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A Discourse on the Apostolic Ministry. .
BY REV. DR. FRANCIS WAYLAND.
Delivered in Rochester, N. Y., before the New
York Baptist Union for Ministerial Ed
ucation on July 12th, 1553, . ,
Text, Mark 16 j 15" Go ye into alt the world
and preach the gospel to every creature."
These words, tittered by the Son of God, a
few moments before his ascension, contain
the last precept which he ever delivered to
his disciples. They constitute the commis
sion under which we labor to extend the
reign of the Messiah ; and they furnish the
assurance on which we rely, that the king
doms of this world shall become the king
doms of our God and of his Christ. A proper
understanding of the text must therefore
convey important instruction on the nature
and duties of the Christian ministry.
The precept in the text is, 44 Go ye into all
the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature." '-'-'':f - ': ' 'V ,
I. What is this gospel which are here
commanded to preach ? The gospel is good
news. What good news are .we then com
missioned to proclaim ?
In order to answer this question, let us
f.Ir.uca at the moral condition of those to
wl era the gospel is eot.
la Hi I ;!nnix:j, God created man in his
own ii::: '), with a raoral constitution per
f.i'Jv f :-kJ to a holy lifo, and placcJ be
fore him every motive which should Impel a
moral agent to a course of spotless virtue.
The law under which we were created was
holy and just and good. The probation as
signed to us was. however, wholly subjected
to the principle of law. Its conditions were
two : first, the man that doeth these things
shall live by them ; and secondly, cursed is
every man that continueth not in all things
written la the book of the law to do them.
Through the abounding erace of God. eter
nal life was promised as the reward of obe
dience, and on the other hand, disobedience
to the law, or, rebellion against the moral
government of the universe, was punishable
wun eternal deatn, banishment from the
presence of God, misery everlasting. Under
our first. probation no provision was made
for pardon, and therefore no hope was offered
to the guilty. , Everything was to be gained
by perfect obedience, everything was to be
lost by a single transgression.
Such were the moral conditions under
which we were originally created. - But our
nrst parents sinned, and by one man s dis
obedience1 the many were made sinners."
Without inquiring here into the manner in
which his posterity are affected by the fall
ui ttuam, ii, ia ttiuucienn ..tauBiaie. loo jacs,
that, from the date of the first transgression
there has not been "a just man on earth who
has not Binned." The moral blight fell upon
all born of woman. The whole race became
rebels against God. 44 They did not like to
retain him in their knowledge," and pre
ferred to live in open defiance of his author
ity. " The thoughts of their heart became
evil, only evil continually." Sin became the
irrevocable habit of man. Though impelled
by the constitution of his nature to worship
something, he chose to worship birds and
four footed beasts and creeping things, nay
the work of his own hands, rather than
" God over all who is blessed forevermore."
41 The earth was filled with violence" and
steeped in pollution. In every single indi
vidual of our race, unrenewed by the Spirit
of God, evil tendency assumed the form of
fixed and unalterable habit, and thus every
man was making himself meet for eternal
banishment from all that is holy ; while at
the same time, he was "treasuring up unto
himself wrath against the day of wrath and
revelation of the righteous judgment of
God."
The conditions of the probation under
which we were created having thus been
universally violated, nothing remained but
for the law to take its course. By the deeds
of the law could no man be justified,' for we
had broken the law during our whole exist
ence. We were thus all under condemna
tion. The law contained no provision for
pardon. Sentence had been passed upon us,
and we were awaiting the day of its execu
tion. Earth had become a mere suburb of
hell, into which death was commissioned to
sweep the myriads of our race, from the first
sinner, Adam, to the last of his sin-smitten
posterity.
But though all was lost, the compassions
of God were not exhausted, and he did not
leave us to perish without hope. The terms
of our first probation having been violated,
eternal life on the principles under which
we were originally created, was impossible.
It pleased our Father in heaven to offer us a
second probation on infinitely more favora
ble conditions, so that although we had
"sinned and come short t of the glory of
God," we might be "freely justified by his
grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus." But before this new proba
tion could be offered to us, it was necessary
that the law which we had broken should be
magnified and made honorable. It must be
perfectly and triumphantly obeyed by a be
ing in our nature, and yet one who by his
own nature was not under the law of hu
manity. No other being than the Son of
God himself was competent to assume the
work of our redemption, and our "help was
laid upon one that was mighty." "God so
loved the world that he gave his only be
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him
Bhonid not perish, but have everlasting life."
" In the fulness of time God sent forth his
Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
to redeem them that were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption of sons."
The Messiah fulfilled every requirement of
the law in our stead, and, 44 as by the diso
bedience or one me many were maua Din
ners, so by the obedience of one the many
were made righteous.' He Buffered what
ever was necessary to redeem us from the
curse of the law. He died for our offences,
and offered himself without spot to God in
our stead. His offering was accepted, and,
to assure usxf its acceptance, he was raised
from the dead. Having finished the work
that had been given him to do, he ascended
to 44 the glory which he had with the Father
before the world wa3." Having 44 humbled
himself, and became obedient to death, the
death of the cross, God hath highly exalted
him and given him a name above every
name, thit at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of things in heaven and of
things on earth, that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory
of God the Father."
Bv this interposition of the Son of God on
our behalf, the destiny of man was changed.
A new probation, on more lavoraoie condi
tions was granted us. By the conditions of
the former probation we were doomed to
despair in consequence of a single trans
gression. Now, through the righteousness
of Christ, though guilty of innumerable sins,
we may bo accepted through the beloved.
440od is well rlered. for lua n-Ltousne'
. t 1 . .3
saiiS, lor to cam ci,-.r.u.ea vuo uw ..
made it honorable." Oa tlia r.c.-.t merciful
conditions, repentance for sin and faith in
the Lord Jesus Christ, every child of Adam
may be pardoned, justified, sanctified and
raised to a higher glory than that which he
had lost by his own transgression. Hence
forth the gate of heaven stands as wide open
for all born of woman as the gate of hell.'
The change in our condition is rsuch as the
imagination of man could never have con
ceived. It is a change from darkness to
light, from death to life, from pollution to
purity, from a dwelling forever in hell with
the spirits of the damned, to 4 'an inheritance
incorruptible, undefiled and that fadeth not
away, reserved in heaven for those who are
kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation." ' . ' . . .;
Every one must at once perceive that this
is the great event in the history of our
........ . 1 a r-L ..1 !iL fi. 1 A. A 1
woriq. compared wun is, woai are me rev
olutions of nations, what the deliverance of
peoples from bondage, what the progress of
man from ignorance to knowledge, tand from
barbarism to civilization 1 Nay, could we
combine in one event all the most stupen
dous social changes Which the world has
ever seen, they would all be lighter than the
dust of the balance, in comparison with the
mystery of Christ and him crucified. This
is the goo'd news spoken of in the text.'
II. Let us in the next place inquire what
is meant by preaching the gospel.
The word preach in the New Testament
has a meaning different from that which at
present commonly attaches to it We un
derstand by it the delivery of an oration, or
discourse, on a particular theme, connected
more or less closely with religion. It may
be the discussion of a doctrine, an exegeticaJ
essay, a dissertation on social virtues or
vices, as well -as a persuasive unfolding of
the teaching of the Holy Ghost. No such
general idea was intended by the word as it
& used by the writers of the New Testa
ment The woids translated preach in our
version are two. The one signifies simply
to herald, to announce, to proclaim, to pub
lish ; the other, with this general idea, com
bines the notion of good tidings; and means,
to publish, or be the messenger of gocd
news. From what I have already said of
the nature of the gospel message, it is evi
dent that no other idea would to well have
corresponded with the facts of the case. A
great and unexpected change had been
wrought in the condition of humanity. Our
whole race had been, by a most astonishing
act of grace, redeemed from inconceivable
misery. They, however, remained ignorant
both of their danger and of their deliverance
The knowledge of this act of infinite love
had been communicated to a few men who
had availed themselves of the gracious con
ditions of the new covenant, and had conse
crated their whole being henceforth to their
Redeemer. The rest of the world was wrapt
in Egyptian darkness. Mankind still con
tinued under the curse of the law, and were
Sassing by millions to receive in everlasting
espair the just demerit of their transgres
sions. The command was, go abroad every
where, proclaim to every creature the news
of redemption ; tell them of the love of God
in Christ Jesus. All things are now ready,
bid them come and welcome to the marriage
supper of the Lamb .. . .
When the Israelites were bitten by the
fiery flying serpents, and the bite was inev
itably fatal, Moses was directed to sit up a
brazen serpent, with the assurance that who
soever that had been bitten, looked upon it,
should be healed. : You can imagine how
the first man who had felt its saving efficacy
flew to communicate the news to his breth
ren, and urged them to avail themselves of
the remedy which tad delivered him from
death. Every man who was healed became
immediately a herald of the glad tidings to
others. Every one who was saved became
a publisher of the salvation, or, in other
words, & preacher, until in a few minutes
the news spread throughout the encamp
ment, and in this sense every tribe was evan
gelized. :' .v'--1- WW :-w; 'i-i
Allow me to illustrate the meaning of this
term, as used by our Lord, by an occurrence
of which I was an eye-witness. It so chanced
that at the close of the last war with Great
Britain, I was temporarily a resident of the
city of New York. The prospects of the na
tion were shrouded in gloom. We had been
for two or three years at war with the might
iest nation on earth, and, as she had now
concluded a peace with the continent of Eu
rope, we were obliged to cope with her single-
handed. Our harbors were blockaded. Com
munication, coast-wise, between our ports
was cut off. Our ships 'were rotting in ev
ery creek and cove where they could find a
place of security.- Our immense annual pro
ducts were moulding in our warehouses.
The sources of profitable labor were dried
up. Our currency was reduced to irredeem
able paper. The extreme portions of our
country were becoming hostile to each other,
and differences of political opinion were em
bittering the peace of every household. The
credit of the government was exhausted.
No one could predict when the contest
would terminate, or discover the means by
which it could much longer be protracted.
It happened that on a caturday afternoon
in February a ship was discovered in the
offing, which was supposed to be a cartel,
bringing home our commissioners at Uhent
from their unsuccessful mission. " The 6i;a
had set gloomily before any intelligence
from the vessel had reached the xity. Ex-
Eectation became painfully intense as the
ourg of darkncc3 drew on. At length
a boat reached tho wharf, announcing tha
fact that a treaty cf peace had been signed,
and wes waiting for nothis,? but the ectica
of our government to beccxae a law. .The
men on whose ears these words first fell,
rushed in breathless haste into the city, to
repeat them to their friends, shouting as
they ran through the streets, peace 1 peace !
peace ! Every one who heard the sound re
peated it From house to house, from street
to street, the news spread with electric ra
pidity. The whole city was in commotion.
Men bearing lighted torches were flying to
and fro, shoutiog like madmen, peace 1
peace ! peace 1 When the rapture had par
tially subsided, one idea occupied every
mind. But few men slept that night. In
groups they were gathered in the streets and
by the nreside, beguiling the hours of mid
night by reminding each other that the ag
ony of war was over, and that a worn-out
and distracted country was about to, enter
again upon its wonted career of prosperity.
Thus, every one becoming a herald,, the
news soon reached every man, woman and
child in the city, and in this sense, the city
was evangelized. All this you see was rea
sonable and proper. But wnen Jehovah has
offered to our world a treaty of peace, when
men doomed to hell may be raised to seats
at the right hand of God, why is not a simi
lar zeal displayed in proclaiming the good
news? Why are men pensuiDg around ns,
and no one has ever personally offered to
them salvation through a crucified Re
deemer. ""
This then is, I think, the generic idea of
f reacmng conveyed in ice J.ew xesiament.
t is the proclamation to every creature, of
the love of uoa to men through Christ Jesus.
This is the main idea. To this our Lord
adds, according to the other evangelist,
44 teaching them to observe all things what
f'oever I have commanded you." The duty
then enjoined in our Lord's last command is
two-fold : 1? irst, to invite men to avail them
selves of the offer of salvation; and, secondly,
to teach them to obey the commands of
Christ, so that they may become meet for
the kingdom of heaven. ; In so far as we do
these, we preach the gospel. When we do
anything else, it may, or it may not, be very
good; but in the sense here considered, it is
not preaching the gospel.
Hence we see that we may deliver dis
courses on subjects associated with religion,
without preaching the g03peL A discourse
is not preaching because it is delivered by a
minister, or spoken from the pulpit, or ap
pended to a text Nothing is, I think, prop
erly preaching, except the explaining the
teachings, or enforcing the commands of
Christ and his apostles. To hold forth our
own, inferences, or the inferences cf other
men, drawn from the gospel; to construct
intellectual discourses which affect not the
conscience ; to show the importance of re
ligion to the temporal well-being of men, or
the tendency of the religion of Christ to up
hold republican institutions, and a hundred
top'csof a similar character, may or may
not be well; but to do either or all of them
certainly falls short of the idea of the apos
tie, when he "determined to know nothing
among men but Jesus Christ and him cru
cified."
And moreover, the command cf Christ
supposes our appeal to be made direct! to
the consciences of men ; relying for success
177 . 1 . 7 3 . a 1 T7 7
wnoujf on me promised aiu oi me xioiy
Ghost ; Our Saviour gives no directions con
cerning any indirect or preparatory labor.
The preparation of the heart is a work which
the Lord has reserved for himself. We are
not to go about making men think well of
religion in general, with the intention of af
terwards directing them to Christ, and urg
ing them to obey God. The Son of God has
left us no directions for civilizing the hea
then, and then Christianizing them. We are
not commanded to teach schools in order to
undermine paganism, and then on its ruins
to build up Christianity. If this is our duty,
the command must be found in another gos
pel ; it is not found in the gospel of Jesus
Christ We are, at once and always, to set
before all men their sin and danger, and
point them to 44 the Lamb of God who taketh
away the sin of the world." And here I would
ask, are we not , liable to err ia these re
spects t For instance, when we profess to
preach the gospel, is it right to take as a
text the words of inspiration, and then dis
course on something which inspiration never
taught f 19 it not enough that what we say
is true; so is geometry, or chemistry, or met
aphysics ; but is it the truth which Christ
came from heaven to reveal f Again, is not
our object frequently far too low in preach
ing! Do we not sometimes preach with the
direct design merely of creating in men a
respect for religion; and of inducing them to
aid us In promoting the objects of religious
benevolence, instead of striving to make
them, by means of this very sermon, new
creatures in Christ Jesus t Do we not labor,
as it is called, to build up a good society ;
that is, to collect around us the rich and the
well conditioned, instead of laboring to 3ve
their souls from perdition t The Almighty
God sends us to make known hi3 offer of sal
vation to sinful men ; and we, instead of de
livering his message, content ourselves with
teaching them to pay a decent respect to us
and to our services. ' In the mean time, we
allow their immortal souls to go unwarned
to eternal perdition. On whose conscience
will the blood of these souls rest ?
it is the proclamation of the love cf God to
men in Christ Jesus. It may be in public
or in private, to one or to many from the
pulpit or at the fire side. Whenever we set
before men the message of mercy, and urg3
them to ol . y the commanc!:? cf Christ, 11 l
we preach the gcrpel ia cteJiesca to ti.3
precept ia tha text. -. .
. .. TO TZ CONTINUED. J
. 'A Tew Tlici:?Lt3.
BT ECATTEr-IISAD.
44 Blessed are tho" pure in Lent, f ,r t
shall see God." Hatt 5: 8. Ti ) 1 -the
scat of happiness cr rJL-cry, t v
heart is not dependent cpoa thir ex : i
and visible for its trua and so'.' 1 j y. '
one has fitly said "that the cr;:- cf t
Btreetscf Leaven are on carta." .t r
first see God here if we would wLh to t J
Li3 presence up yonder. Heaven tuc: it
tn li fnrfl tj rnn en tr it T!r t -
grand, glorious end beautiful y ; 1
with all these its eternal Hi 3 i s not 1
upon its blessed locality, t-rrci.: 1 I y
unfading beauty, bat is d? cr .l1:r.t fit
vuaracier ui uia uoa who is t.iuv, i i t
there. Our heart can iv .1,3 "alii
heaven, or a heaven cf hell."
Without this heart-clcacsirg cr j '
the sinner cannot see Cod; that U, I ve I
blessed and consoling prer f-nce here.
can he hereafter see the Kirg ia ! ' I
and enter upon the cnjoyr.:ci.t cf tl j r
beyond mortal.vision. The v.zztr ol
a deep consciousness cf Lis till j 1 :t ;
renders himself to God, acJ is n.
the. Spirit through filth to- reuha a
and holy nature whereby lo c::a t j 1 ' 1 1 -and
his God. Psalms 1: 10; A:'.3 V,:
Every child cf God Las in a i : ) t
purity of heart Eat no CLri: " a 1 ;
ceived the full mpasnrfi cf 1 ' : 5 ;
which his soul continually t'. , i
which be expects to recc iva r r I t j I I
satisfied when he 1 cr.rs ia bo Jy ri t
foul the complete likenc 3 cf t-3 1 a : 1 J
Heaven here and Lerc.fl r h a f ..II :
der of self to our Lord. C r ' l I
pinecs ccrnes when we sra v:. .. i " : f r ;
God. Oar Eoula turrcnJ. rr lit L; I '. , :
forgotten, the eye rests cyca J. v ? ; 1 1
glory with an t.ira cndivi-:i!. Ca ; .
cf the sinful body we cArry ve ---- t
as near our Lord 3 wed. ire. T sl
ren say they are bothered a poT'-;rf 1 ? "
with impure thoughts, f-J t --: ri .t V
that one with a pure 1 f :t . "1 :
mighty good thoughts. Vi:.z ' '..i I
tborhts. and we era tot r :".
thn, unless we encrtcrrge a c to :
thfta into action. The c-IJ f j, : 1
"Birds raay lighten cur l.f Ivi v. i .
not let then build their ctts t! .::?."
10 Keep tna mmj t..ea wr.a gor j i; .
Satan is not apt to tarry v. 1 i 1.7. f ' .' ;
hearts ad minC.-j erg- ;. J tl:-t c r I.
and his work. The La - py thc-rght U t!
soon all will be in blessed" harracry v. ita t
will cf our God. Our entire tti: g v-. ill
comoletelv filled with Lis Lclir':;-. f ; 1
of our powers will be fully cor,: if t: 1
his service without a rival. C! ii ." : s t
deavor to get the thought dern c! : ,; a i i j
souls that heaven here end I yc: 1 1
in beholding cur. Lord. Y.T.;t c ;
heart-rending sorrow when we 1 3 i l
our Jiaster. Glorious attract!-;-? ia I .
there will be, but the caa which v, ill f
all others is "God Lirasdf thall 1 3
them and be their Go J; thryt! .11 r.2 1
face."
" Nor earth, ror all tl t&y,
. ! - Can one doIIM a.Tord, .
Ko, not a drop of real joy.
"Without thy prow nce. Lor.i.
Tb"Ti art tlia sea of love,
- Where all my i'Jcosurs roll,
The circle -w here my r-i- iona raove,
: , And centre of my soul."
Uany are the dis2ppointrr.cr.t3cf 11.'? c
expectations of hearing the great S. : :j J: i
lecture were blasted. The night v ;
dark, so rainy, and so cold, that it v 1 t
imprudent to take . a drive cf thrc-3 1 !'
From what we couldlearn, the audi-: r c ;
small, but the lecture was got 1.
v Eev. C. W. IJatthews h prcr.ch'rg 1;.
larly at Ilulberry church in Korfoik, Va.
A blind raan, by the narae cf L';yr ;
the Second Adventist church, 1.3 t '
Eamphlet of his own composition, ii . I
e tries to prove that the world v 1 c
to an end about the year 1C0O. I T c
himself the 44 Blind Evargclist." If I '
gumenta be true, he is the wLxst 1 i :
we have ever heard cr read cf. 11?.'
isted Eastern North Carolina, tl V
we heard of him, he wr 3 ia Vir '
The resignation cf Era. Jcr if.'
N. C, took efTect on tL3 s; ; 1 :
this month. .A young I filer, 1 1. C.
will be his successor. II3 t ' 1 1'
the church in Juro.
The Whit;vill3 Grove chu;
county, H. C, H rjv.w 1 ' - r :
toral cars cf Ero. Josi a L.i" !.
It i3 Ewldora we hesr cf r I
called to the 'pastors.'. 3 cf a
which he started cut ; a
Josiah Elliott we 3 cr ' : If
cf the cospel r
llertford, l'trqui: :
- j
1814. and la tL3 je sr
pastoral care ci ?
charge ia 1E33. ; '
of the church, tl.:
Sund3y-t;L
cr-raestir; ,1
,0 lar.""' t
to have.
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