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( A Disoourse on the Apostolio Ministry.
v BY BET. DR. FBANCI3 WATLAND. ,
Delivered in Rochester, N. Y.j before the New
. . York Baptist Union for Ministerial Ed
ucation on July 12th, 153, .
Text, Mark 16 s 15" Go ye lnjo all the world
and preach the gospel to every creature."
CONTINUED. '
III. Bat who is thus to preach the gospel?
What would be the answer to this ques
tion, if we listened to the voice of common
humanity! When the brazen serpent was
lifted np, who was to carry the good news
throughout the camp! When the glad tid
ings of peace arrived in the city, who was
to proclaim it to his fellow-citizens? When
the news of peace with God, through the
blood of the covenant, is proclaimed to us,
who shall make it known to those perishing
in sin ? The answer in each case is, every
one. : Were no command given, the common
principles of our nature would teach us that
nothing but the grossest selfishness would
claim to be exempted from the joyful duty
of extending to others the blessing which
we have received ourselves. '
But, besides this, we have in the text the
command of Christ. "Go ye into all the
world and preach the gospel to every crea
ture and " lo ! I am with you always, even
unto the end of the world." The command
is as universal as discipleship, and it is to
continue obligatory till the Son of man shall
come. ,
. Does any one say that this command was
given only to the apostles? , It may or may
not have been so; but were they, alone in
cluded lathe obligation which it imposes I
The address at the last supper was given to
mem aione, as were many other of the in
structions of our Lord ; but were they the
only persons to whom the words spoken ap
ply? Is It affirmed that they and those whom
they should appoint are alone to preach the
word? I answer that Jesus Christ never
said so, and we have no right to add to this
any more than to any other of his command
ments. . , Bat let as see bow the apostles themselves
understood the precept. Their own narra
tive shall Inform ns. "At that time there
was a great persecution against the church
that was at Jerusalem, and they were scat
tered abroad throughout all the regions of
Judea and Samaria, except tha apostles."
" Therefore, they that were scattered abroad
went everywhere preaching the word."
Acts 8 i 1, 4. "Then they that were scat
tered abroad upon the persecution that arose
about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenice
and - Cyprus and Antioch,' preaching the
word to none but Jews only. And some of
them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene,
which, when they were come . to Antioch,
spake also to the Grecians, preaching the
Lord Jesus, And the hand of the Lord was
with them, and a great number believed and
turned to the Lord." These men were not
apostles, nor eve"n original disciples of
Christ, for they were men of Cyprus and
Cyrene. Yet they went everywhere preach
ing the Word, and in bo doing they pleased
the Master, for the Holy Spirit accompanied
their labors with the blessing from on high.
The ascended Saviour thus approved of their
conduct, and testified that their understand
ing of his last command was correct.
v If we need any farther confirmation of the
interpretation which we have given of the
precept in the text, we find it in other por
tions of our Lord's teaching. "The king
dom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a
woman took and hid in three measures of
meal until the whole was leavened." The
words here indicate the manner in which
the kingdom of Christ is to extend itself.
Leaven assimilates the whole mass to itself
by the contact of particle with particle
each particle, as soon as it is leavened, com
municating its own virtue to all the parti
cles surrounding it. So every disciple of
Christ is bound, by proclaiming Christ to
those near to him, to extend the Kingdom of
the Redeemer ; and every one who becomes
a disciple is bound to make it his chief busi
ness td disciple others.
Again, our Lord declares that every one
who believes in him shall be the means of
imparting salvation to others." " In the last
day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood
and, cried, if .any man thirst, let him come
unto me and drink. He that believeth. on
me. as the Scripture hath said, out of his
belly shall flow rivers of living water." This
he spake of the Spirit which, not the apos
tles, but they that believe on Mm should re
ceive.; Thus, as our Lord is the living foun
tain from which every believer drinks ; so
every one who has drunk of this fountain
becomes, in this secondary sense, a fountain
to all who are about him. '
So, in the message to the churches, deliv
ered by the ascended Saviour to the Apostle
John, we find these remarkable words: "I
am the root and offspring of David, and the
bright and moraine star. And the Spirit
and the Bride say, Come, and let him that
heareth say. Come, and let him that is athirst
come, and whosoever will, let him take the
water of life freely." 'v.cvav v.'
-You see, then, brethren, the nature and
duty of the church of Christ It consists of
the whole company or penitent sinners,
united to Christ by faith, animated by the
indwelling of his Holy Spirit, every one par
taking with Christ in that love of souls
which moved him to oiler np himself, and
every one laboring after his example for the
salvation of the world. This is the object
for which the believer lives, as it was the
object for which Christ lived This conse
cration of himself to Christ for this purpose
is a matter of personal obligation.? It can
not be done by deputy. V It must be done by
the man himself. He can no more delegate
it to another, than he can delegate faith, or
repentance, or prayer, or holy living. Every
disciple must be a discipler. Every indi-
viauai is leaven, ana ne must assimuaw to
himself all that comes Into contact with him.
As he himself drinks of the fountain, he
must become a fountain to his fellowmen :
otherwise, he has not drunk of the fountain
himself, v If he bear not fruit, he is cut off
as a branch, and is withered. : '
This is the first and primary duty of a dis
ciple, and to it his whole life must be con-
lormea. : xxe may , enter upon no cauiug, u
mav occupv no station, he may indulge in
no ; amusement inconsistent with this ele
mentary duty of discipleship. A revival of
religion represents a church in its normal
condition, the condition which Christ always
intended it , to maintain, y Then every be
liever makes it his great concern to call men
to repentance, not as a matter of form, but
with earnest, and moving persuasion. Ev
ery convert is inviting his former compan
ions to turn unto the Lord. But, if this
manner of life is appropriate to a revival, it
is appropriate to all times : for men are ev
erywhere and at all times sinners hastening
to the judgment seat, and they all must
perish unless they be redeemed by the blood
of Christ.
It would be easy to show that It is by in-
volving this obligation in the very elemen
tary idea of discipleship, that Christ has
provided for the universal triumph of his
church. On this depends ; the vitality of
personal religion. We can never in earnest
call men to repentance, unless we are living
holy and penitent lives ourselves. . Hence,
also arises the separation of the church from
the world, and hence the antagonism which
Christ declares most always exist between
them. Because ye are not or the world,
but I have chosen you out of the world.
therefore the world nateth you.V - It is un
der these circumstances that the church has
always gained its most signal victories, and
when these principles of duty exercise an
abiding influence over the life of every dis
ciple, the kingdoms of this world will soon
become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his
Christ. v : " '"
Sacb, then, is the privilege, and such the
doty of every disciple of Christ. It enters
into the elementary idea of discipleship,
With this every other subsequent idea must
be in harmony. No ecclesiastical system
which we form can either liberate a disciple
from this obligation, or take away his priv
ilege of thus laboring for Christ. Whatever
offices are created in the church, are created
for the purpose of enabling the disciple the
better to discharge this duty. They; are
made for the church, the church is not made
for them ; and it becomes us ever to be
watchful, lest by any error the church of
Christ be deprived of this, the mainspring
of all its efficiency. 1
I have thus far spoken of the gifts which
are common to every man of a sane mind.
Bat almost every man has some peculiar
gift, that is, some naturally bestowed means
of usefulness. ' This also he is bound in the
same manner to consecrate to the service of
theMaster. A brief allusion , to some of
these will sufficiently illustrate my meaning.
One man may be endowed with uncommon
conversational ability, so that in the ordi
nary intercourse of society he readily leads
the minds of men in any direction he choos
es. vThe disciple of Christ is not at liberty
to use this talent for the purpose of attain
ing to social pre eminence, or for the grati
fication of personal vanity; he must use it as
a means of winning souls to Christ. Beau
tiful illustrations of this form of consecra
tion of talent were seen in the lives of the
late William Wilberforce and Joseph John
Gurney. Another disciple may be endowed
with skill in the conduct of mercantile af
fairs, so that, with ease, he can accumulate
a fortune, when other men would merely
earn a subsistence. ? This talent he has no
right to employ for the purpose of hoarding
up wealth for himself, or for his children,
or of procuring the means of luxurious ex
travagance, or fashionable display. "The
lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the
pride of life are not of the Father, but of the
world." He must consecrate this gift to
God, and remember that he will be called
to account for this as for every other talent
And while such a man should abound in
almsgiving, let him be his own almoner, la
boring with his own hands, and: not the
hands of others in the work of benevolence.
Another may have been gifted with skill in
managing affairs, in arranging and carrying
forward plans for the labor of dthers, and in
guiding masses of men to right conclusions
in all matters of public concernment This
talent should be given to the cause of re
ligion and benevolence. Such men, Instead
of leaving the charge of all our benevolent
institutions to the ministry; should assume
it themselves. They can do it better than
we, and the gift was granted to them for this
very purpose. It belongs to Christ, and to
him must it be cheerfully rendered, -
These gifts to which I have referred, are
bestowed upon Christians for the general
service of the church of Christ There are
but few men who are not endowed , with
some one of them, which it Is their doty
faithfully to improve. I must, however,'
turn to those gilts which have special refer
ence to the ministry of the word. :t:.
It frequently happens that a brother en
gaged in secular business is endowed with a
talent for public speaking. On matters of
general interest he is heard by his fellow
citizens with pleasure and profit This tal
ent is more largely bestowed than we com
monly suppose ; and it would be more fre
quently observed if we desired to cultivate
and develop it Now, a disciple who is able
successfully to address men on secular sub-;
jects is surely competent to address them on
the subject in which he takes an immeas
urably greater interest This talent should
specially be offered up in sacrifice to Christ'
The voice of such brethren should pe heard
in the conference room and in the prayer-
meeting. They have no right to lay up this
talent, more than any other, in a napkin.
And still more is it incumbent on the
churches to foster and improve gifts of this
kind. Thus we arrive at the order of lay
preachers, formerly a most efficient aid in
the work of spreading the gospel ; I believe
that there are but few churches among us,
in the ordinary enjoyment of religion, who
have not much of this talent undiscovered
and unemployed. Let them search out and
improve it Every church would thus be
able to maintain out-stations, where small
congregations might be gathered, which
would, shortly grow up into churches, able
themselves to become lights to the surround
ing neighborhood. I know of but few means
by which the efficiency or our denomination
could be so much increased as by a return
to our former practice In this respect
But, besides this, it seems plainly to be the
will of Christ that some of his disciples
should addict themselves exclusively to the
ministry of the gospel. Such men are called
elders, presbyters, bishops, ministers cf the
word, or stewards of the mysteries of God.
If it b asked, under what circumstances
may a believer undertake this service ? I
answer, the New Testament, as it seems to
me, always refers to it as a calling to which
a man is moved by the Holy Ghost No one
may therefore enter the ministry, except
from the motive of solemn, conscientious
duty. If he choose it as a profession, for the
sake of worldly advantage, or that he may
enjoy a life of leisure, or be enabled the
better to pursue some favorite studies, he
has mistaken his calling. No man will ever
succeed in any undertaking, who pursues
It as a means to the attainment of something
else; least of all, when he makes a conveni
ence of the service of God in the ministry of
reconciliation.
If it be asked how a man may know that
he is called of God to this work, I answer,
the evidence seems to me to be two-fold. In
the first place, he must be conscious of a
love for the work itself, not for what in
other respects he may gain by it ; and also,
there must be impressed on his soul an abid
ing conviction, that, unless he devote him
self to this service, he can in no wise an
swer a good conscience towards God. With
the Apostle, he must be conscious that a ne
cessity is laid upon him, yea,' that a woe
rests upon him if he preach not the gospel.
He who is impressed by no such convic
tions had, I think, better pursue some other
vocation.
This is the first indication of the man's
duty. : In the next place, he must exhibit
such evidences of his call to this work as
Shall secure for him the approbation of bis
brethren! Of his own feelings, he must be'
the judge; of his qualifications, they must be
the judges. - When both he and they, after
prayerful deliberation, unite in the same
opinion, then he may conclude that he is
called of God to the ministerial office. Nei
ther cf these evidences alone is sufficient;
the union of them alone is satisfactory.
t The New Testament, I think, recognizes
two forms Of ministerial labor; that of evan
gelists and that of pastors. -" Evangelists are
specially preachers or missionaries, r Men
called to this office are endowed with pecu
liar gifts for awakening the careless, arous
ing the secure, directing the attention of
men to the subject of religion and thus
planting-churches where Christ has not been
named. The particular value of such an
order of ministers, in such a country as our
own, is, I think, apparent Many of the
f athers of the ministry in all this region, the
men who laid the foundations of your pres
ent prosperity, were for much of their time
evangelists ; and worthily did they fulfil the
ministry which they had received of the
Lord Jesus,
: Besides evangelists, the New Testament
authorizes the appointment of pastors, that
is, of ministers of the gospel placed over
particular churches. .; The calling of such a
man is not to the. cure of souls generally ;
but, first of all, Of the souls of that particu
lar people. He believes that Christ has
placed him over a separate church; from
that church he receives his support; and, for
both reasons, he is bound to devote to them
his whole service. It is his duty M.to warn
every man and teach every man, that he may
present every man perfect in Christ Jesus :
whereuntohe is to labor according to the
working that worketh in him mightily," It
h his duty to make known clearly and ex
plicitly, and with tears, the danger and guilt
of the impenitent, to arouse the conscience,
to point the inquiring soul to the Lamb of
God that taketh away the sin of the world,
to unfold the riches of divine love to the be
lieving, to guard the disciples against con
formity to the world, to stimulate them by
every holy motive to higher attainments in
piety and closer conformity to Christ, to re
claim the backslider, to counsel the tempted,
to caution the unwary, to comfort the sick,
to speak peace to the dying believer, to sug
gest to his brethren means of usefnlness, to
watch over the discipline of the church, in
all things showing himself a pattern of good
works, and ever doing the same work which'
he urges upon them. He is to labor pub
licly, nolding up the cross of Christ before
his people on the Sabbath, and on all occa
sions when he can collect them to hear his
message. Wherever he calls them to assem
ble, he should meet with them. He will ac
complish but little by urging them to leave
their secular business for a meeting for
rjrayer, while he is too much occupied in
miscellaneous business to attend it himself.
Bat, besides this, he mast follow them to 1
their homes, and press upon them individ
ually the claims of the Most High. With
Paul, he must ' teach publicly, and from
house to house, 1 testifying repentance to
wards Uod and faith towards our Lord Jesus
Christ." if he would finish his 'course with
joy, ' and at the close of his life take his
people to witness " tnat ne is pure irom tne
blood of all men." ;- My brethren, Is not this
a work great enough for any man? Can any
duty vie with it in importance ? Doth it not
then become us " to give ourselves wholly
to it, that our profiting may appear to all" ?
Can we have any excuse before God if we
fritter away our fives in miscellaneous busi
ness, and give to the work of God the mere
shreds and clippings of Our time?
You see, then, the means which the Sa
viour has nrovided for the universal triumph
Of his kingdom upon earth. He requires
every disciple, as soon as he becomes a par
taker of divine grace, to become a herald
of salvation to his fellowmen. He is a foun
tain from which is to flow a river of living
water. The doing of this is the test of his
discipleship. If he is a branch that bf ju ; '
not fruit, his end is to te cut off. He is "f
salt of the earth, and if the salt have l;;- t i: -savor,
wherewith shall it be salted ? It U
thenceforth good for nothing but to Le c i
out and trodden under foot of men." Sec
ondly, every disciple is bound to employ for
Christ every peculiar gift with which L,3
may have been endowed. Thirdly, every
man possessed of the gifts for the ministry,
mentioned in the New Testament, i3 Loui. 1 '
to consecrate them to Christ, either in con
nection with his secular pursuits or by da
voting his whole time to this particular ser
vice. -:
i If this be so, you see that in the church cf
Christ there is no ministerial Aste ; no claj
elevated in rank above their brethren, oa
whom devolves the discharge of the more
dignified or more honorable porticr s cf
Christian labor, while the rest of the din i
ples are to do nothing but raise the f ucd.s
necessary for their support The minister
doesthe same work that is to be donety
every other member of the body cf Cbr;: t ;
but, since he does it exclusively, he may t e
expected to do it more to edification, it i
his business to labor for the conversion cf
sinners and the sanctification of the boJy of
Christ, so is it theirs. In everything w Licli
they do as disciples, he is to be their exam
ple. I inow that we now restrict to ti e
ministrythe administration of the ordi
nances, and to this rule I think there can te
no objection. But we.all know that for HU
restriction we have no example in tLe Ne?
Testament In other respects, it ia didcult
to discover, in principle, the difference t a
tween the labors of a minister and tbor a'cf
any other disciple, in conversation, cr in a
Sabbath-school, or a Bible class, or in a con
ference room. : All are laboring to prodco
the same result, the conversion of men, and
by the same means the inculcation cf t! 3
teachings of Christ and fci3 apostles. TLa
ministry is made for the church, and cot tLo
church for the ministry. We are not Eocd
hist priests, or Mabomedan derviilies, or
members cf a papal cr any other hierarchy,
or a class above or aside from our fcretln 2,
but simply ambassadors of Chri.-,t, your Ef r
vant for Jesus' sake. The thiefest cf tLo
apostles desired no higher rank, and with it
we are abundantly satisfied.
to bi continued.
Some Lincoln Dota
Some Charlotte boys have invackJ cur
town and carried off two cf our most tccon
plished girls, which bas played cad tavee
with our choir. ; First, came Mr. Tyler D.
Haynes, and after a brilliant weddirg ia tL ?
Baptist church, , carried away Miss Bettia
Wilkie, daughUr of our senior deacon ; and
just a week later came Mr. J. J. MaiiEir,
and look away our organist. Miss Lucy Caa
ble, and left us in great distress.
f A GREAT FABCE.
I have just returned from our Union Met t
ing, which is fitly described by my mb head
above. There was not a pastor or preacLc-r
iu the Association present at the rnettirg
except the writer, and he was sick, but fcct
withstanding our ministering brethren gave
us the go-by, we had a great meeting. En'Ji
ren D.. W. Thomason and J. L. Sems can; a
to my rescue and did valiant service.
? On Sunday, Dr. It. H. GrifiKh cf
Carolina preached the dedication sernica cf
our new house at Lowell, and it was a f?: t
sermon to a thousand people. We tad tu:Ii
one of the very best houses in the county ct
this mission station of the State Board, end
we had engaged Bro, C. Durham to prcr.cL
the sermon, but he was forced to disappoint
us, and so we were very fortunate to get
Bro. Griffith.
: We had a debt of $250 on the home, and
when I asked the people to please to taLo it
off, they came up and in fifteen minul.
they gave me 273. These Gastcn county
folks are great folks any way. This is tie
second house I have built for thera ; tl.?
other at Mt Holly now has one of the tc:t
churches in it in the country.
This was the time appointed to bring up
the Centennial funds. Only two churthx
outside of my own reported any thin.':, but I
sent Bro. Boushall f 101 on Friday ni Lt.
-While it was a great meeting, it was a
great farce as a Union Meeting. I cow; "' , 1
my fellow-pastors In the Association 1
that I am done with Union Mectlr I
have never missed a meeting sicca I (
to the Association, while some of car I
ers have not been present in fifteen x
So far as my churches are concern s"
don't need it, and if the others do r ; '
it I shall not force it on them.
Let me say to any Baptist pecj b v
to attend the World's Fair, that I c 1
start with a party about the Cia
and spend days in Chicago. II a I
there, I know the city and caa t
the sights at the least possitb cr t.
already provided lodging for i". ,
all I want I will give any c t
of lowest rates and make no t
trouble. If you want to no, v .:
I leave next wed; f . t'
thence up to my old I: cr - - r '
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tions of their
them clearly e r
profitable to c'
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