Ministers Should be Picked Men

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Acts 1:23-26

And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.…

It is said of the Egyptians that they chose their priests from the most learned of their philosophers, and then they esteemed their priests so highly that they chose their kings from them. We require to have for God's ministers the pick of all the Christian host; such men, indeed, that if the nation wanted kings they could not do better than elevate them to the throne.

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