The Bible Standard July 1882

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EDITED BY CYRUS E. BROOKS."The Wages of Sin is Death; but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

No. 10. Vol. V. JULY, 1882. ONE PENNY.F O R T H C O M I N G C O N F E R E N C E .

CONDITIONALI M M O R T A L I T Y A S S O C I A T I O N .

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The Public Services and Private Gatheringwill be held in the HARcouRTBAPTISTCIIAPEthe Public Meetings in the HAMILTONALL,Newstreet.

TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGEThe Forthcoming Conference 121Coming Events 122Biblical Materialism 123Repentance unto Life 124The Fatherhood of God 124Be Warned ... 125Conditional Immortality. Part IX. 125Thoughts in Verse-Kindness wins;The Missionary 126Objections Answered 127Our Surprise Parcels 128The Salisbury Press on theAssociation ... 128Notes, News, and Reviews 129Work and Witness 129Special Notes... 129New Catalogue 130

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A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e F u n d .T h e T w e n t i e t h C e n t u r y :Or a Sketch of from 1882 to 1923.

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122 THE BIBLE STANDARD.Should, however,the responseto this appealnot be i n excessof previousyears,it willbe con-sideredas unfavourablyregarded by our helpersand friends, and will be tabled for future dis-cussion, Early Donations or Promises areearnestly and respectfullyinvited, These maybe sent to either of the followingOfficers-The President: H. J. WARD,Esq., WoodPark, Neston,Cheshire.The Treasurer: R. J. HAMMOND,sq. 62.

MaidaVale,London,W.The Secretary: CYRUSE. BROOKS,MalvernLink, Worcestershire.COMING EVENTS.

A NY morning we may read in our Lon-don paper, substantially as follows:'STRANGEDISAPPEARANCES'ESTERDAY!

In the Metropolis, and numerous provin-cial towns, a number of our best andmost estimable citizens are missing. Noone saw them leave their homes. Notrace of them has been found since. Nosingle scrap of writing has been left, in. any case, to explain their absence; and,singularly enough, it is not men onlythat are missing but women also, and inequal proportion: the missing personsare of all ranks in society, but chieflyfrom among the humbler classes.Another feature of this exodus is thatall the missing were distinguished fortheir exemplary Christian lives; havingbeen standard bearers and pillars inthe Churches of our land.'Let not this be deemed improbable.Thus Paul in 1 Tliess, iv. 16, 17, says:-

"FOI' the Lord Himselfshall descend fromheavenwith a shout, withthe voiceof the arch-angel, and with the trump of God: and thedead in Christ shall rise first: Then wewhichare aliveand remain shall be caught up togetherwith them to meet the Lord in the air." Andin 1 G0 1. xv. 51, 52, "Behold, I sbew you amystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shallall be changed,in a moment, in the twinklingof an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpetshall sound, and the dead shall be raised incor-ruptible, and we shall be changed." OurSaviour bears similar testimony in Matt. xxiv.40, 41, " Then shall twobe in the field; the oneshall be taken, and the other left. Twogrind-ing at the mill; the one shall be taken, and theother left. Watch therefore: for ye knownotwhat hour your Lord doth come." Akinto thisis the promisein John xiv. 2,3, "And if I goandprepare a place for you,Iwill come again, andreceiveyouunto Myself; that whereIam thereyemaybe also."Remember, too, that when, thus trans-lated, believers are Spiritual Beings,and that spiritual beings are not ordinar-ily visible to mortal eyes. Thus, atDothan, the eyes of the prophet's servanthad to be opened before he saw that"the mountain was full of horses andchariots of fire round about Elisha," (2

Kings vi. 17). When Elijah ascended,only Elisha beheld the scene, "AndElisba saw it, and he cried, my father,my father," (ii. 12). The angel whichdelivered Peter from prison was only

visible to Peter (Acts xii, 6-10). And tbe ed yesterday-as baving takenLord Jesus, in all His fourteen appear- througbout the world. The onances during the forty days between His story is repeated with painful monoresurrection and ascension, was seen from the Continent, America, Caonly of the disciples. Asia, Africa, and Australasia. AtAs aids to faith we bave, moreover, we have tidings from every towntbe example of Enoch "Who walked even many villages and hamletwith God: and he was not; for God kindred disappearances. Univtook him," (Gen. v. 24): Of Elijah terror seems to have settled upon"And it came to pass, that behold, a population. It is the one absochariot of fire, and horses of fire; and topic of conversation, businessElijah went up by a whirlwind almost entirely suspended; and evinto heaven," (2 Kings ii. 11): We the Houses of Parliament last evhave also the record of what may be the sittings were almost immedtermed, partial translations. Thus adjourned. Never, we may safelyEzekiel, "So the Spirit lifted me up, .has the heart and pulse of this nand took me away," (iii . 14): and again, .been so deeply stirred.'" And He put forth the form of an hand, The morning of the third day weand took me by a lock of mine head; further.-and the Spirit lifted me up between the 'GREATMEETINGAT THE MANSIONearth and the heaven," (viii. 3): Philipalso, "The Spirit of the Lord caughtaway Philip," (A cts viii. 39): AndPaul, " How that he was caught up intoParadise, and heard unspeakable words,which it is not lawful for a man toutter," (2 Cor. xii, 2-4).

Thus unseen, unheard, will the" Bodyof Christ "-His faithful saints-becaught away to a meeting with theLord in the air; where, as in an ark ofsafety, they will escape "Those thingswhich are coming on the earth." True,there will be the shout of the archangel,the blast of the Divine trump-as asummons to the living and dead amongstthe saints-but, at this time, that shoutand trump are for their ears alone: and,even if heard by others, will probably bemistaken for a more than usually loudpeal of thunder (as see John xii. 28, 29).How great is the Divine care of Hisfaithful ones, as here set forth! As, ofold, before the flood came, Noah wassafe in the Ark; as, before Sodom wasdestroyed, Lot was safe in Zoar; as,before Jerusalem was besieged and taken,the Christian inhabitants thereof weresafe in Pella; so, now, before the eventsof "the great tribulation " take placeupon the earth, the" salt" and" light"of the world are safe with their Lord inthe aerial regions, and, probably, in that" New Jerusalem" which is, later, to beseen descending towards the earth.May all who read these pages be-bytimely preparation, and Divine grace,-counted worthy of such favour andhonour.

We turn again to our Morning Paper,of the day following the previous event,and read-'WORLD-WIDEEXTENTOF THE DISAPPEAR-ANCES!No t'idings of the lost! Our telegraphicdespatches, . from all parts, announcesimilar disappearances-to those record-

A crowded gathering was held yestethe Lord Mayor presiding, (we meoffence to that distinguished functioby supposing him left behind).Royal Family and both Houses oliament being represented-for thpose of creating a National DFund, to meet the wants of such faas are in distress through thedisappearances. Telegrams were refrom all parts of the country promadhesion, to, -and help, for, theMany of those present were arraydeep mourning, showing the peloss they had sustained. Thesum of upwards of 100,000 wasmised at the meeting.'We pass now to a later date, byfew weeks, and read as follows.-

'GREATHEVIVALOF HELIGIOVery cheering accounts continuegiven by the various religious boboth formal ancl informal--ofingatherings. No such religiousment has been known since themation. There can be no questiothat the late disappearance of sothousands of Christian people, atand abroad-however that maaccounted for, and we are not compeadmit, what so many claim, supernameans; for it is a well known facin London alone, above 200 persomissing every year, for whom no acan be given, and tidings of whvery rarely received-has been aportant factor in producing this deresult; for its effects are everyfelt, and men are confidently spof shortly realizing the long-exGospel Millennium. We wouldhowever, the leaders of thisreligious movement, not to bsanguine of results-lest their uldisappointment be the moreThere is, indeed, some weight in wbeing urged by a small but g


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band of Christian men, that humannature has got so far astray from Eden'stype, that supernatural means alonewill be adequate to make our earth aParadise Restored.'In support of the above we, refer ourreaders to-Joel i i. 28, "I will pour out My Spirit upon

all flesh,"-this, taken in connection with theverses which follow it, shows a partial ingather-ing before the end of the age. Also to Rev. vii.8-14. This" great multitude," which came outof " the great tribulation " (for the Greek retainsthe article) are evidently those savingly con-verted after the translation of the first-fruits.And, further, Rev. xiv. 6," And I saw anotherangel fly in the midst of heaven, having theeverlasting Gospel to preach unto them thatdwell on the earth, and to every nation, andkindred, and tongue, and people."

At a later period we read the follow-ing:-'ALARMING PHENOMENA!

From not less than a third part of theglobe comes most distressing records ofterrible and destructive tempests, ac-companied with thunder, hail, fire, andblood! In the affected districts not avestige of green grass 01' tree remains.The most remarkable feature is that ofblood. It is true that blood-red rainsand snows are not altogether unknownto us; for example, on the 17th August,1819, Captain Ross saw the mountainsat Baffin's Bay covered for eight mileswith blood-red snow, many feet in depth.Sausarre found it on Mount St. Bernard,in 1778. Raymond found it on thePyrenees, and Summerfield in Norway.Then it is recorded by Cicero, that wordwas brought to the Roman Senate, onone occasion, that it had rained blood;also that the River Atratus had flowedwith a bloody stream. Slight falls ofthis kind have also occurred in the CapeVerd Islands, at Lyons, at Genoa, and inthe south-west of America, causing muchalarm at such times, but never beforehas anything happened in human his-tory at all comparable with this dreadcalamity. The agricultural interest, es-pecially, has suffered; for, far and wide,the eye sees nothing but a scene of dis-tressing desolation, in which a consider-able portion of the earth's surface ischarred with fire, many towns, cities,forests, and plantations reduced to ashes,the fields and meadows stripped of theirgrowing crops, and bloody and putridblackness spread over it all.'

We are indebted to Dr. Seiss's "Lec-tures on the Apocalypse" for the factsof the above sketch. As for the appli-cability of our supposed extract to theevents of the nearing future, readRev. viii, 7," The first angel sounded, andthere followed hail and fire mingled with blood,

and they were cast upon the earth: and thethird part of trees was burnt up, and all greengrass was burnt up."

THE BIBLE STANDARD. 12Some few months later we find in ourMorning Paper as follow :-

'A MARVELLOUS EVENT!Our correspondents have wired us in-telligence, from the countries of southernEurope and northern Africa, that theMediterranean Sea has been swept witha fiery tempest, and a considerable por-

tion of its waters changed to blood. Thequantity of fish floating dead upon itssurface is incredible; whilst ruinoushavoc has been wrought amongst itsshipping. Indeed, it is supposed that athird part of the extensive naval andcommercial marine employed in theMediterranean, or using the Suez route,has been totally destroyed. The loss oflife must be something terrible. Pro-bably, when details are to hand, it willbe found to exceed the carnage of abattle- field. Eye-witnesses say the ruinwas caused by a great molten mass-likea burning mouufain-s-which was sud-denly cast from above into the sea.'See Rev. viii, 8, 9," And the second angelsounded, and as it were a great mountain burn-ing with fire was cast into the sea: and the

third part of the sea became blood; and thethird part of the creatures which were in thesea, and had life, died; and the third part of theships were destroyed."

At a later date we read, further:-'THE EARTH STRUCK BY A COMET!

Our particulars of this wonderful eventare but scant, yet sufficient is known tocertify the fact, and some of its painfulresults. The surface affected thereby isfully a third of our globe, the rivers andsprings of which third have become soatrociously bitter, that many personshave died from drinking thereof. As,throughout the affected districts, there isno drinkable water, the suffering of manand beast must be intense. We havethus, on an immense scale, what, on the21st March, 1823, was realized in theAleutian Islands, on a small scale, whena great volcanic explosion occurred, andthe river water became of the colour ofbeer, and was so extremely bitter as tobe unfit for use.'We read in Rev. viii. 10, 11, " And the thirdangel sounded, and there fell a great star fromheaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fellupon the third part of the rivers, and upon the

fountains of waters; And the name of the staris called Wormwood: and the third part of thewaters became wormwood; and many men diedof the waters, because they were made bitter."

Yet later we read r->, UNPRECEDENTED DARKNESS!

Surely God is visiting this Planet injudgment! The alarming events of thepast year or more are well calculated tofill us with dire forebodings. Thepartial darkness of sun, moon, and starsduring the past 60 hours has beenmatter of extreme inconvenience, and,

if continued, must most ruinously affecthe growing crops, and prevent themfrom coming to maturity. Already thdeath-rate shows signs of a material increase; and the only persons benefitedby this latest phenomena are the holderof gas and electric shares, for artificialight has become a painful necessity, bday as well as night.'See Rev. viii. 12, "And the fourth angesounded, and the third part of the sun wasmitten, and the third part of the moon, and ththird part of the stars, so as the third part o

them was darkened, and the day shone not forthird part of it, and the night likewise."[F1'07n "The Twentieth Centu1Y," by thEditor, See adve1tisement, front page.]

BIBLICAL MATERIALISM.By GEO.A. BROWN.T O some persons, Materialism is a word o

most offensive odour. To be a materialist ito be a rank heretic, and everything bad. Thereis, we grant, a meaning to the word which isuggestive of unbelief in everything but what thsenses immediately perceive. Tobe a materialistof this kind, is to be the opposite of wise. Buthere is a Biblical Materialism which is abovereproach, and deserving of esteem and faith. Insuch a sense of the term we confess to beingmaterialistic. We believe everything has substance to it. We do not reckon colour, soundfeeling, &c., things, but certain properties othings: so that there is no substance to theseBut as to man, and the world, and the futurehome we look for, all are real and substantial. Wcannot consider any of these the ghostly, attenu-ated, insubstantial things which the ideal osome pious persons would teach. No, no!Neither do we agree with materialists in the oldManichccan heresy that matter must necessarilybe gross and sinful. Let those who are so invet-erately hostile to materialism read the followingbeautiful extract from the late Dr. Chalmers :-Man at the first, had for his place this worldand, at the same time, for his privilege an un-clouded fellowship with God, and for his prospectimmortality, which death wasneither to interceptnor put an end to. He was terrestrial in respectto condition, and yet celestial both in respect tocharacter and enjoyments."The common imagination that we have o

paradise on the other side of death, is that of alofty, oorial region, where the inmates float inether, or are mysteriously suspended upon no-thing; where all the warm and sensible accom-paniments, which give such an expression ostrength, and life, and colouring to our presenthabitation, are attenuated into a sort of spiritualelement, that is meagre and imperceptible, andutterly uninviting to the eye of mortals herebelow; where every vestige of materialism is


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124 THE BIBLE STANDARD.done away, and nothing left but certain un-healthy scenes,that havenopowerofallurement,and certain unhealthy ecstasies,with which it isfelt impossible to sympathise." Theholders ofthis imagination forget all the

while that there is no necessary connectionbetween materialism and sin; that the worldwhichwenow inhabit had all the solidity andamplitude of its present materialism before sinentered into it: that God,sofar onthat accountfrom looking slightingly upon it, after it hadreceived the last touch of His creating hand,reviewed the earth, and the waters, and thefirmament, and all the greenherbage, with theliving creatures, and the man whom He hadraised in dominion over them all, and' He saweverything that He had made, and behold it wasvery good.' They forget that on the birth ofmaterialism, when it stood out in the freshnessof those glories which the great Architect ofnature had impressed upon it, 'The morningstars sang Jogether, and all the sons of Godshouted for joy.' They forget the appeals thatare everywheremade in theBibletoHismaterialworkmanship, and how, from the face of thesevisibleheavens and the garniture of this earthwhichwetread upon, the greatness and goodnessof God are reflected on the view of His wor-shippers. No, my brethren, the object of theadministration we sit under is to extirpate sin,but not to sweep away materialism. By theconvulsions of the last day it maybe shaken andbrokendown from its present arrangement, andthrown into such fitful agitations as that thewhole of its existing frame-work shall fall topieces; and with a heat so fervent as tomelt themost solid element may it utterly be dissolved.And thus may the earth again becomewithoutform and void,but without one particle of itssubstance going into annihilation. Out of theruins of this sacred chaos may another heavenand another earth be made to arise, and a newmaterialism, with other aspects ofmagnificenceand beauty, emerge from the wreck of thismighty transformation, and the worldbepeopled,asbefore,withthe varieties ofmaterial loveliness,and spacebeagain lighted up into a firmamentofmaterial splendour."This is our materialism; and we rejoice in

the thought that we are promised a newheavenand earth inwhichweinherit substamce. Dependupon it, there is something to reward the Chris-tian's hope; aud all is not a beautiful mirageand a splendid nothing! and we are so liberalin our faith that webelievesooner or later every-thing will bemanifest to us as substance. Letour immaterialistic readers remember that whatis at present invisible is not of necessity flimsyas a shadow. Time, and further unveiling ofDivinethings, willmanifest them as realities>New Zealand Bible Standa?'d.

REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE.Acts xi. 18.

DEAR FELLOW-MORTAL,-No soul livingnaturally possesses eternal life, for dust

thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return; weare of theearth, earthy; and yet, wemust eitherliveforever, or dieforever; if wedorighteously,weshall live, but the soul that sinneth it shalldie.Let me earnestly ask youthen, Have you got

that Divine life, which is Eternal r Do youanswer, Yes. Then praise God who enables usthrough Faith to subsist upon things hoped for,But, perhaps you may feel conscious that thateternal life',which is the gift of God, does notdwellin you; then sad is your lot, for "thereshall in no wise enter into it (the HeavenlyJerusalem or New Creation) auy thing that de-fileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination,or maketh a lie; but they which are written inthe Lamb's Book of Life."Oh! then encourage within yourselfAnxiety

for the ComingFuture; whenGod's Holy Spiritstrives with you, yield to it; grieve not theHoly Spirit who leads you to Jesus, but withdeep anxiety for your sinfulness, repent, andturn to the Lord your God: He is not willingthat you should die eternally, but be savedeternally; for this reason God has manifestedHimself in the face of Jesus Christ, the onlyImmortal, that through godly Faith in HisAtonement you might not perish but become ajoint-heir with Him of His immortality. Thisis the LoveofGod! oh, can you not be anxiousto please God, to accept His gift: then turnyou, and with whole-hearted repentance call onthe Name ofJesus Christ, whowaswounded foryour transgressions and bruised for youriniquities.Education cannot give you Eternal Life;

philosophy cannot giveyoutheRighteousness ofGod; science,instead of teaching the sinner toknow himself, vainly puffs up. Man's reasonand man's wisdom have never yet discovered ameans by which he can overcome his enemyDeath, and live for ever; but the Christ wasmanifested that Hemight destroy Death: who-soeverhath the Son (ofGod) bath life (eternal),whosoever hath not the Son of God hath notlife, This is life eternal to believe on Himwhom God hath sent. Repent ye, for theKingdomof Heaven is at hand.-E. W. Eorster,.DI,D.,Darlington.[Separately published as No. 1, "GospelLeaflet Series:' 6d. per 100, post-free.]

THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD.ByW. LAING.

UNIVERSALISTS of every variety use thisargument [of our title] with the greatest

confidence. All men being children of God it is

held to be incredible that Hewill either destroor eternally punish any of the human race "AFather," it is said, "who is wiseand goodcannoevenbe imagined as putting to deathone of hiownchildren; much more, therefore, ought sucan act to be disbelieved regarding the Father oSpirits.'This argument, howeverplausibleand speciou

considered by itself is far from sound. It assumes that, because God is the Creator, Htherefore sustains the relation of a Father to amen, and that it would be cruel in God twithdraw from man, for any reason, the life Hhas given.But whyconfine this argument to mankind

Man, notwithstanding the superiority of hipowers, is nomore truly a creature ofGod thais the meanest reptile that crawlsonthegroundso that, were the argument sound, it stands amuch against the final extinction of the life oany member of the animal tribes, as it doagainst the final destruction ofwickedmen.Is God cruel to the creatures of His cabecause He permits them to perish? If no

then howcan it be cruel or unjust in God twithdrawfrom man the life imparted to himshould He see fit to do so; more especiallyman by his conduct has forfeited all claim othe Divine favour?But, confining the applicationof the argumen

tomankind, what becomesof its assumption ithe light of facts and events constantly transpiring? What has it to say regarding thosfamines periodically occurring in the East, bwhichmillions ofmen die of starvation? Whaman that is a father wouldallowhis childrenperish for want of food if he had it togivethemYet the Almighty allows these famines and theconsequences. What has the argument to sato the fact of those terrible earthquakes anvolcanic eruptions by which thousands of thhuman race are sometimes destroyed in a fehours? The samequestionmay beput regardinstorms on land and sea,which annually brindeath to thousands.Then, think of those legalised mnrders, call

wars, continually transpiring, wheremenbutcheachother in open day, and answer the questio-If the Creator sustains the same relationmankind at large as we do to our children, whdoes He allow them thus, in His presence,slaughter eachother? What man among yothat is a father would permit his children to keach other if hecould prevent them? Goddoallow these things. Is He, therefore, crueNonewill shrink fromthe conclusionwithgreathorror than the Universalist. But what, thebecomesofhis argument ? It falls to the grounand is utterly worthless.The terrible and appalling facts ,referred

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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 12

We will now appeal to the direct teaching ofthe Christ and His Apostles. The beloved Sonof God, who is in the bosom of the Father-towhom the Father hath shown all things that Hewill do-came forth from the Father to makeknown His will and purposes towards man, and,in the most emphatic language" He gave thestrongest denial to the idea that God, the Creatorof all, sustains toward all men the relation of aFather; and that He will not destroy any ofthem because they are His children. Here isHis language regarding certain men who claimedGod for their Father :-" If God were yourFather ye would love Me. Ye are of your father,the devil, and the lusts of your father ye willdo." What did He say was the ultimate doomof the children of the devil? These are Hiswords :-" The good seed are the children of thekingdom, but the tares are the children of thewicked one; as, therefore, the tares are gatheredand burned in the fire, so shall it be in the endof this world (or age). The Son of Man shall send forth His angels, and gather out of Hiskingdom all things that offend, and them whichdo iniquity, and shall cast them into a furnaceof fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing ofteeth."-~Iatt. xiii. 38-42.

can have a little liberty in early life J Plentytime after that for soberness and carefulness."Do not give heed to his wiles J Turn at on

from his deadly proposals-not less deadly ththey are veiled. Otherwise, as surely as thyoung man lost his estate, and wasted his liby vain regrets over his folly, you will sacrificall the grand opportunities and possibilitieslife, all the untold blessings and glorieseternity, for a mess of pleasure's pottage-fleet-ing, disappointing, vain.Perhaps you have already listened to h

wiles, consented to his proposals. Resist erebe too late. Every day will make it modifficult to do the right, more easy-in the wof habit-to do the wrong. Stop, now, I beseeyou. Look up to Him who died for youCalvary's Cross, and cry, "Lord, help me"God be merciful to me, a sinner." He cdeliver you, and will not fail, for He is

It Strong to deliver and quick to redeemThe weakest believer that hangs upon Him."

" Devo n."

To the same effect is the doctrine of theApostles. "Children of God,"" Sons of God,"are terms occurring frequently in their epistles,yet never applied to mankind at large, but con-trariwise to those who have been separated fromthe mass to be unto God a holy and peculiarpeople. Thus: Paul reminds the Christians in

the Churches of Galatia that they are all thechildren of God by faith in Christ Jesus."-Gal.Hi. 26. Previous to their having that faith they,like their brethren at Ephesus, were" the chil-dren of wrath even as others ;"-yea, by naturethe children of wrath."-Eph. ii, 3. Behold,"says the Apostle John," what manner of lovethe Father hath bestowed upon us, that weshould be called the Sons of God. Therefore theworld knoweth us not, because it knew Himnot." "In this are the children of God mademanifest and the children of the devil: who-soever doeth not righteousness is not of God.""The Son of God was manifested to destroy theworks of the devil. "-The devil himself; and thoseof the human race who die in unbelief and im-penitence shall share his doom.The same Apostle describing his Master's

mission and its result, says-H He came untoHis own, and His own received Him not, but toas many as received Him, to them gave He powerto becomesons of God, even to them that believein His name! who are begotten not of blood,nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will ofman, but of God."These testimonies plainly contradict the idea

that to be a man is to be a child of God. Asthe work of His hands, men are the" offspring"of God; but, as formerly remarked, that is trueof all in whose nostrils is the breath of life"(Gen. vii. 22). God speaking by His Son, andthe apostles and prophets, calls only those Hischildren who are His by adoption, who havebeen begotten again by faith in His incorruptibleWord, not every man, but" whosoever believeththat Jesus is the Christ, is begotten of God."Here is the grand secret of Divine Sonship J

a being begotten again-s-" Except a man be bornof water and of tbe Spirit he cannot enter intothe kingdom of God."-New Zealand BibleStandard.

[Separately published as No. 2, "GospLeaflet Series." 6d. per 100, post-free.]

Creator sustains to mankind at large is morethat of a Ruler than aFather. He has made man,and endowed him with extraordinary capabilities,and surrounded him with a world fitted to sus-tain him in happy existence; but himself andthe world around him are subject to law-in-exorable law. Conformity with that law, in itsphysical and moral relations, brings life andhappiness, but its violation insures misery anddeath.Leaving what we term the world of nature, let

us pass on to Revelation, and try the argumentin question by what wefind there. What has thisargument to say to the fact of our primogenitor,in the very dawn of his existence, being placedunder law and threatened with DEATHshould heviolate it? What has it to say to the destructionof almost the entire population of the world bythe flood; the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah ;the destruction of Pharaoh and his hosts in theRed Sea? What has it to say to the fact of theentire destruction in the wilderness of all thegrown-up persons that left Egypt under Moses,except two? Will it charge God with cruelty inall these cases? If not, where is its force againstt.he idea that "ALL THEWICKEDWILLHE DES-TROy.H

BE WARNED. (Gal. vi. 7, 8.)AN ancient story records that a young man

who had come into the inheritance of hisfathers, was pressed to part therewith byanother, but firmly refused all such offers.At last he consented to .let the estate for

space sufficient to raise one crop to maturity,which when removed the lease was to expire.As soon as the contract was concluded, the

cunning tenant sowed the soil with acornsthroughout its extent. Five years after, theywere ouly slender rods; ten years after, butthrifty saplings; in twenty years, young trees,but still far from maturity. At length, wearywith waiting, and broken-hearted with dis-appointment, the young man passed away.Thus does Satan act with men and women,

and especially the young, saying, "Let me sowjust one crop.. I will ask no more. Surely you

CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITYPART IX.

ByMRs.A . B. MAGRUDER,V IRGIN I A , U . S.ATO show the difficulties which the orthod

find in their way in disposing of this specquestion, we make a few quotations fromarticle under notice. We find on page 64following :-" It is true there is so little expliinformation (is there any 1) given us respectithe condition of disembodied spirits-thatmight almost seem as if we were left at liberto indulge in some pleasing conjectures." Baccording to our premises we are not at libeto indulge in "conjectures," upon which al(it now appears) the theory rests I Again,says-" They (the New Testament writers)not seem to dwell upon it at all," (the intmediate state) "their minds cstantly spring fonoard=-cften. without any hof an inteTvening period-to the great day ofLord's appea1'ingwith its eternal glory and jThe grand event of Christ's second comiconjoined with the resurrection, is the one clfact which had a personal interest for them(p.65).There is nothing more true than thatSecond Coming of Christ and the Resurrectioare the burden of the Apostles' song. It is tthe harvest will be reaped, and the endwhich the earth has been fitted up,complished. Man, as a son of Adam, had olife lent to him, but it is to be given to himthe second Adam, as his final reward at theof the Lord, when He shall judge the worldreward the faithful. So numerous are the p


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THE BIBLE STANDARD . 127OBJECTIONS ANSWERED.

My dear Mr. Editor,-'rhree months ago, whenin conversation with some ministers, with whomit is my pleasure to meet at certain times, thequestion of Future Punishment turned up, and,after some discussion, I was requested to read aPaper upon it when next we should gathertogether. That meeting took place a few daysago, and I read the greater part of my Paperentitled, "Unconditional Immortality Ex-amined." I chose to do this for two reasons.First: That Paper has largely to do with thequestion we had discussed. Second: It havingbeen printed as Tract No. 3, of the Life andAdvent Series, I could present to each of myfriends a copy to be read in the quietness of hisown s tudy, after our gather ing.

Il. Eterna( Life is not simply Immortality.God promises the righteous much more than thecont inuance of being.

Blessed be God, we do not anticipate a color-less Immortality for the righteous. "EternalLife" means more to them than mere extendedbeing. But it means extended being in the firstplace; and it is from other words and phraseswe learn what kind of being it will be. The webof the saints' eternal life will be composed of"glory and honour and immortality" (or un-corruptibility) (Eonl. ii. 7). The "glory andhonour" are as the beauteous silken weft, butthe" immortality" is the warp across which theweft is thrown in the loom of eternity. Andsince the wicked shall not have possession of theweb, they can neither have the weft nor thewarp. Or, to put it another way, let "EternalLife" be as an article of three ingredients,-"Glory, honour, and immortality." Refuse thewhole to the wicked, (and God certainly refuses"Eternal Life", to them,) then you may write" Ichabod," for there is no "glory;" " Shame,"for the "honour" is obliterated; and" Death,"for the ': immortality" (or deathlessness) is gone.

There were eleven of us together, and as Iwas the only believer in Life only in Christ, therewere ten to one in the discussion that followedthe reading of the Paper.

I cannot now tell you all that was said in thatdiscussion; and would not, if I could, for it wasa private assembly, and none of us intended thatthere should be "a chiel amang us takin' notes"for any public report. But it occurs to me thatsome of the readers of the Bible Standard maybe troubled themselves, or know others who aretroubled with the same objections to our viewsthat my good friends brought forward: and itmay be helpful to such to say a few wordsregarding them. I will therefore, with yourpermission, mention seven of these objections,and reply as briefly as possible to each of them.

Ill. The word "Eternal" in the phrase" Eternal Life," does not refer to the duration ofthe life, but to its Divine nature. It indicatesthat the righteous shall be sharers of the lifeof God.

This is a mere assumption, and a sophist'sobjection. The word "Eternal," in ordinaryusage, and in the Bible, too, does refer to theduration of the object it qualifies. It is exactlythe same in meaning as the word" everlasting."And it is strange that our orthodox friends, whodeny it its usual sense when applied to the lifeof the righteous, enforce that sense in its appli-cation to the punishment of the wicked, as inthe famous passage, "These shall go away intoeternal punishment, but the righteous intoeternal life." But believers in Life in Christneed not change their thoughts, though the word" eternal" did not mean "eternal." 'There areothers used to show that only the righteous shallhave everlasting life, or immortality. Forinstance, John viii. 51: "I am the living breadwhich came down from heaven: if any man eatof this bread, he shall live for ever." See alsoverse 58, and 1 John ii. 17: "He that doeth thewill of God a bide th for ever."

Objection I.-The terms " Life" and" Death"are used in two senses in the Bible. There is anatural (or 'primary) sense, and there is aspiritual (01' syrnbolic) sense.

This is true; but Dr. Angus (in" Bible Hand-book," p. 178,) well says, "The words of Scrip-ture must be taken in their common meaning,unless such meaning is shown to be inconsistentwith other words in the sentence, with theargument or context, or with other parts ofScripture." Now, common usage forces us toattach to the word "Life" the idea of continu-ance of being; and to the word "Death" thatof the cessation of the same. And there are nopassages where these words are used with refer-ence to future awards wherein such meaning can IV. In Matt. xxv, 46, the words" eternal pun-be "shown to be inconsistent with other words ishment" must rnean eternal pain., fOI' you cannotin the sentence, with the argument or context, have punishment without pain.or with other parts of Scripture." Take for That 'depends entirely upon the nature of theexample, Rom. vi. 23: "The wages of sin is punishment. Because of some wrongdoing ordeath, but the gift of God is eternal life through folly, a wayward son may not obtain such a largeJesus Christ our Lord." What is there to "portion of goods" as the father at first intendedhinder us from putting the plain literal sense shou!d faU to him, and the son may thereby beupon the words" Life" and" Death" occurring poorer all his life than he otherwise might havehere? ,been. He is not always in pain, yet he suffers

loss, and so is punished. Punishment is notnecessarily measured by the pain the culpritfeels. A murderer who is hung suffers reallyless pain than a thief who is lashed with "the cat,"yet his punishment is greater, because his lossis more. Now, as to future punishment, itcertainly shall be eternal, but it is not eternalpain. In 1 1'hess. i. 9, Paul distinctly defines itwhen he writes, They" shall be punished witheverlasting destruction," i.e., a destruction thatis to last for ever, or in other words, eternaldeath. In view of this, well might Jesus say,"What shall a man be profited if he shall gainthe whole world, and forfeit his life? "

V. "Eternal punishment" must indicate theimmortality of the lost, for they cannot bepunished, if not in life.

We quite believe too, that God does not punishthe dead; and we do not assert- that He doesthat. The wicked, when the punishment isinflicted shall be alive, having been raised fromthe first death, if they had passed into it. Livingmen, therefore, not dead ones, are punished;but that punishment we are told shall be theforfeiture, or loss of their lives; and as theseshall never be restored to them, it becomeseternal punishment. Somehow many seem tothink that our God shall be for ever engaged inpunishing the ungodly. But that is not so.lt will all be done "when the Lord Jesus shallbe revealed from heaven with His mightyangels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on themthat know not God, and that obey not thegospel of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Thess. i. 78). From that time forth their punishmentshall be eternal in effect. They shall "sleepperpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord"(Jer. li. 39).

V I. If in the first death man crumbles intodust, and there is no conscious being, his per-sonality cannot be preserved unto the JudgmentDay.

(This has not a direct bearing on the questionof future punishment, and did net arise fromlegitimate criticism on that portion of the Paperthat was read. Still it was brought up, and ioften is, so a word or two upon it may not blost.)

The only guarantee we have of a personal resurrection is the Word of God. And that ienough. We do not need to understand howthe personality will be preserved: far less shouldwe invent an intermediate conscious state tmake it easy for God to work the miracle. Hiword, by its very clearness as to the nature oman and his state when dead, forbids us tphilosophize. It declares that

Man is made of dust (Gen. ii. 7),Man shall turn again to dust (Job xxxiv. 15),The dust cannot praise God (Psalm xxx. 9) ,Man shall arise from the dust (Dan. xii. 2),And come forth to judgment (John v. 28,29).


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128 THE BIBLE STANDARD.God's omnipotence can preserve the person-

ality, without planning an abode of uncladghosts. Might He not do it with an atomic germ,just as by that He begins tbe life of each,and stamps it with its special character-istics ? But whether thus or no, "whyshould it be thought a thing incredible,that God should raise the dead?" Thosewho believe in an intermediate consciousstate really go far towards the denial of the re-surrection; for, according to them, man doesnot die at all, he only" shuffles off this mortalcoil," so there are no dead to raise to life. Or,at the most, it is only half of man that needsresurrection.This reminds me of four lines I heard a boy

singing in the street the other day:UI ha.ve a mother in the dust,

Oh, do not me despise:I have a.mother who, I trust,Has passed into the skies."

Query: Had this boy two mothers, or haddeath made his one mother into two?

VII. The consequences of preaching the non-eternity of torment would be that the ungodlywould be still more careless and rec kless.This is often mentioned as an argument

against our views. But it is none. We havenothing to do with the consequences of truth.The question to be asked' is not, "What willplease?" Nor is it, "What will frighten?"The desire on the part of every Christian,and especially every Christian minister,should be to know the Truth, and topreach it. God will see that it does no harm.But do tbe wicked become worse when 'Lifeonly in Christ' is preached to them? Nay,verily. It has proved itself mighty to tbe pull-ing down of strongholds of sin, and of refuges oflies in the minds of many. Tbose who clearlyset before the people Life or Death (as Mosesdid,) find that the love of life is still strong in thehuman breast, and very many have been reachedby this preaching in Lincoln alone, whose heartsnever had been touched' by the threateniugs ofan immortality of woe.I will not, my dear Mr. Brooks, trespass

further on your space, but will conclude at oncewith the prayer that, in your great labours forthe cause of Truth, you may be graciously en-couraged and upholden by the God thereof.-Believe me, yours very faithfully, Geo. P. Mackay.

Lincoln, June 13th, 1882.

OUR SURPRISE PARCELS.WE have pleasure in calling the special attentionof our readers to the following humorous letterfrom our sober Treasurer :-

" Book Room, 80, Edgware-rd., London, VI."Dear Mr. Editor,-On reading the despondingremarks of one of your correspondents in lastmonth's issue, I was reminded of the followingstory: .

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good put within our reach; are we notsponsible to the Lord for its use? Traditisurrounds us everywhere-let the Truth be fand freely circulated, availing ourselves generaof tbis special opportunity; for our gracioLord and Master will bless it, and us also.T. J. Hitchcock, Glasgow, June 12.(All parcels are carriage paid withinUnited Kingdom, the expense of which is bo

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"A gentleman, bred and born, became sogreatly reduced in circumstances as to be com-pelled to sell pies in the street, to which greatreverse he took cheerfully. On one occasion hewas met by a clergyman, an old friend, who atonce began to deplore his hard lot with muchcommiseration and sympathy, out before hebad got far, he was stopped by the followingremark-' Oh, bother sympathy ; BUYAPIE! '" To every desponding member of the C. I. A.we say, buy a 5s. Lot,-sell, lend, give,-thenorder Lots 2, 3, and 4, and do likewise. Lot 5will entitle you to a Platform Ticket for theSalisbury Conference, to which repair, in thestate of mind of the sbepherd of SalisburyPlain, who never had a bad day," , For your cheerful words will sure to be-

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!Istimulative letter, bearing thereon, which wedesire to add :-"TESTHIONY.-To the dear brethren who are

holding and desiring to teach more fully theprecious truth of 'Eternal Life' only in theChrist, or, in other words, 'Conditional Im-mortality,' I would say:-" Brethren, the time is short and the Lord is

at hand. Let us use our means for Him: our-selves for Him: let us work with a will. Dearbrother Hammond was kind enough to send me,about a month ago, one of his five shillingsurprise parcels of books and tracts, on thedoctrines we hold dear. I found therein a tract01 book on almost every point of those greattruths we have learned to value as priceless. Ishowed the parcel to other brethren, who wereequally surprised and pleased with it, to haveput within their reach, for SO small a sum, sucha mass of matter for personal consideration andprofit, and 80 much which could be freely dis-tributed to others.

THE SALISBURY PRESS ON THASSOCIATION.

" 'lITE are threatened with the invasionV V new sect ,at Salisbury-a sect whicb,cording- to its title, teaches as its main doctthe limitation of future punishment. T

teaching is becoming rather popular with sdenominations, but it is only the old Romidea of Purgatory revived, which Article 2the Church of England states is grounded unowarranty of Scripture, but is rather repugnto the Word of God. The new sect to whichrefer is about to hold a conference in thisand by way of preparing his congregatagainst the teaching in question, the RectoFisherton preached on Sunday evening a seron the whole question of Eternal PunishmeThe Revised Version of the New Testamgives the rendering of Rev. xx. 10 as" Tshall be tormented day and night unto theof the ages," and this will be a rather diffpassage for the new sect to explain in justiftion of its special teaching."-Wiltshire CouMirror.In reply to the above paragraph, we

forwarded-requesting its insertion-the foling letter :-" To the Editor of the WiltshCounty Mirror: Dear Sir,-Whilst thankyou for the honour of your notice in your iof the 13th, I must crave the indulgencefew lines in reply. First : We are not a 'as named in your paragraph, but an UnsectarAssociation comprising Ministers and Memof many different Denominations, both Sand Dissent: we have nothing whatever twith founding Churches or administeringdinances (features common to sectarian orizations), our purpose simply being topublic testimony, by means of tbe PressPlatform, to certain neglected or ignored Sture Truths. Second: We do not teachlimitation of future punishment,' in the senits duration, for we firmly believe in itspetuity-or unending duration-but differthe commonly-received opinion of its nabelieving that hell (or, more properly speakgehenna) is a place of destruction by fire,not of preservation in fire: this is in accordwith our Lord's words in Matt. x. 28, 'Him who is able to destroy both soul andin gehenna,' thus we teach' eternal punishmein the uniform Scripture sense of eternaltruction. Third : This is, clearly, the oppof what you designate 'the old Romish idePurgatory revived,' for no doctrine can befatal to the Romish, or the Universalist teacthan this 'sword of the Spirit '-' the wof sin is death,'-the 'second death.' FouYour reference to Rev. xx. 10 (R.V.) doetouch this intensely-important question ofuture of the wicked. That verse refers topunishment of three persons only, viz., thethe antichrist, and the false prophet, who


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 129deceiving the people are especially singled outfor a terribly unique punishment,-that of tOl-ment for a period of time called 'the ages of theages' [margin]. As for their dupes, verse 9says, 'fire came down out of heaven and de-voured them.' Fifth: We respect the goodRector of Fisherton as'a broad and able man,and thank him for drawing public attention tothe platform of the Association, but trust hiscongregation will listen to both sides of thequestion. Sixth: 'Life only in Christ' is notthe only doctrine advocated by the Association,but an equally important truth also, viz., theSecond Personal Coming and Reign of our LordJesus Christ. In reference to the approachingSalisbury Conference, we say to yourself, Sir,and to all the good citizens of Salisbury-Strike,if you will, but hear us.-Yours respectfully,Gyrus E. Brooks, Secretary, C.LA., MalvernLink, June 16th, 1882."P.S.-To show that our teaching is in accordwith the Articles of the Church of England, I

will gladly forward, gratis and post-free, to anymember of that Church in Salisbury, a pamphletby the Rev. H. S. Warleigh (the former Rectorof Ashchurch) on 'Hear the Church of England,which is proved to have expelled from herArticles the dogma of Endless Torments.' "

NOTES, NEWS, AND REVIEWS.Qhe New Zealand 'Fearnley Lecture'was delivered by one of these younger men, andwas a most able and impartial review of currentopinion upon the question of the soul's im-mortality. The lecturer, however, showed anevident leaning to the views held by' Life inChrist. only' teachers, and the consequent anni-hilation of the wicked. The vote of thankswhich followed the lecture showed the difficultyin which the (New Zealand) Conference wasplaced. He was thanked for his ability andcandour, but' the Conference at the same timeregretted that it could not endorse some of theviews expressed, believing them to be opposedalike to Scripture teaching and to MethodistStandards.' Yet this outspoken brother retainshis place in the Conferenoe, and is superintend-ent of a circuit."-GMistian World.S'" "People who really believe anything at

all about life beyond the grave believe that thereis no such thing as death; believe, therefore,that Jesus never died, though His body was doneto death; and that all who' die' pass on, out ofthe body, into the higher life. When, therefore,people talk of the resurrection of Jesus asthough everything turns upon the return toearth of a body, they miss the mark altogether:they might as well talk about the resurrection ofone's old clothes. The real resurrection is themarching out of the spirit-m an when the poortabernacle of flesh falls to pieces." Thus writesthe Rev. J. Page Hopps, of Leicester, in TheInquirer. Thus do men make void the Word ofGod with their traditions. Brethren, the Churchand the world needs a Bible Standard of " Whatis Truth?" Help us to help others by placingour pages in their hands.rg- At the last Church Congress one of the

speakers said: "The Church is based uponcertain cardinal truths, among which we findthe immortality of the soul. This is the mostessential fact of the Church system of faith. Ifman be not immortal, the Church is useless.Its mere affirmation of it, is the Church'sweakest point. The record alone is appealed to,but men die, and they disappear and are lostsight of, and the unbeliever challenges thebeliever to demonstrate by natural, fact that thesoul lives when the body dies. Until the factof spiritual existence has been demonstrated, wewant evidence; if demonstration was needed toestablish the fact to the hearts of the disciples,

it is needed to-daY,--narlow creeds cannot imposeon and influence for ever the mind of man,-therefore, modern Spiritualism has appeared asa Divine necessity. It will prove the Church'sbest friend. If nature comes to the aid, andestablishes by phenomena the immortality ofthe soul, written in scientific books, there can beno room for fear or doubt. Without Spiritualismthe Church stands helpless before the infidel."Mark this admission. 'I'he Church must go out-side the Bible for proof of natural. immortality!Must appeal to Spiritualism for proof thereof ISee here: The Church first adopts a Pagantheory of natural. immortality, and then, notfinding proof in the Divine Word, turns to thedevil in support thereof, The Church musthave fallen very lowif she accepts this" doctrineof demons." Let her teach Scriptural Im-mortality, by faith in and union to the LordJesus, and fight the devil and all his works.

!l@ r' Anorthodox friend sends us the following:"In loving remembrance of ----" Tender Shepherd, Thou haat stilledNow Thy Iittle lamb'a brief weeping;. 1 . 1 1 "luno p e a ce f l h L , pale, a n d 1nild,In. its narrow bed 'tis sleeping,And no sigh of anguish BoreHeaves tha .t little bosom more.HIn this world of care and pain,Lord, Thou would' at no longer lea.ve it;To the sunny, heavenly plain,Thou dos't now with joy receive it;Clothed in mbe. of spotless ,uhite,No'Wit d10ells with Thee in light."

Our truest sympathy is given in the trial ofbereavement, through man's hated and hatefulfoe-death, but we are painfully struck with theinconsistency of the lines in each verse whichwe have printed in italics. It is not possible toharmonise-

" In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping,Now it dwells with Thee in light."One only is true now, and that the former. One

only will be true in resurrection, and that thelatter.WORK AND WITNESS.

HOME.CHELTENHAM.-Regent-stleet Ghapel.--Mr.

Carlile, of London, has received an invitation tothe pastorate of this Church. He preached twosermons to unusually good congregations, onJune 11th. The call was a unanimous one, andwewish the youthful pastor an abundant blessingin this his first pastorate, should he Beehis wayto accept.HULL.-Protestant Hall=-:" On Monday lastthe Church, with the children and their parents,went to the sea side and had a most enjoyableday. After tea we sat on the sands and sangsome hymns, when many persons gatheredround and gave us an opportunity for dis-tributing the truth. A brother said it was thehappiest, holiest holiday he had ever spent.Our numbers are increasiug-the reading-meet.ings especially are seasons of great blessing."-J.G.A.BAcup.-Go-operative Hall.-Captain J. E.Dutton, of Liverpool, conducted the Serviceshere on June 4th. His visits are highly es-teemed by the Bacup friends, and the Services,morning, afternoon, and evening were crowded.

NESToN.-Our esteemed President hasbeen called to pass through a great sorrowin the loss of his youngest son, who was in-terred in Neston Churchyard on May 27th.May the God of all grace administer allneeded comfort.

COLONIAL.SOUTHAUSTRALIA.-We have received a first

subscription for eight members from this infantAssociation. May the' little one become athousand.

SPECIAL NOTES.REPLIESTOCORRESPONDENTS.

J.E.B. (Rochdale) :-We appreciate your grate-ful refereuce to the writers and works named,and rejoice with you in the gracious changewronght in you by the Holy Spirit in relationto your attitude to the trnths we advocate, anddesire your co-operation in making those truthsknown to others. As to the query respectingthe heathen and their infant offspring, we ha.veno opinion-because we find no teaching thereonin the Divine word, on which to base an opinion-for or against,J.H.P. (Liverpool), is thanked for his letter

concerning the case of "Cheshire BaptistJustice," recorded in May issue. It containspersonal testimony from a member of theChurch in question, as to the ex-pastor'ssincerity, ability, and ministerial usefulness;had it reached us earlier we would have in-serted it.G. (South Australia).-G. will find his first

query replied to in May issue-written beforethe date of his letter. In response to the second,or, " If there is a resurrection of the wicked inwhat body do they rise? Is it not also aspiritual body, for how is it possible to have thesame flesh and blood again? If there is anatural body there is also a spiritual body"(1 Cor, xv. 44), we reply, Certainly not in a'spiritual body as the saints of the above chapter,for such are also incorruptible. The powerwhich awakes the wicked from the sleep of thefirst death will be sufficient to clothe them witha body capable of destruction in the seconddeath. You do but shift the difficulty by yourquery, a spiritual body is not less difficult thana natural or soulical one. Sons of the firstAdam will have their fathers likeness, not thatof the second Adam, the Lord from heaven.J.W.D. (London).-" If you have space

among your questions for July, I should thinkthis query worth inserting: Does not' Life inChrist' receive its strongest affirmation, and, ifI may use the term, its' physical illustration'in the Transfiguration scene? Christ's tempor-ary glorification being a temporary manifesta-tion of His hidden ones. Consequently, Hispermanent glorification is their permanentmanifestation. At present their' departed per-sonalities' are 'hidden with Christ in God,'ready to be revealed when He is.-' Body,' ac-cording as God gives it; 'Form; according tocharacter and person. The practical incentiveof this is to 'know Christ,' and' be found inHim,' as 'because He lives we shall live also.''Intermediate state' and' corporeal resurrec-tion,' to my mind, have here a ready answer.

To ' sleep in Jesus' is no mere figure of spoech."We must leave this for quiet thought, ofwhich it is not unworthy.

THECOMINGONE.Dr. E. W. Forster, Darlington, writes :-" Iwish to draw your attention to an important

omission in section 13 of your paper, 'He iscoming again.' In referring to the ordinaryGreek text-2 John 7.-you will observe thatJesus Christ is spoken of as fPXollVol,-theComing One, so that the authorised translationhas egregiously erred, but is corrected in theRevised Version. It is solemn, but deeply in-teresting, to compare John's testimony in thishis second epistle with that on the same subjectin his first-fourth chapter, first three verses."

OURTREASURER'SIVE SHILLINGPARCELS.In another column our readers will find a

letter from our Treasurer on this subject, fol-lowed by a paragraph of our own. We aredeeply grateful for the hearty support giventhereto, no less than 110 parcels having beendespatched to date.


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