The Power of the Ministry

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 24, 1911

The Power of the Ministry

Is the ministry losing its power? This is the question which the United Presbyterian of August 3 raises. It answers it as follows:—

If we may believe some writers, it is. They say the day of theology is past, and ministers must be content to take a lower plane. This may be true of some ministers, but not of the body. The man who comes before the people with a consciousness of a call from God, and who speaks as from God to the souls of men, has power, and makes for himself a place in the hearts of the people.

It is for every gospel worker to determine to which class he belongs. He who established the gospel ministry and sent it forth on its divine mission, said, “Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” This is the divine power upon which the gospel laborer may take hold. The arsenal of heaven is his great storehouse. He himself is human, but he represents the infinite God, and with the call to divine service there will come divine power for every need.