...not think some strange thing has happened unto you if you have each one his share of this. To feel inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this Office and Ministration throws each upon himself in the very individualizing of such a conviction and plan of life. You seem...

...You have had it speaking to you in a trust you are to affirm in the solemn hour of your ordination that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon the holy office and ministration of a deacon to serve God for the promoting of His glory, and the edifying...

...you an earnest desire to win souls to Christ, and how has this desire been manifest in the past? 8. Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you the work of a foreign missionary? 9. How long have you entertained this conviction? 10. Do you desire...

...town. The next day I sent his lordship an abstract of my private examination on these two questions, ' Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this office and administration ? ' And, ' Are you called according to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ and the laws...

...solemn in its terms, and these rendered doubly so l,y the time and circumstances of its proposal : " Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy...promoting of his glory, and the edifying of his people ?" And he is required to answer, " I trust so." We find nothing of this in the forms of ordination...

...for ordination are required to answer the following question in the affirmative : "Are you assured that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you the office of the ministry, to serve God in the church of Christ to the honor and glory of his holy...

...and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them." So to-day at the ordination of every deacon : " Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy...Ghost to take upon you this office and ministration ? " It is always the same. The Power behind the Church is the Holy Spirit : otherwise we should snap...

...serve God, trusting that we were inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon us this ministration, for the promoting of His glory, and the edifying of His people ? Where are the seals of our apostleship? Who that were dead in trespasses and sins have been quickened...

...passages. For example, the question addressed in the examination to the candidate for deacon's orders : "Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the Holy Ghost to take upon you this office ?" shows signs of having originated in the religious subjectivity of Protestantism. The question addressed...

...challenge to make sure that we ourselves do not lack the indispensable title of a clear vocation : " Do you trust that you are inwardly moved by the HOLY...promoting of His glory, and the edifying of His People ? " The other questions are pointless until that has been answered. As it is the first and most important...