gospel Of Jesus Christ, !" BY
Elder w. II. Hardman. . Il
am glad to know that this i'm por.
tant subject IL being brought to the
notice Of the Christian people. There
Is no part Of the divine teaching that
IL more important to US than the
! qualifications OF a gospel minister, a.
set forth by inspiration. The success
Of Christianity In every community
largely depends upon the qualities.
lions Of tie ministry.
! would like to heartily endorse the
Introductory remarks Of Mr.. Kiplin.
ger - to . thorough know ledge OF the
Old Testament upon the part OF the
gospel ministry. Paul says, Gal 3: "a,
THE Law Of Moses IL . schoolmaster
that brings US TO Christ" Any man
with average intelligence and all.
gence can acquire this qualification.
I would like also to endorse his first
qualification Of the minister, - to
the new birth. Every true follower
Of Christ must have his new birth,
John 3: 8 says, Except 70 be born Of
the water end the spirit ye can not
enter the kingdom Of God" James
shows Us how . man IL begotten.
James !: Is, says, "Of His own
will bsgot lie u BY the word Of truth;
therefore, being begotten by the word
Of truth, which IL the spirit, It 70.
mains for Us TO be born Of the water,
q stated In Mark 10: 10, ale that he.
iieveth and Il baptized shall be saved,
In order to become . member Of the
kingdom Of God"
As 10 the second qualification, A.
stated by Mr.. Kiplinger, that min.
lister must have, or prayerfully seek
until he receives the baptism OF the
Holy Spirit and lire, I would say that
no one human being ever received
both. The Apostles on the day OF
Pentecost, Acts 2: ~, received the
baptism Of the Holy Spirit and spake
In strange tongues. Those who will re-
ceive the baptism Of fire, Matt. >: II.
~, are the disobedient. This coming
after the judgment. A man In this
world has the privilege Of choosing
between the two baptisms. but as to
the qualiticat ions OF q minister OF the
gospel, we submit the following:
Acts u: I q. These men were selected
by the church, because OF their nat
ural qualifications and nowledge OF
the word Of God, to do the work Of
the church. Acts y: Ia, we lind that
because OF the persecution Of the
church that all the members were
scattered abroad and went every.
where. presiding the gospel. Please
notice first, that the men selected by
the church were OF honest report and
full Of wisdom and the Holy Spirit,
before the Apostles laid their hands
on them. Notice second, that the
\ layhnen who were scattered abroad.
because OF the persecution Of the
church, went everywhere preaching
the gospel, and that they had no spe.
cial laying on OF hands or special ~.
vine call, but were people who were
members OF the church Of God, Acts
~: IL, In the case Of Paul making
choice OF young man to preach, lie
selected Timothy, who had been
laugh, by his mother and his grand.
mother and was Of \, cd report among
the brethren. First Timothy 1: II,
that after Paul had trained Timothy
for few years In q practical way he
then set him apart by the laying on
OF his hands for the special work OF an
evangelist. Second Tim. 2: -, lie
charges him to preach the fundamen-
tai principles Of the gospel Of Jesus
Christ 10 faithful men, that they may
be qualified TO teach others also. THIS
Is the only rule we have In the New
Testament Of making preachers.
We are glad TO endorse the third
qualification IS set forth by Mr.. Kip.
linger In regard to preachers being an
example to the people Of the Church
and the world.
As TO article four, the special divine
call to the ministry, we have referred
to that above, and here will call your
attention to Rev. %: II, LET the
spirit and the bride say come, and let
him that hssreth say come, and him
that 10 sthirst say come" Here we
ind the spirit, and the bride and he
that hesreth the word In obedience
oil authorized TO preach and teach
the gospel to the world.
In regard to the men such a. Luther
Sam Jones, Billy Sunday and others,
whom he says are especially called OF
God for the special work, We would
~ In the words Of Longfsllow:
1.-THE lives Of great men oil remind us,
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sand Of time.
E0nt nP1nta that tAvha anAtha.