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EDITED BY OYRUS E. BROOKS.

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

No. 4. Vol. V. JANUARY, 1882. ONE PENNY.TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGEThe Gospel Charter 49Conditional Immortality. Part Ill. 51From Darkness to Light ... 52The Revised New Testament. Part Ill. 53The Resurrection and the Life 54The Body of Joseph ...55The Pew's Reply to the Pulpit... 55Plus Ultra (More Beyond) 56Correspondence Extracts .,. 57Question Column-The Souls underthe Altar; Being

Clothed Upon; Adoption, or the New Birui :Enoch and Elijah ... 57

Correspondence-The Revised Vel'sion; Evading ther-ou . 58Church and Mission News 58Notes, News and Reviews... 59Special Notes 50

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THE GOSPEL CHARTER.FOR sixteen centuries has the Gospel Church exalted herself as amighty agency, raised by God, for the conversion of the wholeworld; her appointed task being to come to the help of God against theDevil. She has taught this mission in her creeds and blazoned it onher banners; and, to give it currency, has applied to herself all thegracious things spoken of, and promises made to Israel after the flesh;leaving to the Jewish Race nothing but the warnings, rebukes, judg-ments, and curses of the Word. She has, also, personally appropriatedthe numerous declarations touching the Millennial Age of Christ's King-dom, to support her claims.

After sixteen centuries of trial (for this claim dates from the 3rdcentury) let us judge her by her pretensions, hring her to her DivineMaster's test-stone, "By their fruits ye shall know them."

WHATIS THE RESULT?The world to- day contains a population of above 1,400,000,000

(fourteen hundred million) persons. Of this vast number, at mostthree hundred millions al'e nominally Christian. We repeat, nominally,embracing such portions of the world as form what is called Christen.dom, or Christ's Kingdom. A singular kingdom, surely, to be calledafter the Son of God! With its seven millions of armed men, trainedand maintained for WAR! Its costly navies, whose sole purpose isDESTRUCTION.! Its wicked waste, and (necessary consequence) woefulWANT! Its fraud, force -and FOLLY! Its vice, crime and LUST!-Christendom! Nay! rather Sodom, on a larger scale,-save that itposesses somewhat more than its proportionate number of ten righteous-waiting the Angel of the Lord to punish it with his fire from heaven.Christendom indeed l

CHAFFMIXEDWITH THE WHEAT.But of the population of this Christendom how many truly belong to

Christ? Ah! that indeed is known only to their Lord and Head, whotreasures the names of His Hidden Ones in the Book of Life. Still we


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50 THE BIBLE STANDARD.can form a personal judgment, from the materials within our reach, asfar as outward appearances can guide us. The Churches claiming thisterritory have, probably, but a tithe of its population (300,000,000)inpractical union with them, i.~., some thirty millions. Lest thesefigures should be disputed we offer proof.

In the Greek Church-as, for instance, Russia-all the population(save pronounced schismatics) are counted as adherents. This isequally true of the Latin and Lutheran Churches. But it is notoriousmatter of fact that only a minority of these, and those chiefly women,are stated attendants on Divine Worship. Wewill, however, deal moreparticularly, with our own land-these British Isles-cas being the bestpresent example of a Christian NATION.

BRITAINWEIGHEDN THEBALANCES.Ours is a Missionary Land. A land of Churches, Bibles, and -Re-

ligious Organisations. Having above Forty Thousand Christian menwholly devoted to the work of the Christian Ministry. It is the Eye,Head, and Heart of Christendom.

WHATOFTHISLANDWell, the voluntary efforts of the SecularPress have lately supplied us

with reliable means of forming a judgment-as far as attendance onDivine Worship is concerned. We have personally tabulated several ofthese returns, so as to obtain a representative average-making somesmall deductions from the total of the combined morning and eveningattendance, as some who were present at the morning service would betwice counted, being also present at night-and the painful result isthat only FORTY-SEVENERCENT.of the population, attend Divine Worship, i.e., 53 PER CENT.ofthe 35 millions of the population of the British Isles-or 18,700,000-do not, even nominaUy, acknowledge God I A few of these, probably,are devout men and women,weary of the creeds, shams, and strifes ofthe Churches, but their number cannot appreciably affect our calculation.

But further, this forty-seven per cent. simply consists of attendants onDivine Worship, whose motives are various. Some, doubtless, becauseit is respectable, Others to gain a reputation as Christian people, Manyfrom force of custom, or the influence of their friends; leaving, prob-ably, little more than a tithe who worship God "in spirit and intruth," who are really changed or new creatures."

If, then, the most favoured example of a Christian Nation yields littlemore than a tenth of TRUECHRISTIANS,how can we reasonably reckon on a larger proportion in nations con-fessedly less favoured and forward, in the essentials of religion?

Again weask, What is the Result?" The answer being that, pro-bably, some 30,000,000 (Thirty Millions) of persons in Christendomhave been brought into saving acquaintance with" the truth, as it is inJesus." We would not underrate the value and importance of thisresult, as a direct Christian gain, but in comparison to the meansemployed, and the commission claimed by the Church, we may say(as the Disciples said of the barley loaves and fishes)

"WHATARETHESE-"MONGo MANY?-"What bythe side ofthe 270,000,000(TwoHundred and SeventyMillions)7and this comparison is simply with the nations of Christendom! Addto these terrible figures the population of H eathendom, Islam, and theother countries outside Christendom, (some Eleven Hundred Millions),and you have a total of 1,370,000,000(Thirteen Hundred and SeventyMillions) as against 39,000,000 (Thirty Millions).

Let us make the contrast more forcible, thus.-Little more thanTWOPERCENT.!

of the world's present population, has beenwon forChrist; and this afterthe preparation and perfection of the machinery of the Churchesattained by

SIXTEENCEN'l'URIESof Christian effort! And this notwithstanding the fact that the Chuhas had a vast army of labourers, and has brought to the task muchuman talent, earnestness, zeal and wealth; with the super-adpower of the Inspired Word.

Surely this sufficently proves that the Church has mistakenmission! has run whither she was not sent! has permitted Satandraw her from her real work I and that her truest wisdom is to enqfor the old paths (of the 1st and 2nd centuries) and walk therein 7

THEGOSPELCHARTER.What then is the True Mission of the Church 7 What is the Di

Charter given to her, to be upheld, professed, and accomplished by hTo know this we must seek to learn the mind of God as revealed byHoly Spirit in the Word. It is not a question of what CreedChurches teach concerning it, but what the Creator-Redeemer teacAsto reach the mind ofan author-as Milton-we should studyhis woso, to reach the mind of the Infinite Author, we must study His WriWord. True, many persons, at one with us in ignoring ChuCouncils and Creeds, would substitute the Works of God for His Wand enquire of these instead of this; but that is simply to take usthe Nurs~ry of Divine Revelation, whilst the Library thereof is opeus. We invite you to leave the Alphabet of. teaching, as set forthnature, for the Classics thereof, as set forth by Divine grace inWord.

We invite your attention therefore to a few BIBLICALFACTcharacteristic of this Gospel Age, and as outlining the mission and wofthe Church, preparatory to her LORD'SRETURN.

WAR,NOTPEACEIis declared to be the portion of the world, and of the Church.

Christ, the First Preacher of the Gospel, says, " Think not that Icome to send peace on earth; I came not to send peace, but a swo(Matt x, 34.) There is perfect agreement between this statement ofLord and the Advent Song of the Herald Angels: "Glory to God inhighest, and on earth peace, goodwill towards men." (Luke ii.They sang of a future age, of the Reigning Age of Christ andsaints, or the Millennium. He speaks of a prior age, that of the Goor present Dispensation. His words have been historically fulfithis age having witnessed His own rejection and the triumph ofadversary,-the rule of the" god of this world," which rule was tountil Christ should" appear the second time, without a sin-offering, usalvation." (Heb. ix, 28.)

WHEATANDTABESTOGETHERgrowing side by side, is another feature of this age. Such is againtestimony of Christ, expressed in unmistakeable language, inparables ofMatt. xiii., "He that soweth the good seed is the SoMan; the field is the world (kosmos); the goodseed are the childrethe kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wickedone.enemy that sowedthem is the devil; the harvest is the end of the a(aion, not kosmos, an important distinction, ver. 24-30.) Thus, atend of the Gospel Dispensation, unrighteous men still form a consiable part of the population of our world, living side by side withrighteous. The authority is unimpeachable.

GOODANDBADIN ONENETI" The kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into theand gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drewshore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but castbad away. So shall it be at the end of the age" (a-ion,ver. 47-49).authority is the same. LIKETHEDAYSOFNOAH!" For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eatingdrinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Nentered into tbe ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took th


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 51all away; so shall also the comingofthe Son ofMan be." (Matt. xxiv.38, 39). The witnessis still the same.

SHEEP AND GOATS!" When the Son of Man shall comein His glory beforeHimshall be gathered all nations . And He shall set the sheep onHis right hand, but the goats on the left." (Matt. xxv. 31-33). Thischapter is most unjustly treated by theologians, who make it apply tothe final judgment. It applies solely to the end of this age, when theLord comes to judge the living, aud not the dead; it having no con-nection with the later and latter event. It is the same witness thatspeaks still.

A TIME OF CALLING OUT!" Goye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name ofthe Father, and ofthe Son, and of the Holy Ghost." (Matt. xxviii. 19.)Has the Church ever baptized" nations 1" NeverI Only individualsfrom among the nations. The nations were to be taught (witnessedto),but individual believers (" them") out of the nations, wereto be bap-tized. "Teaching them. (believers)to observeall things . Mid,10 , I am with you alway,unto the end of the age" (aion, ver. 20). TheChurch's Head is still the Witness to the Church's Charter andMission.

A CHOSEN OR SPIRITUAL ISRAEL I"James answered, saying,men and brethren, hearken unto me: Simeonhath declared howGod at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out ofthem a people for His name, ... as it is written, after this I will return,and willbuild again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down . . .that the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and allthe Gentiles."(Acts xv. 13-17.) The witness is reliable-the Apostle James-who tellsus that God's purpose in this dispensation is to "take out a people forHis name." After which, at the end of the age, Christ will return torestore His Jewish people,and ,to complete God's purposes of gracetowards the Gentiles, who are still unsaved.

Here we stay our proofs: not in fear of exhausting them but ourreaders patience. Sufficienthas been shown to indicate the true teach-ing of the Word of God, as revealing the mind of God, and the trueworkof the Church in this age or dispensation.

A DIVINE ARISTOCRACY

is to be gathered out and prepared, before the comingof its Head andKing to associate such with Him in His government and rule, as "par-takers of Divine Nature," (~Pet. i. 4), and Co-heirstogether with Him.This is the charter of the Church, and the present mission of the Wordand Spirit, operating through her. Truly an object grand enough tosatisfy every laudable ambition: but, alas! alas! mistaking her missionand misusing her power,she has oft made herself" drunken with thebloodof (these very) saints," who, in the resurrection, shall rule worldsand angels.

IM~lORTAL SONS OF GOD Ito seek, find, and prepare such is her mission, that they may bepubliclymanifestedon the arrival of their "Elder Brother." Alas! in seekingto include the world in her charter (howevernoble the aim) she hassimply effacedthe lines of separation between herself and the world,whilst the latter has (all too largely) converted and comprehended theformer, instead of the reverse. Well may her "candlestick" be re-moved: "Ichabod" be the imprint on her forehead: and her name bechanged to the" harlot," rather than the true wife.

A.1IIUNFAILING GOD!Still, the divine purpose has not failed! millions have been gatheredout who shall ba Christ's crownof rejoicing in that day when He shallcome to make up His jewels. Godis not baffled ! His plans have allbeen realized by the might of His Word and Spirit, operating throughfaithful ves~elsof His grace; for the church, howeverwrong, has neverbeen without its saintly ones. For this let us .

THANK GOD AND TAKE COURAGE I 'And soon,-as multiplied signs declare-will Christ take unto Himself"His great power, and reign" triumphantly from" the rivers unto theends of the earth-that the residue of men might seekafter Him," "andall the Gentiles upon whomHis name is called."

BLESSED HOPE IIn the coming age shall the church's dream of the present be realized,sud all shall knowHim, whomto knowis Life Eternal.

Friendly reader, is your name written amongstthe number of theseDivine Immortals? Have you been built as a lively stone into theTemple of Christ's raising? Are you a member of His Body-the TrueChurch? Your opportunity is fast speeding by, time is flying witheagle wing. RememberI whatever ofmortal life and blessmga futureage may bring to men, it will not bring Divine Immortality. That isalone bestowedat the closeof this age upon those who by patient con-tinuance in well-doing seek for it. Seek ye whilst He may be found.Callye uponHim whilst He is near. Now! NowINowI-Editor.

CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY.PART 111.

By SARAH MAGRUDER, VIRGINIA, U.S.A.I N addition to this plain testimony of Moses,we add the words ofSt. Paul," For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were freefrom

righteousness. What fruit had ye, then, in those things whereofye arenowashamed? for the end of those things is death "-" for the wagesof sin is death." Thus, though Moses tells us the wickedwill " perishquickly," and St. Paul that the end of sin is death, and even for theresurrected wicked we are assured by St. John there is a "seconddeath," the Restorationists and our Reviewersay the contrary!

Wemay make the same charge against our opponentswhich they havebrought against us,-and we doit justly, vis., that they make no differ.encein the punishment of the wicked; that as to both great and smalloffenders,they believe there will be everlasting torment awarded, thepunishment being as uniform in character as extent, offering none ofthat variety or mitigation that a longer or shorter life supplies, in thispresent state.

If men would not seek to bend everything to their theories, such as" Moral principles cannot be estimated by any measurement oftime-they bear within them the seeds of eternal consequences;" or this" The objective truth of the moral contradictory becomesimperative atall costs, because its 'must be' necessitates infinite consequences,"(p. 57), and would abide by the teachings of the Word of God, theywouldbe relieved of a great many difficulties which are of their owncreation. There wouldbe no more time wastedin the discussion of thequestion of the condition of the dead in the intermediate state, andwhether during that period there can be an improvement of theirspiritual state. Moses has settled it, that there will be no intermediatestate for them, for they willnot be. - They have had their day, and thepleasures or pains resulting from obedience or disobedienceto God'slaws, either physical, or moral, have been enjoyed or endured, and He,the AlmightyRuler, who kept the record, has dealt wiselyand justly bythem. God is vindicated from any charge of unkindness to Hiscreatures, in the character of the existencewhich He has allotted them,by their ownverdict; for with a full knowledgeof what that life was,they have almost universally desired offspring to run the same racewhich they were accomplishing. Although the gift of a moral nature, inplacing them above the brutes, has entailed on them pain not only fromthe violation of the dictates of conscience,but-as seen in the enumera-tion in the twenty-eighth chapter of Deuteronomy-suffering of aphysical character, man has ever regarded it as an advantage, thus todifferfrom the brute, and has made constant efforts-for himself and his


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52 THE BIBLE STANDARD.offspring-to widen that difference by the cultivation both of his in-tellectual and moral nature. Thus has he acquitted God of any ill usageof him.

But having seen what the Bible pronounces to be the consequences ofsin, under the dispensation of Law, let us- next enquire of what 1tSeLaw has been, in the great scheme of God, with regard to our race.And here we find the argument bandied in a most masterly manner, bythe Apostle Paul, who has made that question the almost entire subjectof his Epistle to the Romans. He expends several of the first chaptersof the Epistle in an argument which he winds up by declaring, " Wehave before proved both Jews and Gentiles that they are all under sin."(Rom. iii. 9), "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God"(v. 23). This conclusion of St. Paul is entirely at war with the accountgiven by our Reviewer of Paul's teaching (p. 62). He says, " Thesa~vability of the heathen, then, being admitted, on the principles laiddown by St. Paul.-Rom. ii. 616, &c." Our Reviewer here evidentlymisunderstood the statement of St .. Paul, as shown by that Apostle'sown deduction from his arguments. He (the Apostle) is showing thatboth the Jew and the Gentile have been judged and condemned by law-the former by the law of Moses, in addition to the law of conscience,which has condemned the heathen. He admits that when the heathenhas obeyed this law of conscience, he has been more cOlll1nendable-(butthat is very different from being salvable)-than the Jew, who hasbroken tbe Law; but he says, " they have all sinned and come short ofthe glory of God." (Rom. iii. 23). "There is none that doeth good,no not one" (v. 12).

But he proceeds further in the argument, and assures us that" what-soever the Law sayeth it sayeth to them who are under the Law, thatevery mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty beforeGod," (Rom. iii. 19). "For God hath concluded all in unbelief, thatHe might have lnel'cy upon all" (xi. 32).

Here we see the key to the ~hole matter! God has a proposition tomake to a guilty world, by which they may be elevated to a higherposition than they held before they had sinned. This has been theuse and design oj Law. You will say, then-with St. Paul's querist--if man is, by transgression, to succeed to a system of things,under which he is better off than before, " Why doth He yet find fault,for who bath resisted His will?" And here the distinction must be imade clear :-It is not the tmnsgression, but the jreewill jar man, whichhas been a necessary step to the higher ,.plane-and the bestowal of thisfree agency has resulted in sin. This may shock us before considera-tion, but when we remember that if man had not been placed in a con-dition in which he was free to do right or to do wrong (and without thisthere could have been no sin), he could never have formed character,but would bave been like the bee or the lamb, good oi necessity and byinstinct.

Adam and Eve were merely grown-up infants-without character.But character not only by the decision of God, but by the verdict ofall mankind, is the highest good. Therefore, in attaining that bighestgood, the evil, sin, had to be met, in order to effect the end. Imagineall the planets and stars of the universe without an inhabitant-what adreary waste-what a miserable loss! Or, even imagine them filledwith insects, birds, fishes, and quadrupeds, and no higher being. Stillnature is a dreary and useless waste! But go a step further, and peoplethem with men, some of whom may be Plato's, Newton's, Shakspeare's,Washington's, and even though these should, for argument's sake, onlytemporarily and successively inhabit these worlds, and the interest in-creases; but go a step yet further, and people them with men havingevery perfection of characte : that beings can possess-endowed withimmortal natures, and of such exalted attainments that they may each,like Abraham, be called" the friend of God," and the utmost require-ment of the soul is satisfied.- [To be continued.]

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT.By S. M. PROSSER.

O H! Saviour mine! I would it were not sinTo snap the brittle thread of this frail life,And come to Thee-if that were possible.Alas! I know too well, 'twould all be o'er,And nothing left me but the dread awakeOn that great day,-to see what might have been,All I had lost, all forfeit by my sin.Oh! Saviour mine! my Prophet, Priest, and King :-To think that I could dare to call Thee mine!My Elder Brother! And yet,-that such aThought could sear my brain! Can'st Thou forgive it ?Yea! I know Thou can'st! Thou wilt! For Thy greatLove and Pity is only equalled byThy Father's Love and Justice. Thou, who hastTrod this rugged path before us, dost know-And knowing-clearly understand us, andOur human weakness: The worry and theBurden of the day: the struggle sore toFight Thy foe and ours by clinging to theRight. Then, in weak weariness, forgettingWhence our strength, lose sight of Thee and slip; yet-Wounded and heartsick; and gazing on theSurging waves around me-Look up and cry,Oh! Saviour mine! let me come home to Thee:01 ' quiet sleep until Thy trump shall callUs all to meet Thee. Our human heartsAre weak, and fain would cling to earthly thingsAnd objects by the way: things that would stayUs in our path along the narrow road.Then, like the child who loves a poisonous toy,The wrench must come and we must stand alone.Oh! Saviour! help us never to forgetThat we are wholly Thine and not our own.That we must have the discipline: and fightIf we would stand with Thee and wear the Crown;What meaning in the soldier's garb and spearIf in the battle he is never found?Faint heart, look up, take courage and fight on,-Armed with firm faith; and for thy breastplate takeHis righteousness, Who is thy Shield and Sun:Thy -puny efforts, thy most worthy acts,Are filthy rags, if leaning not on Him;But in His name, whatever thou hast doneTo spread His truth, or plead the cause of right,Shall not be futile, but as treasures laidNot upon this but on a fairer shoreShall, by unfailing record of the angel kept,Form lasting robe of brightness-and for thee-When thou shalt reign with Him for evermore.


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 5Refrain! faint heart! how could'st thou murmur so,Seeing the thorny path thy Master trod;And all to buy thee what thy race had'st lost:Thou, a mere earth-worm-He, the Mighty God.Was it a trifle ?-The Incarnate Word:Eternal Light veiled in our mortal flesh-Should for us suffer poverty and want,Having at times not where to lay His head?He, to whom heaven and earth belonged; the gold,The cattle on a thousand hills: the gladAdorings of the Heavenly Court :-ResignedAll this! And all for us-unworthy quite!Scorned and insulted! Spat upon and slain!Bowing in death's grim chains to Satan's power!Even the Father's' face withdrawn: that HeMight for us drain the cup in that dark hour.Arise! my soul! gaze on thy mercies now!Ignore the rugged steep, the biting blast:With eye of faith, fixed on thy risen Lord,Go boldly on: Thy rest shall come at last:Thou could'st not rightly welcome peace and joyIf weariness and care thou had'st ne'er known:Go on, and trust Him-thou can'st never failLeaning on strength of His; and not thine own.Cheltenham,

THE REVISED NEW TESTAMENT. PART Ill.By GEORGE BARBER.

(Shewing the changes made by the latest criticism; by the use of [)aral/elcolumns this is seen at a glance.)

AUTHORIZED VERSION.1Tim, i. 4. "Rather than godly

edifying which is in faith."

" vi. 10. "Love of money is theroot of all evil."" vi. 12. Professed a good pro-

fession."2 Tim. 1. 10. "Life and immor-taUty."" ii. 26. Who are taken captive

by him at his will."

NEW VERSION.Rather than a dispensation of~ God,"&c" so Gb., Sch., La., Tis.,Alf. A.F.G.K.L.; Margin," or

stewardship ;" Rotherbam "ra-ther than a stewardship of God;"Bowes, "rather than God's ad-ministration. "" A 1'00t of all kinds of evil," so R.and B.

" Confessed," &c.And incorruption," so R. & B." Having been taken captive by the

LOl'd'8 servant unto the will ofGod;" Rotherham and Bowes,"though they have been takenalive by him for his will."

(American-" Having been taken captive by him unto his will.")2 Tim. iii. ] 6. "All scripture is

given," &c." iv, 1. "Who shall judge the

quick and the dead at his ap-pearing and his kingdom;preach the word."

Titu i. 8. Temperance." .Heb, i. 3. Image of his person."

" iii. 2, 5, 6. His house" ." vii. 3. "Without father, without

mother, without descent, hav-ing neither beginning of daysnor end of life."

" vii. 27. "First for his own sinsand then for the people, forthis he did once when heoffered himself."

ix.28. "Without sin."" x. 23. " Profession of our faith."

" xi. 1. Now faith is the sub-stance of things hoped for , theevidence of things not seen."

"iv. ] 4. " Passed into theheavens."" iv. 14. "Hold fast our profes-sion."" vii. 14. "Priesthood."" viii. 4. "Priests that offer",. x. 11. Every priest."" xii. 17. "Found no place ofrepentance."

not altered; Rotherham, " possesing self control."The very image of his substance;"

Rotherham, exact expressionhis essence;" Bowes, "imagehis essential nature."

not alter'd. Margin, " God's housesee Num, xii, 7.Without father, without mothe

without genealogy," &e., so R.B.; Syriac, "of whom neithefather nor mother are recordedin the genealogies."

not altered. Rotherham (foot-note , this,' to the latter portion onas applying to Christ;" Bowe"this latter he did once when,&c.Apart from sin," so RotherhamBowes, " without a sin-offering."

" Confession of our hope," so Rotherham; Bowes, "professionour hope."

"The assurance of things hopefor, the proving of things nseen;" Rotherham and Bowe"a confidence of things hopefor;" Rotherham, "convictionof facts not seen ;" Bowes, " dmonstration of things not seen.

"Passed through the heavens,"-, R. and B." Our confession," so R. and B." Priests," so nearly all authorities." Those that offer," "" High priest," so most "not altered. Bowes," for changing

his mind;" American," no plafor a change of mind in hfather."

(The American version seems most like the truth.)1 Pet. ii. 9. "Shew forth the " The excellencies," so R. and B.praises."" v. 3. "As lords over God'sheritage."

" Everyscripture inspired of God,"&c."And by his appearing and hiskingdom: preach the word," &c. ;Rotherham, "both as to hisappearing and his kingdom pro-claim the word."

(Rotherham's version agrees best with the word. It is important tonotice the place the punctuation occupies. The appearing of Christ forhis people, and his coming kingdom, are at distinct periods, and Paultells Timothy to preach both.)

"over the charge allotted to youso Rotherham; Bowes," thheritage;" Margin, "the clergthe people."

not alter'd, Margin, ",self-control,"so Rotherham and Bowes."Loosed us." "\Vashed," GbSch., Tis., Alf. B.; "Freed usAlex., La., Tre., L.C.N., an

Rotherham." i. 6. "Kings and Priests." .. "A kingdom and priests," so Gb

Sch., Le" Tis., Tre., Alf., anRotherham.

" All the tribes of the earth shamourn over Him;" Botherham" smite theme elves for Him shaall the tribes of the earth." SZech. xii. 10-14, in connectiowith this rendering.

" i.9. "Patience of Jesus "Patience in Jesus," so all aChrist." thorities.(" i. 9. Patmos, 30 miles in circumference. Here Roman Emperor

confined criminals)." i. 19. "Things which shall be "Which shall come to pass herhereafter." after;" Rotherham, " Are abo

to be coming to pass after thethings;" nearly the sameDavidson, W. Kelly, and Seiss.

" From the hour of trial, that howhich," &c., see Matt. xxiv. 21

2 Pet. i. 6. "And to knowledgetemperance."Rev. i. 5. "'Washed us."

" i. 7. "All the kindreds of theearth shall wail because ofHim."

" iii. 10. " Will keep thee fromthe hour of temptation whichshall come."

A FORECAST."The light of a sun that was coming would scatter the ghosts of tpast,And the cramping creeds that had maddened the peoples would vanis

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54 THE BmLE STANDARD.THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE.

By MARIA GELLETLY." And t he Lord God formed man of the duat of the ground, and breathed into hisnostrils the breath ofl ile. and man became a living soul."-Genelli. ii. 7."A LIVING soul," or living being; that which God had already

formed He made to live. It does not say He put another beingto this being, but made this already created, living. See Gen. iii. 19,"Dust thou art, and unto dust thou shalt return." If this only meantAdam's body, it could not be he, but that which belonged to him. IfAdam reaped a benefit by dying, it were impossible he were dead, seeingAdam in dying went from the dust rather than became dust again.But we find God said" Thou;" not ~'thy body," but thou thyself, artonly dust, and shalt be dust again.

If Adam's disobedience were only the means of separating him fromhis body, then that were only ridding him of that which fettered hishigher enjoyment in God's real presence. And to anyone who canthink. this were, by doing an evil, losing a good for a better; this wereyielding to a temptation which cut off that part of him which yielded,and placed him in the fuller presence of God, where he could not betempted.

If you notice, the law inflicts no penalty, but gives more than it takesaway; for if that upon which the law inflicts death cannot die, but onlyby the interference of death escapes from its present abode, there is noreason for calling this death, but a grander life.

It were no penalty, should I squander my money and waste my sub-stance, if by so doing I gain more money and more substance. Is itnot rather consistent with common sense to believe that death is thepenalty due to the broken law, threatened by God in Gen. ii. 17, repeated by God in His condemnation on man after he did break the law,in Gen. iii. 19; and that death plainly means here total absence of alllife forfeited by man for disobedience? Is not death the absence oflife? Is not life the absence of death? And if so, it cannot be said ofme, I am dead, if I still live ; nor can it be said of me, I live, if I amdead. Look again: If I waste that which I possess, I lack it, exceptanother restore it to me. But mark, my having it restored destroys notthe fact that I lost it, and suffered its loss by lacking it till it wasrestored. Again, my first possession was mine through the law ofobedience, my second through the law-of receiving, so that my lost pos-session, though returned to me, may never be mine through lack of mywill or ability to reoeive it. My first life is linked to obedience, mysecond to receiving; or, in other words, obey and live, first: receive andlive, second.

In Gen. iv. it is also stated that God said to Cain, "Thy brother'sblood crieth unto Me from the ground," plainly indicating to the think.ing mind that that part of Abel which made him a living man, Cain hadtaken from him. God's words to Cain iudicate that the blood was thelife, or that part without which there conld be no action, and, therefore,death. It seems plain and reasonable that that which Cain destroyedwould remain so till God restored it to life again. If Abel still lived,and was with God, it could not be said he was dead, but only separatefrom that part of him seen by human eyes.

Notice further: If I lift a piece of gold whose beauty is all hidden bydross, and I put the same into a furnace, by which means the gold shallcome from its corruption, should I say the piece of gold was slain, ordead, or destroyed by the fire? Nay, but rather that the gold lives, notmore true than before, but in a tenfold more glorious state; its otherpart I should consider the enemy to its real state. So should I considerman's soul the gold, his body the dross, affliction and death the meanswhereby the soul, or gold, should escape into a tenfold more gloriousexistence. Should I consider death, then,. the curse? Nay, but ablessing to the soul of man, as the fire was to the gold, whose real

existence was hid by dross, as the soul's real existence was hid bybody.

I am rather inclined to think that death is a fire in which man shaconsume till the resurrection morn, when He who extinguished ipower upon His own body, shall come forth and cast into oblivion deatand its attending evils, quit man of the dross of mortality and clothhim in the gold of immortality. You see here, death is a curse, holdinman in chains; if it released him it would be a blessing, breakinghis chains. To the righteous this is a blessing, to the bad nothing isblessing, death or life.

In Gen. v. we find Adam died; we also find that Enoch died not, fGod took him. Why, we are ready to ask, if a man when dead was stliving, only lacking his corruptible or earthly part, should God takEnoch to heaven chained to his body? Does this not plainly prothat death was forbidden or hindered by God from making a breakthe life of Enoch, seeing the break which death makes is the quiet sleor absence of all life ? It was no benefit for Enoch to go to heavewith his body if he could have served God better without it. No douGod had some end in view in taking Enoch to heaven, which would havbeen quite unnecessary could he have died and yet been a living man.

In Gen. xii, 13, Abraham plainly indicates the fact that his whole swould be extinct when he died. "My soul," he says, "shall livbecause of thee." The very fact of his saying, "My soul shall live bcause of thee," proves that Abraham believed that death was the endhis present enjoyment; by his soul he meant his life, or that by whicthey enjoyed the company of each other. Had Abraham's soul livewhen he was dead, then it could not be said it lived because of anyone,seeing life was its essence, and could not be made to live or die .. Homuch of grandeur and reality the present theology strips from thsimple Gospel! How much of God it takes out of it! It is written" The wages of sin is death," alike to all, seeing all came from the owho broke the law. But here the break is filled up. The gift of Gois eternal life, through His Son, to those :who, though called uponpay the penalty of a broken law, broken by one legally, therefore by alegitimately, shall be accounted worthy to come from hence; becausChrist went into the grave for us, defied it, slew it, came out of its midand stood a complete victor on its summit, death crushed underneathHis feet; hence the righteous shall be brought forth from the darcaverns of the grave, to bask in the abundance of an everlasting sunshine.

Now, notice here, eternal life could not be a gift if it were already posessed by all. A gift, is something given to one who did not possessbefore. Had they possessed it before it could not be a gift. It coube possessed and lost, as in our case, and restored, but not possesseand restored at the same time.

I think this will be more easily understood if looked at in the following manner :-Man, we know, was created after the image of God, this, in the likeness of God. But mark, what is a likeness of anothernot always of the same nature; that is, man in God's likeness was nman in God's nature. The difference is here,-God's nature is perfectlholy, man's was perfectly innocent. To be holy, observe, is to be abovthe power of evil, or, in stronger terms, to be able to hold evil in controto defy it, and to be able to destroy it. Innocence belongs to ignorancethat is, it does not, because it knows not; to be more plain, to knowhat is evil and to do good is to be holy; not to know evil, and notdo evil, is to be innocent. God's own words affirm that fact, for Hsaid, "Behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evilHere God affirms that man had put himself in possession of His naturby the knowledge of sin. Follow this thought, and you find maknowing and not doing is the line of holiness, and his highest aspirationis the perfection of God, at which man is called upon to aim.

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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 55THE BODY OF JOSEPH.By G. P. MACKAY. went up out of Egypt, "and Motes took thebones of Joseph with him." The casket, ormummy case, containing that precious body wasJOSEPH, the son of Jacob, had a high position, carried safely through the perils of the journey-

and great authority in Egypt; but he always ings of Israel; and, in due course we read:thought of himself and brethren as strangers "The bones of J oseph which the children ofand sojournsrs there. Canaan was their home- Israel brougbt up out of Egypt, buried they inland, and Joseph cherished, to the end, the hope Sbechem, in a parcel .of grouud which Jacobof a return of the family to it. Even when he bought of the sons of Hamor, the father oflay a-dying that hope was uppermost in his Shechem, for an hundred pieces of silver; andmind. Modern Christians may delight them- it became the iuheritance of the children ofselves upon their death-beds with anticipations Joseph." (Josh. xxiv. 32.)of a "heavenly Oanaan," but Joseph appears Now in all this there seems to be a fore-to have occupied his mind more with an earthly shadowing of the Last Sayings, Second Advent,one. and Future Glory of Christ. In other respects"And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God Jesus is known to be typified in Joseph; and ifwill surely visit you, and bring you out of this land untothe land which h. aware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to we examine carefully we shall also find HimJacob. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, here.Baying,God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my l. As ro THELASTSAYINGS-Joseph told hisbones from hence. So Joseph died, being an hundred and brethren of future deliverance from Egypt, andten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put ina coffin in Egypt."-Gen. I. 24-26. commanded them to keep his body till that time.

When Jacob died, And Jesus told His brethren of coming redemp-"HiB sons carried him into the land of Oanaan, and buried tion from the present evil world; giving also tohim in the cave of the field of Machpelah. which Abraham th H' b d ,. th t Ib d ( Thibought with the field for a possession of a burying. place of em IS 0 Y 111 e sac-amen a rea, " ISEphron the Hittite, before Mamre."-Gen.1. 13. is my body,") to be kept" until that day." Matt.And it would appear from Acts vii. 15-16, that xxvi, 26-29.the sons of Jacob were also carried over and 2. As TOTHF.SECONDADVENT-'When Josephburied in Canaan when they died. (This is es- died he would be laid away in some pyramid, orpecially clear in the reading of the New Version.) other costly tomb; but the believing IsraelitesJoseph too might have been carried there at once would know that he would appear again amongsthad he BOwilled it. But no: he would not be them. Though out of sight, he was not out oftransported thus. He chose rather to wait, and mind; and when thinking of him, they wouldexpressly ordered that he should be kept, unril the remember, not only his death, but hid words oftime when all Israel would go forth in triumph. prophecy; and would look forward with hope to" God," he said, " will surely visit you: and ye the time when he would be brought forth andshall carry up my bones away hence with you." manifested in their midst. In this theseEzodus xiii. 19. Israelites resembled us, who are taught to re-

This dying act greatly redounds to the credit member the Second Advent of our Saviourof the Patriarch. His whole life was one of whenever we commemorate His death: "For asfaith; but just as Samson's strength was greatest often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup. yeat his death, so Joseph's faith shone brightest do show the Lord's death till He come." (1 Gal'.at the last. And the Spirit singles out this ii. 26.)incident for honourable mention among the As J oseph died a kind of sacrificial death inheroic deeds recorded in the Epistle to the Egypt, (for humanly speaking, he would notHebrews. "By faith Joseph when he died, made have lived and died in exile there, but for themention of the departing of the children of wickedness of his brethren;) and as the IsraelitesIsrael, and gave commandment concerning his looked forward to a time when he and theybones." Heb. xi. 22. would go forth together from the house of bond-

At this time the promise of Canaan for the age:" So Christ was once offered up to bearIsraelites was about two hundred and fifty yealJ! the sins of many; and unto them thut look forold: that is, it was about two hundred and fifty Him shall He appear the second time withoutyears since Abraham had been led into it, and, sin unto salvation." t Heb, ix. 28.)authorized to look upon it as given to him and 3. As TOFUTUREGLORY: With Joseph, Israelto hill" seed for ever." Gen. xiii. 15. Abraham went forth conquering and to conquer, untilhad not got possession of the land; "no, not so they at, last reached Canaan, and settled in itmuch as to set his foot on." (Acts vii. 5.) And peacefully. And with Christ the saints shallIsaae, Jaeob, and the other" fathers" (the y~t go forth to subdue all enemies, and securebrethren of Joseph who died before him,) had the promised land. This shall not he a merenot obtained it. "These all died in faith, not portion of the earth's surface, a few roods orhaving received the promises." (Heb. xi. 13.) miles in extent, like Palestine, but the wholeHut Joseph, like his great grandsire, " the father earth; for that is the purchased possession ofof the faithful," "staggered not at the promise our Joseph, and "the inheritance of the saintsthrough unbelief; but was strong in faith. giving in light."glory to God; and beiug fully persuaded that When J osepb appeared in Canaan, it waswhat He had promised He was able also to per- decreed, (by the Spirit of God which restedform." He therefore left his body in pledge in upon him at his death,) that then, Israel alsoEgypt, until Jehovah's good time of redemption should appear with him, to obtain possession ofwould arrive. the land. And" when Christ who is our life shall

That time came about one hundred and eighty appear then shall ye also appear with him, inyears afterwards,' for then the children of Israel glory." (Gal. iii. 4.)'I' o Israel in Egypt Joseph's body was a sign

of coming redemption and deliverance. To Israelin the wilderness it was an assurance of victory,and rest in Oanaau. And to the Christian "thebrokeu body" of the Saviour is a pledge that"redemption draweth nigh," and that "thereremaineth therefore a rest to the people of God."(Heb. iv. 9.)

When therefore we gather together to thebreaking of bread in memory of "the sufferingsof Christ,"-sufferings in " the great city, whichspiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, wherealso our Lord was crucified,"-let us see to it,Brethren, that we forget not "the glory thatshould follow."

* The 430 years mentioned in Exodus xii. 40, are not theyears spent in Egypt, 8,S Borne suppose, but the period of., the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt (with-out stating the length of time,) in Egypt." "The sojourningof the children of Israel which they sojourned in the land ofEgypt and the laud of Canaan, was four hundred andthirty years." {Beptuagtnt Version of Exodu xii. 40.)'l'hus:-25 years between the time of the promise to Abrahamand the birth of Isaac. (Gell" xu, 4. and xxi. 5.)60 years to tbe birth of Jacob. (Gen. xxv. 26.)130 to the migration to Egypt. (Gen. xlvdi. 9.)35 " (say) to the death of Jo.eph.

200iso from the Promise, to Joseph's last sayings, to the departure of Israel trom Egypt.430 of sojourn up to that time.

"And thus that dark betrayal night,With the last advent we unite,By one blest. chain of loving rite,Until He come! n

THE PEW'S REPLY TO THEPULPIT.My dear Mr. --,-In answer to your enquiry

of what I thought of the Minister's sermon t~~twas preached on the 6th inst., from Luke XX~l1.43, I send you the following objections to Itsbeing in harmony with Divine truth, as tanghtin the Scriptures of both the Old and NewTestaments.In his sermon the preacher stated that therewere several of his congregation that held ob-jectionr to his rendering of the text, but that hehad read the opinions of t welve learned men ofthe English, American, and German .Churchesupon the passage in question, and their render-ing azreed with his. This was the only argu-ment the preacher offered, and it appeared tome of little account, for it would be very easy tofiud hundreds of learued men in addition to thetwelve that held exactly the same opinion ofthe text seeinz that it has been a part of thepopular' theol~gy for mauy centuries. Thepreacher did not mention wbat any of the o~-jections were that were held by several of hIScongregation, and it may have been prudent DOttodo so but he referred to the great wonders thatwere 'manifested ou the day of the crucifixion,and amongst others that saints rose out of theirgrave .; and walked about the streets of Jerusalem.Now that wonder did not take place on the dayof Christ's crucifixion, but after His resurrec-tion, for Matt. xxvii, 52, 53, states the fact mostdistinctly. Beaides, 1 Cor. xv. 20, declares .thatChrist was the first-fruits of the sleepmg saints,and Gal. i. 18, informs us that He was "thefirst born from the dead, that in all things Hemizht have the preeminence,' which could notha;e been the case if these saints had been re-surrected three days before Him. On the twofoilowing Sundays the preacher stated th.a~ thethief was the first to whom the spiritualkingdom was revealed, and that the tbief andthe Syrophceuician woman were gone to heaven;but as no proofs for the truth of these state-ments were forthcoming, we may set them downfor what they are worth.We may pertinently ask our "pulpit teachersif the eruoified thief and other believers go toheaven at death, of what use is a resurrection,or how can they reconcile the need of the Dayof Judgment for those who, according to populartheology, have beeu either in heaven or ~ell forthousand. of years? Are they to be Judgedafter havinz received an award? Are they tobe tried for the purpose of finding out which ofthose places they ought to have occupied?This looks so like "Jeddart Justice,"-hangfirst, and try afterwards,-that such a methodof procedure must be entirely out ofharmony with Divine wisdom.

In these days popular theology treats thegreat doctrine of the resurrection as of littleaccount, in fact, popular teaching scarcely needsit, and, except incidentally, very seldom refersto it; but how different was the teaching of ourLord and that of His Apostles: "Jesus and theResurrection" was their great theme,-J esus andgoing to Him at death is our-. Paul, in hisgrand logical sequence, iu 1Cor, xv. instructsus that without resurrection ., the dead inChrist have perished ;" and wheu he wished tocomfort the sorrowing saints at Thessalonica,he did not do it by telling them in a fond de-lusion that their departed friends had gone toJesus in heaven, but" For this we say unto youby the word of the Lord,"" the Lord Himselfshall descend from heaven with a shout," "andthe dead in Christ shall rise first" " to meet theLord in the air, and so shall we be ever with the


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THE BIBLE STANDARD.Lord."-1 Thess. iv. 13-18. Our Lord taughtHis disciples that He would" raise believers upat the last day," and in harmony with thisteaching He told His sorrowing eleven not to betroubled, for alth?ugh He was going away Hewould" come again and receive them to Him-self, that where He was there they might bealso."-John xiv. 1-3. So the Lord is to comefor these disciples, and not they go to Him atdeath.

Our Lord and His Apostles, in scores ofpassages, give great prominence to His SecondAdvent, warning and exhorting us to watch andprepare for His coming. Do the Scripturesteach us to prepare for death as such? Nay,verily, because being in n state of preparationfor His coming is sufficient; it is of muchgreater account to the believer than death ; forthe Greater covers the Lesser.

Snch is the teaching of Scripture, but notthat of a perverted Christianity that is loudlysounded as well in Protestant ,as in Popishpulpits. These teachers find some three textsin the Scriptures (of which Luke xxiii. 43, isone) that on a superficial view only, appear tofavour the popular theology'; and these texts areoften loudly proclaimed while hundreds of otherpassages, that are directly opposed to theHadean theology deduced from any of the three,ore set aside as of no account by those whostrongly laud truth but care not to accept it if itruns contrary to their preconceived pleasantnotions. The fact is that they carry theirtheolosy to the B.ible, and are trying to force theBible to support It.

II Christ and the thief went direct from thecross to heaven, then death is a mere figure ofspeech, for they came not under its dominion;but Paul in Romans vi. 9, plainly teaches thatit was after the resurrection of Christ that"eleath had no more dominion over Him."This is quite a different account from that of onrpreacher, who very eloquently described Christand the thief being in heaven before the fastsinking snn had set. Thank God the preacherwas wrong, for withont intending to do so, hereduced Death, Resurrection, and the GreatAtouement to about as mythical a condition asany infidel could desire.Great confusion has arisen on What is Man?I have only time at present to state that theBible throughout only recognises the livingsoulish personality as the accountable beingMan; that he is alive when the Spirit of life isin him, and when it returns to God, he, (TheMan} is dead, Some maintain that the Spiritis the real man, but were this the case thenMan is a Spirit, and not of the earth, earthy,They may as well declare that the sun, and thelight of the sun are the same; and that theSeven Spirits of God before the throne areSeven Gods. The Scriptures clearly tell us whatthey mean by the term Man,-by the applicationof the personal pronouns. It was Stephen thatdied, and it was Stephen that was carried to bisburial and great lamentation made over him.David died and was gathered to his fathers.And when the angels said, "He is not here butis risen," they clearly indicated the risen Lord.I need not quote more instances.

To hold that a dead Man is alive and consciousand that he is in two different places at the sametime, is surely absurd ; and is certainly as con-trary to common sense as it is to the Scriptures,-" the grave cannot praise thee. death cannotcelebrate thee: they that go down to the pitcannot hope fOl~thy truth; the living, the livingshall praise thee," "the dead know not anything,also their love, and their hatred, and their envy isnow perished," "for in death there is no remem-brance of thee": "shall the dust praise thee,""the dead praise not the Lord," "his breathgoeth forth, he returneth to his earth, in thatvery day his thoughts perish," "work while it isday, the night corneth when no man can work: "

" the rest of the dead lived not again until thethousand years were finished." These Scripturequotations are clear and direct and their mean-ing unmistakable, They are to be believed, ornot believed, even theological casuistry cannotexplain them away.

A week Or two ago the preacher, in statingthat Love was more valuable than Faith, saidthat if such an important point was only men-tioned once there might be doubts as to its beingcorrect; but when it was found in several placesand by different authors, we were bound toaccept it 8S truth. The preacher's standard ofinterpretation is right, but why not apply itwhen Luke xxiii. 43, is in conrse of being ren-dered; when there is only two other passagesbesides it which cannot be brought into harmonywith all the rest of the Scriptures, from histheological stand point.

Can any rendering of Luke xxiii. 43, be truethat makes our Lord's comparison of His condi-tion with that of Jonas untrue? Nay, more,that makes our Lord directly contradict Himselfupon this very point of goiug to heaven, if Hewent there on the day of His crucifixion, for onthe morniug of His resurrection He said toMary, "touch me not Ior I am not yet ascendedto my Father." Surely the weight of these clearstatements of our Lord and His inspired pro-phets and apostles ought to outweigh the popularbelief that death and being in heaven are almostinterchangeable ter-ns I When we listen to theapostle Peter, he informs us that David hath notascended to heaven; now as the great psalmistand prophet did not go to heaven at death, isit not iqnorasit presumption on our part to flatterourselves that we are of greater value in the sightof God than the mau after His own heart !David said, "I shall be satisfied when I awakein Thy likeness," surely a very little modesty onour plC, ought to make us content with whatsatisfied him.Jf we take indirect instead of direct Scripturelessons their teaching is the same, and is instrong opposition to the popular theory of death,instead of resurrection, being the gate of heavento good men. Did Hezekiah not hold death asan enemy, and praised God for 15 years ofadded life? But if popular theology is true hehad rather cause for sadness in being kept thatlength of time out of heaven! Paul thankedGod for restoring his friend Epaphroditusfrom the gate of death; did tbis declared mercyon God's part mean keeping him 011tof heaven?I need not cite more evidence on the point, theBible is full of it.Now, on what grounds is the popular render-ing of Luke xxiii. 43, maintained? The onlyreason that is generally assigned is that it justmeans what it says. But in the above evidenceit is shown that it makes our Lord flatly con-tradict Himself, which is a strong position forthe infidel; and it ought not to be accepted byany unprejudiced Christian mind. Besides, iftbe thief's request was granted, viz., to be re-membered when our Lord came into Hiskingdom, tben the promise is still unfulfilled,for the kingdom is still future. In explanation,we mark two points to be observed, first, theplace of the comma; for were it placed after thewords" to-day," or "this day," (for the termsare equivalent in Scripture, Josh. xxii, 18, andExodus xxxii. 29.) instead of being, as at pre-sent, before them, it would change the popularmeaning of the verse, but would bring it intoharmony with the rest of Scripture. Luke isthe author of the Acts of the Apostles, and inchap. xx. 26, the comma is placed after thewords "this day," and it is used to emphasisethe statement that Paul "was free from theblood of all men." In the Greek, from whichOUl' New Testament is translated, there is nopunctuation used; and our method of punctua-tion is only as old as the 13th century; so,being uninspired, is of much less account than

Scripture testimony. The second point is evmore important, viz., What is the meaningScriptural usage of the words" to-day or thday? " as in Acts xx. 26, and we answer ththoy are used to emphasise and strongly assthe subject tbey are connected with, but nnecessarily to mark its date, The words" tday" are used nearly thirty times in Deuteonomy, and are not always used to signify the daso that in many instances the words mightleft out without at all altering the meaningthe subject to, which they are applied ;example, Josh .xxii, 16, the words are twice usin the verse, 'not' to harmonise the subjects, hto emphasise them. In Deut. ix. 1, Moses sa" Hear, 0 Israel; thou art to pass over Jordathis day; " but in fact they did not pass oJordan for some time afterwards; and in Joxxiii. 14, the words "this day," refer, notthat day, but to a future one," " And, behothis day I am going the way of all the earth;but jhe following chapter shows that Joshuanot die on that day, but some time afterwards.

These instances correspond to Our Lordgranting the thief's request to be" rememberewhen He came into His kingdom." He nonly promised that the thief would be therbut doubly emphasises His promise by usithe terms, "Verily," and" to-day," althougthe event was then, and still is, future. Theis little difficulty iu harmonizing Luke xxiii,with the rest of the Scriptures, if the Bib(instead of Traditional Theology) is madeown interpreter; and, if read with the exercof a little more common sense than is usedpresent, either in the Pew or in the Pulpit,would lead to rather more satisfactory resultin future, by showing the Bible to beharmonious revelation from God, and notjumbled mystification that professional teachetnrn it into. In this rather long letter I hatried to answer the enquiry of whnt I thoughtthe minister'S sermon, and the foregoingmarks must pass for my answer; and I sincerehope that you and your friends will next enqu" Are these things so? " and then look into yoBibles for a reply. "To the Law and tolestimony, if they speak not according to tWord, there is no light in them,"-I remain,dear Mr. --, YOU1'S very sincerely, W. Ballatine, Tranmere, Birkenhead, Nov, 30th, 1881.

PLUS ULTRA.O N the old Spanish coins, 0111'readers hoften seen two pillars standing. Thesepresent two pillars of Hercules, as thepromontories were called which jutted fofrom the shores of Europe and Africa to fothe Straits of Gibraltar. Spain formerly hboth sides of the Mediterranean at this poand so stamped upon :her coin the Pi.lIarsHercules, and over them a scroll on whichin-cribed, Ne plus ultra--" No more beyonThese pillars, it was claimed, markedwestern boundary of the habitable globe,although there had been the ancient traditioof fabled islands beyond, yet the prevailing stiment was inscribed in the legend on the coNe plus ultra=-" Nothing beyond."

There are persons who have erected simpillars to mark the boundaries of Christian faand knowledge. They have formulated thcreeds, they have defined their doctrines, thave fixed their standards, they have promgated their confessions, and over the whole thave written, Ne plus ultra-" Nothingyond ;" and woe to that rash and venturesomman who dares to discovers anything whichfathers had not discovered.jor know anythiwhich his grandfathers had not known.;;;;;;Four centuries ago, a bold, brave man safar beyond the famous Pillars ofl Hercules,opened the gate of discovery, and pointed


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THE STANDARD. 57way to distant continents and islands; and anew hemisphere was discovered.

The fact was accomplished, and what didSpain do about it? Did she sit down and denythe discoveries of her navigators, and contradictthe testimonials of those who brought hertidings and treasures from distant lands? Didshe point to the antiquated legend upon hercoins, and still keep crying, Ne pllLS ultra J Byno means. But, convinced of her formerignorance, and made wiser by new instruction,she struck the first word from her motto, leaviugit no longer Ne plus ultra, but simply Plus ultra-~' More beyond." , ~

And is not this the true spirit which shouldactuate the people of God? Suppose they havewritten Ne plus ultra upon their coins, theirbanners, and their creeds; must it stand therefor ever, when the gates of new continents arethrown open before them, and new revelationsof power and majesty and glory are greetingthem? Shall they shut their eyes to theonward march of divine knowledge, or shall theyadmit that more light is breaking forth from theword of God; and that, however the revelationof truth may have progressed in time past, thereis yet plus ultra-" 1\1orebeyond."-The Chris-tian, U.S.A.

CORRESPONDENCE EXTRACTS.Auckland, New Zealand, Sep. 12,1881."I hope you bave sent me the books, &c.

Tbe great demand is for Constable's and Whit-more's works (" Nature and Duration of FuturePunishment," and "Doctrine of Immortality,"3s. 6d. each.) I think these are two of the bestworks we have. All who have read them hereseem to think them very conclusive and con-vincing. I hope Bra. Taylor will bave startedby the time you receive this letter. (See SpecialNotes.) We shall have plenty of work for himwben he comes. We are baving a meeting onThursday night to raise funds for a large lent,to hold about 300 or 400 people. We then hopeto have it in the field all through the summermonths. We mean to take it into the countrydistricts, so as to give the people an opportunityto hear the glad tidings of the Kingdom of Godand the Gift of Immortality, through JesusChrist our Lord. The cause in New Zealand isstill progressing: we are gratified to see howeager the people are to give a patient hearing.Our Sunday night services are still held in theChoral Hall. We only took it f01' a month, asan experiment, but we have now been iu it aboutfive months, and the congregation keeps up. Ithink that a little of the prejudice is now break-ing down, in some quarters; yet, in others, itseems to be deeply. seated. The ministers ofthe town keep hammering away in their pulpitsagainst us, but they will not come to the front,so as to give us a chance to defend our position.The Christadelphians, who came in amongst uswhen we first started, have left us, with a fewexceptions. They found that they could notmould us into their shape; so they have gone tohold a meeting of their own. They say thattheir worship is the only acceptable worship,before God, in Auckland. We have retainedone of their best men, who is now one of ourDeacons."-George A. B1'own, CorrespondingMember.Stephen's City, Virginia, UJ>'A., Nov. 19,1881.

" I am very much gratified by the evidenceyour paper presents of growing interest andprosperity, and I thank you cordially for yourkind notice of my work, 'Reply to Ingersoll.'I read tbe proceedings of the late Conference ofBelievers, at Bradford, and should be mosthappy if life lasts, and opportunity offers, toattend the next Annual Meeting. I think yourAmerican brethren ought to be represented onan occasion so gratifying, and which would

BIBLEperhaps enable us to co-operate in the supportand defence of the truth with more efficiency inthe future. But we shall see, as we know thefuture does not belong to us."-A.B.lII.

Boston, Mass., U.S.A., Dec. 1, 1881."Having completed the reading of the Brad-

ford 0:;"nference Report for 18tl1, I am glad tosee that the' Conditional Immortality Associa-tion' is doing so much for truth. May theSpirit of our Father rest on its members intheir noble effort to uproot this terrible super-stition. They are at the roots of this tree,-letthem not rest contented until there is not afibre left. The glorious dawn is near. He, theLife-Giver, is at the door. How we should presson, striving to teach the blind in all that per-taineth to our Lord and Master. As I am de-sirous of becoming a subscriber for the BibleStandard, including its back volumes, will youkindly send me a catalogue of your publications,and also inform me if a resident of a foreignland can become a member of the Association.I hold all the things dear which are set forth inthe Stand(~rd."-W.H.

Lincoln, Dec. 5, 1881." I am pleased to say our congregations keep

well up. We have many strangers coming for-ward. Last night five were received into fellow-ship. The spirit of the friends is excellent.My subjects for the two past Sunday Eveningshave been-' The Tree of Life in the Past,Present, and Future; , and' The Second Death,what it is, and how to escape it.' I am pleasedto tell you of the conversion to the views of'Life only in Christ,' of two Christians inBelfast. One has seen them through conversa-tion and correspondence with me, and he hastaught the other, a brother of his. It also re-joices my heart to tell you that, in a .letter re-ceived from France, on Saturday, I learn thatthese truths are spreading there still."-G.P.1l1.

Harroqate, Dee 7, 1881." I have the pleasure of doubling my sub-

scription to the Conditional Immortality Asso-elation this year. May I suggest that you mightmake some arrangement by which your sub-scribers could forward to you addresses andsubscriptions, and you would send to theirfriends the B-ible Standard or any other pub-lications of the Association direct, and in As-sociation wrappers. If you could see your wayto tbis, and place an intimation of the fact inBible Standard (see Special Notes), I imaginetbat you would find it answer, and that everyend of the Association would be forwardedthereby. People do not always care to senddirect to their friends such publications. Ibelieve there is a Tract Society in Londonworking on these lines, and its existence showsthat there is a feeling amongst some people infavour of such a plau."-A.D.G.

Shields, Dec. 9, 1881."Having been an orthodox believer and a

member of the Baptist Denomination for someyears, I never heard the Doctrines of the Im-mortality of the Soul, or Eternal 'I'ormontsquestioned except by so-called infidels. How-ever, becomiug possessed of some of your BibleStandards, I was greatly surprised to see thesequestions negated, and that on Scripturalgrounds. I may mention that after perusingVol. Ill. of your Bible Standard, I am almosta couvert to the doctrines you advocate, butbefore giviug a final farewell to orthodoxopinions, I would like to read a little further,and, therefore, enclose stamps for Vol. IV."-W.R. Blackburn, Dec. 12, 1881.

"You will be pleased to hear that ourEcclesia of baptized believers iu the Gospel ofthe Kingdom and Life only in the Name ofour Lord Jesus the Christ, numbers now abouttwenty-six. They have made me a small pre-

sentation, as per enclosed scrap, and have de-cided to make also a weekly allowance to me, onthe principle that the labourer is worthy of hishire. Considering this, and that now my littleones have the motherly care of a sister in Christ,I begin to feel Ihave again cause to be thankfulfor the overruling and the everlasting providenceof a gracious Heavenly Father. Ipray Imayhave better health to labour more abundantlyin the Lord's vineyard; and so in a measure beavenged on the false systems of theology atpresent causing many soul A to perish. To-morrow (D.V.) Igo to Skipton to lecture, as perenclosed. bill.-Believe me, yours in hope of zoelife, Albert Smith. QUESTION COLUMN.

THE SOULSUNDERTHE ALTAR.H. A. L. (London) writes.-" Mr. Smith in his

letter to the Cho/'ley Standard, given in yourpaper, says, when gcing into Rev. vi. 9-12, towhich the Bishop of Manchester had calledattention. 'Now these souls are said to beslain souls.' On referring to the passage inquestion, I find the words of the A. V. are 'Isaw under the altar the SQuls of them that wereslain.' Mr. S. bases his reasoning in the follow-ing lines on this apparent misquotation, nndconsequently I-probably in common withothers-gain little real information. As areader of the Bible Standard, I would ask youto kindly throw some light on the subject."

Our uorrespondent has but to remember that"soul," Scripturally used, means life, person, orbeing, and his difficulty vanishes. The EmphaticDiaqlott renders the passage thus-; 'I I sawunder the ALTARthe PERSONSof those who HADbeen KILLED," The small capitals employed,show the words on which the Greek lays posi-tive emphasis, Mark how strong the passagethus becomes.-" ALTAR,"the place of sacrifice:" PERSONS,"the individuals themselves: "HAD"and" KILLED,"showing it was dead men, slainon Christ's account, into whose lips God put thiscry; as, of old, dead Abel's blood cried from theground.

BEING" CLOTHED urox.'A " BELIEVER(Maidenhead) who wishes con-

cerning eve1'ything to euq nire-s-' What saith theScriptures?'" writes,-" Will you kindly favourme with your view of the commencement of 2Cor. v., where the Apostle speaks of the unclothedstate J I shall hope to get it in the next numberof the Bible Standard."

The passage you refer to is one of those fewexpressions that seem to give support to onetenet of popular theolog-y, simply, however,because such is supposed. to be its meaning.'Ve WIll paraphase the words, to show theirharmony with the other Scriptures. "If ourearthly house (dust-being}, of this tabernacle (ortent,-its temporary natuTe) were dissolved(taken down, or resolved back to dust, in death),we have a building of God (a resurrection orspirit-being), an house not made with bands(not of the will of the flesh, but of God; not ofearthly generation, but of the Spirit's forming),eternal (its duration) in the heavens (its presentlocation; this is spoken of then living Christians-their 'life' hid with Christ in God). For iuthis (dust or earth-being] we groan (men groan,not their souls as distinct therefrom), earnestlydesiring (not death; no man desires that) to beclothed upon (to possess their resurrection orspirit-being) with our house (spirit-being) whichis from. heaven ( , from; , 'When He who is Qurlife shall appear, then shall we also appear withHim in glory); If so be that (i.e. and surely)being clothed (having spirit-being) we shall notbe found naked (lacking,-' Blessed is he thatwatcheth and keepeth his garments, lest he walknaked, and they see his shame,' Rev. xvi. 16).For we (the persons) that are in this tabernacle


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58 THE BIBLE STANDARD.(this fleeting state, subject to death) do groan,being burdened ; not for that we would be un-clothed (without spirit-being,-as in the sleepof the first death, something certainly whichwas not desired-as being clothed upon was (v.2.)-but deprecateds, bnt clothed upon (posessonr spirit-being of translation or speedy resur-rection), that mortality (earth-being) might baswallowed up of life (spirit or immortal-being)."

ADOPTION,ORTHE NEWBIRTH.A Correspondent writes.-" If the' adoption'

(Sonship), and' New Birth' be not, as Paul saysit is, 'The redemption of the body,' i.e., theresurrection of the dead saints and the changeof living ones, do not those glorious privilegesseem to be unreali ties or mere figures of speech?For if they only represent a change in the, heart '-the sentiments and feelings-of aChristian, when he is converted to Christ, thereis no PERSONALhange in him, there is no li teralchange, therefore there can be no literal (real oractnal) Sonship, and no literal (real or actual)new birth, for man is not BORNOFthat which hereceives into his mind, and therefore those termsare (on the common view) simply FIGURATIVEexpressions, not realities. This-which seems tome to be the inevitable conclusion-I do notbelieve. Unquestionably a change of heart ismost necessary and is inclnded by the terms,but I think does not exhaust them. It is achange of heart now, and a complete change ofthe whole man by the birth from the dead-when-the Lord comes." Our correspondent's conclu-sions seem to us both reasonable and Scriptural,and we have nothing to add thereto.

ENoeH ANDELIJAH; MORTALORIMMORTAL.R.D. (Bath) writes.-" Would you kindly

answer the following query, as the same hasbeen put to me by one who is opposed to thedoctrine of Man's Mortality, as we see it.When Paul wrote, Enoch and Elijah had beentranslated; were they not then Immortal? "The historic account makes no mention oftranslation (in the New Testament meaning ofthat word-change to immortality). It reads-"And Enoch walked with God; and he wasnot; for God took him" (Gen. v. 24): "And itcame to pass, when the Lord would take upElljah into heaven by a whirlwind . . as theystill went on, and talked, behold a chariot of fire,and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder,and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven(2 Kings ii. 1-11). In point of fact, therefore,their's was only a change of place, not-as in thecase of Christ's saints at His coming-a changeof person. Our conviction is that they are stillmen after the flesh, and have not SABndeathbecause God has a work for them to do uponthe earth-in their flesh state-in these latterdays (Rev. xi. 3-12). When, in accordancewith the law of the flesh-" As in Adam all die"-they will die 'and by resurrection power willarise and put on immortality. Their presentlocality is probably the lower heavens. Cer-tainly not those where Christ has gone in alone-of men (IIeb. ix. 7,12,24).

CORRESPONDENCE.THE REVISED VERSION. (SECOND LETTER-

Continued. )IN Rom, ix. 5, the Revisers have had to en-counter a passage which has proved a thorn inthe flesh to many a translator, but the result ofthe contest is by no means gratifying. The re-vised text reads. "Whose are the fathers, andof whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, whois over all, God blessed for ever. Amen." Thedifficulty presented by this passage lies in de-determining the proper punctuation. Erasmussuggested that a full stop should be placed after

the word" flesh," which was approved of by thePolish commentator Enjedin, and has since beenadopted by Wetstein, Fritzsche, Reiche, Meyer,Jowett, &c., and also by Lachmann, 'I'ischen-dorf, and Greis bach in their Editions of theGrjJ'lk Text. Erasmus further suggested that afull stop should be placed after the words" overall." This pointing was adopted hy Locke, andby De Wette iu his translation; but a verypalpable objection to this suggestion rests in thefact that had the word " theos" begun a newsentence, it would have been preceded by thearticle" ho," of which not the slightest trace isto be fouud in the Greek liB. Another sugges-tion which has met wuh some support, was totranspose the Greek words" ho on," which wouldgive a reading somewhat like " Whose is thesupreme God; " this alteration was approved ofby Crellins, of Poland; and also by Whiston,Taylor, and Whithy. This great diversity ofopinion has been chiefly brought about bymany translators and commentators denyingthat the closing words of the verse are adoxology. Many ohjections have been broughtforward in proof, but we think they may besafely laid aside when we consider the fact thatthere is not another passage to support the onein question, unless by adopting the first sugges-tion of Erasmus, i.e., to put a full stop after theword "flesh," and consider tbe remainder ofthe passage to be a doxology. The Revisers,however, follow the punctuation of the ReceivedText, which owes its origin to Beza andStephens, but particularly to Erasmus.We meet with a somewhat confused renderingin 2 Tim. iv. 14. Paul's advice to Timothy re-garding Alexander the coppersmith reads, " Ofwhom be thou ware also;" this might havebeen better translated, "Be thou also on thyguard against him," which gives us a senslbleconstruction of Paul's language.

The word "platter" appears in Luke xi. 39,as a translation of the Greek "pinakos, which,as we have already seen, means a large dish.In II eb. i. 9, we have a quotation from Psa.xlv. 6, 7, in which the double form of the

Hebrew word Elohim occurs. 'I'his is generallyunderstood to be an emphatic phrase meaning" God, even thy God." The Revisers, however,translate "God, thy God, hath anointed thee,"a rendering which very clearly states an im-possibility. It is a well-known rule in Greekand Hebrew syntax, that when the conjunctionsvau and kai connect two words, the latter ofwhich is explanatory to the first, they may berendered by the word even. This rule oughtvery clearly to be applied in Mnu, xxi. 5, where,instead of reading, "And upon a colt, the foalof an ass," we ought to read, " Even upon a colt,the foal of an ass." The word" them," in theseventh verse, has been made to refer to theass and its foal, but this is straining grammarto produce a miracle; for Christ certainly couldnot sit on the ass and the foal at the same time.Boothroyd says, " They put their mantles bothou the ass and on the colt; but Jesus rode onthe latter, as had been predicted, and as theother evangelists relate. So thercon. can onlyrefer to the mantles."The word "incorruption" is used in 2 'I'inii. 10, instead of "immortality;" but as theverse stands it is still susceptible of improve-ment, it might very properly be rendered, " Whohath abolished death, and enlightened life andincorruption by the Gospel," not "brought tolight." The Greek means, "Brought to morelight."

In 1 John v. 21, we read, "My lit tle children,"instead of simply " Children." The Greek hasno trace of a pronoun, and the word" teknia;"means simply "children," not "little," or" dear children," as most versions have it.In Acts i. 25, we meet with another difficultpassage. The difficulty is, do the words', "Thathe might go to his own place," refer to Judas,

or to Mo.ttliias, It is clear that the wordcannot refer to Judas, for he was then, andstill in the grave; aud will not go to his owplace, or receive the punishment due to himuutil the resurrection. For these reasonswhich we consider as pungent as any that cabe produced by the opposite side, we woulregard these words as being connected to vers24, and the intervening words as beingparenthetical statement. Tbus," And theprayed, and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest thhearts of all men, shew us of these two the Onwhom Thou hast chosen to take the place ithis ministry and apostleship, (from whicJudas fell away,) that he may go to his owplace," i.e., his position in the Apostleship.

The word" Spirit" again appears in John ii5, spelt with a capital, thus implying that Chrisis here referring to the Holy Spirit, whichcourse is a mere assumption. The Reviserhave inserted an article before the wor" Spirit," which has no existeuce in the GreekThe absence of the article clearly denotes thaChrist was speaking, not of the Holy Spirit, buof the spiritual principle in man, or that parwhich is opposed to his evil nature. Thpassage should therefore read, " Except a mabe born of water and spirit, he cannot enter intthe kingdom of God."

The Revisers have shown a very conservativespirit, not at all to be eommended, in thexecution of their labours. They still retainwords which ought certainly to have beealtered. Even taking the Revised Versionits best, the gain is not very perceptible, thbulk of the changes are such as the uneducatedwill hardly perceive the benefit of, while manalterations ought to have been made, whichave not.

There is one blot on the paces of the ReviseVersion which every lover of truth must cotemplate with sorrow-we refer to the printingof several well-known spurious passages enclosed in brackets. Why print the vile coruptions of the Monastic Ages with the purWord of God ?-Robe1"t F. Gardiner, Glasgow.

EVADINGTHE TRUTH.SIR,-In a late number of one of our seculajournals, a paragraph appeared on the subjeof "Future Punishment," in which eminen

Greek scholars are quoted, evidently to upholthe prevailing dogma as to the eternity of sand suffering, because the Bible plainly teache"everlasting punishment." There is a wantcandour, and an evident evading of the truththe above and similar paragraphs. No intellgent reader of the Bible denies "everlastingpunishment;" but they do deny that the punishment is everlasting suffering, simply because tWord of God declares it is"death. Some mask then, does a man die as the brutes die?answer emphatically No. They are not accounable, but man is, and for whom there is revealea resurrection from the dead, which is tofollowed by the awards of the judgment seatChrist. There is, however, after this "second death," from which no resurrectionrevealed, but the condemned perish foreveThey are deprived of being (see Cruden's Cocordance on 1st Gor. xv. 18) which is capital"everlasting punishment." "The dead knnot anything," Eccles. ix. 5. "In that veday his thoughts perish," Ps. cxlvi. 3, 4. Thare forever incapable of suffering.

SIMPLETRU--------.--------CHURCH AND MISSION NEWSCHELTENHAM.Reqent Street.-This Church, at its Novemb

Meeting, cordially and unanimously decidedmake an Annnal Collection for the Associatioas a Subscribing Church. Seven of its Membhave also been added to the Association, as NMembers, A Tea and Social Meeting was h


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THE BIB LE STANDARD. 5on December 5th, when 50 partook. At theafter-meeting, presided over by Mr. Cyrus E.Brooks, short but earnest and tellinz addresseswere given as follow :-" A Praying Chnrch " bythe. Chairman ; "A Loving Church" by Mr. A.Smith ; "A Progressive Church" by Mr. W. J.Me.rrett; "~ Faithful Church" by Mr. J. C.~hIlhps (EdItor of the Testimony); "A Work-mg Chu~,ch " by Mr. H. H. artyn; "A UnitedChurch by Mr. E. H. Taylor (of Teignmoutb).The.meeting was followed by a Sale of Work,presided over by Mrs. H. H. Martyn; which wassucceeded by an Entertainment from the Mem-bers of ~he Mutual Class, sustained by Mr. andMrs. ShIeld; MIsses J. and K. Sims, and S. M.Prosser; and Messrs. A. Smith and G. Sims.Special Services will be held dur inz Januarvwhen Sermons and Lectures will be d~livered b ythe ~evs: W. Smith (of Todmorden), W. Donald(of Bl!;mlllgham)! and S. Peacock (of Barrowden,near Stamford). In less than three months thissmall Church has raised and paid nearly 60(debts previously incurred), and is now-withthe exception of its mortgage on the premises-free of debt. It is hoped that one of the abovethree ministers will shortly be settled over it asPastor. BLACKBURN."PRESENTATION TO MR. A. S~UTH.-On Sun-day afternoon last, after the usual meeting ofthe breaking of bread' of the 'Blac kburnEccle~ia of baptised .believers in the Gospel ofthe kingdom, and hfe only in Jesus Christ'held in the Spinners' Iustitute, St. Peter-street'Mr. Albert Smith, late curate of Withnell, wa~presented with a purse of money, in token of theesteem and respect of the 'Ecclesia.' Mr. J.~Vebster was deputed to make the presentation1U.the name of the' Ecclesia,' and the gift wasSUItably acknowledged by Mr. Smitb." (Black-burn Times).We are gladto know (by letter in C01TeSpOn-dence E.'tt1"acts) that Mr. Smith is now settledat Blackburn as the Ministering Elder of thisNew Church of 26 Members-gathered togetherby his ministry. LINCOLN.N~wJ?ort Hallo-This .new Church reportsgratifying progress both 1UMembers and Con-gregatio~. At th~ November Church Meeting itwas decided to give a unanimous invitation asPastor to the Rev. B. B. Wale, of HighWycombe. Mr. Wale accepted that invitationsubject to certain conditions, which have sincebeen agreed to by the Church. It is intendedto have a Recognition Meeting on the third: ruesday in this month (January 17th), when it

IS expected that Henry J. Ward, Esq., of Liver-pool (President of the Association), will preside;and that Capt. J. E. Dutton (Liverpool), andRev. H. B. Murray (London) will take part.The Meeting will he preceded by a Public Tea.SKIPTON.Temperance Hallo-Two Lectures were deliv-ered here on December 13th, 14th, by Mr. AlbertSmith, of Blackburn.-Subjects, first night:-What is the Soul? The difference hetween Souland Spirit: Is it Immortal? (How to attain to!.mmnrtality. See Euk. xviii., 4, 20, and Johnnr., 36). Second night :-Jesus the Christ: Heirto the Throne of David, and Destined Ruler ofthe whole earth. -(See I1a. ix., 6, 7, Luke i., 31,32, and Zach. xiv., 9).TORQUAY.Terre Street.-Notwithstanding the removalof two or three active members of the Church toPaignton. the work here is vigorously main-tained; the greatest need of tbe Church being alarger place of worship. By the removal,above-named, good however is likely to followas. a Church is b~ing formed at Paignton (tw~miles south of 'Iorquay), where the PreachingRoom formerly used by the Primitive Methodistshas been secured, together with its furnitureand where regular services will now be held. '

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LIVERPOOL.Club-moor Hall.-Since our Report of Marchla~t, our work has beeu steadily progressing, andevidence O! our Father's blessing upon it has notbeep. wanting, but has been abundant. Being, Iam SO::TY.o say, the only unsectarian place ofwor.shlp m ~iverpool at which our peculiar butSCriptural V18WSare publicly preached, we are,of course, shut out from all practical sympathyof the Churches around, with but the oneChristian exception of Richmond Baptist ChapelBreck-road, whose Pastor, the Rev. F. H:Robarts, M.A., came forward, in October, at ourrequest, and preached a sermon in our Hall onbehalf ~f our Sunday School Library. Anotheract o~ kindness to us, on their part, was that ofallowing us the use of their Chapel and Baptistry,w~en on the 13th October our leader, Mr. W. H.MIll.er, had the joy of baptizing eleven believers.During tbe last few months we have also beenvisited by various well-known friends, amongstothers, Mr. Silas Henn, Mr. Carless, and, lastly,by the Rev. Burlington B. Wale, of HighWyco~be, whose visit was brought about by aresolution pas~ed at one of our Church Meetings,when we decided to have a series of PublicLectures delivered during the winter, one eachmonth, on our particular views. The first ofthe series Mr. Wale was invited to deliver hut

the Association here considered it advisable toll:sk him for two lectures in addition, to be de-Iivered in the city. It was accordingly arrangedthat two lectures he deli vered i~ the NewLecture-room. of the Royal Institution, Colquitt..street, the third to be delivered in our own Hallat Club-moor. "The Signs of the Times" inrelation to the proximity of the Second Advent,and "The Character of God vindicated' or therevealed penalty of sin," were the subjects of thetwo first lectures, to which there was a moderateattendance, about 150 to 200. The third, at ourown Hall, was on" Christianity no failure; or,the purposes of the Gospel in the present dis-pensation." It is almost unnecessary to sayth~t the lectures were very clear, logical, ande1!Joyable. Capt. H. J. Ward presided at eacho.!them. Our second monthly lecture was de-hv~red on the 22.nd ~f November, by Mr. GeorgeP~It?hard, of tins CIty, the subject being "theBiblical Theory of the Nature of Man." Wehave had the pleasure of welcoming several ofour fellow brethren and believers, from variousp!"rts of the country, who, when visiting ourCIty, have spent the Day of Rest with us, and Imay assure a.~l.who may likewise visit Liverpool,that they WIU receive from us a Christianwe.lcome, and be enabled to worship withoutbeing sorrowed by hearing our Heavenly Father'scharacter defamed.-l1f. J. Sanders,NOTES, NEWS, AND REVIEWS.i2?" Love-Human and- Divine and thefateof t~e wicked." By Maria Geitetly, 5, St.Patrick Squa.re, Edinburgh, price Sixpence. Wehave read this pamphlet of 31 demy pages withdeep and .growmg interest, and most heartilyco~mend it t.o our readers for personal perusal;

whI.lst thanking Miss Gelletly for her warm andteU~ng defence of the Divine character, and ex-pOSItIOn of the Scripture truth that the seconddeath consist

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