yOLUME XXII. > j -
CHARLOTTE, N. C„ THPRSP»y7fEBRUARY 10,1808.
INUMBER 0
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BIBLICAL EPISCOPACY.
The Apostles Ordained Their Own Di
vine Successors.
BY BISHOP C. C, TETTEY, A. M , D. D.
LETTER SO. 4,
Brother Bioice wants me to explain
whjtrf meant when I said that the Apos
ordained their own divine successors.
I confess my great surprise at the ques
tion asked. When did they become “di
vine?” Or in his own words, “Were
these successors divine before th^y came
into the possession of the Apostles by
ordination ?”
Before attempting to reply, I would
ask were'"you (Bro. Bloice) a fit subject
to interpret God’s word and feed the
flock of Christ before you felt the divine
call to the ministry and received holy
>. orders? Or it may be possible that you
object to being divinely called to preach
the gospel. Do you believe that the
authority of God is necessary to make
valid the acts of the Christian ministry
And'if necessary, by What mode is this
authority conveyed ?
Do you believe the Church to be a di
vine institution ? Do you believe that
(rod hath committed unto us the minis
try of reconciliation ? And if sc, through
what medium has this authority been
transmitted? Are wcambassadors for
Cbrjst ? If so, by what authority are we
ambassadors? If we have not apostolic
authority, why not admit any man with
out authority to preach in our pulpits?
Do you believe that a ministry is valid
without ordination? And if not, who
should perform the ordination? One
other question, Bro. Bloice: Were there
any Christian denominations for a thou
sand years after Christ which did not
recognize Episcopacy? If so, please
nanie such denominations and locate
tneir cnurcnes.
Njow to tlie point. If you mean to ask
when they became deified as gods, 1 an
swer, at no time to my knowledge. I did
not expect such a question, not even
from an “averageschool-boy.” The Son
of God born of Mary was both Iasou and
Christos. As Iasou, he was human, sub
ject to dissolution and the infirmities of
humanity; but this Iasou was divine only
i I in his mission, for his body was divinely
J prepared and commissioned by the Fath
er to be the habitation of the Christos,
but the Christos was eternally and ex
clusively divine. It is conceded that
Iasou was divine in his commission; and
in the same seirse were the Apostles di
vine. Is this plain, Bro. BloiccV- Per
haps you understand.
Then were not those whom he com
missioned as Apostles, to go into all the
world and preach the gospel, divinely
And
ty
this
their
not
ordained and commissioned?
since He promised to be with the Apos
tles all the days ? for He says in Matt.
28:20: “Lo I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world.” Was it not
necessary for the fulfillment of these
words that the Apostles should ordain
their successors to the end of the world?
Now, if they were divinely ordained
and commissioned as Apostles, could
they not transmit to their successors di
vine authority ? And is it not most like
ly that they committed to others such
authority as they possessed? Verily
they were true successors bearing like
authority to those who commissioned
them. This is what I meant
own divine successors. If
palatable to your very classical taste,
please give us -the the benefit of your
deep research; If you simply mean to
have a war of words with me, we will
set aside Episcopacy for awhile and en
ter the battle field of word analysis.
I claim that the Christian Church is
the kingdom of God on earth, built by
Christ; for Christ said to Peter—“Upon
this rock I will build my church, and
the gates of hell shall not prevail against
it. And I will give unto thee, the keys
of the kingdom of heaven.? This means
that the Apostles and their divine sue
cessors were given power to take in or
exclude from the churcht according to
their godly judgment, thus authorizing
them to take entire control of this ehrtli
ly kingdom as the agents of God.
«ini1 -mUatsnOTfli' llinn shalt bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven; and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven.” Matt. 16:
18-i9. These are plain emphatic decla
rations of our Saviour making the
Church liis kingdom on earth, and plac
ing the Apostles as chief ministers in
charge thereof. The only way that
these passages can become mysterious is
that men posing to be learned explain
away the truth.
Eph. 2: 19-22: “Now therefore ye
are no more strangers and foreigners,
Jjut fellow citizens with 4,he saints, and
"Hhine household of God; and are built
Ripon the foundation of the Apostles and
brophets: Jesus Christ Himself being the
ihief corner-stone: In whom all the
building fitly framed together groweth
into an holy temple in the Lord: In
vhom ye also are builded together for
in-habitation of God through the Spir
ts Here we have a description of the
Jhorch or kingdom by Paul. Please
iote here the foundation of this Church
i presented by Paul to the Gentiles.
Again in Matt. 18:18 we find the same
I authority given the Apostles; and in John
HO: 23, 23 we find unlimited authority
k committed to the Apostle# as governors,
rseers and general managers of the
irch—“And when he had #aid this
(e breathed on them and saith unto to
t
them. Receive ye the Holy Ghost:j
Whosesoever si as ye remit, they are!
remitted unto them; and irhoseboever!
alas ye retail i, they are irethitfed ”
Matt.28:1!, 80, “Go ye Akwefore and
teach all Hat ions, baptizing them in the
name of the Father,-and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to
observe all hinge; whatsoever I have
commanded you: and lo, I am with you
alway, even unto the end of the world.”
See Mark 16:15-18, also Luke 24:49—
“And behold I send the promise of my
Father upor you; but tarry ye in the
city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued
with power from on high.” This was
Christs’ fina eommissson to the Apos
tles.
In the abt vc quotations we have the
foundering i »f the Church or the king
dom of God on earth and, the nature and
end of this kingdom set.forth; and the
Apostles ph ced in charge with Episco
pal authorit f with the promiseof Christ
to be with t iem to the end of the world
They, rcaliz ing the brevity of their own
lives, ordais ed their own divino succes
sors and tra nsmitted to them such au
thority as hey, themselves, possessed
regarding the government of the Church.
Read Paul’s Epistles to Timothy, Titus
and others, giving them general over
sight.
Matt-24:14: “And this gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached ia all the
world, for;, witness unto all nations;
and then shall thejmd come.” Here we
have a continuation of the kingdom un
til the end of time- It is certain beyond
a doubt tha; the Apostolic commission
as to Episcc pal oversight did not cease
with the heath of the Twelve. And
there is not a single passage in the New
Testament ndicating that this author
ity should c ease.
Romans, 10:14: “How then should they
call on him in whom they have not he
lieved ? A id how shall they believe in
him, of wL im they have not heard ?
And how shall they hear without a
preacher ? And how shall they preach
except thej bo sent ?” (or ordained to
the order of the ministry.) AVho should
ordain then, Bro. Bloice?
Before we go further, I would like to
know just vhcre Brother Bloice stands
as to Church polity. In attempting to
reply to me, he has set forth many
propositioi s and proved none of them.
He has boa stingly said that my proposi
tions were false but has not as yet
proved thjir fallacy. I presume he
thinks'7»m elf such authority that the
world wil take for granted what he
says. Mole.anon.
Newbern N. G.
CARLISLE (PA.) ITEMS.
Mr. William Chapman has been
superintendent of the A. M. E. Zion
Sabbath-school for thirty years. He
i3 the only colored contractor and
brick mason here, white and colored'
men woiking for him. He has
built more fine, costly brick houses
than any man in town. He accident*
ally fell < ff of a building a month ago
and came near getting killed. He is re
covering and His re-appearance in the
Sabbath-iichool two Sabbaths ago was
the occas on of great rejoicing. The
young ladies and gentlemen carried
out a noatly arranged program ex
tolling him for his incessant church
labors of thirty years. It was a feel
ing occasion.
Rev. W. J. Holland, the pastor,
nicely m imaged the program. Miss
Ruey Be ils made a pointed welcome
address. Mies Mary Boles sang a
fine solo. Mrs. Sarah Fisher made a
congratulatory speech.
ATT anra Frazier and Mrs.
Campbell very excellently saDg
a duett. Prof. Maxwell enthusiasti
cally ad dressed the Sabbath-school
eulogizii g the qualities of greatness
possessed by Mr. Chapman. There
were two choruses by the school.
Superinlendent Chapman, who has a
large and prosperous Sabbath-school,
was very much affected by this mani
festation of their appreciation of his
efforts a ad every one thought noth
ing could have been more appropri
ate. H3 is one of ihe strong leaders
of Zion here—has been for years.
Our revival will start the second
week in February.
BISHOP HARRIS’ APPOINTMENTS.
PASTORS AND BISHOP’S P. O. ADDRESS.
Jan 26, Ijcunberton, N C, N D King
“ 27,Wilmington, “ E B Williams
“ 30,Jacksonville, Fla, A H Evans
“ 81, ISlridge,. “ A A Marshall
Feb 2, ('range Bend “ J H Green
“ 7, B artow, “ J Alston
“ 9,1 omeland, “ W Walker
“ 11,: dyers; [if practicable] A Jackson
“ 13, Key West, “ W G Maize
“ 20, Tampa, “ W J Sanders
“ 21, seffner . “ S W Cunningham
“ 23, Wade’s “ * G B Wilson
“ 25, ELigh Springs, “ W C Cato
“ 2T, Gajnesville, “ J W Jenkin®
“ 28, Grange Heights“ JH Williams
Max 2, j annual Con, Jacksonville, Fla
THE PRICE MONUMENT.
—
quii if |)a _Tigfnflfti.—r~iihll
** mwv ',
} , . lege Relief fund.
BEV. W. B. DOUGLASS.
Mr. Editor : Please allow me to
offer some brief reflections upon a
subject that should be of much intej
est to the Connection us well as to
the race in general. Since our great
Centennial Jubilee the world knows
more of us now than ever before.
It knows more of our great men
both living and dead; more of our in
stitutions of learning and what we
have and are now doing for the ad
vancement of the race on all lines.
The name of. James Varick, as the
first great leader and founder of
Zion Methodism will never be forgot
ten as long as a spark of the holy fire
and ^eal for this great Church shall
burn in the hearts of men.
Another great leader was the im
mortal J. C. Price, the founder of
Livingstone College, one of the great
est Negro institutions in this country.
The man will be hard to find who has
done as much within the brief limits
of ten years for the upbuilding of his
race and humanity in general as the
late Dr. Price. With' his silver
tongued eloquence he electrified both
hemispheres and raised thousands of
dollars in England amd America for
the College which he [so much loved.
When Bishop Hood and others
presented to him this institution as a
lifeless corpse laid out on paper
Price spoke to it and up rose brick
buildings a living reality. Far and
near, cold or hot, night and day, for
ten years, his ringing voice could be
heard in behalf of Livingstone College
and the elevation of his race. More than
once he received lucrative appoint
ments from the national government
fi^m which he could have heaped up
for himself much riches; but with a
deepei and wider love for the eleva
tion of his race, he. refused them all
in order to build an institution of
learning that thousands of bis race
with poor minds might go and be
come enriched. For this he labored
until his death, and thousands to-day
are being blessed by the labors of
jthis great and good man.
Now I believe that there are
thousands in the Church of his choice
and of the race at large who are only
awaiting an opportunity to do some
thing to perpetuate the name of this
great leader of men. In. view of these
factp, why not begin now to raise
twenty thousand dollars, out of
which to erect a suitable monument to
his memory and let the remainder,
nine or ten thousand dollars, go to re*
lieve the college of its present finan
cial embarrassment ? The college
will be twenty years old in 1902,
and why not let it go down in his
tory that in the beginning of the
twentieth century we raised twenty
thousand dollars to erect a Price
monument 20 feet high and to relieve
a college 20 years old of all financial
encumbrance ? Who is it that would
not like, in this way, to honor this great
man and espouse so wortny a cause c
I believe that if we would start
now, the proper steps being taken, and
the proper interest manifest from
bishops on down, within the next
four years, we could easily raiee the
necessary amount by the email solici
tation of 10 cents. That is putting
it in the reach of all; and no one
would hardly reluse giving that small
amount. Two hundred thousand
persons giving 10 cents would give
us the twenty thousand dollars. I
believe to raise it on the 10 cent
plan would teach our people a-much
needed lesson of what can be done by
saving 5 and 10 cents. These little
amounts run the horse and electric
street cars, and -men of great wealth
to-day began by these small savings.
If you think the idea a good one, let
us talk and write it up, and formu
late some plans upon which to oper
ate at once. Let us go to the Gener
al Conference in 1900 prepared to
give it a great boom and ev^ry body
go back full of enthusiasm to make
the plan a grand success. I believe
if we begin now by the time of
the commencement of 1902 the
necessary amount would be raised
and we all could go up from every
direction to ..that commencement to
the unveiling of a monument to one
of the greatest Negroes that ever
’ •
turn the at
ire directly_to
ve thousands
and knowing
accomplished
m&nily. ;The
is without an
gladly wel
„Out of our
>ls let us be
Such a move wou
tention of the world n
our great college and
an opportunity of seeii
more of what is bein
there for the good of
college standing as i
endowment fund wou
dome a move like tl
many Connections! at
gin as never before :$i'so nnite and
Concentrate our efforts *pon some of
them that it shall be impossible for
them to eyer share £ the sad fate
tones' University in Alabama, Let
the above plan be on flbf our twenti
eth century movemer tn, and let the
cry in 1902 go up fidin every true
Zionite and.race lover\'‘Oa to Salis
bury ! ”
Atlanta, Ga.
i f
HAVE WE FORGOTTEN DR.
PRICE If
This is an age of movement. Every
thing is moving. Thit being so, there
is a need of a movement-in the line
of memorial gratitude.
Passing through one of the parks
in one of our large cities, my atten
tion was attracted to a group of stat
ues of great men of this nation. I
examined each to see if I could see
one ereeted to the meufiory of a col
ored man; but in vain. Then my
mind ran back to our Price, and I
asked myself why do not we who have
sat at the feet of this modern Gamal
ieJ, ana nave been taugnt in me
school of which he v'as eo long the
honored head, erect ja monument to
his memory? I thought if Price had
been of the other jace and had done
as much for mankind as he has done
for us, long since th 3 students (if no
one else bad done it) would have had
a shaft pointing upward to that home
where the sainted m in now sits and
looks down and watches-, the doings
of those he once ioattlicied. It was
then I pledged myse! f to make the at
tempt to erect a monument to the
memory of our departed friend.
You will ask how is it to be done?
I reply, let us suppose that there have
been 2,000 students who have matric
ulated in Livingstone College. Now
let each of them givs the small sum
of $1 to the end that a monument be
reared to the memory of Livingstone’s
greatest president, and with this sum,
$2,000, we can erect a monument
that will be creditable to both the
man and the studen s. I for my part
am willing to start the list with $5.
Who will follow? Let me hear
through the Stab o:‘r otherwise, from
all the students who have ever at
ended Livingstone. Fellow students,
rally. We want to show our appre
ciation, not in words, but in deeds.
I have no fear of the name of J. C.
Price being forgotten, for as long as
Livingstone College lives and at
long as deeds of great men live, the
name of J. C. Price shall be remem
bered. But I want the students to
show their appreciation of his service
lw laavincr in marti A n. mAmnrinl that
will tell the unborn posterity of the
service of this sacrificing man that
died in the prime of life, working to
uplift fallen humanity.
Let all who favo:: this project send
me a card with their endorsement.
I am yours in gratsful remembranoe
of our Price,
i^R. F. Harvey,
A former student of Livingstone
College.
Washington, N. C. Lock Box 113.
Our first quarter which haB closed
has been very succ essful. We have
organized in the church the Helping
Hand Society, V.4 C. E., and the
Douglass Literary Society—all doing
nicely. Before Rev. G. W. Muggage
came here last September we had not
had a pastor for nearly two years.
We are now doirg finely and the
pastor is preparing to fix up the
church. We hope soon to have a visit
from our Bishop. What we have
needed so long was an intelligent
minister—one who wonld try to
bring in the young people. We have
one now. Before he came the peo
ple were scattered, We, wrote Bish
op Walters exacjtly what was needed
here and he.has sent the right man.
Please send us a few copies of the
Star
It
LIFE MORE ABUNDANT.
Some Of The >ece«sarj Conditions Be
fore One Gets Tb is Life.
A NOTABLE AD 3BK88.
[CONTINUED FgOM LAST ISSUE.]
[Opening address of Y. D. David, the
Tamil Evangelist of India, on “Round
Top,” one Bunday afternoon, at the re
cent Northfleld Conferei.ee.]
“J am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundant
ly:' John 10:10. .
“Oh !” but you say, “1 cannot feel it."
“Who told you to feel it? God says,
‘Believe it.’ Believing is not feeling,
feeling is not believing. If a belief is a
feeling, then believing cuinot be believ
ing; if a feeling is believing, feeling can
not be feeling. First yju must believe,
and the outcome of believing is feeling.
Four and three are seven; your not feel
ing it will not make it eight; it will be
seven all the days of your life. Will
you take Him at His u ord now? Say,
'God says it, I believe it. I have it.’
What does God say?” 11 ‘The Lord hath
laid on him the iniquity of us all.’ ” If
you believe this, do not look into your
heart for feeling. Believe it because
God says it. Supposj a criminal is
standing before a jud,5C. The judge
says, “John, you are free.” But John
says, “I hear what you say, but I cannot
feel it.” What would the judge say ? “I
have released you; get out.*’ But John
says, “Yes dear judge, I hear what you
say, but I do not feel released ” Hear
the judge, “You blockhead, get out; you
arc released.” His not feeling docs not
alter the fact of what the judge said to
him. And, all of a sudden, the judge
says, “Put him out; he is stupid.” And
John cries out, “Oh, I see, judge, I am
released.” And now he goes out, and he
feel*, now that he is outside, and not in
side the Court House. When did he
feel? He felt after bdieving the fact
which t.ha inHiro t.nlrl concerning him.
And this is called faith.
O, dear friend, take God at His word;
Do not make Him a liar. Tou believe
all that your tailor, tinker and milkman
say; why don’t you belisve God ? When
they tell you anything, you believe
them. 6, friend, take God at his word
just now, and the Lo:-d will bless you.
This is called “life Btci nal.” Let me re
mind you of whit I BS're said. Morality
is not life—reformation is not life
—being religious if not Kfe—con
viction of sin is not life; then what
is life? Right abo.it face—change
of heart, change of life—acknowledge
your sins—forsake you sins—take God
at His word. O! do ti ke Him.
now, what is Tna lIfe more abundant?
It is not “it;” it is Himself—the Lord
Jesus Christ HimseJ. Life means
“peace.” “Therefore, being justified by
faith, we have peace with God, through
our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Rom. 5:1.)
The life more abundant means “peace
that passeth all understanding.” “And
the peace of God, wh ch passeth all un
derstanding, shall keep your hearts and
minds through Christ Jesus.” (Phil.
4:7.) Life means “joy,” the life more
abundant mean3 “j°y unspeakable and
full of glory.” “In whom, though now
ye see Him not, yet bdlcving, ye rejoice
with joy unspeakable, and full of glory.”
(I Peter 1:8.) See th j difference? All
these things can be had m His own per
son—Jesus Christ Himself.
In His fulness He is like a Japanese
box. At the first sight of the box you
see a found ball,but there are many balls
within. You open the first box, and
you sec another insids. You open this
and you will see another within. You
will find so many boxes inside. But, af
ter all, the Japanese box must come to
an end: but the Lord Jesus Christ is a
wonderful heavenly [box, “in whom
all fulness dwelleth. ’ “For it pleased
the Father, that iu Him should all fuL
ness dwell.” (Col. 1:10 ) “For in Him
dwelleth all the fuln< ss of the Godhead
bodily.’' (Col. 8:9.)
Ho is life—“Jesus iiaid unto her, I am
the resurrection, and the life: he that be
lievcth in me, though he were dead, yet
shall he live:’’ (John 11:25.) He‘is
strength. He is tong, ‘ Behold, God-is my
salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid,
for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength
and my song;’’ (Isa. 12:2)—He is peace.
If I were to mentior all the things one
by one, the whole Bible is in Christ.
Many have not found the secret of the
abundant life. They go to meetings and
frequent churches, l>u<, they do not go
for this one person, J esus Christ. They
go for blessings but do not go for the
Blesser; they go for nuggets of gold, but
do not go for the Gold Mine: they go for
fruits and flowers, b it do not go for the
Tree; they go for money, but dj not go
for the Banker.
But how can I express' this life more
abundant, the Lord Jesus? All fulness
dwelleth in Him. Uince all fulness is
there, outside of Ch-ist all is emptiness;
yon cannot find the same fulness in two
places. Not only is Ho full, but He
“flllclh all in’all.” (EpB. 1:38.) *
Eight ye^rs aj$o I found, (At* life more
abundant. For eleven yedip previous
iB I he wild^
I was wandering
ing possessed only
The abundant
ness, bav
th^tto’ in Chfist.
Scans glorious life.
not chosen me, bat I have chosen you,
and ordianed you that ye should go and
bring forth fiuit.”(John!5:16:)-<<r<m^ life,
“I can do all things through Christ, which
strengtheneth me.*’ (Phil. 4:13:)—prairin#
life, “In whom though now ye see Him
not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy un
speakable, ana full of glory.’’ (I Peter
1:8.) Many more things I could say of
this wonderful life, but I am not going
to give full details of the life more
abundant now; but I want to tell you—
all fulness is in Him. Those who have
Him, have all; for everything is in
Christ. “Where there is neither Greek
nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircum
cision, Barbarian. Scythian, bond nor
free, but Christ is all, and in all.’’ (Co).
8:11.)
How the next question is,
WHAT ARB SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL CON
DITIONS
before you get this life more abundant?
Three things are necessary:
1. Truth in the inward parte. “Be
hold Thou desiceth truth in the inward
parts.” (Psalm 51:6.) You are attend
ing many meetings, you hear many
truths, you say, “Very good—nicely put
—well explained—grand man he is—
wonderful preacher.” O, dear friends,
this will all end in smoke unless you are
honest! Honesty is the best policy.
God wants honest people; if you are not
honest, you will get no blessing. God
points out many things in your life but
you do not like to be honest—you. like to
have a convenient; religion—a goody
goody religion. You do not care about
straightforward talk. You do not listen
to straightforward talk because you are
not honebt. I never found that a single
dishonest man was ever blessed. God
wants honest people. If you arc not
willing to be honest, it would be better
for you to hold your peace and never
ask God for this life, for it is simply a
mockery. Have a definite transaction
with God; do not play with God or mock
Him. When God speakS to you, be hon
est with Him; let Him deal with you.
Do not be afraid of His touching your
heart; do not be afraid of the light.
Un fa a wrnnHorfnl Hnctnr TTp ia nnt
like the doctors who want to feel you all
over before they understand the case.
The Lord Jesus Christ can put His fin
ger on the right spot at once to make
you smart. O, friends, be honest with
God about your condition. God finds
comparatively few people who are hon
est with Him, and that is why thousands
of people go to conferences and return
home as bad as they went. The reason
is—not because the Lord did not speak
to them—not becauao'the preachers were
not plain with them; but because they
did not want to be honest with God.
They wanted to yield something and
keep back something when He told them
to yield all*
2. Expect great things only from God
"My soul, wait thou only upon God; for
my expectation is from Him.” (Psalm
02:5.) Expectation must be only from
God—not from any man. Do not see
your preacher—do not praise a man—do
not talk much about a man—do not call
a man wonderful. You will be sadly
disappointed; you are to have your ex
pectations only from Him. My friends.
I want you to gi^e very good attention
to this point. If you expect anything
from a man, you will be disappointed,
and it will serve you right. Don’t
praise man, but expect great thiDgs only
from God.
3. Obedience. This is the most impor
tant point if you want to find the life
more abundant. “And we are His wit
nesses of these things; and so is also the
Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to
them that obey Him.” (Acts 5:32.) O,
would you like to obey God ? You must
come down—pride of life, position
strength, wealth and reputation—all
must come down. Obey in all these
points. "Obedience is better than sacri
fice.” If you don’t like to obey, it is
better for you to blamo yourself and not
g;et a blessing from God. Do not tliinfe
you know much„ but know enough tc
obey. On what twig are you perching 1
Come down from your twig. Ton may
bo a clergyman, you may belong to the
laity—you may be a teacher, evangelist
preacher—whoever you may be, listen tc
God, and come down—obey. If you do
not obey, you are simply mocking God
The Lord knows all the nooks and cor
ners of your heart. You cannot keej
one thing from Him: If you are nol
obedient, do not blame anybody else af
terwards if you do not get a blessing:
you have to blame yourself. God has
spoken to thousands and thousands 01
people , before this, but they have nol
found any blessing, because they die
not obey. Zaccheus was lodging himsel
upon a twig, and Christ said, “Zacche
us, make haste and come down.” Hi
obeyed; he made haste and came down
and found life eternal—and lifo mori
abundant too. “And when Jesus cam<
to the place, ho looked up, and saw him
and said ante him, Zaccheus, make haste
and oome down; for to-day I must abidi
at thy house.” “And he made haste, an<
came down, and received him joyfully.’
(Luke lfi 5,0 ) I know a lady who had
been to the conference at Keswick four
teen times, and she was not any better
She came to me and said, “Well! broth
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BIBLICAL' EPISCOPACY.
EpUcopaej By Implication The Gist Of
Tie Bishop’s i Article*.
BT HBV. JSO. A.^D.. sLotCS.
Dear Ed.tor: A careful review Mid
critical analysis of t^ie Bishop's ant-,
cles, expla lafce&y and defeistve of bii
Episcopal .heory, would reduce them to
this headi ijp V“Episcopaey by implica
tion.” ' " '
His argument based pn John 20:21 and
Matt 18: 13, where h4 sees. Episcopacy
without a doubt in the breathing of the
Spirit upon and the giving of the “keys’*
to the disciples by Christ, may, by part*
ty of reasoning, be applied to the Presi
dent of the United Stales, who, having
received ti e suffrage dt the people ana
the “keys” of the government, may also
be termed de jure as well as de faeto the
Bishop of the- United: States. By the
same parity of reasoning; a man who b
selected as a steward and given the
“keys” of the larder, may be considered
not only a? the Steward, but as the Bish
op of said larder. By the same parity
of reasoni ng, the little school-boy who
is appointed by a farmfer to shepherd bis
flock, and to whom is given . thto “keys”
of the sheopfeld to lock and to open at
bis good will, may also be considered
not only as the shepherd, but as the
Bishop of the sheep. This is indeed
logical E piscopacy! - It is just this
sort of Episcopacy to which Bishop Pe
ter (?) refers in 1 Peter 4:15. “Bqt let
none of you suffer as a
er, or ss a thief, or as. vsl evil
doer, oi as a busybody— “allot
riepiscopos”—a bishop over other men’s
matter*. t
This peculiar Episcopacy may be seen
in every ::eaponsible Situation in life.
But I wor ld remind the Bishop that it is
not this kind of Episcopacy in question.
The Bit.hop seems to see great signifi
cance in the use of the< word translated
in our authorized version “ordained”
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which is loand in Acts 1.22. He says,
“Peter dees not simply want this officer
to be elected, but says that he must be
ordained." Did the Bishop consult his
Orcek Testament before he read the ,
Episcopal element into that word? If
so, let him turn again, and see the' word
translated “ordained’’ by our authorised
version. See Acts 1:28. The Greek
word translated “ordained” is simply
“genesthai,” which means to become.
If the Bhhop has not a Greek Testament
let him tiirn to the Hfcfised TlffifCh"
where he will see it translated. What
will the Itishop now say about this bul
wark of his defense guarded by the
word “ordained 1” ‘‘Brother Bloke;
please ro^d again the'22nd verse Just
quoted,” plight be changed to, “Bishop
Pettey, jilease read again, with your
Greek Testament, the 22nd verse you
have quoted.” Don’t depend on your
English Version. Get back to the origb
nal and realize the whole truth. The
want of Textual investigation has made
many a man unorthodox in expression,
while orthodox inspirit.
The reference to the question of cir
cumcision in Acts. 15 has been so fully
explained in my former article, that it is
needless for me to say anything further
on it. I would simply advise the Blsh
ap to read Acta. 15, and especially the
first verse, in the light of Galatians 1
I would also suggest that he turn to
Galatians 2:11-14 and see how BiShop
Peter, tc. whom was given the “keys,”
tremblec in the presence of those “mi*
in lower rrders as evangelists, deacons etc'
when Aiey saw him moving freely
among the uncircumcised Gentiles of
Antioch. Paul who bad no “keys” giv
en him Inade him stand his ground, kind
saved him from a disgraceful humilia
tion.
Tire oblong figure in the Bishop’s #ec
ond article, which looks like a circle
elongated at two ends, is a fine diagram
of ttfe style of argument used by High
Churchmen in sustaining their theory
of Episcopacy and Apostolic succession
Argument in an oblong circle 1!
A tlantic City, If. J.
m
Oar church is on a boom as never
kaf/tr*-. ca uv tba nldoii mAmhdin.
We cat not seat the people. We have
had 13 accessions. Mrs. Maggjt
Banks, Bishop Hood’s daughter, n
one of .he accessions. Mr._ 1. King
and l^iss Dora Gibson were mailed
recent] y, we performing the ceremo
ny. i Lira. Maggie Banks lost her in
fant child the-8th ult. We conduct
ed the funeral. Miss Gertrude Hood
is visiting her Bister here.—-A. Mo
Leee, pastor, Winston, N. 0.
Fqpia time immemorialswoinan Ipa
been it subject for voice and pen.
Volumes have been written about
her. '[ do believe she is the grandest
thing that God has given to mao.
Godfw our father. Eighteen years
ago# found hope in Christ under the
preeebiBg of Elders Murphy and D.
J. Adams who were my pastors. El
der Adams told me to work for G|d
ami Hie Church. I am going to and
fro'thiough Ike District working for
woHrad' np to the
ie the annual
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