| Show ministerial qualifications the presbyterian ministerial erial union has ba been discussing the qualifications or a good minister among others which it was waa agreed that he should v were good healtha be altha good education a genial disposition and good common sense it was wai also decided that he must be a this thia declaration might seem to be wholly superfluous were it not for the fact that some ministers mini aters and denominations denomination a who are commonly wagged as christians christiana are decidedly anti christian in that they deny the divinity of christ arid the fact of hla his infinite atonement hence the necessary qualification ol of a christian minister himself being a by accepting the divine character of joann as ai the son of god lor for ministers whatever the profession they make if they deny thle this getting up christ merely as a prominent reformer among men are a an thoroughly anti christian as aa is the pagan or the athe list A christian however does doe dolamore more amore than to merely express with his lips lipa a belief in the divine character of the redeemer and hla his work he is ie a follower in that work he receives the ordinances ordina noea of the gospel of carlat carl at suited edited to his big age anil and condition failing 1 in this thib he falls falla to be a christia chriatian Chri atlan io in the strict religious reli glona sense of that term ibbe belief in chris if he seeks repentance by decrying evil and striving to live a better life yet rejects the counsel of GOJ the baptism for the remission of woo alna at the hands banda of one having divine authority to administer that ordinance and thus bara bar the way to receiving div too loe forgiveness of sin ain by the be means meana which the lord pointed out then he be still IS ie a non lie he has refused to comply with a requirement mado made of who become the people of god he that believeth beli belie eveth voth on me the work that I 1 do ahall boball be do also alo said eaid the divine matter master he requires require a his hie people to receive the principles of faith of tince of baptism for the remission of sido and of the reception of atie holy ghost by the laying on of the hands handa of those having havink authority until those who have attained the years yeara of accountability do this talc they are not hla his people they are not members of hla his church they are non nob chriatian though not dot ngoe necea sadly arlly anti christian hence to b actually 1 a christian it to la essential for a man to receive those principles and ordinances ordinance a which make him a member of the church of jesus christ nothing less leae will suffice another qualification was waa insist ed upon at the union meeting referred to it was wae A minister min later should be called of god they are not called now as they were in the old days with the first part of this pro poel tion there will be no dispute dia it la 19 a self evident fact that a should be authorized or called by the power he be la Is to represents taking the other part of the statement men were called by the almighty lit in ancient times and a logical deduction in ie that it abey ibey the mini are not loot called now as aa they were in the old days day then they are not called of god and are not his hia ministers min latera of courses the ministerial union did not intend such a view as aa that for it was stated that when a man felt sure eure that he has boa been anointed by the holy spirit he should respond with lord here am I 1 11 1 1 but if the apostle paul Is to be believed and surely be must to be in a case like this that is ia nut a call to the ministry mio latry at all for be says that iva ni mau taketa this honor to himself but be called callad of god bod as was waa aaron 0 aaron having been bean called by revelation through the authority which the almighty recognized by comma bloat ing with directly then those not selected in a similar manner are not called of him for it would be kanj man deftly absurd to claim that the holy spirit is ii around anointing 1 people in violation of a fixed rule of that god who 1 a without variable ness DOSS or shadow of turn turnlee lne pg that would be heresy indeed tehua taking either horn of the diler dilemma arnat those who afire are not called af pf of god I 1 in n the be same manner as aa were his hie servants serva ata I 1 in olden time simply are not called ot of him at all and therefore have a no a U from him and are not irig hi glo 11 pl pel minister the lord himself left no doubt oo on this making makine a most emphatic atio declaration t i his apostles aber thereon giving them to understand tand ful fully lythe that i it was no feeling or supposed invisible anointing which they had rece received iv e d authorized authorised them to come for ward la in the ministry he did aid the calling not they bey no matter how desirous they might have been to engage in the wark possessing ruth from his father he called them meru by nv choosing and ordaining thorn them impressing the fact that that was the divine order by saying baying to them osye ye have not chosen me but I 1 have chosen youa you and ordained you should goald bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remain As expressed by th tha historian mark he ordained twelve that they should be with him iliad nd that he might send them forth to tn preach 12 thus the qualifications of ministers of the gospel of christ according accord lne t the rule and word of the great areat adt matl himself are that they must be of his hia cople people me bembera abere s of f hr his church aa t dually ally C jh r s t they alao nuat must ir be called of old gd so ab i in n days day of old like hac Z unto aaron peter john paul and all ail the rest of hla his authorized bercante Ber vanto vante then they are slowed among ims minister mini iten good health good edmea genial disposition etc all 11 aft valuable as side in performing labor required yet they are not what may mav be deemed absolute 71 ho true believer who has ha been called to the ghe work will by its ita spirit become genial and wise in his bin action his bis health may not be of the best beet yet he be may do effective iv work in the ministry and be may easy be comparatively deficient go BO for far as aa s a good education is concerned yet VMS swa sees marvelous power as a minister min later of the gospel peter the chief apostle aponti Apoe tle was a no lew less able minister because of his big lack of worldly education than was waa paul the great apostle to the gentiles who was versed in all the learning of bis big day neither wax was the look lack of a good education in ons one a qualification and the pos sefton of much learning by the other othera a cation both were true christians both were called of god both received revelation from on high being instructed ted thereby thus having the lie qualifications which made them mighty ministers of the gospel of christ 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