"Mighty in the Scriptures"; a memoir of Adolph Saphir - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...Romanists and Anglicans, I discard, except that I believe (iu Providence) there has been an unintemipted series of ordained Presbyters. Of course the ordained ones can ordain, and even Episcopal ordination is by the Bishop and Presbyters. The Church of Borne theory is quite mechanical, and contrary to the New Testament, and the Anglican theory is very little better. No! Presbyters ordain: if they chose to have bishops as superintendents I have no objection. But as you say, it is a large subject. Both Irvingism and Anglicanism I do hope you will utterly and radically give up. The former, I fear, is a delusion of the subtle adversary, and the latter does not keep strictly to Scripture. "Bead in the Confession of Faith Directory about ministers. It is very good. The Elders of the present day are somewhat ill-defined creatures. If new exigencies demand new officers, I hold we have the highest right to ordain men for them, by laying on of hands." FAITH WITHOUT A KNOWLEDGE OF THE SPIRIT'S WORK. Writing on the passage in Acts xix. where those THE FALL JND REDEMPTION. 243 who had been baptized by John are stated to have been baptized into Christ, after they had expressed faith in Him, he says:--"The passage in Acts xix. does not present the difficulty you find in it. The disciples mentioned there had not been fully instructed, and had only received the preparatory baptism of John. But we may have true faith, given by God's Spirit, without a knowledge of the Spirit's work. This we see in children; and by most Christians the doctrine of the Spirit is understood at a much later stage. They first simply trust in Christ, without being conscious that this is the work of the Holy Ghost in them. It is very fortunate that, as Goethe says, we can enjoy a good ...