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This paper is not designed to be controversial, or rhetorical; but just a little bit of loving pleading, heart with heart, man with man, stirring each other up to "covet earnestly the best gifts," one of which is unquestionably "the Unction of the Holy One." All that one has to say on this subject will cluster around these three points: Unction,-What it is; What it does; How it is to be obtained. I. UNCTION, WHAT IT IS! As a sculptor brings the life-like statue out of a marble block, by chipping off the pieces he does not want, so, possibly, we may understand what unction really is by learning what it is not. Natural ability is not unction. We believe that a minister should be a gifted man. The church should send her ablest sons to her pulpits. That a young man is very devout is no proof that he is called to be a preacher. College committees often err in receiving raw material, out of which ministers cannot be made, except by special miracle. Some of us believe that the cause of Christ would make greater progress if many ministers (gracious souls, without doubt, but destitute of anything like talent, unable to attract outsiders or edify believers) would go back to their original callings, and make room for abler men. Culture is not unction. You and I believe in education, and wish we possessed more of it. Time was when an illiterate man who knew his Bible thoroughly, possessed burning zeal and a fluent tongue, could attract a congregation, and minister acceptably. Those days have passed away. Board schools illuminate the land. Little children are severe critics. An unlucky "h" going astray, or the use of a plural verb for a singular, may cause a man to lose the respect of his hearers, and when respect has gone his influence for good has ceased. We ought, by constant self-culture, to keep our armour bright and our weapons keen, so as to use our powers to the utmost particle for Christ. Careful preparation is not unction. A minister whose heart is in his work will always be on the alert; everything he reads in books, observes in nature, hears in sick rooms or at the dying couch, will furnish him with materials for his work. In addition to this he will spend much time every week in preparing his sermons for the coming Sunday. Personally, I believe it is utterly impossible to over-estimate the importance of thorough preparation. If the barrister, pleading for the life of his client, sits up whole nights, mastering the details of his brief, arranging his arguments, and preparing his appeals to the jury, surely the man who pleads for souls cannot do his work too conscientiously. Tea-meetings, committees, platform work, may be declined; but this must be done. As an artist lingers over his picture, and after it appears finished, still puts an additional touch here and there, so our sermons are always capable of improvement. More meditation and prayer will put more force and pathos into them. But it is time we turned from the negative to the positive side of the subject. It is singular that this word "unction," which has obtained such a prominent place in our religious vernacular, and is so frequently employed in pulpits and prayer-meetings, is only once mentioned in the whole Bible. Doubtless it is taken from the Jewish custom of anointing with oil the High Priest at the time of his consecration. The oil was poured on his head, and "ran down upon the beard, and went down to the skirts of his garments." Thus, "the Unction of the Holy One" is the anointing of our hearts and work with the grace of the Holy Ghost. In this sense the prophet applies the word to our Saviour. "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek." In like manner, Peter says, "God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed of the devil, for God was with him." These passages give an insight into the meaning of the word. Admitted that the phrase is often used in a canting and objectionable sense, still the word has a beauty and a significance all its own. It means that the preacher's heart is charged with a divine power, that his spirit is saturated with the influence of the Holy Spirit, that the man and his message are permeated by a supernatural force. When this is the case the divine voice speaks through human lips; an unseen hand |