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THE

t a uda rd .hleDevoted to the Exposition of Scrip ture respecting Conditional Immortality, Resurrection,

the Return and Reign of Christ, and the Final Destruction of all Evil .

EDITED BY W ILLIAM LEASK , D.D.

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

No. 9 . Vol . Ill . Price One Penny.UNE, 1880.

TA BLE OF CONTENTS.P AGE

The Journey of FaithThe Question at IssueDivine N ames in the Psalms ...The Pr omised KingPractic al Heroism" That Ye might Believe ."The Bible Triumphant... . ..News of the WorkCorre spond enceAnnouncem ents ...

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THE JOURNEY OF FAITH.

" By faith Abr aham, when he was called to go out into aplac e which he should aft er receive for an inhe ritance,obeyed ; _and he went out, not knowin g whither he went."-

Heb. xi. 8 .

The sto ry o f Ab raham is uniq ue amon g biogr aphie s, sofar as the cil'wmstances are conc erned, but essent ia lly it isonly on e amon g countl ess multitud es. Every followe r ofChrist live s and wal ks by f aith. We see not yet wh at isbefore us, but " go out " relyin g upon the f aithfulne ss ofHim who c alls u s. His word is our authorit y for l eavingthe fo llies and sins and de lusions of the wor ld, in search of

the kin gdom whi ch cannot b e moved, 'and the cit y whi chhath th e foundations, whose Builder and M aker is God;and His promi se of safe conduct through the jo urney bearsus up throu gh all its difficulti es. Sometim es we get roughusage by th e way , for the wo rld do es not l ike men who l ookfor something b etter than it can a fford. It resents this de -preci ation of its d aintie s, as an in sult to its wisdom , andironica lly cal ls us "saints," or, in vicious earne stness," hypocrite s; " but these thin gs must not move t he travel lerwho se heart is set on meeting his Lord with joy. Foot sorehe m ay be, aye , and · heartsore, too , at time s, but he must

not stand sti ll, far less go back ; . His joyous shout of" Home at last! " w ill come in due time, and whilst he f indshimself ric h from the spoils he has gathered by the way, hisglorious Leader wi ll get all the praise for sa fe journeythrough a ll its perils, crowned by an abundant entrance inthe everlast ing kingd om of his Lord and Saviou r JesusChrist.

'l'HE QUESTION AT ISSUE.

MR. E LLIOT STO CKhas just publi shed-price one ' shilling-" An Essay for the Un learned," by the Rev. Wi lliam Ker,M.A., entit led, " Immorta lity; Whence? and for Whom ? i.,

With some of Mr. Ker's positions we do not agree, but weheartily commend this cheap volume as a fine argument forthose essential truths which we wish to see univers allyaccepted -the entire mortality of man by nature, and eternallife only in Christ. The fol lowing passages from ¥r . Ker' sbook w ill be read with pleasure :-

The real qu estion at issue is this :-" Was th e soul formedor cre ated immortal? W as it so created t hat it cannot die,or ce ase to be , or be destroyed? W e read of the ' electangels ' (1 Tim , v. 21), and of those who shall be 'countedworthy' to attain the' resurre ction from the dead,' and whoshall be 'equ al to th e angels,'· that they 'cannot die '

(Luke xx. 35, 36), liter ally 'are not able to die,' were itpossible they should desire it. Is this the c ase with allmen , of nece ssity, and by nature? "

This i s the question , to which the majority of Christianadvocat es emphatica lly an swer Yes ; to which we as de-cidedly answer No; a nd upon which we now proceed, as thelegal term goes, to "join issue "-an i ssue, it will beadmitted, as fa r surpassing in import ance and interest anycause that ever was litigated in any court of human equity,as the heaven is higher than the earth , or eternity exceed stime .



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Such th en is the quest ion in dispute; and as in courts ofequity the suprem e authority in all cases is the Act ofParliament, so we say that in this case the sole and supremeauthority to which appeal c an be admitted i s the writt enlaw, or Word of God.

God alone who created it can know what the soul i s, or

with what intention He gave it being ; and from Him onlycan we l earn its future destiny. Now God has spok en, aswe shall see, clearly and decisively upon this subject, andour plain duty is, in simplicity and sincerity of heart, toaccept His teaching.

We have nothing whatever to do with the reasonings ofphilosophers, ancient or modern; s ave indeed to take goodheed to the inspired caution (Col. ii , 8), "Beware lest anyman spoil " (rob or plunder) (C you through philosoph y andvain deceit. " We have only in this as in every similar caseto inqui re" What saith the Lord ?" and that once clearlyascertained our plain path is submission, no matter to what

extent the knowledge thus acquired may disturb our pre-conceived opinions.

r If any of my readers, therefore, should unhappily dissentfrom this fund amental principle, here I much grieve to saywe mu st part company. For where a common ground ofappeal as decisive authority is wanting , discussion is worsethan usele ss, and can lead to nothing but perple xity andbitterness.

The que stion now at issue is not one of specul ation ', but ofScripture interpretation only, and to that our discu ssionshall be as rigidly as possible confined.

1. In the first place then we maintain that the truedoctrine of " Immortality " is that and that only which isstated by St . Paul, and which forms ;the heading of thischapter :-" The gift of God is eternal life , through Jesu sChri st our Lord " (Rom. vi. 23).

" Life" i s here put in opposition to "Death" in theformer clau se-Cl For the w ages of sin is de ath; but thegift of God i s eternal life," etc. Now the common and well-understood m eanin g of "lif e" (as appli ed to man) isconsc iou s being; and" death" being its opposite should there-ore mean the loss 01' extinctio n oj c onscious being. In fact,you at once perc eive that the k ey words of this controversy

are" Lif e" and "Death ;" and wer e these word s allowedto hold their ordin ary si gnifi cation the controv ersy, as youwill s oon p erceive, would be very speedily decided .

And why now , let me ask you, dear reader , why shouldlhey not be tak en in their usual s ense? Why should weaccept th em naturally in all hum an docum ents-legal,politi cal, historic al, dome stic-and in th at Sacred Bookcnly, in which accuracy of compreh ension conc erns us themost deeply, endeavou r to for ce upon them a non -natur al

meaning ? Does not this seem to you a strange thin g? aviolation of common sense as well as of the ordinary rule sof int erpret ation? Yet, as you will see , it is persistentlypracti sed by the advocat es of the popul ar cre ed; 1 and by noother means could that cre ed be maintain ed.

This forcing of a non-natural m eaning on ordinar y words

will appear to you the more unreasonable, when you re -member ho w emph atically we are warn ed that we mustreceive the "kingdom of heaven as little children" (Matt.xviii. 3 ) ; and e xhorted "as newborn b abes" to "de sirethe sinc ere" (unadulterated ) " milk of the word " (1 Pe ter ii.2). A little child would never conceiv e of Life as anythingbnt Life ; or of D eath but the los s or extinction of Lif e.

Little suit able to a childlike mind ( and the more aChri stian grows in grace, the mor e childlike he b ecome s) isthat special pleading which puts lif e for death and death forlife; and which makes such e xpressions as to perish, to bedestroyed, to kill with death , to slay, to be con sumed and

burnt up with fire-as chaff , or thorns, or stubble-tosignify being pr eserved aliv e for ever in torment!

It is very true that life and death are sometimes us ed in afigurative sense: ItS for e xample when St. P aul sa ys of thewanton widow, "She that liveth in pleasure is de ad whileshe liveth " (1 T im, v. 6); and of him self that he h ad been" in deat hs oft " (2 Co r. xi. 23).

But such passages present no difficult y, and are ea silyunderstood even b y a child. Thus the " widow " is " dead "-that is to all sense of spiritual thin gs-whilst" living inpleasure ," though no one would fancy th at the Apo stlemeant she was dead in fact!

So also St. P aul was" in deaths oft,"-that is in situa-tions of gr eat pe -ril, and such as would have resulted in d eathhad he not have been miraculously pr eserved ; as forinstance wh en the poi sonou s viper fastened on hi s hand,and he shook it off and f elt no harm.

It is to be carefully ob served that the radical or ro o t

meaning of the word r emains alw ays the s ame in such likepassages althou gh used in a figurative sense; and th e truemeaning is to b e gathered from the cont ext."

It is also mo st true that Immortalit y and Et ernal Lifeinclude much mor e than the naked word s imply. They in-

clude for in stance "glory and honour" iRom, ii. 7 ). Butwhy i s this? Is it because they do not m ean wh at they

1 By " cree d " is he re m ea nt n ot a ny forma l sy m bo l, as the Apost les'

Cr ee d , o r th e N ice n e C ree d: but s impl y th e com m on and p reva lent orpo pul a r be lie f as to Imm o rtali ty and F ut ure P unishment .

2 T hose w ho may w ish to s tud y t hi s p art o f our sub ject m or e d ee pl y

will find it trea ted of at c o nsider abl e len g th by t he R ev. E dward White inh is ad mir abl e a nd exha u s tive wo rk , "Life in Christ ," pp , 369 -375, 3 n1

ed . : Ell io t S tock.



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seem to mean? or is i t not rather that the goodness of Godhas as sociated inseparably with them the gifts of " glory andhonour. " This association of ins eparable blessings does notsurely deprive those word s of their natur al signi fication!

Now Eternal Life , apart from all that the gr ace of God

has associ ated with it , means simpl y living for eoe r: and

Immortality is tha t which cann ot di e and therefore m ust livefor ever.

With out, then, in the least d enying the signa l benefit scombined with the se two e xpres sions , it may with thestricte st propriety be m aintained th at Immort ality andEternal Life are convert ible terms: that i s, may be sub-stituted th e one for the ot her in most, if not in all the t extswhere th ey occu r. At the same time .ib is freely admi ttedthat in some (as Rom. ii. 7 ), the latter s eems tohave a some-what fuller meaning; as also it is the expression m ostfrequently used in ref erence to the redeemed.

Returnin g now to the main subject; ev ery Bible readermust know that to the statement of St. P aul placed at thehead of this chapter , agrees the unvarying testimony ofHoly Script ure from first to la st. A few examples inaddition to that already cited (Rom. vi. 23) will suffi ce forour present purpose. By the u se of a Concord ance , or ofthe mar ginal ref erences , the number may be muchenlarged: -

Joh n iii, 15 .- " That whosoever b e li eve th in Him" (Chri s t) " s ho uldnot peri sh, but hav e eternal life."

" iii . 16. -" For G od so loved the wo rl d, tha t He g ave His onlybegot ten S o n that who soev e r b e liev e th in Him sh ouldno t perish, but h ave everlastin g life."

" ii i, 36. -" He th at b e li eve th on th e S o n ha th ever lasting life;and he th a t b e lie v e th not the S o n sha ll no t see life."

v. 24 .-" He th a t h ea re th My word , and b e liev e th . , .. hathever las ting li fe."

" vi . 4 7. -" H e th a t b e lieveth on M e hath everla sting l ife."

" x. 28. -" I giv e unto them etern a l life; and th ey sh a ll neverperish; "

" xvii . 2.-" A s Thou h as t g iven Him po w er over al l fl es h, th a tHe should give eterna l life," e tc.

1 John v. 11. -" Thi s is th e reco rd, that God hath gi ven t o us etern a llife, and this lif e is in His Son ."

" v. 1 2 .-" H e that hath th e Son hath l ife; a nd he that h a thnot th e S on of Go d hath no t life."

" i i . 17 .-" He th a t d oe th th e w illof G od ab ide th. fa?' eve? '."

What can be pl ainer than all thi s, if only words beallowed to hav e their natural forc e? God hath bestowed o ncertain individua ls a cer tain gift, variously termed" life, "" eternal li fe," or "everlas ting life," but a ll clear ly sig nify-ingone and the sam e thing.

.The "gift" is eternal life, " incl uding also "glory andhonour, " or what m eans th e same thin g and includes al sothe same bl essings, Immort ality. But if Immort ality b ethe common inh eritance of all men , how can it b e said to b e

given ? Surely God could in no sen se and with no prop rietybe said to give men that which they had b efore; which wastheir s by birth , of ne cessi ty, and by nature !

•

DIVI NE NAMES IN THE P SALMS.

THE Psa lms of David affor d us much mat erial for th e

exercise of the principles of c areful ob servation on the u se othese names, vi z., Jah or J ehovah on the on e hand and ElEloah and Elohim on the other. Th e Psalms are div idedinto five book s, the fir st, second, and third endin g with" Amen and Amen. " The fourth with " Amen Hall elujah,"and the fifth with" Halleluj ah."

The FIRSTbook (Psalms i.-xli .) is the " Genes -is" bookthe book of the divine couns els; and it gives u s the purpo sesof grace in the person and work of M essiah. H ence w e have"Jehov ah" 272 times, and" Elohim " (God ) only 32 tim es(of which 11 are associat ed with J ehovah).

The SECONDbook (P sa lms xlii. j--Ixxii.) is the" Exodus"book: the book that gives us man in ruin, responsibility ,and redemption .v

Hence, i n this book we have "Elohim " 208 time s, and" J ehovah " only 33 time s.

The THI RDbook (Ps a lms lxxiii .-Ixxxix .) is the" Leviticus"

book, the book of the San ctuar q, and gives us, i n it17 Psa lms, the hol iness of Go d and His requirements--Hisway "in the sanc tuary ." t Hence, in th e fir st section(lxxiii .-Ixxxi ii.), which gives the requirements of thesanctuary in relation to man (Israe l), and the enemy in themidst of the congregation (Psalm lxxiv. 4 and l xxix. 1, &c.)we have "E lohim " 60 times and "Jehovah " only 14while in the second section (lx xxiv.-lxxxi x.), which givesthe req uirement s of the s anctuary as met in Christ, and theLord loving the gates of Zion and speakin g glorious thingsconcerning her , (P salm lxxxvii . &c.), we have" Elohimonly 20 time s (of which 7 are associated with J ehovah), buJehovah 32 time s.

The FOURTHbook (P sa lms xc.-cvi. ) is the" Numb er s"

book, the book of the wilderness, and, like the third , is shortcontaining only 17 Psalms. It begins with " a pray erMose s the man of God " -the funer al Psalm of the " wi lder

ness ." Messi ah is again introd uced as the one who r eturnto the world , so long d estitute of Hi s manif ested pre sence

• Th ey a re not whol ly Mess ianl c , b ut th e P sa lm wh ic h i s spe ciallsostands iu contr as t t o oth e rs . For, whil e in Ps a lm xx ii. w e have the" sin- off ering " as pe ct, and in Psalm xl . th e" b u rn t- of fe ring,' " h e rePsalm lx ix .weh av e the" tre spa ss -o ff e rin g," wh e res in is rega rd ed a s aninjll1"y do n e to Go d and m an , n ee di ng restitutio n (v . 4). Th e v e ry w ofor "my s in s" in v . 5 is ] I a t z m e e t h ai, a wo rd clo se lyconnectedwith t he " Tr es p ass -of fe ring" Ash am. An d th en Psalm s Ixx .-I xx igive th e ble ss in g fo r I s rael, f lowin g fr om th is tr espass -o ffe ring o f C hri s

t Se e Psa lms lxxi ii, 17 , Ixx iv,37 , l xxv ii . 1 3 , l xx viii . 5 4 , 69 .



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conf ess themse lves strangers and pilgrim s on the earth,lookin g for a city which hath fou ndation ; the tidin gs of thecomin g of th e King sound lik e the sweet est mu sic in a darkand d esolate land . And to the church wh ich waits for thatKing whom Israel r ejected , the m essage, " Behold thy Ki ngcometh ! " comes wit h an- especia l emphasis. Th rough th e

instrument ality of th at testifying church, the gospel of t hekingdom goes into a ll the wor ld, for a witn ess unto al l thenations; and greatly as it affect s, amelior ates, and improv esthe c onditi on of mankind, it only d evelops int enser longingsfor t he se tting up in its fu ll glory of that ki ngdom over whichChri st shall reign, and in which Hi s saints shall beenthr oned and a ssociated with Him in the royal mini striesof Hi s universal and eterna l empire.

Behold , thy King cometh, 0 Ea rth! He who when m adeflesh received a body of thin e own sub stance, and who h asborn e it up immorta l to th e skies, a pledge and token ofearth 's ultim ate redempti on from th e curse of sin anddeath ; He who h as worn thin e own thorn s upon H is brow ,the embl em of thy curse whi ch He has borne and canc elled,that H e might lift t he load of ages from thy we ary breast;He who wa s laid in thin e own bo som ti ll the slee p of deathwas brok en; thy Kin g, the Lord who "shall be King overall the earth, " cometh to r ule thee in thy height s and int.hy d epths, to say to thy t empe sts, "Peac e, be still," to hushthe tumult of thy w aters, and ca lm the r aging of thy winds ."Behold, thy King com eth!" 0 Earth, rejoice at Hisappro ach. " Let the heave ns rejoic e, and let the earth b eglad; let the sea roa r and the fu lness thereof . Let the fieldbe joyful, and all that is therein : then sha ll all the trees ofthe wo od rejoice before the Lord : for H e cometh , for H ecom eth to jud ge the ea rth: He shall judge the wor ld withrighteousness, a nd th e people with H is truth. " Psal m xcvi.1 1- 1 3 .

Thy Ki ng cometh, 0 w orn and w earied humanity . Theonly p erfect man that earth h as seen com es to be the helper ,the d eliverer, the Saviour of a ruin ed race , the desire of allnation s, God's own appoint ed witn ess, and l eader , and com-mander of all the people, He c omes to br eak th e opp ressor'ssway ; He comes to und o the heavy burd ens; He com es tocrush the tyrant and to d eliver the poor and th e needy and

him that liath no h elper; He comes to an swe r the cry ," How lon g, 0 Lord, how long?" He com es to aven ge thesuff ering labour ers, who se hir e has been kept back by fr aud;He comes to m ake inqui sition for b lood , and H e will notforg et the cry of t he humble; He com es to dethroneiniquity , to enthr one righteousness, to stain the pride of a llglor y, and l ay earth' s godless pomp and spl endour in th edust; He comes to introduc e a new ord er of thin gs, torepair the ruin that sin hath wrou ght; to restore a desolatecreation; to brighten wlth H i, smile tI nt which has b een

blasted by His frown, and to crown with His ble ssing thatworld which h as g roaned beneath hi s curse.

Thy King cometh, 0 waitin g, suff ering, stru ggling church ,faithful among the f aithl ess, and loyal amid t en thous andtreach erous foe s, thou ha st wait ed and w atched and hop edand longed for His r eturn. D ay after d ay has thy cry

ascend ed to Hi s throne , night after night h as thy petitiongone upw ard to His ear. Lisped by prattl ing inf ancy,faltered by st ammer ing age, breathed upon each zephyr andwafted on every wind ; groaned forth from dun geons andprison s; borne alof t amid the cracklin g flame s of martyrs 'fagot fir es; wail ed out above th e lifeless form s of dear andcherished ones; murmured amid th e wreck of earthly hope sand th e ruin of earthly joy s; rol led upw ard by the unitedvoice s of assembl ed wor shipp ers; sound ed like a battle -cryalong the lines of th e army of th e Lord for e ighteen hundredyears; in every land and clime, w ith each returning 'day,from eve ry son and d aughter of th e Lord Almighty , has this

one cr y arisen, "Thy kin gdom come, Thy will be done inearth as it is in heaven." And still th e wea ry yea rs roll by ,and still "the whol e creation groaneth and tr ava ileth inpain until n ow," and still we who h ave the first-fruit s of thespirit groan with in ourselves , waiting for th e adop tion, theredemption o f our body; still oppr ess ion, and misrule, andsin and d eath ho ld carnival thro ughout a ruin ed world , andstill thro ughout it all there shine s the light of proph ecyamid the darkn ess that surrounds it, and over all the tumultsoun ds the gladdening shout, " Beho ld thy Kin g com eth I"

o Church o f God Mo st High, make ready for Hi s return.Scatter your palm s before Him, and cry " Hosanna! " as hecome s. Sound thr ough the broad world th e tidin gs of Hisappro ach. L et every n ation hear the cr y, " Repent, for thekingdom of God i s at hand." Stand apart from th at wor ldwhich h as a lways been Hi s foe, and seek fellowship andcompanion ship with all those who are known as His friends .Reckon your self dead ind eed unto sin, c ount yourselves asstrangers in a foreign land. L et all earth 's pomps andvanities, ear th's joys and tre asures seem to you as emptydreams and idl e phantom s, and whi le you s erve yourgeneration b y the will of God , let the d eepest lon gings ofyour loya l hearts cry o ut for th e coming King , "Behold thyKing com eth!" Blessed are they w ho shall be foundwatchin g in th at day, for th en shall the King say, ' Come,ye blessed of My F ather, inherit th e kingdom pr epared f oryou from the foundation of the world.' "

I kn ow a chil d , and w ho she is

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Sh e say s, " Wh at fo r? " a nd" W hy ? "Sh e' d b e a bet te r ch ild by fa r ,

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THE BIBLE STANDARD.

PRACTICAL HEROISM.BY MRS. T. H. GRIFFITHS.

" IT's a nice thing to be a real live hero, ain't it, Lou?"said I, throwing down the paper I had been reading, andlazily stretching myself out on the lounge. "I tell you, JimHenderson's lucky. I only wish I had been in his place theother night when he caught those burglars so nicely. Why,the public mind is just wild about him . He's petted andpraised, and pointed out as he goes along the street;and to-day's paper states that Dodge and Fielding, theproprietors of the store where the thieves broke in, aregoing to give a dinner in his honour. You better believethere was a crowd around him yesterday when he wasshowing the bullet-hole in his hat. He is made, he is ."

" Fudge! " exclaimed Lou, going on with her everlastingbasting; "and what will it amount to? A puff or two inthe papers-a nine-days' wonder-and it'fl done. JimmyHenderson will be Jimmy Henderson again, his brave actcommitted to the past. I know.

"No, you don't," I replied, testily. ., People are not soungrateful as you think . I only wish I had a chance to beheroic. I 'd test their stability ."

" You have," said mother, quietly, adjusting a long seamunder the tiny shoe of the sewing-machine. "Everybodyhas. Life is full of opportunities, It is easy enough forpeople to prove themselves heroes or cowards. And thereis a Book of Remembrance written, in 'which is kept arecord of their actions . So you see there's no danger of itsbeing, as Lou says, only a nine -days' wonder.

" Oh, well," said I, in a disgusted kind of tone, "youknow very well, mother, that don't pertain to this life."

"All the better, if it goes on unto life eternal," said she,solemnly. "But you made a mistake in your assertion,Bertie. It does affect this life, if it does not actually pertainto it. Blot out of this world the people who are living thelives of true heroism, who are patient in tribulation, forgiv-ing amid persecution, unswerving in doing right for right'ssake, and you leave it in utter darkness. 'Ye are the lightof the world ,'said Jesus."

"Yes," said I triumphantly, "But you can 't deny thatthat was meant for Christians only."

"Nor you can't deny that everybody ought to beChristians," said she, quietly; "so it includes Herbert, too,I think; at least indirectly."

"And I tell you what," said Lou, taking a half-dozen pinsout of her mouth, and sticking them, one by one, into thecushion, "I think, for all this much talked-of act of JimmyHenderson's was a very brave one, his self-denial in givingup school, and play, and every other thing that the heart ofa boy delights in, to drudge in Dodge and Fielding's store,to help his poor, over-worked mother, was a much braverone,"

Something in her words jarred upon me, and I merelysniffed in reply, as I took up the paper again.

,. But I tell you what , Bert," she went on in a minute,

"you can follow Jimmy's example in the last-mentionedline, and make yourself illustrious. I 'm sure mother and Iwould be overjoyed."

"No doubt," I returned, that's like your heroic self .Very considerate in you to expect a fellow to work whenhe's sick, ain't it? , j

"You're not sick, " said Lou, stoutly. "You only thinkso. It all lies in your imagination. I 'm positive, if youwould only brace yourself up with a little determination,you 'd soon get over your inability to work. I tell you,brother Bert, you are going to be a perfectly worthless man,if you keep on in your present way of life. For my part, Idon't see how anyone with a spark of humanity in hisbreast can lie around and let his mother chop wood, weedthe garden, and stitch her life out in order to support hislazin -ess. If I was mother I'd oust you at once ."

"Oh, shnt up!" said I, indignantly, rising from mycouch, and striding out -doors. I was very angry. Not onlyat Lou, whose words, bitterly as they rankled in my heart,I knew to be true, but also at myself, in an uneasy, ashamedkind of way. Here I was, fifteen years old, hands and facewhite as a girl's, shoulders anything but erect, and a generalair of do -nothingness about me. I had been a delicate child,and had grown up with the idea that I was not able to work.I had become accustomed to allowing mother to wait uponme, and fancied myself injured if Lou called on me for the

slightest favour. But now, as I glanced over the neglectedyard and garden, conscience stung me into action, and witha deep resolve that it should be the last time Lou shouldaccuse me of meanness, I picked myself up from the grasswhere I had thrown myself , and stalked down town toJ ohnson's feed-store .

" Mr. Johnson," said I, walking back to where the pro -prietor was standing, "have you engaged a boy to deliveryour goods yet? "

" Not yet, Herbert. Good boys are hard to find just now.Do you know one you would like to recommend? "

"I know of one who would like to try," said I, my eyesfalling before his kind se arching glance. And then I lookedup, saying, suddenly, my heart thumping with the effort ittook to say it: "Mr. Johnson, I-I am ashamed of myself ."

"For the first time, Bertie ?" said he, half playfully,laying a kind hand on my round shoulder . And thendrawing me into a more secluded corner, he got the truthfrom me, and promised to try to cure me of my indolence." But remember this, Bert," said he, in conclusion, and takea bit of advice from your father's old friend; and that is!you mustn't depend on me. It won 't do. There's only One




wlio has power to help you ove rcome bad habit s. Enli stHis aid, and I'll rest easy abo ut you."

I thanked him, and promising to be on hand early nextmorn ing, hurri ed hom e; and without a word to e ithermoth er or Lou, got the h ammer and nail s and b egan pat ch-ing up the ga rden fence. Oh! how my arms and shoulder sached, not only that night, b ut for a wee k. I th ought Ishould n eve r get used to handling the heavy sacks o f coniand oats, but I was too p roud to g ive up, a nd by -and-bye Ibegan to becom e more acc ustomed to it, and felt the fat igueless; a nd then, best of all, I to ok M r. J ohnson 's adv ice inrega rd to ge tting Jesus to help. And when, after a fewmont hs, s o much of th e murderou s stitching w as done away,and moth er's pale face began to t ake on smiles, and Loushow ed for me a deepe ning regard, I b egan to re ap theresults of we ll-doing, an d was happy.

"Bert, " said Lou, one day the nex t summe r, as we we resitting at dinner, " I believe yo u've made yo urself as famo usas Jimmy Henderson. I don 't know h ow many indirectremarks I have h eard, e xtolling your greatness, lately. Ithin k that was a goo d bit of advice of mine, for you to follo whis exampl e. You're what moth er and I c all a pr actical,ever y-day hero. "

" But you are mis taken about th e exampl e, Lou, saidmoth er ge ntly , with a glance at my crimson che eks; " Bertieis foll owing a better than Jimmy ; for you kn ow,dau ghter, it i s written that 'eve n Christ ple ased notHim self. ' "

•i'THAT YE M IGHT BE LIEVE ."

"And many other s ig n s truly d id Jesn s in the pres enc e o f Hi s

d is c iple s , which are no t writt en in th is book: b u t the se a re w rit ten,th at ye mig h t b e li ev e th a t Je sus is the Ch ri s t, the S on of God ; and th a t

b e li evi ng ye m ight h a v e lif e throu g h Hi s n nm e. " - John xx . 3 0 ,3 1 .

OUTo f all Christ's word s and mir acles a se lection h as beenmade.It is a D ivine se lection. B eing Div ine, it is perf ect.

There is no imperfection here, either in r eference to wha t isinserted or to w hat is omitted. Th e feeling ofte n occ urs,Oh, th at there were more of the se words a nd m irac leswr itten down for us I No; it is not nece ssary, O thers maysay, Might not this passage have been omi tted? No; itcould n ot be omitt ed.It is a se lection precisely suit ed to th e end in vi ew. The

rea son why some thin gs a re omitt ed whi ch we might wi shinserted , and som e things inserted we m ight wi sh-omitted,is ju st that the addition or omi ssion would ha ve hinde redthe object in view. The multitude of facts and truthsomitted i s an imme nse treas ure-house, the doors of whichwill o ne d ay be throw n ope n to us. The miracles recordedare r eprese ntat ive mir acles, so that wh atever lesso n wegather from anyon e of them, we k now th at it is con firmedby being done perh aps a t hou sand times.

What is the objec t, then , of these s igns and miracl es?They are all in tended to prove t hat Jesus Christ is the Sonof the li ving God. And h ow do they prove this? The yprov e it in r elation to the proph ecies of th e com ing MessiahThey show that thi s Jes us of Naza reth was th e ve ry Per sonspok en of all along; that He was the Seed of the womanHe of wh om Enoch proph esied; He r ega rding whomAbraham g ot the p romise that all n ations should be blesse din Him; whom Jacob saw as the rising S tar; whom M osespoke of as a Prophet like unto h imself; whom Dav id celebrated in all H is psalms; He of whom Solomon sung in thSong of Song", o f whom Jeremiah spoke as JehovahTsidkenu .

Is this onl y an hi stori cal fac t, or is there some meanin gin it for u s? Yes, t hese facts contain dep ths no line canfathom, heights no wing can sca le; they a re longer than thearth , broader than the se a; they con tain th e un searchableriches o f God , the u nsearchab le riches of Chr ist. AlwaysGod has w rapped up h is great truths in fac ts. For instance, what of Beth lehem? The histo ry is this : One ni gha poor man and' wom an were trave lling, and th e wom abrought forth a littl e bab e in an inn. Th at is a s implfact, and the world h as been studying th at fact for ages anwill never get to the bottom of it. Th e Incarnation of t hEternal World i s some thing unsea rchable.

Ou r passag e says, "These a re written that ye m ighbelieve." What then? "And that believing ye mighhave life th rough H is name." This wo ndrous fac t, thenconta ins in it eve rlasting life for the dead in trespa sses a nsins; and th e way in which I get possess ion o f this factby believing it. I should not like to wander into any diquisition about f aith, for it is by such di scuss ions that meare p erplexed. God has u sed the word " believing "invery obvious sense, so th at the way faring man, thoughfool, need not err. There is only one d efinit ion, in thBible, of faith,-that it is the substance of t hings hoped fothe ev idence of t hing s not seen . It is just because of isimpl icity that it is a s tumbl ing-block. Men won 't believit to be so simple a th ing that e ternal life comes w ithAnd me n try to m ake it a complex thing, so that they maobta in from it some food for self-righteousness. It i s etrao rdinary that so many should put away f rom t hem thcom fort of ju stification, by pu zzling with th emselves wheth ethey ha ve gone through th e performa nce of believ ing.seems incredible that men should make that mysterious anmyst ic which God has made simp le, and yet i t is in thway that m ultitudes are wa lking in darkne ss and h aving nlight, and losing the joy they m ight ha ve in their pilg rimag eWe ask the question far too often, What is the qual ity, whis the quantity, of my f aith ? We shall neve r get thquestion satisfac toril y answered. Bu t we ca nnot t oo oftask about the t ruth and significance of the gloriou s factswh ich our faith is to rest.-Hora tius Banal ', D.D .




THE B IBL E TR IUMPHANT.

105

To THE ED ITOR OF TH E " B IB L E STANDARD."

D ear Si r,

"Th e B ibl e Tr iu m ph an t, " by Mr s. H . V . R ead, b e in g

advert ised in the Bible Stan da rd, I wou ld f ee l ob li g ed if yo u

w ould fo r th e truth 's sake gra nt sp ace for t h e fo ll owi ng co r-rec ti o n s :-

On pa ge 23 w e rea d : "It i s n o t Go d the Fat h e r w ho i s

spo k en of in Malt xi ii . 1 4, b ut th e g od of th is world. " Now

if w e re fe r t o R O /J I. x i. 8 , Pau l says , " God h a th g iv e n th em

th e sp irit of s lu m ber, " & c . It was, a nd st ill i s , j u dici a l

b lin dn ess to th e Jew n a tion a lly , unt il the f u ln ess o f th e

Ge ntil e s be come in ; th en Hoi n, x i. · 26 w ill be fu lfill ed ;

and ev en now the J ew, acce pt in g t h e Gos p e l m ess a ge, is

b rought in to bles s in g w ith the Ch ur c h of C h rist , wher e th e

di s tin c ti o n of Jew and Ge n til e c eases .

Pages 46 an d 47, M rs. Rea d says , 1 Cor. v i. 2- 4 , " ref e rs

to th e p er iod o f th e mill en ni a l r eign o f Ch ri s t, wh en th esa in ts w ill b e jo int r u le rs wi th Hi m exe cu tin g the ju dgme nt

o f J ehovah upon th e u ngod ly. " I w ill h e re give t h e co rr ec t

tr an s la ti o n (Roth e rh am ): " If f o r th ing s pertaining to th is

life ye h ave j u dgm ent se at s , th e br e thren se t a t n ou gh t in

the asse mbl y , th ese are ye sea tin g the rei n ? (a qu es tio n )

with a v iew to sh am e yeu am I speaki n g ." H e re is a

rebuk e , th e whol e b e in g a pre se nt af fa ir, no thou g ht of t he

mill enni a l in verses 4 and 5 .

Page 120, on the qu est io n o f ju st ificat ion, th e rem ark s

a re v e ry mi s leadi n g. On r e fe rrin g to Hom, iv . 4 -5, a nd

v. 1, w e see t h e g rou nd on wh ich G od p rono u nces t h e s inn e r

ju s tifi e d o r c ount e d r ig ht eo u s ; (f a ith ) b ecau se h e h ad co n-

fesse d C hr is t Je su s , w ho i s the e nd of t he law fo r ri gh teo us-

n e ss to th e b e li eve r . Pa ul (unli ke the p amp h le t un de r

review) g uard s aga in st mi x in g wo rks w ith f ait h for th e

sinn e r 's j u stif ic a ti o n . (See Rom. iv. 1 :1- 5, Ga l. ii . 1 6, iii.

2-1 4. ) In t u rnin g to James, he d ea ls with the r es ult of a

true l iv ing fa ith, s h ews wh a t th e eff ect was in Abra h am and

mu s t be in oth e rs , an d in th is Pa ul quit e agr ees. (See

Rom, v i. 1 8 -20 , viii . 4, 1 6,29; 2 Cor . v. 1 0 -17 , v i. 1 4 -18,

v ii. 1; Ga l. ii. 17 -29; Eph. v . 1- 6 , v i. 1 0 -17; r iu. ii .

1 2- 16 ; i v . 8 -9; Co l. ii. 6 -8 , iii. 1 2 --17 ; 1 Thess. iii .

1 2 -1 3; t u » ii . 11-1 4, &c .

A brah am wa s jus tif ie d b efo re Isaa c wa s b o rn: h is o ff ering

up Isaac w as t h e ob ed ien c e of f a ith . It may b e said P aul

gi v e s th e doctrin a l, a n d J am e s the prac tic a l s ide. P aul

sp ea ks o f th e fa ith Go d kno ws to b e ge nu in e, h en c e He g iv es

p eace to th e con scie n ce ; J am es sp ea ks o f d em on s tra tiv e

fa ith as a n ev id ence to C hris ti a n s , " By th e ir frui ts y e s h a ll

kno w th em ."

James i. 1 8, sh ew s hi s ag reeme nt wi th Pa ul doctrin a ll y .

Mr s . R e ad clo ses thi s a r ticl e w ith sayi n g: " T hose who

liv ed und e r the l aw and we re fa ith fu l to its req uir em ents

sh a ll r ece ive a ju st r ec om pen se of rewa rd ." (Se e Ram, iii .

10 , vii . 10.)P age 123 . O n 1 John iii. 9 , we read : "But w e c anno t be

bo rn of G od until thi s cor ru pt ion sh a ll p u t on in corrupt i-

bilit y ; th en , in d eed , we sha ll be bo rn o f G o d ."

No w , thi s is a se rio us e rr or . In ou r Lo rd's co n v e rsa tion

with N icod emu s , He sa id, "Ye mu s t b e bor n again, th a t

w h ich is b o rn of the f le sh is f le sh; " a nd John i . 1 3 , sh ew s

the f le sh la id as ide in t he n ew bir th , th e b eing bor n o f

Go d ; ( 1 Peter i. 1 3 ) a lso co n firm s th e fa ct th e b e in g born

aga in i s b e ing born of th e W o rd of G od, th e Sp ir it app ly ing

th e W o rd (J ohn xvi . 1 4; a lso .dcfs ii . 4 1 , x . 43 -46;

1 Cor. iv . 1 5 ; Jam es i . 1 8 ), and a ll as a pre se n t fact, a truth

to be re a li z ed and en jo y ed w hil s t in th is co rr upt ib le body,

(S ee 1 COT. ii. 1 4; Eph, ii . 10, &c ., " C annot s in ," v. 9,

ev id en tly re fe rs to th e n ew crea ti on (2 Cor. v . 1 7) w hi ch

canno t s in b eca u se bo rn of God; the f les h or o ld A dam

na tur e is s till th e re , h e n ce co nfl ict (G al. v. 17) and to o often

failure,P ag e 1 27 we read : "T he rew ard o f th e ri g ht eou s is to be

b es tow ed u po n thi s pl a n e t. " Th is will b e tru e of the sa v ed

remnant of Is rae l , who wi ll com e in fo r earth ly b less in g ac -

co rding to p romi se, bu t t h e C hur c h w h ic h i s n ow be in g

ga th e re d out fr om J ew and Gen til e is ca ll ed to a heave nl y

inh er itance; a nd a lth o ugh app o in te d to sh a re with C h ris t i n

His G lor y , th e tex ts b e low sh ew her h om e to be ove r th e

ea rth, an d doub tless Jac ob 's L adder an d John i . 51 a re in -

timati on s of the communic a ti o ns w hi ch will th en b e c a rri ed

on b e tw ee n th e h ea venl y a nd th e ea rthl y fa mil ies (Luke v i.

23; John x iv . 2; 2 Cor. v. 1-2 ; Ph il. iii. 20 ; Col. i . 5 ;

1 Pe ter i. 4; Heb, x . 34 , xi . 1 6; x ii. 2 2 ; Rev. iv . 1; Rev.xx i. 10- 27 ; Eph, i. 1 0) .

P ag e 1 35. Ma u, xix . 2 4. On thi s tex t o ur wo rthy

town sm an, th e R ev . J. B. Pate n , M.A ., Co ng rega tiona l

In s titut e , c omes in to ou r r e li e f ; h e te ll s m e th at durin g hi s

vi s it t o th e Ho ly L and l as t wint e r, he saw at the e n tra n ce to

th e c iti es a g a te , o r do o r- way, which was th e on ly way fo r

cam e ls to ent e r by ni g ht, a ft e r th e larger ga te was cl ose d.

Th e door -w ay was so nar row t ha t th e camel s had to go on

th e ir kn ees to be unl oa d ed in o rd er to pass th ro ugh, and

h ad ob tai n ed th e ti tle o f" th e Nee dl e 's Eye," h enc e , tho ug h

di ffi cul t, it was pr act ica bl e .

W atso n' s Theo lo g ic a l Di c ti o n ary co nf irms t hi s , a ltho ug hhe add s o th e r v iew s on th e subject.

P age 8 7. O n Mat t. x ii . 4 0 , w e h av e a m o re sati s facto ry

ex pl an atio n g ive n by a co n v e rted J ew in '<Tlce P rop hetic

News and Is rael's Wat chman, " p ri c e 2d .; Pa rt ridge & C o.

Th e writ e r sh ews the da y of c ru cif ix ion to b e Thursday , a nd

the r es urr ec tion-d ay S und ay, t h u s th re e d ays a nd thr ee

ni g ht s ac co rd in g to S c riptur e. It is a n a r ticl e w e ll worth

reading.-Geo . TV. Barb er, Annesley Grove, .Yotlingham.



106 THE BIBLE STANDARD.

NEWS OF THE WORK .

BA PT IS T FREE CHU RCH, C H ELTENHAM.

A lt e r n ea rl y four ye ars of mu ch tr ia l and di sapp o int me n t, thi s Ch u rchhas a t l engt h succee ded in securin g a s uit abl e a nd p erm anent pl a ce o fwo rsh ip . W hen th e Ch u rc h was fi rs t fo rmed in Ju ly, 1876 , by seced ersfrom one o f th e M eth od ist Ch ur ches , th e publi c ro om cal led the T ow n

H all , i n R ege nt- s tr ee t , w as b ough t fo r i ts u se . O w in g , h ow .eve r, tope cu n ia ry d iffic ult ies , a nd f a lse fr iends, th e pr oper ty pass ed int o t heh and s o f th e mortg ag ee, and th e chur ch vaca te d it. H enr y J. W ard ,E sq., a nd Mr. C y rus E . Broo ks, be ing, per son a ll y , h eavy lo se rs by th istr a n su cti on ; th e fo rm er espec iall y, b y w hos e ge ne rous loan s a nddo na tion s, a lone , the w itn ess h as be en k ep t a li v e in th e town .

Now , ho weve r, h ap pi ly , th e O hur ch h as b ee n abl e to b uy bac k i ts ow n,fr om th e mort ga gee on v e ry a d vant age ou s te rms . A tru st h as bee nfo rm ed, to whom th e pr opert y h as b een con veye d. About £2 5 0 h as bee nspent upon it, t o alt e r, d ec o ra te, a nd furni ~ h i t c omp le te . Thi s sumhavin g b ee n near ly ra ise d , th e fri end s are an X lOU Sto pay of f some part ofthe pu rc ha se mon ey , on b eha lf o f wh ich we w ill g lad ly re ce ive a ny sub -sc ripti on s, tha t m ay be sent to o u r of f ice .

On Sunday, Ma y 2nd, openin g serv ices we re h e ld t h rice , Mr. Cyru s~ .Bro ok s, (f o rm er pas to r) in t he m orni ng ; Mr s. Sc hwart z, of Lond o n, mth e aft e rno o n; Mr. H en ry B . Murr ay, (p asto r) in th e eve nin g , gaveaddr esses . On Mo nd ay fo ll owi n g, 8 0 part oo k of a w ell -spr ead t e a , a ft e rwhi ch a m uch la rge r n umb er ga th ere d for t he pub lic m ee ting . Addr esse sw ere g ive n as fo ll ows : -b y Mr . J . W ri gh t, (c ha ir ma n) , o n th e g rand euro f the C hri s ti an pu rpose an d th e n eed o f C hr is t's c oming . B y M r. E. T.H aines, ( se c re ta ry), on th e bl es sing s o f l ate a tt end ing th e effor t~ o f th eC hur ch, a nd th e imp o rt ance o f r en ew ed and co nt inu ed ef fort , (see in g th a tthe s pea k er h a s l a bour ed ni ght and d ay with h ea rt and soul to . s ecur eth is ha p py res ult , ex ho rt a ti o n u n to othe rs f o r lik e ef fo rt , I .e ll cons ~ stentlyfro m hi s lip s). B y Mr. H . B. M urr .ay, ( p as to r), on our right t o ~l ve a ndlab our as Go d 's w itnesses , and th e Im port ance o f suc h a pro gress ive andli be rt y -l ov ing C hu rch , ex is ting in so lar g e a tow n, to stim u late other s .H e ur ge d al so th a t C hri s ti an unit s sho uld b e fu se d tog e th er by th e he ato f l ove . B y Mr . C . E . Br ook s, o n than k fu ln ess for so g re a t. m ercy;tre a tin g the occa sion as a w eddi ng feast, he spoke of th e pa rti es t hu sunit ed (th e form er C hu rch and t he new m emb e rs from an o th er .Chur ch,wh ose uni on h ad g iven need ed st imul us a nd s tren g th ) of their h ap pywoo ing, w ed din g , th ei r bea u ti fu l new hom e, an d th e ir !utu! e pr os pe?tsand purp oses . U rg in g for a ll th e impor ta nc e of mani festing s u peno rpri vi lege o f truth, b y su peri o r fru its o f l if e . M r. H . M art yn , (schoo l-sup erint end en t), d rawin g fr om so m e fa mili a r ~ tor ies of child hood 's day s,u sefu l l es sons fo r th e sto rm an d b a tt le o f hf e. Mr s. Sc hw ar tz cl ose da m os t soc ia l an d int e n se ly h appy m eetin g by pr ess in g on a ll the imp o r-tanc e o f cult iv atin g and maui f es ti ng Ch ri s tian love . R efe rring to h er

own se parati o n from th e C hur ch of h er ea rlier c h o ice , on ac count ~fchan ge of vi ew on th e futu re o f th e w ick ed , s h e s aid "s uch excomrn um -cat ion, whi ls t it se ver e d her fr om that C hu rc h , had n o t se vered herfrom fe llo ws h ip w ith God."

T h e C h ape l i s a h andsom e , a iry p lac e , se a ted wit h f ixe d pew s, fornear 400 persons, with a la rge s in gers ' pl a tf o rm , a nd a . han d~o m e rostr ~mfor th e pr each er . S ep arat e from th e C h ape l the re IS a Ii gh t and ai rySchoo l- ro om o n th e sa m e lev e l, with t w o v estr ies at tac hed . Th ealt e rat ion s have b e en sp ee dil y and sa ti s fac to ri ly car rie d ou t by M es srs.Park er Br o th e rs . Th e ha ndso m e gas-fi tt in gs s upp li e d b y Mr . W ynn e.A l a rge numb e r o f sittin gs hav e b een l e t, a nd sa ngu ine h opes o f a u se fu lfutur e a re be in g indu lge d in .

L INCOLN.

Youn g M en 's Soc ie ty , Mint-l ane B apti s t Church . O n Apri l.1 5, Mr .Th os . Vase y, B ap tis t Mi ni s te r o f B rid gno rth , de li ve red a dee ply-i nt e res t-in g L ec tur e o n "Script ure Po rtr a it s o f th e L a st Ti m es. " . Th e J":e c tur ew as ve ry m uch appr ec ia ted , a nd ma d e a ve ry fav ourabl e m ipr ess ion onits heare rs . C o rdia l th anks we re pa s se d.

REA D IN G.

O n S un d ay , April 1 8, Mr . J. F . B. Tinling , B.A. ,. Mini s ter of t heAu gus tin e Co ng rega ti ona l C hur ch , c omm en ce d ~ se nes of a lt ~ r~at eSund ay Eveni ng L ec tu res , in th a t p la ce o f wors hip , on "Th e R eli g iou sQ ue stio n of the A ge ," the sub jec t of t h e fir s t l ect ur e b e in g" Th e D octr ineof Eve rlas tin g Puni shme nt, and th e M odern R ev o lt from it ." ~t ~ assince been p ubli sh ed in pa mp hl e t form . We co ng ra tul a te Mr. 'I 'in lin go n th is s tep , a nd t ru s t th a t hi s a dvo cacy w ill open ma ny eyes to t hefa ls ity o f traditiona l teac hin g on th e na t1 tl'e of th e puni shm ent o f th ew icked .

CA NADA.

Our C anadian f riend s are ad vo cat in g , in the pages of the Itur es tiqat or,th e ho ld ing of a C anadi a n Con ference, fo r t es timony on "Lif e on ly i nChr is t." W e s hou ld hea rti ly rej o ic e to se e our Eng li sh examp le cop iedin Canada . .

NEW ZEA LAND .

W e hav e h eard fr om our ex -E d ito r, M r. G eo . A. Brown. Wh enwr o te he wa s arra ng in g to de liv e r a Cou rse o f Le ct ur es at Au ckl anbefor e proceedin g into t he co untr y. W e hope to repo rt th em in our n eiss u e . Hi s jour ney o ut h ad be en a v ery tr y in g a n d pa inful on e, st illwas ho peful o f futur e u seful ne ss .

CO NDITI O N OF PAL ESTI NE.

In a l et te r to the L ond o n p ape rs, th e R ev . W. J . S tra cey, of BuxtonVi ca rage , N orwi ch , s ay s :- " You will perhap s do m e th e favo ur of find iro om for the se few r emark s, th e res u lt o f a rece nt vi s it to th e H o ly Landas it n ow i s und er Tu rki sh rul e . "o thin g ca n w ell excee d th e deso latness o f mu ch o f i t. Tr ee less it i s fo r 2 0 o r 30 mil es to ge th er; for ewhi ch d id ex is t 3 0 yea rs ago (e.g., on Mount T abor and. iV loun.tCarmfast di sapp earin g; ri ch pl a in s of th e fin es .t ga rd en so il, a sk in g tocu ltivat ed, at b es t b u t sc rat c hed up a few inch es dee p I I I pat ches, Wno h edg es or bound ari es. M ounta in t e rr a ces, nat u ra l o r a rtifi c~ lfo rm ed , ready to b e pl an ted with v in es (as th e G erm ~n co lony are doinat t h e foot of Mount C arm el). Th e vi llages, not h ing but mud hutdu st, d ir t, an d sq ua lor . The inh ab itan ts w ith scarc e c lo th ing enou ghde ce nc y -th e ir hou se s, o ve ns. L arge trac ts wit hout hor se o r cow, sheo r dog. N o pr e te nc e a t ro ads e xce pt f rom Ja ffa to J e ru sa lem, and thli k e a cart road o ve r a pl o ugh ed fi e ld; th e res t , a t b es t, li k e s hee pw alon th e dow ns of S uss ex, bu t for far th e m os t p a rt lik e th e dr y b ed of thm os t ro cky r iv er, w he re , amid b lock s of s ton e, e a ch mak es hi s way atfoot pac e as be s t h e can , o r on smo o th s lopi ng roc ks, or ove r loose s tonthr ow n do w n from th e o ld w all s on e ithe r s id e, w hi ch no on e o ffe r

fin ge r to r emov e . No thi ng upon wh ee ls, n o t so .mu ?h a s a barrow, to ~m e t w ith in a ride of ove r 30 0 mil es . E ve rythin g IS ta xe d; ev ery f rtr ee s o non e now ar e p lant ed; e very cow o r h o rse, &c . E ve ry veget abso ld out o f a pr ivat e g ard en. E very e ighth e gg i s not taxe d, but t akby th e G ov ernm ent; In so m e pl a ces th e t axes o f a d is tri ct a re ~o ldth e high est bi dd er. 1 h e fa rm er is un abl e to se ll a m eas ur e of b is cotil l all h as b een c o llec ted into a h e ap and th e tax co ll ec to r ha s s e tsum up on it, fr om whi ch th ere is no a ppea l. D oub le taxe s ar e ex .p ecth is ye ar, b ec au se aft e r thr ee ye a rs of sca rce ness t~ e harve st pr om isesb e ab un da nt. N o thin g like a sm all fa rm -ho use IS to b e fo und f a rn ea r. If ther e we re, the owner is lia b le to have so ldi e rs or reve noffi ce rs quarter ed up on him, t o be boa rd ed and l odge d at hi s e xp enTh e tow n s a re filthy in th e e xtr em e, n on e more so th an J eru sa lem itsewh ere , howe v er, a rat e is levi ed from e v ery ho use fo r li ghtin g and c leaninth e s tr eets , whil e a s pra in ed an kl e , or a sp las h into a ho le of b l~ckd ir t, is s ur e to be th e re sul t o f a m om ent a ry care less n ess . No thin gdo ne fo r the go od or impr ove m ent o f the peo pl e , or th e land , by tG ove rn m ent; not on ly so , but eve ry o ffe r (and I h ea rd of s eve ral) m aby pri va te indi v id ual s or b y co mp ani es is a t on ce re fu sed, o r r e fu sun les s a bri b e b e at onc e given to t he autho ri ti es . Th is is a picturbe lieve in no way ov erd rawn of th a t land w hi ch wa s on ce " f lo w in g wmi lk and hon ey ." What m igh t i t n o t b e come a ga in with fair u sag e agood g o ver nm ent ? B ut th e re is no hop. e fo~ Pal e stine whi le i t rema~in th e h and s o f it s pr ese nt rul e rs , P a les tine IS wo rth less to th e T u rk iGov e rnm en t. T he who le revenue is stat ed to amo unt on ly to £ 180 ,00or £ 200, 00 0 p er an nu m . C apita lis e thi s a t 5 per cen t., and it com es bto f ou r m illi ons of mon ey. If it w ere s ix o r even t en mi ll ion s, whw ou ld that be for E u rope to rai se fo r th e p u rch ase of Pale stin e? B lessind ee d w il l that Pow er sur e ly b e w hi ch shal l fir s t mo ve to es tab lishInt e rn a ti o na l C ompany f o r th e pu rc has e an d gove rnm ent o f P a lest in en o t see kin g its o w n a gg randi se m ent, but p erh aps thu s fulfi llinl ? in a wb eyo nd what i s o rdin a ry or c omm on our d a ily pray e r, " Th y wi ll be donon ea rth as it i s in heave n ," fo r" J e ru sa lem sha ll b e tr odd en d ow n of tG entil es un ti l th e tim es o f th e G en til es b e fu lfi lled. "

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