Show am And nd no man t keth this honor unto himself but Jut he be that Is called ot of God as aJ was Aaron Heb v 4 That text wa one moro more cause of ot In Inquiry inquiry by the tho Teachers association They struggled d with It In vain ain aln Five prominent took different views One venerable expounder read troJA Leviticus viII by WRY way ot of explanation explanation explanation to thov ow how Aaron was anoint anointed ed find prepared for his hili hi priesthood and then the conclusion was reached by the tho claSs elas leader that the of or Christ wore not allIed na lid Aaron was M That was vas tantamount lant to 10 a denial of ot the doc doe doctrine doctrine trine In tho the text quoted above But Dul the disputants did not seem to distinguish Sh the difference between Aarons atOl coil call to tl the priesthood and his hl anointing awl ami ordination GOt God told Moses hoses toa II to 10 take tako Aaron amt anil an his hll sons none to minister In the priests office omee See te Ex 1 They were thus thul celled called by divine revelation through Motes Moi M who stood lood at al the th heal head of at Israel Jamel The manner of their anointing and end style ot of their were another matter Now sow how hon were re the ha to chosen Moren Christ called coiled them under direction from the Father He lie ordained and conferred upon them thim the same sane author authority authorIty authority ity that lie He held They The were rere called as A was mil Aaron Aeron aron tb the Presbyterians to toMM MM tilt contrary notwithstanding See x also allO IS After Alter Christs n when ben Paul was rae called to the ministry the Holy Ghost revealed to the tM prophets In the Church at Anti Antl Antioch och that lie He and Barnabas were cre to be b separated Ber for tor the work Irk whereunto the tho Lord had called them When these authorities had fasted tasted and prayed they laid their hands on them and tent tnt them away Acts xIII M 14 1 In the same manner the Apostles and those similarly authorIzed authorised ordained Elders In every church and I nd city elty whore where ro Yera bodles of saints Acts Acta 23 Titus THUS i n r 0 The Tho Teachers wern vero also In a n fog fag about the priesthood I and were vere puzzled over the brief history of ot the priest of that unmet name In Hebrews H browl t It Verse Verge three reads thus thue Without father without mother molher without descent having neither begin beginning ning of ot days nor end of at life lIro but mada like Ilka unto the fh Son Hon of ot God Goti a n priest continually continua II III I Having no other othor guide gul e but the th dead letter of pt writings many centuries old the Teachers Teacher were werl In n a quandary about this So ao they went oft art In a n tangent about tho the Mormons affirming that they have havo no mote moro standing on Mel than on Aaron as though that explained tho the mystery or pr lI ded anything to t support lI their own assumption Ion tion of ot authority In of ot the Injunction that they the must mut mu t not as sumo It unless culled called of ot God Gd as liS O was Aaron AGron The Doctrine Po and Covenants which they tho d as n a enk and flabby on this point also tho the Book llo k of ot Mor Mormon M r mon men make inako It clear that the tho sayings In res about referred to the tho priesthood hood he held and not mere merely Iy ly to tho the man who wh was wall King mn of ot Sa Ba Salem Salem Batern lem tern and lI d tle t of ot tho the Most Moat High God GodIt GodIt It wal distinguished wa from the tho priest priesthood hood hoO 1 of or Anton Aaron In the tho mention mentioned ed ell because the latter was continued by descent and was ns for tor or time w tho the former t Id io not conferred d because of par parentage parentage en and is Ja eternal The bewildered teachers claimed that all priesthood ended In Christ That was Willi Intended as n a settler to the testimony testimony testimony mony of the Mormons lIrmon which Is that Joseph Smith received the tho priesthood from front John J hn the Baptist the priesthood James and John each of ot those worth worthies los ies Ie appearing as 08 ministering ring angels lint But Is It stated In Hebrews Hebrew that those thoss were cere ended at that period 7 Let Lct us Ui u see seel For l or the priesthood being changed there thero Is made of ot necessity a Il change al also alaO alO so aO O of ot the law Heb vII 12 13 A change chano chan e Is I ono one thing thinK abolition Is ta I nn an another other othor anti and different thing Christ was called of at God Clod a 1 priest after acter tho the order ardor of at He Ito called tho Arcs Aos A oll ties to tho the name authority that He lie hold held saying hAs 4 As my Father 1 t sent me even evenso so send I you o cJohn John 22 Also AIo lo Yo have havo not chosen mo ma but I have hae chosen you and ordained you Ac c Jno xv X 18 16 He lIe gave them the keys so that they could proceed with the work York assigned them as ills Apostles and High Priests The lesser author authority authorIty ity Was as also In the Church h as nil Bohle of ot KB it ministers could baptize but could not lay In on hands to import Impart the Holy Ghost See Sea Acts vill viii Now row the tho fact remains that author authority its ity It to administer In the tho name n of at Deity which belongs belonis to priesthood and Is Its Us essence Is s not given to man except In Inthe tho the way stated d In Hebrews V C 5 i 6 0 Whether the Mormons have It or not ot will wll not help the case coso of ot the Presby Presbyterian titian terian Teachers who attack us They do not believe In Divine revelation In modern times but deny It emphatically ly I In their Confession of ot There Thero Therefore Therefore fore tore none of ot them hem can be called Of or as was waB Aaron They havo hio no oracle like Moses or Apostle hiko Peter James or John Such authority As lis they the do claim ran can I he bo traced right back to the tho th h church which hl h cut oft off the on whom they thoy depend In the Presbytery and who If It they had anything at all oil held only that which they the received from the church which they the denounce as os apostate and vile They are utterly destitute of ot right to act In the name namo of the tho Lord by their own showing hawing and that of ot the Scriptures on which they entirely depend for tor light tight lighte We e have havo not space to continue the matter flintier further except to cite the words of ot the Apostle Paul concerning their class Ever er learning and never able to come to a B knowledge of ot tho the truth Having a n torm of godliness but deny lag ing In the power lower thereof th from tram such auch turn Tim III Ill 57 G 5 7 |