performed. A ministerial priesthood is no less necessary to the ‘elect race,’ the ‘royal priesthood,’ the ‘holy nation’ of the people of Christ. Our Lord appointed His apostles and through them others to form the ministry of His Church. It was to ‘fulfil,’ not to ‘destroy,’ that He came.8 Yet the fulfilment of the Jewish religion was on an altogether higher level than Judaism itself. The sacrifices of the Jews were valuable because they tested obedience, were full of teaching, and were means whereby