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WB8T, ' TORONTO. ^ • -t-T. . ^ -V*, r 't_^ .>*.f> Y'K "••ft" *-.* ,5" 'Y ^'iM' 'Mr ^ ^^34 -iif^?..a.i^' raw rt V mysfl/t Si kuvt rtce, Acts xx M«n ■df necei ever pron ipcftk wil that Pet< iadignanl 1)ehindiii things tfa The hftve dis of hb fd a course thought, lelfidth 10 s^I dudl del Jb^ th to Jerui tionds ai remains rheinfi Seld of pnidenc ready to < interest! ctilties 1 Rei Stephen how hi ■M V -H y v* THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY. *' Bttt none of these things move me, neithor count I my lift dear unto myself, «• that /might finish my course with joy, and the ministry which i Abw received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of thegrcue of God,** — Acts xx^ 24. M«nV a protracted and hotly contested discussion Faith has fdund her- ■elf neceteitated to engage in with Natural Reason. Nor has the latter ever proved a more subtlft^or formidable antagonist than when claiming to ipealc with the frank cawif of *■ friend of the Faith. It was in this spirit that Peter spoke i^hen 4pV ^'^ addressed to him one of the moat {ndignant and burning rebukes ever administered to a disciple : " Get thee %ehind me, Satan ; thou art an offence unto me ; fipr thou savourest not th« things that be of God, but those that be of men." The same self-confident natural reason on the part of Peter that woald have dissuaded our Lord from Jerusalem and Calvary, would, on the >part of his fellow-disciples, have dissuaded Paul also from persisting further in a course which Divine Providence by accumulating difficulties, was, as they thought, so manifestly closing against him. Did not Agabus bind bim> ' lelf yith Paul's girdle, and prophesy saying, " Thus saith the Holy Ghqatt 10 uiall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and ihall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. And when we heard jhese things both we and they of that place besought him not to go np to Jerusalem." Was nOt the Holy Ghost witnessing in every city that tioods and afflictions Were awaiting him ? True ; but the question itill remained, what inference was to be drawn from those divine intimations ? The inference which Paul's fellow-disciples drew was this: *' Change you field of labour; serve the Lord somewhere else and thus exercise a' wise prudence." How easy and obvious the policy which natural reason is ever ready to recommend, and which she clearly sees to be right, when the I interests of truth and duty become encompassed with formidablo dUffil- ctiltiesl Remembering that he had been a consenting party- to the desith of Stephen, and had held the clothes of ^em that stoned him — remembeiiiv how he had made havocof the Church of Christ, and remembering that (li# ' >A ' ^^ ^£/WiiS^i' «*''* *<™ "SP^' s-^*"' •,^*- Lord had laid, *' I will show him how great ihiiVt he muit suffer for my . name's sake," Paul, now inspired with a sense b( what soyereign grace had done for him, and taking his stand on the commission which he had received from the Lord Jesus, gives to all their rdisonings and pleading* Faith's rejoinder in the words, "None of these things move me, neither oonnt I my life dear unto myself, so that I might fiiiish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lo^ Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God." In Paul's condensed and. sublime ultimatum here announced, there is presented for our consideration most impressive view of the office of the ministry, its special work and the spirit of unhesi- tating and absolute devotion in which the work should be performed. ^1>' THE TRUE MINIS-TER'S COMMISSION. L In the first place, the true minister receives his ministry from the Lord Jesus. When the glorified Saviour appeared to Saul, the persecutor, on the way to Damascus, and in the presence of that overwhelming glory Sanl was fallen to the earth, Jesus said, "But rise and stand upon thy feet ; for I have appeared unto thee for this pnrpose, to make thee a minister." In hii second epistle to the Corinthians, chap, iii., v, 5,6, Paul says, *'Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think anything as of ourselves ; but oar sofficiencyols of God, who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament." And in Ephesians, chapiv., v, 8-12, we read that •'When Christ ascended up on high, he led captivity captive and gave gifts unto ■Mo< And he gave some apostles ; and some prophets ; and some evan- (eliats ; and some pastors and teachers : For the perfecting of the saints, ibr the work of the 'hiinistry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. " These wui kindred passages of Scripture teach that Jesus Christ, and be alone, can make the true minister. The apostles could not make an apostle, neither coald they make a minister, nor could they make a Christian. The (;fiiri«ri«H is th- • ITT tne, ! tie, rhe >int 'ads i is and any »ng. iree ■^ the d to i ■> V ' t >fl the work, and that he fecelvet hU minUtry from the Lord Jeaus, certain^ important inference* follow, as for example i ,. However true it may be that every one who haa found taWation through faith in Christ should publish the glad tidings of th« Goapel to a^^ he peHshing whom he can reach, nevertheless Christ h-^" ''-*«-^* whom'He has invested with office and commissioned to speak in His Nam* with authoilty, offering peace and salvation to peri.hing sinners, and raviiing them to enter into covenant with God in Christ, and un f wUh God's covenant people in the fellowship of HU visible Church , and in obey- inrth'^ that bear rule in the Church by Christ's authority, the membef. of the Church are obeying Christ himself. 2 If the true minUter receives his ministry from the Lord JeiM, thiH thU al'so delermines the nature of ordinalum to the ministry. Ordination is not the giving of office ; it is simply the putting of the Church slmpri^ . Itur upon one believed to be called to the work of the »« •t'Tby ^^^ Lord Jesus Christ. Suppose that on thi. ground any one should dispar^e the importance of ordination and refuse to submit to the judgment of he Church, the evidence of his alleged call, he would thereby justly forfdt Church rect«nition, and place himself in antagonism to apostolic pr actio*. Scripture authority, and divine order in the Church. 3 If the true minister receives his ministry from the Lord Jetui, this also settles the whole question of what is *=«««^°"'y ^"7^'f ^^^'^l' ' tuccissum. No minister of the Gtospel who has received his n»«i«nr f«>« the Lord Jesus is outside of the true succession; and «^«nr iO-t*Ued minister who has not received his ministry from t^'^'fJ^Te.u', U out«de of the true succession, no matter what the nature of the imprima^ may be which the Church ha. put upon him. If he lus n(| rew^ed office from Christ, he has not received office at all. for no °*« 1^;^'*^^^^*^"*" the office or make the true minister. If to this it be repheB that Chnst^- fers t^e office through the regularly constituted Church authority, we an«w« -all that Church authority can do is to give recognition to what "belief to be a divine call of the person to the ministry. Arf the «*k»ng of a peHbn^ a Christian by the regenerating work of the Holy Ghost and the Ch,«:^ recognition of that person as a ChrUtlan by admitting him into full ChurA fellowship are radically distinct, so are the inward dmne call to m ministry and the Church's recognition thereof expressed »n ordination. And If BO. then He who walks amid the golden candlesticks and holds the se^en stars In His right hand, conti n ue s , gu a rds and maintains the true guccestion ii »•*.,■■ / siars lu 111* iifcui "w"**! w""" 1 u- - — — — ,„__!_ of faithful ministers in hU Church, each one of whom feels more deeply ] :- ■.,-A" M'l «f; llM reiponilbllUr of Wi office, the more willingly endaret h.rdneM m • good] i^dier^nd .mid .11 dl««ur.gemeoU tenew. hi. <»«-»-'" /^^ ^^^ Ucuw he am «y. "The miniitty which I h.tre received of the Lord ^**^ • THE SPBCIAL WORK OF THE MINISTRY. ^ U: The sped.! worit of the mlnirtry is to testify the Goipel ^ the gr.ce of God* ^- . : i 'The Goipel !• the gUd tiding, of wltttioii. .nd U the very mwr ow ,«»d e-ence of both the Old .nd New Te.t.ment Scripture. Chrutj. the ^ohT^d Omcg. of the divln* revel.tioo. the Umb .Idn from the ^'^tL oMhTv^odd. .nd the Go.pel i. the evcrl^tlng Go.pel_ It U ^.fter-thought In the divine pl.n. The Coven.nt of Gr.ce » the^''^«' %^t .nd mr the coven.nt. which God m.de with m.nk,nd from the 2rjAd.m were exhibition, .nd development, of the coven«.t of gr.ce oT "uUervknt .nd tribnt.ry to it. ^ven the Law never w« .g.in. he lL^^^i\*^ demgned to .hut men up to the F.ith. .nd wrve .. . tutor TlS^'tblTo ChSt. Hence it follow, th.t *e l.w 'boujd -er be ^L !!th a Go.oel aim ; if not, it i. not u.cd Uwfully. And .. the r*~t^ UwfulW^^^^ and ionour. the Cro.. of ChrUt by .hutting ' ^Ip'^hemeth^o^^^^^^^^ -C«r «tibS.rand magnify the l.w. both through the ..ti.f.ct.on o the ^S«^T^«d t^e n^bLence of hi. people. The Cro„ of Chnst- ^1^ CrSL" one-cn .upply the motive, which «e "^-nt^^^^^^^^^ Twin m.n to obedience. « Pre«:h more month y«d lew documei. rln.el .nd cry of not . few cri.i« of the pu^pU of the present d.^ TO. is the wi«lom of men which i. fooU.hne«i with God. If the heart be W .«l2ed wdwon through the doctrineof the Cross, the love of sin holds S t^e r^^dlLTof the laW.> threatenings. including even the ^Thir The c.m.1 mind is enmity .gainst God. and the natural STu d«^«tr wkked. If such a heart is ever tQ be .^bdued into 1^ TerttrS;. .tLge paradox iVr^^^^'d tt^::t;: bS^cce«!«Uy to cultivate good work, until he ha. abjured them " Ae Mgyn f***^""' „ •.« .w 4oeg he become 6red with a holy j ground of hi» hope. Never till "en g ocai nc _ .„ ^ SwSon to make hi. way. pleasing in God's «^t. ^"VchL leading S«^come under the contraining power ^^ ^^ }r? "^J^^! ^^^ to thL to judge, that if one dW, foratt.thcnaU di ed, and that he died '"^^fi'ir^fg^i' %:J It' , '•■■ f for •!! that they who H»e Ihould not henceforth Uvt unto ihtowiUei but unto him who died for them aud row again. \ •• Thou bleeding L»mb, the bett n|Dr«Uly U loire of Thee." ^ Yw, it U the Goepel of the gra^'of God, the Goipel that betlowi salvation ai a free gift, and that GotpeJ of grace alorte which can bring man to holinew and good workt. Observationr experience and the testi- mony o.' Scripture all combine to dltprova the hope that any amount of mere logical argument can ever prove thii to the rea»on and judgment of the nataral man. To hii mind it ii m clear as any concluiion can be that If you abolish the fear inspired by the law's condemning power, you take away the grand motive to holiness and to diligence in all good works. Insist that love ii a mightier power than fear-that fear never has achieved anything noble— that all that is grand and sublime in human history hai been achieved uiidef the inspiration of love, that love of hearth and home, of kindred and country, love of liberty and of the sanctuaries of God has fired the patriot and the soldier with a spirit of heroic daring, that, under God, has achieved marvels, commanding the admiration and enthusiasm of all succeeding generations-and what is the natural man's reply ? He will tett you that the cases are nut parallel. And vi^y does, he give you such an answer ? For the very obvious reason that the love of Christ has never got possession of his heart. . , . A RELIGION OF LOVE. ,, t V Christianity is a rdigion of love from first to last, love on the part of. God in giving His Son to be the Saviour of lost man, love on the part of Chri4. the Son, in giving himself t^ ransom for us. love on the part «rf believers to God their Saviour, to one another and to all mankind. And being a religion of love it is apprehended by the heart, not by mere cold Bithematical reason. A min mi^ht as well attempt to judge of music, ot beauty, or patriotism by the logical faculty alone, as to understand ot wpreciateChristUnlty by pure reason alone. "He thatlovetb not knowej* not God, for God is love." " With the heart man beliiveth unto nghteoO- nesi " Let Chrbt be enthroned in the heart and then Christ has possession of the person and reigns in that perwn by the sweet constr«ning POWer of love. And obeying from lovesuct a person can say with David- I wU walk at liberty for I seek thy precepts." v * a ♦!.. „wk^i By aU means let us preach the Law to the sinner, but with the sped« aim of convincing him of his need of the Gospel, and of shutting him np to " : —. ;— i £1 : — ^1-^ — »-— W — ^ikm — l*iii» t ry — Hl*^ the method of Faith. And by all means let us preach ihe law lu A* believer as a rule of duty m tjie hap4 lrf.Cbri.t, the Uw without its penalty ; ^ i • .■.■-«.•;-' ■ W cm^he UwVpen.l thretening. to bring the beUeve. p but let «• never rely on the taw • pen ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^.^j^^ IVto.. Wgher degree of conlor^tyt^God^ ^ ^^^^ dominion over you ' ,: method, for, «y. the apottle, ^^ '"•^^^^^^ A„d if the fulfilling of . fo. ye are not under the law but under 8"^«- ^^^^ q y of ih. I^Jtcourseand ministry coi.i.tedspecu^^^ ^^ ^ .. ^ ^ pace of God. then thi.^ te.tjj.ing ^«^^„^,, ,^„i„g .„,« io the ^^^derand «oWer function of the min.suy it; ^^^^^^^^^j ,^, ,iew, I, Church, or exercising oversight. And « ^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^,j ^ confirmed by the apostolic »"J«"*^>*»"' .X\ *^ ^ho labour in the Word ;^ted worthy of double ^on^^^^^^^^f^^, iUis character as bishop :^ character asan^ador i SrilJSI^Ifying the Gospel of the grace of God. ii>-^ presAtters and bishops. ■r .' „i,o» we hold to be the manifestly Cta«h. but onl, bbhop.; '"'.^.'^ ^' ht bishop, .nd de«=on.. A pl.„ltty of bBhop. 'r"''"'.'.'r^a.°h. dio«L. theo.,; »d fu«k«. ^u>UtT to on. cit, te incon...t.nt m& lb. a ^ ^^^ _^ p^. S*.p«.b»t« of Philippi "'°'i*2 W^l«b,t.r,«.«th.bl,hop^ ^ to .hi PhilippUn Church. ""^^^'^.S, i. proved b, iP.ii'. ^ , «rfi,m forth. P'«'"«"j'^''j!^"';3"h.m. h. died th.» biAo^. ; Mte.™. »d h. cou.m.n<«d »» J^^ "^ •^* '^^ ,„ .,, th. aock in Ih. t^mi^ "T«k« b«.dtoyours.lv«lb.r^or«.„ ^„„„fbishop. P, Sh. Hoi, Ghost hath mad. J- J"*^"^ i Jdental and subordin... « olb«ring rul. to .b. Chard. ., .b.r.fo « ^>»J^ ^^ ^^ „ „ ^ Sndton to that of pr«ching, «««« *" ''',^^„. „eU , „d fur.h«, .«n SL U„n tb. doubi. h«.our ^rtfj,!; o te minis.., which h. h«. .. a. Apo.ll. Pa«'. b. *"^"*""*KVmD2upon,and gives .h.prcf«.nc. 5, ^,S^»f.h.i-rdj«u0.y.'b^-^*»^;'^^^^ :>;^ p,o.m».«...pr«<*-"«"'«'''l'-"8 ^^^^ ^^ ^. ' • And n.v«wa. .h.r. a '■"*«''",** 'T,n.rgi« of the ministry, . a^^ P«>P''.''-*"-:;^t timf totbiXev^y position to Ijf. VMM KVM. a« oow. W. liy. m tin. Spectalists who ,. r-«.di.8c^';<'/''*»;;„7.rs^' '•■='' p"''-*™- *« devote their whole time and energy ^° rt . ■^^.)^ ''"■"' vff I w''-*'^^f?*r' 1/ r^ ^^J?SLuy But if. « . '«"lt of thU. cmprtiaon i. 1«»«. "fe^ Trn™. difficuli to fill tk.« forocly. !• it »>» •»»'«" J|^a]r poitloA »»^' *°?'".'° ;„ ^i-u, „d that the totellectMl .lr.m on *» r™"T ^ ^° , „„„ jiffieu,, d.m«d to m«t thtt e«. °p Sic hands of the pastor, and b«4oyala»d V«e tohim. , THE TRUE SPIRIT bF THE MINISTRY. j ' III This leads us^ to observe in the third pl^ . III. Tftis leaas u» ^^ Paul, in which the work of .Wut. *"°f » » «";^t " B«r«o« of t\»« thing. mo,.«. ■ f„^ ., .* ..mple. . "' "" X i.„t I^ L «s bwuftht bdbr. ";' !n;L^»rfo'« tl^ha,. t«,ifirf of ».« l. Jcn«l.m. »»-t of goodcheet, Paul . ">'~ „ _. ^ 1^,4 honoois Pwl'i V*- severance, tidemy anu u afflictions awaiting him. ,s bonled with DW-e^-^'-^^^tlt^oning a Di«o. com»i«i». C«tatat,of«.«fenogBno.«son^. Na„e«nwh« „^fWngto«mrtr«^t^»lU a _^ ^^ ^ ^ ^^,4 these things move me." ^ * " k'*'a ^"t^ ,4jd«- ^^mm ^'Wd •y*'>. 10 m:>' ManT«Dd unantwerabte mmc the rcitfon. which maybe wged Jor ^ j^^f^ietM deyotiou to hi. work on the part of every Chri.tun . Ttal KlBih foKtho<«ht, dlcuted by oo. c«m1 .e«(oB, which pl^ J J^Tlu* or saffeifaE in >he Lord'" work. ha. only sayed to impieM ::r^:r^» i^ rUv. .h^i «.* „nwoKby »p^i.n,. ho, .™. rr ^A. wMom of men U lbolUhn«. wUh God. P..«. in the li^of7p«r.nce which w« th. dictate of mere natoral .««n, Swd U. I^ ai« oB i John, n«« thinlting of kM, «ood by h» M«t« - ^ .t« HU shr«d foretWht "4 "''«<'"' P""^. "> *"'""*: .*r^ir^;«« thooght of »«ping dang.. : in hU d«-.tfon to kU Lori * Si,to l»t of hi. happin«». «.d ^«t of ta. M«iter. SvIJS^" cont'dictonr ownworf. «.d malt. ^^'{<^' r^,!":^" „p aK gilt of God that U in ».. ».d p.»ch w.* h«»t tMnn, let tt» «" »P "■ » discoune of sin and salvation, the . »d ««1 M wdl a. with our l.p», ^ v'i Tree, our best effort, must fid) S^^l^^ much more doe. it t,««cend «.y sutanent in w«* Ul. ?~ ^? ^^- k t-n. ihc heUevine heart " paSMth all understanding, jr- Sf ,;:rof SS:*ho'*Jrur Howin^ad«...te, .h». .he^^ Cr^rT^ SSTtnTSid '^^^Z. and of warning B|*«^ Pm4 ,peak. ol ■^™« ' ^ _^j^ i, .Gospel worth „„r,au Mt MHl day "*«««»• ^"|^ go tht noble army of nS^^"* ^ 'i?;S^tS^ t^- ^ *i day. of 6« »a SS^- .^^:;^for it to the death. No U^ <* ^ •"• "'■' ii" ' - f ' ^^ it, «»» w^ idth jeall vigilance guard the Wbod-bought heritage of P'"'"^"* «^ 'which they so nobly won. and of which we are the inheritor, ""f 8«^^ iudas bargained with the chief priests regarding the betrayal of the Savkmr ^rsaW-^' What will ye give me and I will deliver H m unto you ? ^ Our lo has fallen on timL in which the spirit of poliUcal ParUj-sWpJ^^ wking the same question, and in its straits ^d struggles wouW. JuAu Hke barter to the old traditional foe our heritage of ^'^'^^^^^^ i„d thrstrange coincidence has been brought about that the Pi at« «d HerodsofcontendingpoUticalpartie.,formerlyatenmitjramongthem^^^^^ , have been vying with each other as to which ^-^\-^^'''^^. heartv in the same agreement. At such a crisis a spint of stem unbettd S^7rindp'e is need^^^ a PO^cy of truckling polU^^xp^-^^ A^t bit by bit would surrender what our ancestors bled and died for. If S^'c^^uL^n of our country is so faulty and un-Briti*«toprovid^^^ otL way for aggression on our Protestant rights and liberties. th« be it kTwrfhaUh^ rights and liberties are dearer to us than Whrthose who l^ve God out of the reckoning and forecast the fatote ^^"tS^SJl outlook exclusively., and when the f;^«;^^^^^ h«uted pit out to us that formiaable and ~»P»»^'f* ^™^?^^ STi^y^hopeful advance.beitourstoreplyin aspmt of srtf^forg^ i^oZ to dSty and to God-" None of these thmgs move me. ndthii ^:t^^':z^'^ .eroic ^^^^x"^ togi»ethecld«f.j1«ceto,,^ THB HIGHEST OF ALL MOTIVES, .Bd the mort pow«rfal.f Jl «pm.»t*-Ae ^«' *«.^'*f "* ^j^^^ ■t.-*fl '/'.a X3 •" * ', ♦ / ' ™v — K... ItanAfch il laiinfal wid tiying to eniow. ^Hta-dl '*».'?,*"f'wiCbJngthi.To.Ch.Ut." Who. « «ert«itli """'""'' ""^.^net «. temmhet how he, when „H»»lion we were enUlied •<> "■P»'"^'« ,. „, (tod the wine.p«»t t^ by hi. Iriend^ ".t' ' w« l^ ^* hto." N.,. to «.ditk« j„^ «d of the people theie "» ''°"« " ™ide . eune for «. He S:.-.^ thoverillet " «~-^' *".S^^ Father, »d .hough he „a«rf j«aicW '«'^""'" ™ *'S ,tat held hio. tm..fixed to the captained not ■>'*« 'If "" "'Xj'^.fci terrible con.cio«»e» of^hrt .coined nee, yet he **""/''' p^l^u, ^.t Thou fooadten Me?" *-^' ""^ ""'itJ^L^I.rMheto.hh„«.m.ytodeedh. The d«kne« that '«*',f ,^,f^ "^ ,o her .ufering Lori. « Ae ; , «™ded u mote nataie . tnbule <" "''T*^ . „„, , but to a deeper :^ the black Hl<^-7™:Su"o ^..^rhono, ^f great darku.» {ton. it •""P"*?!"'', „f fh"„^ering Satiour, when His «»d «• |r- i^rf. .» .ff«i.« for «•! '""^ ™*^' rrfthen -a. the ptnaUy of a \f »B«tog. Th«. WM the m^y "^^."^ ,„ ,„ ,h. ..iug of d«..h k ; .ridated Uw exacted of the peat SuMUtu ^^ HimseU-then ,.fc-« .wav in the putting away ot sin ny we ■• !»«• away in w« F • ^ ,,, „{ CI,,,,,. ,«. 0» d»th of de. h effl«nrfto ^^ ,„.,„„,rf, t^use it waaim- f Bothnia not all. ™'T „i,,„„a,|ifc,„fwhlchHi««tyenemles 'r p.-lbleHedK«ldbehoM«.ofrt. H«rB«nl . ^ ^. 1 " :Xg«a»*«* Hi. tomb, » ^'"*" ^.^'l.da,. .ample and pled*, XSU wa. life on the <>*""*' "fJCi^Hy « ptt« »«• «•« ^ ^.«u AndHei9»ve'».e^^H«^ ^^^,b,.^tt, ,«,di«a, •»*~»':^?","urrf^ofthel»ayofChrU., UUwe fc, ft. work of the r"?T;*'fiSh IXf the knowledge of the Son of 'iibomiding in the work of the l-ora, ioii»i» ll Bot in win in the Lord." H • isl-P^^ilrtfS^i^'«.'«-^ ■"- " ?y n •■its