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affirming and re-affirming that it is "death,"the" second death;" the deprivation of life i" Gehenna."-" Fear Him who is able tDestroy both Soul and Body in Hell"(Gehenna-Matt. x. 28).

The above critic sends us a tract-book byH.M., on "Eternal Punishment." We areqnite at one with the writer on much that haffirms, but not I'll; and he will perhaps permit

a much-needed criticism and correction. Withsingular inconsistency he quotes Ezek. xiii. 22and charges us with promising the wicked lifeOne sentence is sufficient in reply, We declaresuch shall die and not live; perish and not bepreserved: whilst the school he advocates pro.mises tbem eternal, conscious life (though inmisery), and thus is itself guilty of the charge

brought by Ezekiel "strengthened the hands othe wicked by promising him LIFE." He says

further, we teach-in opposition to Scripture-" that when a sinner dies he is annibilated:"and quotes Gen. ii. 17 to prove the contrary.Now certainly, did we thus teach concerning thefirst or natural. death of the wicked, we shouldhe placing ourselves in opposition to Scripture.

.But we do not teach it. How much longer willChristian teachers bear false witness against us?We teach extinction of being only after resurrec-tion and judgment, and in the" second death."The reference in Gen. ii. 17 has no bearing onthis, only a f rst and natural death being therethreatened. Whatever difficulties the passagemay thus contain, is no concern of ours morethan of orthodox Christians, and does nottouch the question raised by f"llowiug and fullerrevelations of m ••n's destiny. We also affirm,with the writer-as he shows-that "death"has sometimes a secondary or symbolic mean-ing; but that does not affect the fact of itsprimary or literal meaning. The context willalways supply the sense in which the HolySpirit uses the term Lastly, whilst denyingthat the Hebrew and Greek words which we

translate into "eterual," "everlusting," and"forever," have always that force-and notablynot in some of the examples quoted (see the Rev.B. B. Wale's letter in a previous issue), yet weagain express our perfect agreement with theteaching that as applied to the reward of savedmen, and the punishment of unsaved men, theyconvey the same unending meaning as when

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the least objection to add tbe lines he haswritten, viz.: "He that believeth not the Sonshall not see life; but the wrath of GodABIDETH on him" (John iii. 36). But weshould quote the verse in full, and not garble it

as he has done. Thus," He that believeth onthe Son hath evrrlastinq life; and. he that be-lieveth not the Son shall not SEE LIFE; butthe wrath of God abideth on him." Whatwrath? That which deprives such of LIFE-forthe wicked shall not possess life, it being finallyand irrevocably taken in the" second, death,"when they shall be "as though they had' notbeen." Onr criric, by divorcing the text fromits context has read into it a meaning foreignthereto. He also adds, to the right hand scaleof the engraving, the words" non-eternity de-

lusion." Will he suffer us to assure him thatwe are under no sucb delusion. That we be-lieve, as firmly as the most, orthodox, in theeternity of future punishment: and that, if theorthodox school ceased to affirm it we shouldstill continue to do so. Let there be no mis-take on tbe part of any of our readers, as tothe teaching of the Association on this point,we join issue with any and every opponent whodenies the strict and literal nnendingness of thefuture punisbment of the wicked, and affirmth at i t continues as long as the reward of thejust, as the being of God. But we affirm.further, that orthodox Christianity is whollyand fearfully wrong, in affirming "eternalpunishment" to be : conscious suffering and

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applied to God. Instead of wasting words,

where we are in agreement, and incurring sin

by misrepresenting our most cherished convic-

tions as fellow-Ohristians, let our opponents

deal direct with the one point at issue, viz.:

The nature of the punishment of the wicked,and we will willingly-c-as an Association-debate

the point in the press or on the platform. This

ringing of the changes, upon the duration rather

than upon the nature of the punishment, looksto us, and also to enquiring men in the camp of

our opponents, very much like throwing dust or

beating the air.

An English member of the Association sends

us the copy of the last letter received by him, in

correspondence with the leading member of the

"Plymoutb Brethren." in bis own town. One

finds it bard to credit that such a reply could

come from one belonging to tbe (so-called) Open

Branch of tbat much-divided Body. If such is

the conception of religious enquiry formed by

the professed liberal-rninded among them-the

••open," what may be expected from the less

liberal, known as the" Close" Branch ?-If these

things are done in the green tree, what of thedry? Still we know that such things are done:

and know from personal experience too-but let

that pass. We give the letter in the following

paragraph, suppressing only the address, &c. :-

"11th January, 1883. Dear Sir,-In reply to

yours of the 1st inst., if you had come to me as

a guilty sinner or as an ignorant and blinded

Christian seeking help from God's word, with an

humbleness of mind and brokenness of spirit

becoming a person in such a plight, I would

gladly have brought God's word before you, but

when you come to stir up division among

brethren, and when you are so well known as

a propagator of most crafty and delusive errors,

to the dishonour of God, the joy of Satan, and tbe

ruin of souls, I must tell you I decline further

correspondence with you. Ere concluding I

must state for your information tbat I would not

admit anyone to fellowsbip nor retain any in fel-

lowship who denied the Eternity of future punish-

ment and the Eternal existence of all

mankind; and everyone suspected of such

errors is obliged to sign a paper denying

them. before admission to fellowship. You sayyou are aChristian-I cannot tell-but if you are,

may the Lord lead you to repentance, for yon

are sadly astray. And if not, may your eyes be

opened to ~ee your lost estate ere )'0\1 are plunged

soul and b.idy into the lake of fire, where the

weeping arid wailing endure for ever. Please

write no more to me till you seB tbe error of

your WRyR.as I will not reply. Yours, &c.-"

Dr. E. Wood Forster writes to correct an error

wbieh occurs in No. I, "Bible Letters by Devon."

We cordially endorse the correction.-Those that

sleep, God will raise by or throngh Jesus. We

give the Diaqlott translation of the passage, ere

presenting the Dr.'s letter.-" For since we be-

lieve that Jesus died and arose; so also (we

believe) that God, through Jesus, will lead forth

with Him THOSE who fell ASLEEP." " Devon"followed the usual phraseology, as found in the

A.V.

" Dear Mr. Brooks,- I wish to draw attentionto the phrase 'sleep in Jesus,' made use of by

, Devon' in bis excellent letter, 'The Saviour

satisfied,' (January issue.) 'In Jesus,' is not

a Scriptural expression. Certainly it appears in

the A.V. as also in the text of the R.V. in 1 Thess.iv, 14. But a reference to the margin will show

the true reading to be ' through Jesus,' for is He

not the 'Resurrection and the Life.' As Dr.

Bullinger well remarks, the reference is 'That

Jesus will be God's Agent to awake the sleeping

saints, and bring them from their graves.' See

2 Cor. iv. 14. Before the publication of the R.V.

the Greek reader might have observed rhat the

phrase i< not €V I'IO 'ov , but that it was oLa TO V

I' IO 'ov . The Christian is not said to be in Jesus,

but always' in Christ.' Jesus was the earthly

Name, of humiliation, sorrow, death; Christ is

His Name after Resurrection,-of glory and ex-

altation. Believers being justified and accepted

in Him in the heavenlies, are said to be 'in

Christ.' Oh, Sir, if these truths could but be

thundered into the ears of our dead denomina-

tionalism. If the 'shepberds had only grace to

teach souls that their new life is not in a dead

Jesus, but in a living Christ, then might the

Church, as a mighty army, arise to the combat,

like a giant refreshed with new wine. I am,

Yours faithfully, Edward Wood Forster, Member

of the Victoria Philosphical Institute." .

The Christian W01'ld of Feb. 8, contained a

well reasoned letter in fa.vour of "Conditional

Immortality" from F. S., Kid~ rminster. Also

a brief extract by "Scotus," irom the Rev. J.

A. Best, to whom the British Quarterly Review

assigns "a place in the foremost rank "-dis-

tinctly in favour of the same.

Our esteemed President writes (Feb. 15):-'

"You will be surprised and sorry to hear of Mr .

W. Maude's death, the day before yesterday.

The last letter he wrote was that one that ap-

peared in the Christian World, where he ex-

pressed himself as 'muddled.' "-Mr. Maude has

done splendid service in the past for Life only

in Christ; for which his memory will be held in

honour.

•

BIBLICAL EXEGESISBy Rev. BURLINGTON B. WALE, F.R.G.S.

2 Cor. v.

THIS chapter is a continuation of the previous

one, the last sentence of which, is "the

things that are seen are temporal, but the things

which are not seen are eternal." The Apostle

then proceeds to show what he means by "things

temporal," and "things seen," by saying "For

we know that if the earthly house of this

tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of

God, a house not made with hands, eternal in

the heavens." It is the earthly tent of our

dwelling, i.e., our worldly and earthly surround-

ings, " the earth and all that is therein," the" things which are seen " from day to day, and

which, as they are destined to be burnt up, are

"temporal" or temporary.

It is therefore not the human body to which

he refers, as is frequently supposed, but to our

common earthly dwelling place. And when this

is dissolved we have a building of God, a dwell-

ing not made with hands, eternal in the

heavens; that is the place which Christ has gone

to prepare, (John xiv. 1-3.)

In illustration of this thought, Paul says in

verse 17, "If any man be in Christ Jesus there

is (for him) a new creation." If we quote here

Heb. ix. 11., we shall "till more clearly see the

Apostle's meaning; "But Christ having come, a

high priest of good things to come, through the

greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made

with hands, 'that is t o say, not of this Creation"-

but eternal in the heavens. Here it will be ob-

served that the Apostle uses almost preciselythe same language, where it is manifest that he

is not referring to the" body" but to our earthly,

temporal dwelling. place, as contrasted with the

house, the tabernacle, the new Creation eternal

in the heavens. For in this state, this world,

we groan (v. 2, 3.) earnestly desiring to be in-

vested with our house which is from heaven, so

that being invested we shall not be found des-

titute, but be put in full possession. Not tbat

he desired to be divested, unclothed, (for we

cannot desire death,) but clothed upon with our

house which is from above. .

In verse 5, He affirms that God hath wrought

or fashioned us for this eternal possession; and

then adds, being "always confident, and know-

ing that while we are at home in the body we

are away (absent) from the Lord; we are con

dent I say, and willing rather to be absent fr

the body, and to be present with the Lord

Now the Apostle is not here referring to a futu

state of being, wben he speaks of being abse

from the body (as is generally supposed,) he is

referring to a future fact, but to a present men

state or condition of mind. This will, we thin

be obvious to the reader after a careful conside

ation of the passage. Observe the peculphraseology of the Apostle; he does not

while I am in the body I am absent fro

the Lord-but while I am at home in the bo

I am away from the Lord; -the entire emph

sis of the passage lies on these words-" at hoin the body." If, as is commonly supposed,

Apostle was contrasting the believer's state

earth now, with his future state in heaven,-i

would have been sufficient for him to have said

while I am in the body I am absent from

Lord; and this i- what the generality of co

mentators make him say; but the Apostle wo

not have written such a childish truism. F

what does it amount to? just this: that whil

am in the body I am ahsent from the Lord-o

in other words, tbat while a man is on earth,

is not in heaven! Can we imagine the Apos

solemnly writing to the Corinthian Church, su

a self-evident and childish truism as this. Nhe is speaking of a mental state, a present

tainment.

We are all familiar with the use and meani

of the words-being" at home" with a perso

by which we mean being at home in their socie

Now Paul was at home "with the Lord,"

spiritual communion with the Lord Jesus Chri

but there were times that he was away (abse

from the Lord, attending to things concerni

the body, and concerning this life-for he w

ambitious, he says, that whether present

absent-holding communion with, or away

spirit from, the Lord, "being at home," or" be

from home" (endeemountes eiti exdeemountesto be accepted of Him.

Thus the Apostle laboured whether" prese

01' absent" to do that which was well pleasing

the Lord, that he might be accepted of Hi

But if by being "present with the Lord"

meant being in heaven with the Lord, hcould he labour to be accepted of Him?

very presence there would be a proof that

was accepted; and therefore all "labour" w

the object of attaining that result would be at

end. For what a man seeth why doth he

hope for? And what he possesses why doth

yet labour for? If a man does not know th

he is accepted of Christ, when he is in heaven

the very presence of Christ, when is he to kn

it? And if he knows it why should he

" labour" for it.

The Apostle was referring to a present expe

ence, and not a future fact; that whether he w

at home in spirit enjoying communion withLord, or "away trom the Lord," engaged (nec

sarily) upon affairs connected with the body, a

the concern S of this life, travelling by land

sea; gathering sticks to make a fire, (A

xxviii. 3.); making tents, (Acts xviii. 3.);

writing a letter to reconcile a runaway slave a

his master (Epistle to Philemon. ), he labour

under all circumstances to do that which

well pleasing to the Lord that he might be

cepted of Him.-Malvern.

OUR NEW ZEALAND LETTE

Tharnes N. Z, Nov., 1883

DEAR Bro. Brooks,-Unconditional Immo

tality is going at a tremendous speed he

and reminds one of Jeremy Taylor's sayi

"How many people are busy iu this wo

gathering a handful of thorns to sit upo

This seems particularly true in the religio

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world. While conversing reoently with thefather of a family, on the state of the dead and

pointing out to him a few passages of Scripture,we alighted on the Book of Job. " Ah ! do youknow, sir," said he, "that one of our deacons

c~me to see me the other day, relative to theVIews I have lately adopted, and when we cameto these Scriptures he said, 'But, my dear

brother, remember that when Job said that hewas in the greatest sorrow and sorest affliction

and, therefore, I have grave doubts as to whethe;~e was perfectly SA~E, or altogether respon-sible for what he said, under such eircum-stances.' "

Is it not astounding that a, so-called Christiande~con should question the sanity of ~n inspiredwritar ? because that inspiration went full butt

against his pet theory of" Heavenly etherialityand blessed moonshine after death?" Job. x,

19! seems to have affected this deacon's equili.brium to such an extent that he needed remind.ing that the ••Wrath of man worketh not the

~ight~ousness of God; " the suggestion of Job'sinsanity must prove to be a tborn in the fleshthough. it is frequently used by those higber i~au.t~ol'lty than deacons. A popular Baptist

minister says the book of Ecclesiastes containsamong other things, "Sceptical, and almostblasphemous utterances, and advocates beast

psyc~ology as an absolute truth, while the same

peculiarities are exhibited by the writers ofsome of the Psalms! "

Wisdom ~as asked of God and given, and be.cause the WIse m~n's God.gi~en wisdom is op-posed to the ordinary teaching of theologiansIt becomes an obnoxious thorn, which theycannot extract, and therefore teach that Solomonwas the man of pleasure, the fatalist the~ceptic, the stoic, with only a few enlightenedInterludes.

These are the inferences drawn in publicspeech, sermons and lectures, which all mustsee, w.h? carefully read the Word, is in directOPPOSItIOnto the sbarply.stated dicta of God.

Another thorn in the flesh of orthodox teach.ing IS the enquiry going on among the young

people, A young man of my acquaintancerecently called on his pastor with a few difficultpassages selected, so that he might explainthem. The good pastor sat him in a quiet BY ROBERT F. GARDINER.

corner, then said to him, " Have you any sym- "OUR friend Lazarus sleepeth." John xi. 1l.pathy WIth these Conditional Immortality views? These were the words of Christ when He

If you have I. c~nno~ converse with you;" and communicated the death of Lazarus to Histhen-a~ter IntImatIng that the enquiry into disciples; and they suggest one or two thoughtstLese things was the unpardonable sin against in connection with the subject of this symposium.th~ Holy Ghost-said, "Have I not preached To emphasise these thoughts let us turn tothirteen sermons against this heresy, and being Job iii., where we find death represented as athe pa.st.or my wor~ ought not to be disputed!" sleeping, or resting. Now it is evident that this BY REV. W. R. TOMLINSON, M.A.

Individual enqUIry, Mr. Brooks, will eventually resting is looked upon as a reward; let us take SIR,-It has been affirmed in your pages, inoverthrow muc~ of the Protestant priestcraft, one example from the same chapter. "There allusion to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, andas the Reformation overthrew much of Catholic (i.e., in the grave) the wicked cease from indeed to all the notables of old who died inpriestcraft. troubling; and there the weary be at rest." In faith, and tbus entered the Intermediate State,

Recently the ministers of Auckland requested this verse the restful condition of the weary is that" To say that God is their God in an Inter.the Rev. J. Cook, of Boston fame, to lecture on contrasted with the former troublous state of the mediate State is to link His divine perfection tothe" Bi gna of the Times." Of course, among wicked; and why? Simply to show that when an incomplete condition, which may not be."

the SIgns wa~ Conditional Immortality, which under the dominion of the great leveller all are Without dwelling on the fact that this life ishe characteIlsed as an •• exegetical lunacy." alike. a vel'Y incomplete condition indeed, and yet thatA working man met me some days after and We often see such passages quoted in this we must not doubt that God cares for Hissaid, "Cook said the Book taught the immor- fashion-" There the hands of the wicked cease people, I am desirous to show, from Holy Writ,tality?f the soul, but he took good care not to from troubling, and there the bodies of the and that in behalf of God's divine perfection,

open It and read from its pages." Of course weary are at rest." But why read the Bible in that God neither neglects nor unlinks HimselfCook's harangue helps in some measure this fashion? Because (is the reply) man has from any of His creatures under any positiontemporarily, the wilful misrepresentation afloat an immortal soul that can never die, and it must whatever, in which' He and He alone placesco~cerning us and, our teachings, but I verily be somewhere when the body dies. Thus to them. Further, that He is not only the God ofbelieve WIth all their contemptuous merriment, prove that man has an immortal soul, such souls in an Intermediate State, but that Hebanter, and raillery this misrepresentation will persons paraphrase the Bible. That is not read. entertains the tenderest regard for them in thatprove a thorn to them. Bro, Brown says it is a ing, but distorting it. state of life, though they have not yet come 1; 0

thorn already. It is, if the spread of Our special We must bear in mind that these figures of the rest of the people of God; have not yetruths may be taken as a guide, success is at- speech employed by the old Hebrew writers, and received the promises; have not yet been madetending and will further attend our efforts' afterwards quoted by Christ and His Apostles perfect; have not yet attained their crowns.Bowing is going on, and Reed must necessarily were applied to man's organization as a whole. But surely there may, and must be, abundantremain under ground seme time but will They knew nothing of a dual being; one 'this scope for intelligent action short of the crown;eventually appear and bring forth much fruit. minute, dissolved in two the next, one part and before the attainment of that perfection

I ~u?pose the dist~nc~ from Orthodoxy to I flying to heaven or hell, tbe other being buried. which has eternity in prospect, to work in, andConditional Immortality IS so great that many They knew what a man as God created him, a Universe for space.

have to remain in the Intermediate State ofwonderment and perplexity some considerabletime, e'er they reach the goal. Our duty isplain,-let us hope and trust, let us watch and

pray, and labour till the break of day.The most astounding part (If Colonial

Christianity to me, is the means sanctioned toraise funds. Fancy a Wesleyan Concert con-cluding with a dance, and embracing female im-personations by gentlemen, in aid of a harmonium

fund! Or" Beef-steak and oyster suppers," withall the prettiest. looking girls of the congregationdressed as waitresses, and the gentlemen of thecongregation the customers at a very highfigure, just to keep up a minister's salary; yetso I read in our papers. Calisthenic classesand dramatic clubs to aid the Sunday School,&c., &c. I used to think swindling bazaars

with goods marked twice their value were badenough, at home, but when these other thingsare added and every kind of secular amusementintroduced to sustain religious organizations weneed not ask why is faith declining, and alaxity hitherto unheard of indulged in. Yet

with all this there are other features of greatencouragement in the Churches, such as wouldbe a credit to the home organizations; these Imay probably mention in future correspondence.

Hoping you have had a grand and successfulConference, and that its influence will be far

reaching, I remain your brother in Christ,Edmd. H. TayloT.

•SYMPOSIUM ON THE INTERME·

DIATE STATE.

[IN accordance with the will of the Committee we openour columns to the above. It must, however, be dis-tinctly understood that neither the Association nor theEditor are to be h.eJdresponsible for, or as endorsingm any way the Views expressed herein. These aresimply the personal convictions of the several writers,and appear in these colums merely that our readersmay have the opportunity of studying the question asit appears to the different believers in the cardinaltruth of 11 Conditional Immortality," and then formingtheir own OpInIOn thereon.-Eo. B.S.]

SEVENTH ARTICLE.

was; but they knew nothing of the man theGreek philosophers had created.

We would say then, that such words as Christon the present occasion used in regard toLazarus, must be viewed in regard to theirphysical reference only. Negatively, then, thispassage does not teach any consciousness in manafter death.

But we will now look at this passage inanother light. We go back, and take our stand

on Gen. ii. 7. What have we here?We have man, that is the physical frame

of man, being formed out of the dust of theground; then, we have God breathing intothis body, which He has formed, the breath of

life; and what is the result ? Man becomes aliving soul. The soul is not a part of man, noryet is it a thing in man. It is the man-theliving, breathing, thinking, acting organizat ioncalled MAN.

What is death then? How would you kill a

man? Simply by reversing the order of c reation.Withdraw the breath of life, and man is MANnolonger. He is a dead body.

But where is his soul? I said just now thatthe body and spirit (breath of life) joinedtogether form the soul. Death severs that unionand the soul is dissolved, brought to an end.

But what is the breath of life? That vitaliz-ing energy we call LIFE; this is given us by

God; nay! it is of God. He is the fountain oflife, our spirits are but so many dropstiowing therefrom .

But what of Isaiah xxvi, 9. Canon Liddon andothers say that this verse shows that man iscomposed of body, soul, and spirit; and that thespirit and soul are d istinct. With the last partof the statement I quite agree-that the spiritand soul are distinct, in that the one is simplyderived from the other. But Canon Liddon goestoo far. Mark one or two points; first, the body

is not mentioned, because it is included in theword soul; and second, the spirit is simplyparticularised because it is the part of man

which, acting upon his brain, produces thoughtand all other human emotions.

Positi vely the Bible does not teach the consciousness of man in the death-at ••e, for whenhe dies the spirit goes back to God-back to the

ocean of life to circulate through the uui verse,

in the great stream of life which is ever flowingfrom the great fountain of ALLLIFE.

Glasgow.

EIGHTH ARTICLE.

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76 THE BIB LE STANDARD .

People look to the fruition of all their glories

on the sudden, and at once. But surely this iscontrary to analogy. David had not ascendedinto heaven, as St. Peter tells us, in his time,though the Apostle to the Hebrews tells us thatDavid and others were watching himself, in histime-consequently were not sleeping. To usethe term of Ezekiel as regards the righteous:his' soul was saved alive; and to borrow from

the narrative of the Apostle to the Hebrews:David was one of those living, wakeful beings,

comprising the "cloud of witnesses" (Heb.xii. 1) who encompassed that Apostle and hisfollowers, and whose supervision of God'sservants, still then on earth, was to be an in-centive to good works on their part, as it wasan intelligent and useful action on the part ofdevout souls in the Intermediate State to keepwatch over them.

Now that God is the God of souls in the Inter-mediate State, and this without detriment toHis divine perfection, it seems to me I shall beable to show from the very passages which havebeen introduced in your pages to prove a con-trary theory.

The first passage put forward for that pur-pose, we may remember, refers to the voiceaddressed to Moses from the bush. What dowe find there? (Exo. iii. 6.) We surely find that

God is the God of the father of Moses, of

Abrabam, Isaac, and Jacob, in that IntermediateState to which it is not derogatory to God tolink Himself. What are the precise words?"I am the God of thy father, of Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob." All were in the Inter-mediate State, but God remains still their God.It is not, I was their God when they were inthe flesh, and will be their God again when theyare raised from a torpor resembling death, ifnot from death itself; bnt, "I am" their Godstill. Stocks and stones may be left to takecare of tbemselves, but not souls in any phaseof their existence. How can we imagine beingsconsisting of spirit, soul, and body-whetherthe body be a spiritual or a natural body-ledon towards perfection, except by careful walkingin the strait path, in full possession of their

senses?We are next referred to Gen. xxviii, 12-15, in

evidence that God is not the God of souls in the

Intermediate State. But what do we really find?The very reverse of that assumption. God isspeaking to the living J acob, iu the flesh. Wbatdoes He say in the very verses quoted for a con-trary assumption? ,. I will not leave thee until

Ihave done that which I have spoken to theeof." And what had God spoken to Jacob of?

That "Thy seed shall be as the dust of theearth, .. and in thee and thy seed shall all thefamilies of the earth be blessed." So, through

the ages, the soul of Jacob, in the IntermediateState, was not to be left until the grand ac-complishment of the prophecy. Does this looklike God not being the God of souls in theIntermediate State? Does it look like unlinkingHimself from an incomplete condition?

Then, again, we are referred to JeT. xxxi. 20.What do we find there? " Is Epbraim my dearson . . . . for since I spake against him, I doearnestly remember him still; therefore my

bowels are troubled for him." Ephraim, a sonof Joseph, had been dead hundreds of years, and,.yet all that present tender love for his living soul"still." Was not that a linking of the divineperfection to an incomplete condition? andmust not the complete, the perfect, be an out-come of the incomplete?

'We are further referred to Heb. xi, 16. Thatchapter is especially pointed out for our con-sideration. What does it tell us? "Now theydesire a better country, that is, an heavenly:

wberefore God is not ashamed to be called theirGod: for He hath prepared for them a city."I could not desire a more salient Scripturalevidence to maintain my views than the above.

For who "now desire a better country?"Patriarchs dead more than a thousand years, ofwhom God is not ashamed to be called their God.The Lnd God Almighty.

I am referred to 2 Tim. iv. 8, as a testimonythat an Apostle looked for no reward till the dayof the appearing of Jesus Ohrist. Surely, theApostle does not infer that! What he does saythere is this: " Henceforth there is laid up forme a crown of righteousness, which the Lord,tbe righteous Judge, shall give me on that day."

Surely, the Apostle implies nothing about look-ing for no other reward, in the IntermediateState, as coming before" that day." The newheir-apparent to a crown may naturally exclaim," Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown."Rut he would certainly expect other and earlierhonours to accrue before the crown. More, hewould not be content to put off honours due tohim in his expectant state, for the reason thatat some future undefined time the crown wonldbe his. Princes, in this life, have often to waitlong for their crowns, and it is sometimesexceedingly well that they should do so; butthey have intermediate advantages, as well asduties, of no mean order; and none know betterthan they that intelligent acts of usefulness andduty are more in keeping with their state ofexpectancy than a life of listless slumber.

If the Apostles had thought that the delay of

the Second Coming would have lasted nearlytwo thousand years, there can be no doubt thatthey would have been more explicit and clearrespecting the Intermediate State. Thinkingthe Second Coming to be near at hand, a gloriousevent in which they themselves were so soon toparticipate; feeling certain that neither theonce anointed king David, nor any other of thechosen men of old. spoken of in Heb. xi., couldreceive a crown -that emblem of periection-without being joined by themselves, (since

" They without us should not be made perfect,")tbey naturally dwelt upon the essential rewardsto be heaped upon them after the Second Com-ing, rather than on what might happen dnringwhat they believed to be the short periodbetween whiles. So, hopefully regarding theglad event as at their doors; believing that theyshould not all die before the dream of theiraspirations should become a reality, they left to

us, alas 1 as a heritage, the pain of the discus-sion, and the regrets that those who agree to-gether in so much should differ as regards theIntermediate State.

"THAT BLESSED HOPE"

Sermon by G. P. MACKAY, Lincoln.

(Published by Requeet.)

TEXT: "Looking for that blessed hope, and the

glO?'ious appearimq of the qreat God and ourSaviour Jesus Christ," 'I'itus ii.13.

TITUS was Paul's" own son after the commou

faith," he having been led to the Saviourby the great Apostle. He accompanied Paul onvarious missionary journeys, and so gained his

confidence that he was appointed "the first bishop(elder, or minister,)o! the church of the Cretans,"

The natives of the island of Crete (now calledOandia,) bore no good character. They wereavaricious, lustful, and f••se-hearted. "Oneof themselves, even a prophet of their own, saidThe Cretans are alway liars, evil beasts, slowbellies, (i.e. idle gluttons):" and Paul signifi-cantly added, " This witness is true." He wastherefore very anxious that discipline should bevigorously maintained in the churches throughthe island, and he urged Titus to" exhort andrebuke with all authority." But, as" preven-tion is better than cure," we find that in thisepistle Paul gave a prescription which if followed

would keep the Oretan Christians from the eto which they were so prone. What he pr

cribed was, First, a plentiful supply of" soudoctrine:" Second, a course, a lite-long courof "good works;" and 'I'uird, the exercisemuch hopefulness. In our text this third itis specially recommended, and with it, therefowe have now to deal. Please note then.-

I. THERE IS A BLESSED HOPE BEFORE TH

OHRISTIAN.

Christianity does not rob a man of joy durithe present life. On the contrary it yields h"joy unspeakable and full of glory." Yetearly Christians had to suffer much for cscience' sake. Their faith cost them something

"They had trial of cruel moekings ascourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and iprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawasunder, were tempted, were slain withsword: they wandered about in sheepskins agoatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented."There was much truth, therefore in Pau

statement, HIf in this life only we have hopeOhrist, we are of all men most miserable."

But the Christian's Father is" The GodHope;" and his Saviour is called" Our Hopetherefore hope, " the candle of the Lord," shever burn within his dwelling. Whatevercircumstances, he is continually looking forwa

to" a good time coming." Hemay have mathings to gladden him now, but these haveattraction, when compared with" the unsearchable riches of Ohrist," and "the hope

before us." Or he may have persecutionpuverty, and pain to bear, but these also arenaught to him. "For I reckon," he says, "thathe sufierings of this present time are nworthy to be compared with the glory whish ••ll be revealed in us."

That hope is called" a blessed hope" becau

( as one reason,) it brings blessedness into eveheart that welcomes it. Blessedness is mumore than happiness. It is akm to rapturea foretaste of s , the joy of our Lord." It comnow through communion with Him, and isravishing that each one who has enjoyed it ctruthfully say-

" Nat for ease orworldly pleasure.Not for la.me my pra.yer shall be,

Gladly will I toil and autter,Only let me walk with Thee,

Close to Thee, Close to Thee."

H. "THAT BLESSED HOPE" IS CONNECTED WI

THE ApPEARING OF OUR LORD.

Is this at all to be wondered at, since tbeliever's present joy comes from the presenc

of his Saviour?

HIn darkest shades, if He appearMy dawning is begun."

But the" appearing," of our text, is not thsecret presence of tue Master, which the faithf

now enjoy. It is the Epiphany, or manifestationof Ohrist, which shall occur at His SeconAdvent: that appearing which the Apostle Petrefers to, when he says, " Gird up the Ioinsyour mind, be sober and hope to the end, fthe grace that is to be brought unto you at tRevelation of Jesus Ohrist."

The believer's hope is bound up with that, funless it takes place,-(1.) his Redemption shall remain incomplete,(2,) his Redeemer shall never be seen by him,

(3.) his Recompense shall never come.There are three steps in the redemption of

slave. One, when the bargain for it is madeanother, when the purchase money is paid; ana third when the slave is removed from thplace of bondage. Now, the first two steps havbeen taken as to the saints' redemption. Thcovenant is signed, and the ransom, even" th

precious blood or Christ," is laid down; but thredeemed are not yet removed. And they shanot be removed until their Redeemer dot

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appear. Then it is, and not till then, than theyshall see Him" whom having not seen they love"-" If I go and prepare a place for you, I will comeagain, and receive you unto Myself; that whereI am there ye may be also." Then also it isthat they shall be rewarded according to theirdeeds-" Thou shalt be recompensed," saidJesus, " at the Resurrection of the just:" andthat, we know, shall not take place until" theLord Himself shall descend from Heaven."

Ill. THE LORD'SApPEARINGSHALLBE

" GLORIOUS."

His first advent was not an appearing of theChrist: it was a coming of Jesus, "the Man ofsorrows," so i t is never called" glorious." Hecame then in humiliation and the ~hade," tobear the sins of many;" but" unto them thatlook for Him shall He appear the second t ime,without sin unto Salvation." "The Son of manshall come in His glory, and all the holy angelswith Him, then shall He sit upon the throne ofHis glory."

That glory shall be clearly seen. The wordEpiphaneia (the Appearing) expresses its visi-bility, as the word Parousia (the Coming.)expresses its reality. For this the Saviourprayed, on the dark night of His betrayal:" Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast

given Me, be with Me where I am; that theymay behold My glory, which Thou hast givenMe." And does not this seem due unto theLord? Is it not right that He whose descent was

so deep, and whose humiliation was so msni-fest, should be as conspicuously raised "farabove all principality and power?"

But however many His honours then, Heshall not have one too many. Not one diademtoo brilliant upon His brow, nor one ray ofemerald light too radiant around His throne.When the ten thousand times ten thousand, andthousands of thousands, say," Worthy is theLamb that was slain to receive power, and riches,and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory,and blessing," every creature which is in heaven,and on the earth, and under the earth, andsuch as are in the sea, and all that are in themshall respond, " Blessing, and honour, and glory,and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon thethrone, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever I"If you and I are there, my brethren, (and by thegrace of God we mean to be,) we shall join thatHallelujah Chorus, and sing

U

Jesus is worthy to reoeiveHonour and power divine;

And blessings more than we can give,Be, Lord, for ever Thine,"

IV. OUR LORD SHALLTHENBEARVARIOUSNAMES.

All names of honour. Paul, in our Text, gives

three.-1. "The Great God." This, most undoubtedly,

is here applied to Him. Is Jesus, then, " Godthe Father, Almighty?" We would be verycareful in our reply, lest a single honour thatis His should be withheld from Him. But theSupreme Being He is not.-He cannot be. "Tous there is but one God, the Father, of whomare all things, and we in Him; and one LordJesus Christ. by whom are all things, and weby Him." These Two are distinct, and mustever remain so. Yet "witbout controversy,great is the mystery of godliness." Our Lord isso closely .related to God that He bears theDivine names, and also honours, Divine. Thus

He is called, "'Vonderful, Counsellor, TheMighty God, The Everlasting Father;" and thedecree has gone forth, "Let all the angels ofGod worship Him." When here .in humblegarb, He was in all subjection as a Servant;but when He comes again, in robe of glory, itshall be in all authority as Son. "For theFather judgeth no man, but hath committed alljudgment unto the Son; that all men shouldhonour the Son, even as they honour theFather." Though a distinct Person, therefore,

He shall be to men as God, so is here called•• The Great God."

2. "And our Saviour:" because He shallappear" unto salvation." You know there arethree Salvations spoken of in Scripture. First,a salvation from the condemnation of sin;second, from its dominion; and third from itsdoom. The first is past; " for there is now nocondemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus."The second is proceeding; for daily doth He"save His people from their sins." But thethird is yet to come: for death, the doom, or

wages of sin, is not yet destroyed. For thatsalvation He must appear, and when he doth, Heshall be in a triple sense" our Saviour."

3. "Jesus Christ;" i.e., Jesus the Anointed.The very placing of the names of our Saviour Isinstructive. Here," Christ" following" Jesus"seems to tell of honour following humiliation.As our Mediator, He is called the Man ChristJESUS," becanse in that capacity, He is theanointed of God humbling Himself. But fromHeaven" we look for the Saviour, the Lord JesusCHRIST ." because glory then is given unto Him,and" Death is swallowed up in victory."

V. UPON THESE THINGS THE CHRISTIANIS TOTHINK.

"Looking for that blessed hope," &c. Thisimplies-

1. An Expectation of the Second Advent.

Paul and Titus evidently spoke to theCretans regarding it, and this was no new thingfor them to do. Wberever they went theApostles testified that Jesus would return. Indoing this they were but repeating the promisesmade by prophets, by angels, by the Lord, andby God Himself. Tbere was every reason,therefore, for full expectation.2. Desire for it is implied. No one will look

for that which he desires not. Rather would heshut his eyes. And this may be the reason whyso many are blind to " tbat blessed hope" to-day.But, oh, if " the Bride, the Lamb's wife," reallydoes not desire the return of her Spouse there issurely something wrong. If she thinks withcomplacency of His coming as yet far distant,there is a guilty coldness of heart towards herLord.3. Preparation for it is implied. This is why

Paul introduces the subject into this very prac-tical Epistle. No one can be "looking for thatblessed hope," without striving to prepare him-

self for its fulfilment. It will teach a man tohold the baubles of this world with a loose grasp,and will have a wonderful effect upon his life." Every man that hath this hope in him purifiethhimself, even as He is pure."4. H asterum q of it is included. This it is

possible to do; and the very possibility shouldcause all to be up and doing. The King's busi-ness may be so advanced by the efforts of theIoyal-hearted , that the day of His coronation maybe brought nearer. What does Peter say ?

"Seeing then that all these things shall be dis-solved, what manner of persons ought ye to be inall holy conversation and godliness; looking forand (margin) hasting the coming of the day ofGod."5. And Patient Waiting is also implied. The

word translated" Looking," in our text, is thesame as that translated" Waiting" in Luke ii.25, where we find good old Simeon "waiting forthe consolation of Israel." To the Christians of

Crete the time might appear long, but Pauldesired them not to weary in well doing.With all patience they were to wait for thefulfilment of the promise.

Brethren I Tbis ad vice is needed by us, as bythem. Their Lord is our Lord. Their trialsand temptations, aye, and their evil propen-sities, are to a degree, all ours. Well would itbe for us if we had more expectation of ourLord's' return, more desire for it, and morepreparation; if· we worked more for it, and,

withal, waited more patiently for the gloriousday. Oh, let us see to it that we fan theflickering embers of our faith in this greatmatter, until our hearts glow with warm love toHim, and a flame of fond expectancy arisesHeavenwards. Then shall the purpose of thepromise be accomplished in us, and, in a measure,Jesus" shall see of the travail of His soul andshall be satisfied." May" that blessed hope" solay hold of us that the language of each heartshall be,

U I'm wa.iting for Thee, Lord,

Thy beauty to see, Lord,I'm waiting for Thee

FOr Thy com ing a.ga ih.Thou'rt gone over there, Lord,A place to prepare, Lord,Thy home I shall shareAt Thy coming again.

Whilst Thou ad vway, Lord,I stumble and stray, Lord,Oh, hasten the dayOf Thy coming ag ain !

ThiR i s not my rest, Lor d;A pilgrim coufest, Lord,

I wait to be blestAt Thy coming again."

NOTES & QUERIES.EDITED BY GEN. H. GOODWYN.

QUERIST I: Exposition of Psalm i. 5, 6, re-quested, with reference to the Resurrection andJudgment of the Righteous, as contrasted withthe destiny of the ungodly.-W. H. P. (Water-ford.)

REPLY: As the Book of Psalms contains sointimate an expression of the mind of the Spiritof Truth, breathing a piety, and principles ofsustaining grace which are the same in all agesfor every renewed soul, whilst recognising apeculiar dispensational position in reference tothe diverse subjects of that Book, a more maturespiritual judgment is needed to grasp thenature of the ways of God in them, than is re-quired for other Books of the Bible.

It i- , evident that it is the Spirit of Christ whoprophetically speaks in the Psalms, interestingHimself with the varied circumstances of Israel,founding His expr-ssious on national hopes andfears. The following was written by an Apostleafter quoting several Psalms; "We know thatwhatsoever the Law saith, it saith to them who

are under the Law." Rom. iii. Thus the

Psalms properly concern Israel in whateverposition those who are "of Israel" may be.They begin by distinguishing the man who isfaithful and godly, according to the Law, fromthe rest of the nat ion; i.e., the righteous Rem-nant in Israel, whose portion is distinguishedin a marked way from that of the wicked.

Before referring to the Psalm of the Querist, Ireply to a remark of his regard 109 the judgmentof the Church. He seems to think tbat therewill be a judicial arraignment of saints sometime subsequent to the rapture, which he calls" previous;" meaning, I suppose, that of 1

Thess. iv. I refer him to a pamphlet of mine on•• The judgment seat of Christ" (may be hadfrom Editor of B.S., or I will forward copy ifQuerist will give address; free), where it will beseen that this tribunal takes place concurrentlywith the Rapture as disclosed at Rev. xii. 1-12.

Psalm i. is evidently an introduction to Ps. ii,which treats of the judicial action of the King

of God's appointment in the coming kingdom,the former referring to the relati v" position ofthe righteous representative -Bemnant ofIsrael, and that of tbe ungodly in view of itsmnnifestation. As regards the righteous, "All"who are "of Israel will be saved;" i.e., boththose living (Ezek. xxxvi.], and those who willbe raised (Euk. xxxvii.) "at the appearing" ofChrist when He comes to inaugurate His reign ;thus forming one new nation" a kingdom ofPriests and It holy nation." (Exod. xix, 6. \

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But the ungodly apostate Jews who will, at the

Apocalypse of the Lord be found in alliance with

the Antichrist, as well as such Israelites who

will have been unfaithful during His absence

(Ezek. xx. 33-38) shall have no part or lot in the

newly formed congregation of the righteous.

They shall not be raised with the first party to

" stand" in the enjoyment of national hlessings.

2. To the same querist's supposition that

" the wedding garment" in the parable is "the

incorruptible body." I reply, no, it is out-wardly manifested righteousness, the "White

robe" of Scripture, a characteristically fitting

"garment" for the Resurrection body. SeeIsaiah lxi. 10.

given by inspiration of God ;" literally according

to the Greek (Theopneustos,) "God-breathed."

How important then that we should he most

accurate in noticing every word that God has

inspired, however (apparently) unimportant.

Have respect to the "jot and tittle," and use

the Scriptures as the Lord and His Apostles did.

The command is, both to teachers and learners,

"SEARCH." The Greek word is (ereunao) to

trace out, to track, to follow or scent out as a dog;

hence to notice how a word is used elsewhere, and

follow it out, track it in all its usages, and thus

learn the mind of tbe Spirit of Truth.

The word translated " searched" in Acts xvii.

11, where the Bereans are commended for having

'< Searched the Scriptures," is a different one;

(anakrino) to divide up; hence to estimate care-

fully, judge or sift, proving that, though an

angel from heaven may he speaking, the" Word

of God" must he compared with what is said,

and judged accordingly. These are the principles

which contribute to accuracy in the reading of

the Bihle, and afford a firm foundation for faith.

Reading.

QUERISTil: What :is the hidden manna

promised to overcomers, is it the word of God by

which we are fed now?-A. M. P. (Newark.)

REPLY. The meaning of the hidden manna

may best be understood through that which the

once manifested manna typified, that was given

to Israel in the wilderness. We obtain this

sense from the lips of Him who was the Antitype

thereof, when He said that He was the true life-

giving manna. Read John vi. 27-40. In the

wilderness the people received only" tbe bread

that perisheth," but He whom the Father had

sent, said, "I AM the bread of life, he that

cometh to ME shall never hunger, and he that

believeth on ME shall never thirst."In Rev. iii. the" hidden manna" is promised

to those who by their faith were kept from the

adulterous union of the professing Church with

the attractive power of the world, " where Satan

dwelleth." Mark, therefore, the Apostle's

words, "This is the victory that overcometh the

world, even our faith," and he adds that" he is

the overcomer who believes that Jesus is the Son

of God." 1 John v. 4, 5. For to that Name of

Jesus as The glorified Man alone are linked all

the splendour and dominion of the kiugdom to

come, contrasted with all secular and ecclesi-

astical greatness and idolatrous vanity of the

present evil age that passeth away. Such was

the faith of the overcomers of Pergamos,

who held fast that Name by which they were

called, and were thus kept faithful in the midst

of Satan's policy, neither courting the smiles,

DOl'fearing the frowns of the world's minions.

Thus it is that this promise belongs to the faith-

ful of the whole of the Church dispensation;

they are in conscious union with the Son of

God, and separated with Christ from a gainsay-

ing world. "Their life is hid with Christ (tbe

hidden-manna) in God; who, when He who is

their life, shall appear, shall be also manifested

with Him in glory." Col. iii. 3, 4.. .

FAMILY CIRCLE.EDITED BY J. J. HOBBS.

SOME may remember that the subject intro-

duced into our Family Circle last month was

that of contentment. Since then howmust reasons

for the exercise of that grace have been multiplied

about us. Much has lately been written in the

papers of the" packing of the poor" in London.

Terrible have the revelations been of the crowd-

ing in the courts and alleys, with the attendant

filth, sickness, and vice. Do any of our Family

Circle know anything of this? I trow not, ex-

cept by reading the reports. Whilst tens of

thousands in our great cities have been experi-

encing crushing poverty, left face to face with

the hideous fiends of squalor, sin, and blank des-

pair; most of us have day hy day gathered

round our glowing fires amidst still more glowing

faces of loving friends; all the more cosy too for

the storms and wind without.

Ashort time since, having an engagement to fill

in an out-of-the-way country place, I qui.ted my

own fireside to sally forth into the gloom andrain and mire towards my destination. After

walking some distance in the teeth of a wild

tempest of wind and wet, I grew faint-hearted,

at the same time thinking, sometimes discretion

to be the better part of valour; and that he who

runs away may live to fight another day. So turn-

ed again and beat an ignominious retreat. Within

the shelter of home once more, couldn't I enter

into the spirit of the old familiar song,

UHome, home, sweet home,Be it ever BO humble, there is no plaee like home"

To be deprived of our mercies for a while is

the sure way of teaching ns their true value.

Perhaps it would not prove very agreeable to try

the experiment of changing our abodes for a

time for the "packing" of London slums in

order that we may learn to appreciate our own

homes. But doubtless the experiment, if tried,

would succeed, and we should enjoy our mercies

all the more.

Many and great as our social blessings are,

they are but few and small compared witb

blessings of a spiritual order. What sharp

contrasts are there between our own Christian

privileges and heathendom.-The faith of our

Bible Standard circle and that of others. It is

true, the views held by us have before now been

stigmatized as "miserable doctrine," and so they

are, some of them at least, and it is God who

has made them 80. Penalty can hardly be

otherwise than miserable, however just it may

be. What then of· the views of others? Are

they anything else than" miserable." Miserable

is a very mild word to apply to them.

QUEBISTill.: M. M. W. (Liverpool) suggests

as an explanation of the words" Their worm diethnot," the fact, that "maggots or worms bred in

corrupting bodies do not die, as maggots, but

become transformed into pupcs and then into

flies: and as long as corrupting bodies remain,

reproduce themselves."

REPLY: Worms may, or may not" repro.

duce themselves as long as corrupting bodies re-

main ;" but what happens when there is an end

to the corrupting bodies? " Their worm" mustthen" die" for lack of sustenance.

But the question at issue in the passage re-

ferred to (Ma1·k ix.), is not the immortality of

worms, but the eternal destiny of wicked men.

The matter is very simply explained in Isa. lxvi.

24, " carcases" of transgressors are subjected to

" their worm" and "their fire" to be consumed.

When there are no more dead bodies for the fire

to burn up, or for the worms to feed upon, but

all are reduced to "dust;" then, the fire not

having been quenched, dies out, and the worms

having nothing to sustain existence, die also.

*NOTE: A word of eounsel-c-v All Scripture is

The great American lecturer, the Rev. Jos

Cook, has lately attacked the doctrine of "C

ditional Immortality;" ironically calling

"glorious doctrine." Isn't it amazing

foolishly some great men can sometimes ta

As if Mr. Cook's doctrine could be infinit

superior to ours-to the New Testament doctrI dare to say-Yes, Mr. Cook, at the risk of

reading being called "Exegetical lunacy;"

dare to affirm Conditional Immortality to be

doctrine of Christ and of His Apostles. Den

you may, disprove it you cannot, with all y

learning. And you, Mr. Cook, believe in

immortality of the soul, and its endless mise

Glorious doctrine this, indeed! 0, Jose

Joseph! "Much learning doth make thpe

well, talk at random sometimes. Not the le

of our mercies is having a faith different fr

Mr. Cook's, and a God more merciful than

For this we will be devoutly grateful.

What do I hear onr worthy Editor-in-chi

say? "You are trenching on my province

writing thus." Beg your pardon, sir. Anot

mistake added to all the rest; but you see

" Circle" embraces many of your most intellig

readers, as well as young people, and they

take an interest in these great questions.

No. 3. BIBLELETTEBS,BY" DEVON."

P R E C I O U S B L O O D ." The precious blood of Christ " 1Pe

1. 19.

DEAR FRIEND,-The passage of time brin

about strange changes, but it has broug

none stranger than that which has transform

the" Cross "-the once symbol of degradatio

weakness and shame-into the symbol

honour, power and glory. For, by a figure

speech, we invest the" Cross" with the attra

tiveness and power of Him who died thereon,

Whose" precious blood" it was sanctified.

By another figure we invest His" blood" w

all the power and grace of Him who shed it, a

it is thus that Peter speaks to us of +preeio

hlood; " meaning, of course, the natural lifederived from birth-of the God-man; the pow

and virtue of which lay in His taking it, " W

in the beginning was God," yet assumed

nature and died as our Second Federal Head.

It seems superfluous to offer proof that

" blood" is a synonym for the "life," yet

briefly quote in support,-" The life there

which is the blood thereof" (Gen. ix, 4;) "Fo

the life of the flesh is in the blood" (Lexvii. 11.)

But "life" itself is a synonym for "soul

and in the case of the Lord Jesus, too. Thu

Isa. liii. 10, 12, s , Thou shalt make His soul

offering for sin;" "He hath poured out His sunto death." That the soul is here the life,

clear from Paul's language in Heb. ix.

" Without shedding of blood is no remission

(or, putting away of sin): and from t

Saviour's also, in John x. 17, 18, "I lay do

My life:" "I lay it down of Myself. I hapower to lay it down, and I have power to ta

it again."

Thus we might, and with strict accurac

speak of " the precious life of Christ:" it is b

giving due honour, however, to the Holy Spir

to use His own language, spoken through Pete

" the precious blood of Christ." This preciouness is the subject of our present mutual, an

wetrust, profitable study.

Let us first judge by comparison. Thus

take

RARITY,ASATESTOF VALUE.

We call gold" the precious metal." Why s

seeing that in real, substantial value it is i

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ferior to iron which, strangely enough, we call prayer: in blessing. Given in Death. His" the inferior ~etal." Why? B~caus~ gold is J?yi,;g Gift.,. The gracious, glorious P.erson. ofrare! Were it as common as Iron It would Christ, the Giver; and the Holy memones whichcease to be regarded as the "precious metal." I whisper, 'Gethsemane,' 'Calvary,' make it in-

Thus judged, Christ's blood is" precious,': for I deed" precious." .. .there is but One "Name under heaven given We pass now to consider Its preciousness

among men, whereby we must be saved;" that' judged by.a~otherstanda~~ of val,~e. "Precious"of Him who said, " I am the Way, the Truth, I III What.t .s. It IS the blood of a

and the Life : no mfln cometh unto the Father I PURE A.NDPERFECT BEING.

but by Me" (John xiv. 6.) , Grand names stud the roll-call of the" mighty

We next take as our test of value I dead"; but none 00 grand as the name of" Jesus

SACRIFI'eE,OF SUFFERING. the Christ." Great power have these to stir the

Let us suppose our country in danger, all its heart and mould the thou.ght f?r hign and holybest interests at stake. By mutual, patriotic, purpose; but none so mighty m thiS. power ~sand giant efforts its liberty is secured. Now it that of Him Who became dead at;td lives again

is the will of our rulers to signalise this glorious for ever~ore. Deep are t~e footprmts. ther,.haveevent by bestowing solid honours upon a chosen left behind them on the .sands of time , butfew. How determine the most worthy? What deep.est beyond all companso~ those of the .once-shall be the test of merit? That of sacrifice crucified but now exalted Saviour. Ye~, I t .1S theanti suffering. he~rt's best " bloo~ " of .the ?,est and kingliest of

We examine this selected candidate. Why Bemgs-and thus prectOlIs.are ou chosen for this honour friend? He It is, moreover, the" blood" of One who was

ansIers, Because, at the cry of danger, I was bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh. Even

the first to leave-with one quick, strained OUR ELDER BIIOT8ER.

embrace-my household treasures, to adventure Wonderful is the yearning of flesh to its kin-life for my country's good. In that day which saw dred flesh: blood is to blood as the magnet to thethe foe beaten back from our shore, I stood in pole. And thus He Who shed His blood for us, is

the thickest of the terrible fight, and-amid the not a stranger of another race, "For verily He tookhail of bullets, the storm of heavy shot and not on Him the nature of angels; but He tookshell, the fierce shock of battle: though well- on Him the seed of AbrahaJn." Since" the chil-

nigh unnerved by the cries of the wounded, the dren (of men) are partakers of flesh and blood,moans of the dying, and the ghastly faces of the He also Himself likewise took part of the same."dead-I did my duty, until I was cut down by He is our Elder Brother; "thejilstborn of everythe foeman, but restored by my comrades, to be creature"; the true" mangotten from the Lord;"

'hus rewarded.. . , . the" Heir of all things." Our blood answers toJudged by this test, .ChrIst s ~lood IS His" blood", and avers concerning it that it is

" precious." Was ever sacrifice like His? Has " eciolls "

H' ,R". I' Heaven honour pT •e m. sU.uenng an equa .. '.' But we must go further than this. He is

adoration, power~ all laid aside for IncarnatIOn., more than man. This" blood" is-we write inWelcomed, the bitter experience of human life ; all reverence-the blood ofits persecutions, sorrows, poverty, and cares.Bravely borne, the passion of Gethsemane ; THE INCARNATEGOD,

the humilation of the mock judgment; the last "Who, being in the form of God, thought it notdread scene of Calvary, when He took the cup robbery to be equal with God" tPliil: ii. 6).of death and drained it to ~he dregs. F?r whom Of Him, Who is Man-Deified-God-Incarnated :this sacrifice? this. suffenng? For this world "God (Who) was manifest in the flesh" (1 Tim.

and race whose SOli had been ,usurped, whose iii. 16.) Oh, Peter I speaking of the life-bloodliberty despoiled, and whose cnes mocked by a of such an One, well may you term it "precious

tyrant and a monster, alien thereto. To.redeem blood."-It is "precious"lit and us He came, and fought, and died, but Let us again change our standard of value.out of death plucked victory for Himself and us. It is " precious" for What it Does. It

Truly His bl?od-WI:IO was :' ma~e perfect SOFTENSTHE HEART.through suffenngs" -IS "prectQlIs I For allthat He has won for Self of personal glory: allfor us of priceless and lasting benefit, has been

won at the price of sacrifice, paid for in drops of"precious blood," by" the suffering of death,"

by which He has purchased life for all them that

believe.

Or, we may take the

GIVERORASSOCUTIONS

of a gift, as stamping it with its value. Thus:A widowed mother has one only 80n, the childof many prayers and tears. He has long

wandered a stranger to his home, and to herwho nursed him. But prayers and tears atlength bear fruit in his ingathering to the fold.

The new heart, renews true affections, and leadshim to seek his home that he may devote hisstrength and skill to minister unto his mother'sneeds. Alas I he reaches the well-rememberedscenes only in time to receive that mother'sblessing· and to close her eyes in peace; herprayers ~nswered; her son save~ ":with an ever-lasting salvation." Her last gift IS the Bible,which for years has been her solace, hg.ht andstay. Will not the value of that gift be intensi-fied by the mother's hand whieu gave, and thememories of the prayers and tears and loveand blessing which cluster round it? Most

assuredly so IThus also, is Christ's Blood" precious." It

is a Sa~iour's Gift. It was given in tears: in

SATISJ'IIISTHE BELIEVER.

- Nothing else will. Not Art-Poetry-Pleasure-Riches - Power-Fame. Only Christ; and

Him, only in those seasons when we most fullyapprehend His presence and power ; when wesuffer our hearts to be as harps played on by

His sacred hands. At such seasons,-and, werepeat, only at such Tabor-glimpses and experi-ences- are we really, fully satisfied.-Alas I thatthey are so few! But the moment the visionfades, and the hard, stern realities of the worldand the flesh force themselves upou us, we pain-fully realize that nothing but His eternal presence

and power can permanently satisfy. With, how-

ever, the blissful knowledge of such sweet,ecstatic throbs of purest, heavenly pleasure-

rare, because too consuming to the flesh, andonly permauently possible when this mortalbecomes immortal-purchased for us (here andhereafter) by the sacrifice of Heaven's Lamb,well may we echo the glowing language of theHoly Spirit, and- say,-" The precious blood ofChrist."

Thus far we have dealt only with its precious-

ness in life: but what of death! It also

SUPPORTSTHE DYING.

Anticipating the end of life, David said, " Yea,though I walk through the valley of the shadowof death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with

me " iPs, xxiii.) That he realized this in deathwe know from" the last words of David " (2 Sum,xxxiii), "He hath made with me an Euerlastinq

Covenant, ordered in all things and sure." Paul's

experience was of a kindred kind.-" For I amnow ready to be offered, and the time of mydeparture is at hand. I have fought a goodfight, I have finished my course, I have kept the

faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a cl·ownof righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous

Judge, shall give me at that day" (2 Tim. iv.6-8.)

But we live in modern times; exposed to thefull whirl of the rushing tide of a busy world'sactivity; when faith is dying out, and a spurious

and merely formal religion has largely usurpedits place-as foretold by Paul, the "form of

qodliness;" with the denial of "the powerthereof." (2 Tim, iii. 5.) Is it still true, to-day

as of old, that the "blood" of Christ is " preci-

to pure and noble thought and feeling like" theprecious blood of Chri-t."

To those thus melted into tenderness, it mani-fests its further power of

RENEWING THE HEART.

Among the devices of he enemy, the mostcommon is the complaint-" I am too sinful andunworthy to be forgiven." To such suggestions

our reply has ever been,-" If we confess our

sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us oursins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteous-

ness:" "And the BLOODof Jesus Christ Hisson cleanseth us f1·01n all sin" (1 John i. 9, 7.)

But how does the "blood" operate? howcleanse? How! By the Holy Spirit, who renewsour affections, thoughts, will. But how renew?

How I By the implanted germ of a new life,operating Irom withiu , as, also, by His graciousinfluence acting from without. But why ascribe

this to the "blood"? Why I By the law ofcause and effect. The cause here being the

virtue of the "blood"; tbe effect being theoperations of the Holy Spirit. We cannot over-estimate the preciousness of that which bringsus into vital and undying union with the" Li vingFather"; and enables us in John's gloriouswords to say,-" Now are we the sons of God,aud it doth not yet appear what we shall be:but we know that, when He shall appear, we

shall be like Hun ; for we shall see Him as Heis" (1John iii. 2.)

To the heart thus renewed it comes day byday as a welcome guest, soothing and sustaining.Thus it

There is no melting, moving power at all com-parable to the" Cross." Alas! alas I that theChurch for Fifteen Centuries should have trustedin " an arm of flesh," by substituting for themotive-force of that Gospel which consists inthe tears, blood and dying love of Christ,-thewhip of hell, the fear of torment. And evennow, though those fifteen centuries mutelywitness to its folly, the Church is still too largelyfighting sin with this "jawbone of an ass"

(though the weapon is obsolete, and the Churchno Samson), to the neglect of that "swordof the Spirit," treasured in the" Word of theLord "-the story of the" Cross ": " the precious

blood of Christ."

When Brainerd first exercised his ministryamong the North American Indians, his themewas" the terrors of the Law." But they heard

with stolid indifference-perfectly unmoved.Then, obeying that "wisdom which is fromabove," he passed from Law to Gospel. FromSinai to Calvary. Ab! how great the change inthe manner of his auditors. No longer stolidand impassive, but melted into interest andtenderness; big tears raining from the eyes, andfurrowing the cheeks of squaw and warrior alike,whilst convulsive sobs broke from theirheaving chests. Calvary was a new revelation,and it touched all that was kindred in our com-mon nature. Yes, yes! nothing moves theheart-still capable of emotion-nothing stirs

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ous" in its power to support the dying? Yes,

consciously so, in the case of every true

Christian-provided the mind is not affected hy

disease. Such are exempt from that dread o fthe worldling-the fear of death. Why so?

because they love death? No. indeed! It is a

hateful rather than a lovable thing: whose cold

embraces they would most gladly escape, were

that possible. Why then not fear it? Because

death has lost its terrors. "I'is but a quiet sleep,iu calm security. And that under the watchful

care of Him who is the "Re,urrection and the

Life," who giveth His beloved sleep, and will not

fail to awake them in the morning of the" first

resurrection," when death shall have no more

dominion over them. Such in death as in life

put their trust in " the precious hlood of Christ"

-and it sustains them.

Yet once again we shift our standard of value,

testmg the preciousness of this" blood" by What

it is yet to do! Prophecy declares of Christ,

"He shall see of the travail of His soul, and

shall be satisfied." (Isa. liii. 1l.)-Satisfied with

the results yet to appear from the pouring forth of

His" precious blood." Christ's own promise

saith, "Whoso eateth My flesh, and drinketh

My blood (by an act of faith) hath eternal life ;and I will raise him up at the last day. He that

eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood,

dwelleth in Me, and I in him. As the LivingFather hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: so

he that. esteth Me. even he shall live by lIJe,"(John VI. 54, 56, 57.) Resurrection and Life are

here depicted as flowing from the" blood."Resurrection t The" blood" is then to

nE SPOIL THE TOMB.

" Why should it be thought a thing incredible

with you, that God should raise the dead?" was

Paul's question to Ring Agrippa. Why, indeed!

He who created. He who sustains. He who

returns all earthly beings to the dust. Who

makes and unmakes, can surely re-make; bring

back the severed life, and form for it a body as

it may please Him. If man was able to create-even the meanest thing that crawls-there

might be some show of reason in his denial of

resurrection-supposing him unable, when tbat

thing made had returned to dust, to bring it

forth again in resurrection-life-but not other-

wise. It is but reasonable to suppose tbat He

who forms can re-Iorm : for the things impos-

sible with the creature, are possible to theCreator.

But on what basis is this Divine power to be

exercised? On that of the Saviour's personalresurrection ; and that, again, on tbe basis of

Calvary and the" Cross "-" the precious blood."Human life was forfeit. Tbe sentence had rung

down through the ages-" Dust thou art, and

unto dust shalt thou return." All had stooped

to t.he grave, for all in Adam died; but in

Christ, the Second Adam, "shall all be made

alive." The order differs, "Christ the first-[ruits ; afterwards they that are Christ's at His

coming. Then cometh the end,"-or general

resurrection, and following events. The purpose

also differs-Those that are His, at His coming,

rise to " Eternal Life; " those at the end, some

to "Everlasting Life," and others to "shame

and everlasting contempt,"-but the fact of

resurrection. is alike to each.

It was by or through death that Christ

became" the Resurrection and the Life:" thus,

" He by the grace of God (tasted) death for every

man: " "Being found in fashion as a man, He

became obedient unto death, even the death of

the Cross:" "By man (Christ) came also the

Resurrection of the Dead." By the power of

His own most" precious blood" did Christ lay

on Oalvary the basis on which Divine love and

power might operate to restore a dead and dying

race to life. "Prec ious blood," in virtue of

which" the dead shall hear the voice of tbe Son

of God: and they that hear shall live."

POSTAL PICKINGS.

we refer him to Gen. iii. 4: "And the serpent

(.,;atan) said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely

die." The" Satanic Lie," therefore, is on the

part of tbe opponents of "Conditional Irn-

mortality." wbo aver men cannot die.

Other journals, however, have shown manifest

sympathy with Mr. Dening. The Liverpool

Daily Post of Jan. 24th had a very catholic

article, whilst the Christian World has freely

lent its powerful aid to the ventilation of tbequestion. That the Rainbow did so, goes with-out saying.

Public lectures are being delivered in the

large centres of population byMr. Dening. That

at Liverpool was held in Hope Hall, being

presided over by the Rev. R. Irving, M.A.,

Incumbent of Christ's Church, Sefton Park.

Mr. Irving has recently preached to his own

congregation a course of three sermons on

"Everlasting Punishment not Torment," which

we notice in another column (Held over.)

LIFE FOR LIFE

is the teaching of the Word. The life giveu in

resurrection is the fruit of the Life laid down on

Calvary. Life ransomed from Death-not from

Torment. Life bestowed on dead men in virtue

of the Life laid down by Christ. The Pauline

question-concerning the difficulty at which

faith staggers and reason scoffs-is not," Why

sbould it be thought a thing incredible with you

that God should make undying men happy,"but, " RAISE THE DEAD! "

This is the -chi-f preciousness of the" blood,"

that all who died in Adam should live in

Christ: and that all who are raised in the faith

of Christ should live eternally through and withHim, in happy, fadeless, perfect, immortal

being.

Amidst the prevailing neglect and indifference

of both the cultured and the ignorant. the pro-

fessing and the scoffing, let us prize the

"precious blood." Paul-like, glory in the" Cross."

Peter-like, declare and trust the virtues and sing

the praises of our alone hope and plea-

" THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST."

Yours faithfully, "Devon."

I1689, amongst the .non-jurors who were de-

prived of their livings, was Henry Dodwell,

the Camden Professor of ancient history, who is

also known for his speculations on " Conditional

THE expulsion of the above, one of the most Immortality. " See" An Epistolary Discourse,

active, honored, and useful workers of the proving from the Scriptures and First Fathers

Church Missiona.·y Society, has called forth that the Soul is a principle naturally mortal."

considerable sympathy, and will, probably, be By Henry Dodwell, London, 1700. In the

used of God for the furtherance of Scriptural "Diocesan History of Oxford," 1882.-B'i,·ken-truth. An influential committeo has been head.formed, to provide pecuniary means to enable I am glad to see that the Bible Standard so

Mr. Dening to return to Japan, and to prosecute well maintains its character as a journal upon

his work there as a clergyman of the English the two great subjects of Life only in Christ

Church, though no longer a member of the and the Personal return of our Blessed Lord.

staff of the C. M. S. Surrounding circumstances all contribute to in-

The following influential names are advertised dicate the great fact that the" Lord is at hand."

as on the committee :-C. A. Swainson, D.D.; -Oxford.G. G. Stokes, ~.A.; J. C. Adams, M.A.; J. J. I have received from Mr. R. J. Hammond,

Stewart Perowne, D.D.; Archd. Geikie, F.R.S.; London, two parcels of books on Conditional

W. Hay M. H. Aitken, M.A.; P. G. Tait, M.A.; Immortality and Prophecy, in which there were

and Alex. H. Simmonds. Professor Stokes a few numbers of the Bible Standard. It is

receives subscriptions at Lensfield Cottage, after having read these that I wish to receive it

Cambridge. regularly. If I had known sooner such a paper

Doubts having heen expressed as to the was published, I should have takenit.-Amiens,members of tbe committee being personally France.

believers in " Conditional Irnmortalitv ." a letter Glad to see the marked improvement in the

appeared in the Liverpool Daily Post, from Bible Standard; and, also, its increased circula-

which we briefly quote: "The Committee tion. I trust this may be but the beginning of

formed to raise funds for sending Mr. Dening better and more prosperous things, and that

back to Japan, do hold the views known as owner s and Editor may be cheered by its con-

"Life in Christ," and feel it to be necessary to tinued usefulness and success. I like the

make M1'.Dening's case known, so that tolera- "Symposium on the Intermediate State" ve1'y

rion shall be extended to other missionaries. .. much, as we should never be afraid of the in.

One well-known and highly-respected canon of vestigation of truth. Allow me to compliment

Liverpool writes, 'If such views are to be branded you, on the paper altogether, for it is now

heretical, many of the ablest of our clergy must worthy of our highest commendation to others, .

accept the brand.''' The letter is signed and also a fit representative of the "Associa-

A. H. Simmonds. tion," and the views advocated by it.-Bmdford,Commenting upon the case of Mr. Dening Yorks.

and the C. M. S., the Rock says, "While giving Hints to Baptist Churches. I have received

M1· . Dening and bis friends every credit for the following from a friend of mine :-I wish I

being honest and conscientious, it must also be could contribute a trifle to your good cause, but

admitted that the directors of the Church Mis- you know what the pecuniary position of a poor

sionary Society have simply discharged a painful Baptist Minister is. We have no protection;duty." no appeal; hardly get enough money to buy

The Record asks, ••Are the committee of the food, especially if we have a family. Are ex-

Church Missionary Society to leave the question pected to look like gentlemen: to preach like

entirely open for their Missionaries to teach angels: to speak words to every body as sweet

anything they like concerning it? " as sugar: and to be instrumental in saving

The Protestant Standard says, "We hope, hosts of poor souls from eternal torments.-

however, that the Society will hold fast by its Liverpool,old lines and not give way one hair's hreadth in The meeting (Mr. Dening's Liverpool meet-

this matter. The doctrine of 'Conditional Irn- ing- see another column), was not attended by

mortality' has no warranty in Scripture, and to . more than 300 persons. I thought the place

assert that the wicked who die in their wicked- would be crowded. It is surprising the apathy

ness will be finally annihilated, is a premium shown by Christians generally, but this array of

on vice, and a most subtle Satanic Lie." big guns coming over to our side, is evidently

The writer in the P. S. was surely napping shaking the faith of the orthodox. Mr. Deningwhen he penned the last sentence? In proof, is a fine, manly fellow, and gave a very good

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THE C. M. S. & REV. W. DENING.

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lecture-as far as it went-but he did not tell uswhat the result of the new teaching was to theintelligent Japanese. He intimated that, if theSociety insisted upon the J apanese missionariespreaching eternal torment they would have toexpel tbem all.-Liverpool.

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ADVENT NOTES.

THE Daily News says,-" The air of Russia, '

the air of the whole European Continent, Iis ful l of the germs of socialism, and anarchy,and Nihilism, and all the other strange and Imonstrous undergrowths of modern life, with its .political strivings and social sufferings and class I

diseontents." -Small comfort would there be in :this patent fact, but that it whispers, as a fore- I '

told state of society," The Lord is at hand."The Rock adds its quota to the testimony.

Saying, "We live in perilous times. Dis-'tracting news from sea and land, fire and Itempest, and many other solemn visitations.

are amongst the daily records." One of themost thouahtful of the leaders of French So-

cialism-M. Reclus-says, " The nation believes ' I

in nothing-neither in the power of the Churchto make them happy in another world, nor in ,the power of governments to make them pros- .

perous in this." If we.may judge, this witness Iis true in this, that society is in a terrible state I

of unbelief and anarchy. His cure however is avain chimera-" Faith in the solidarity of thehuman race," ours is the only hope for a guiltyworld-" Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly."

A remarkably seductive and dangerous bookhas appeared (which we do not intend to adver- Itise by naming here), professing to be the Earthand Spirit Life Experiences of one who was a I

contemporary of the Lord Jesus Christ, and on iterms of the closest intimacy with Him. Its sourceis evident, from the fact that it completely ignoresthe Deity of Christ-treating Him as a creatureonly; and denies the accuracy of Holy Writ by ,recording things contradictory thereof. The Icontents of the book were revealed to a mediumwhilst in the trance-state, and were reported I

from his lips during 120 sittings. That it is I

clever, goes without saying, considering its Isource-Satanic Agency, which no true studentof the Bible can doubt; aud is another proof to

us, that the chariot of our Lord is near, seeingthat we regard this work as an illustration of1 Tim. iv, and Rev. xvi.

The return of Judah goes steadily on. Aneye-witness writing to the Christian, under date

Jerusalem, Dec. 20th last, says, "The Jews arerapidly returning here, not only from Russia,

but from other quarters, and their m£mbers maybe estimated safely at some Twenty Thousand

whilst the total population of Jerusalem is40,000. These figures I got from the bestsources. The town is extending so rapidly out-side the walls that in a little time the outsideportion will be the most important, as it isalready by far the most agreeable, and houseproperty is lowering in the old town. One prin-cipal object I had was to find out the possibilityof placing afflicted families in the land of their

fathers. I ani glad to say that this object isperfectlv attainable; and already three good pro-posals have been made that will make thegreat problem of the beginning of the coloniza-tion of Palestine no longer a vision or a chimera

but a fact."A passage in the above paragraph-s-" The

town is extending so rapidly outside the walls,"

reminds us forcibly of Ezekiel xxxviii. 11. asoutlining impending events. i

'I'he attempt to found Jewish Colonies in IAmerica has proved a wretched failure, showing

that God in His providence intends" the deso-[late land (of Palestine) shall be tilled" by His

outcas t people.

SACRED SONG.

EDITED BY THE REV. G. P. MACKAY.

THE CHILD-HEART. (6.4.)

");~ NTO the worldly wise,~ And men of prudent eyes,

Shineth no light.

Howe'er they may have striv'n,

Thou, Lord of earth and heav'n,Never to them hast giv'nThe sense of sight.

Only the babes can learn ;None but babe-hearts discern

Knowledge divine;

Their eyes Thou dost not seal,Nor truth from them conceal;

But dost to such revealLine upon line.

All they of childlike mind,Simple, sincere, and kind,

Born from above;Hearing what Thou dost say,

Fearing to disobey,These walk in wisdom's way,-

They learn through love.

Lord, make me as a child,

Meek, lowly, loving, mild,

Free from earth-care;Leaving all guile and art,Choosing the better part;

Seeking my Father's heart,And resting there.

G.P.M.

LABOUR AND LOVE- (8.7.)

*RT thou satisfied with doing?

AWorking, is it thy chief aim?Would'st thou pay in part thy ransom,

Weaving webs to hide thy shame?Art thou satisfied with sowing,

Without seeking to be sown?Seeds of love have they been planted

In thy soil, where weeds have grown?

Is thy well, the heart of Jesus?Dust thou draw and drink of Him

Life that He so fully gi veth,

Freely as He drew thy sin?Saith thine heart,-' l 'm nothing! nothing!

Christ has worked, and I adore;Christ who liveth and was dead, and

Is a live for evermore'?

Good it is and right this doing;When there's faith, and hope, and love,

Ever breathing to the Spirit,For the increase from above.

Loving work is worth the doing:It shall stand the test of fire;

All the rest is straw and stubble,Never worth the labour's hire.

H. BURNETT.

WE LOOK FOR THE SAVIOUR. (D .e.M .)

(FOR THE YOUNG.)

W C.\NNOT tell, I may not know,

J fi : When Jesus will be here;But some day, when we least expect,

I know He will appear.

Then, Lord, may I be washed from sin,And pure and spotless be,

That I may look for Thee with joy,And long Thy face to see.

Each morning when I wake from sleep,o teach me, Lord, to say-

"I know that Thou art coming soon,And this may be the Day!

Then help me, Saviour, by Thy grace,To live this day for Thee,

That I may look for Thee with joy,

And long Thy face to see."

I should not like Him when He comes,

A wandering lamb to find;If I were idle, selfish, proud,

Untruthful, or unkind,-How I should try to hide my face,

And from His presence flee!Icould not look for Him with joy,

Or long His face to see .

Lord Jesus, as the days go by,And Thine own Day draws near,

o make me know that I am Thine,For then I need not fear,

If I am cleansed, and kept from sin,From Satan's power set free,

Then Imay look for Thee with joy,And long Thy face to see!

A LADY OF HULL.

EVENING HYMN. (L.M.)

.-*NOTHER day its course hath run,AAnd wearied nature seeks her rest

Hushed by the quiet eventide,And with its gentle influence blest.

Once more the dews of heaven descend,. Giving new life to tree and flower;Sent by a gracious Providence

With silent, yet with won'drous power.

So may our faith new life receive,

And hope revive in every breast;Our feeble love take deeper root,

Our weary souls find soothing rest.

Then when our life's short day declines,And on us steals the night of death,

Oh, may our hearts take confidence,Remembering what the Saviour saith.

That though the gloomy night may come,A glorious morn at length must break,

U uelouded by the curse of sin,When we to endless life shall wake.

C. DONNER.

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COSMORAMA.

OUR limited space compels us to study the ut-

most possible brevity of expression; though

it would be quite possible to fill this paper withthe record of the startling and suggestive things

which happen monthly on the face of this earth.Madrid, the Spanish capital, records a singu-

larly high death rate for the past year; thedeaths were 3,447 in excess of the births, being

equal to a rate of 45 per 1,000. If that becamegeneral in the Peninsula, Spaniards would soonbe an extinct race.

Public opinion has been much stirred inVienna by the protracted visit of the Russian

diplomatist, M. de Giers. It is thought thatRussia and Austria have arrived at a common

understanding-with the tacit assent of Ger-many-upon the Turkish question, and that

this bodes no good to Turkey. Austria is alsocredited with much activity in Macedonia, sowing

the seeds of annexation. In this, however,Austria must reckon with Greece as well as with'I'urkey,

Nature has been busy vindicating her power,and contesting the supremacy of her puny

masters. By a snowslip on the Rocky Mount-ains, America, 7 lives were lost and many

persons injured. The Western States havesuffered terribly from floods. The Ohio river at

Cincinnati rose to a height of 66 feet. Tenmiles of its frontage were flooded; severalhundred cattle were drowned, and several

thousand persons thrown out of employment.Later reports state a sad loss of human lifealso. Great damage has been wrought at Homealso, and many valuable lives lost. At Penzance,

solid masses of stone, two tons weight, werelifted and thrown across the promenade by the

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CONDIT ION AL IMMORTALITY

ASSOCIATION and BRANCHESHOJUe,Colonial, and F01"elgn.

Founded 1.878.

PUBLISHINGANDCORRESPONDINGFFICE:-

Malvern Link, Wor.-Cyrus E. Brooks, SecretaryLONDONBOOK DEP{j'r:-

80 , Edgware Rd.,W.-R. J. Hammond, Treasurer.LONDONBOOK AGENT:-

F. Southwell, 27, Ivy Lane, E.C.Of all Booksellers.

THE Association consists of Members-subscrib-

ing direct-and of Branch Members-subscribingthrough the Branch Associations. Its purposbeing to bear public testimony, by means of thpress, platform and pulpit, to the neglectedtruths of Conditional Ii:nmortality and thPersonal, Pre-Millennial Advent.

Members are required to subscribe to Rule Has follow. "That such accept the Scripture.

Inspired of God, and the Rule of Faith and Life

and the Truth that Immortality and Eterna

Life are only obtainable through Personal Uniowith the Lord Jesus Christ, viz. : that "'l'heWages of Sin is Death, but the Gift of GodEternal Life in Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom

vi. 23).

force of the waves. Within the last few weeks

no fewer than 15 storm centres have spent theirstrength upon our coasts; whilst, in the firstnalf of February, the rainfall has been 50 percent. higber than the average for the entiremonth. In Spain (Murcia) no less than 130shock of earthquake have been felt since lastOctober. Many of the terrified inhabitants arecamping out in the open fields.

By the loss of the steam-ships Cimbria. andKenmure Castle, with, together, nearly 450 lives,we are again reminded of the dangers of those

who do business on the great deep (an ever-increasing number), and of the frailty and un-certainty of human existence.

Holland has learnt a painful lesson as to the

destructive power of modern explosives. By theaccident at Muiden, near Amsterdam, a powdermill and twelve adjacent buildings have beenwrecked, and 12 persons killed.

Fire has, too, been adding some painfulchapters to the story of the month's doings.Newhall House, Milwaukee, America, has en-tombed 82 persons. Havana, in the PhilippineIslands, has suffered great destruction of property,with injury to 100 of its citizens. But the mostfearful example is seen in Birditscheff, RussianPoland, where above 300persoDs perished underunusually painful circumstances. There is

every reason to fear that the bulk of these wereunder the influence of spirituous liquor.

Cerea, like its neighbours Japan and China,

is coming under Western influence. Treatieshave been concluded with America, England,

and Germany; whilst the roadside obelisks areto be removed which have hitherto notified toforeigners that they were not allowed to travelin that country.

The" Red Prince," now travelling in Syria,

has, by the decease of his father, Prince Charlesof Prussia, come into possession of one and a

half million sterling. To a man of acknowledgedability, such wealth offers great promise. Had

we his ear we would suggest that be devote histalents and wealth to the re-nationalization of

the Jewish people. None could desire a betteropening than now presents itself to found anew

an ancient nation. It has to be done by someinstrument, and done soon. If done by Ger-

many, there would be less jealousy than ifattempted by any Mediterranean power.

French democracy has found a saviour forsociety in the person of a certain M. Raoult.

In what does his remedy consist? In this,-the constitution of a tribunal which should sayto all cit izens, "Show your hands," and thencondemn to death all whose hands were not

hardened with toil/Such are the follies whichfind favour witb a numerous and dangerous

class. France has already experienced some ofthe results arising from tbe loss of her Tribune.The Napoleonic manifesto was followed by asemi-panic, which produced the downfall of the

Duclerc Minisu·y. That has been followed bythe illness uf the head of the new Falliere'sCabinet, and the rejection of its measure by theSenate, and that, in turn, by the fall of the

Ministry. This cons tan t change of the Cabinetis very hurtful to the interests of France.

Hungary is threatened with de-population.In ten years she has lost by emigration nearly23 per cent. of her able-bodied male population.

At Home some alarm is being caused inreligious circles at the steady increase of Romish

influence and power. We neither deny or mini-mise that fact, but it causes us no concern.Romanism is a foredoomed power, and though itgains here, rapidly loses on the Continent and

in America. Our danger lies in growing infidelityand practical atheism. Whatever else the" Sal-vation Army" may have accomplished, it has

certainly revealed tbe existence in our midst ofa powerful and organised army of ruffians, whoseonly law is their own will. The" Skeleton

Army "-a term now so familiar to the newspaper-reading public-is a fact fraught with danger tothe peace and prosperity of the realm. Neitheris this lawless ruffianism confined to thiscountry, for Geneva and other Swiss towns haveseen shameful manifestations of its violence.

Egypt is rapidly settling down to somethinglike order and good government, and there seemsvery little likelihood of English withdrawal.Tanta-tbe Holy Place of Egyptian Islamism-has been holding its stated ••Fair." Pitiful in

the extreme are the pen- pictures given by theLondon Press of the scenes enacted under the

garb of religion. One wonders, in reading suchrecords, at the long forbearance of God; tbat

Mohammed's system of Antichrist has beensuffered to exist so long, and rejoices that its1,260 years are numbered, and its end indeed

nigh.Turkey still goes blindly on, hoping against

hope, but with constantly-increasing trouble.

In the North-west she has bad blood with Monte-negro; in the North threatened by the twoeagles of Russia and Austria; in the East a preyto civil discord; in the South struggling witharmed Arabian rebellion; and in the Westanticipating the seizure by the MediterraneanPowers of the whole of her North African pos-sessions. Indeed, she would be an object of

pity, but for her terrible history and destructiverule.

AGENTS MEMB.Carlisle has further increased its Sale o

Bible Standard, having taken B7 of Feb. issue.Ashion-under-Lnrne has increased its Sale o

Rainbow and Messenger. Mr. T. J. Hitchcockhas kindly authorised us to publish his name a

Local Agent for Glasgow. Will other friends,willing to devote a little time and labour to th

good cause, communicate?COLLECTINGCABDS.

We have published a double card, ruled foMembers and B. S. Subscriptions and LectureFund Donations. Shall be happy to supplythese to Members and Agents. The front andback pages furnish ample information to those

in whose hands they may be placed, and leavelittle for the collector to do personally. W

have printed 500, and shall be glad to get them

all into use.THE BIBLE DEFENDEDANDATHEISMBEBUKEDThis valuable Reply to the Atbeistic Lectures

of Robert G. Ingersoll, has now passed intoSecond Edition.-A sufficient tribute to thmerits of the work. We have a few copies lefof the First Edition, wbich we are wishful tclear out to make room for the Second. Published at 50 cents, (2s.) but offered po st-free aIs. Bd. This edition has been very favourably

reviewed by several American Papers. ThWashington Post says, "He seems possessed of

quick insight into the weak points of his opponent, and knows bow to present them to the besadvantage. Not the least interesting chapter ithe book is the argument that eternal punish

ment is not eternal pain."-The Laurinburgh

(N.C.) Enterprise says , "Ingersoll is a smarman and ergo a dangerous one, but he has metfoeman in Mr. Magruder worthy of his steel."The New York Herald says, "Mr. Magruder

knows his Bible well, and makes good use of hiknowledge." The Second, Edition is to hand

and may be had from our Malvern Link Offic

post-free for 2s. 3d .THE CLOSINGDAYSOF CHRISTENDOM.

This valuable work from the pen of the RevBurlington B. Wale, may be had post-free fromour own Office for 5s, as we have purchasedsmall parcel from the publisher. Neither o

these two works is at present supplied through

our London Agent.

IN TYPE, BUTHELD OVER."Six Eternals," by E. H. T., unavoidably hel

over to next issue.REVIEW COLUMN.

This is in type, but held over through want

space.

OFFICE NOTES.MONTHLY STATEMENT.

January 1st to 31st, 1883.

New Members received :-Life -, Annual 3,Branch-, Total 3.

Subscriptions, Donations, and Collections:

. £ s. d. £ s. d.A.P., Bernsteple .... 5 9 0 W.D.R., London, E. 0 • 0J.M., Croix, u'rance, B.G., Ashton-under-per G.P.M., Lincoln 4 0 0 .Lyne ......•••... 0 4 0 0Lecture Offerings, G.N., Baeup 0 4:0

Nottingham 3 3 9 R.F.G., Glasgow 0 3 6G.P.M., Lincoln 1 1 0 M.G., Edinburgh .• 0 S 6M.A.M., London, N .. 1 lOG., London, per W.M.M.W.. Liverpool •• 1 0 0 D.R.•..........• 0 2 6E.W.P.T., Stoekbridge 1 0 0 E.K., Shanklin, Iole

A.R., Huddersfield •• 0 17 6 ofWight • ••... 0 2 6J.C., Hheima, Fra.nce, W.R., Nottingham .. 0 2 6

per G.P.M., Lincoln 0 12 6 J.A.M.!I'l.,Belfast .. 0 2 6A.S., Trinidad, per the M., Louth, per C.H.,

above .......•.... 0 10 0 Lincoln 0 2 6C.U•.Oxford 0 10 0 W.R., London, E 0 1 6J.H., London, W 0 10 0 E.P., Hull ..••.....• 0 10W.Y., Oroix, France,

per G.P.M., Lincoln 0 8 0G.C.H.,Calcutta, India 0 6 7E.H.T., Thames, New Total for Jan ... £22 9 4

Zealand 0 ~ 0

With the Secretary's most earnest thanks.

LECTURINGFUND, Aug. 1st, 1882, to Jan. 31st,1883.

Previously acknowledged, £31 1B8. Od. Since

received :-Lecture Offerings, Nottingham, £33s. 9d.; A.P., Barnstaple, £5. Total, £39 19s.

9d. Balance in hand, £2B t« ea . FOl'announcements of Two Lectures each at Roch-dale, Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester, andHalifax, see another column. Donations are

earnestly invited. N.B.-Manchester Lecturesare postponed to April 2, 3, owing to Mr. D. L.

Moody's Services there in March.

" PAULINE THEOLOGY" FUND.

Previously acknowledged, £1 17s. 6d. Sincereceived, -E.P., Hull, Is.; E.K., Shanklin,

Isle of Wight, 2s. Bd.; A.P., Barustaple, 4s.;W.R., London, E., Is. Bd. Total, £2 Bs. Bd.It is intended to post at least ONE THOUSl.NDCOPIES of "Pauline Theology" to as many

Ministers, Lay-Teachers, and others. The cir-culation of this pamphlet has been much blessedin the past; SEVENTEENPOUNDSwill cover the

net cost of this.

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The Subscription may not be less than 2s. 6d. HOME NEWS.

per annum: a Single Subscription of Five Pounds NEWCASTLE-ON.TYNE.-Two Lectures were de-qualifies for Life Membership. Subscribers of3s. 6d. and 5s. upwards are entitled t receive post- livered here by the Rev. B. B. Wale, on Feb. 5th

free o~e or two copies respectively of this Paper; and 8th, in the West Clayton Street Lecture Hall,and LIfe Members two copies. Only one copy will to good audiences. On the first night near 300be sent unless otherwise directed. There is no persons attended, and on the second about 400.published list of Members. Subscriptions date Newcastle redeemed its character as a " cannyfrom the time of first payment. town" by giving a thoughtful and appreciative

Branch Associations fix their own rates of hearing to our testimony. Questions were freely

subscriptions, &c. These will be furnished on asked both nights. The following reports areapplication to their respective secretaries. from the Newcastle Daily Chl'onicLe of Feb. 6th

and 9th.-BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS. The first of two lectures, under the auspices of the local

L S Mcommittee of the Conditional Immortality Association, was

IVERPOOL:- ec.: r. W. H. Miller, 9, Clayton last night delivered in the hall of West Clayton StreetSqr. Chapel, Newcastle, by Mr. Burlington B. Wale, of Malvern.

NEW ZEALAND-Sec.: Rev. G. A. Brown, Lin- The subject of the lecture was" The revealedpenalty ofdum House, Vincent St., Auckland, Sepa- sin: what is it?" The ohair was occupied by Mr. Joseph

Shepherdson. Mr. Wale at the outset of his lecture saidrate Organ, the New Zealand Bible Standard, he recognised that the Bible was the Word of God, andpost-free direct 3s. 6d. per annum. the ultimate staudurd of appeal in questions connected

L N \V S R J H d E with the lecture. The members of the association wereONDON, .'.:- ec,: . . ammonu.u' sq., not a sect. The thoughts he represented were welcomed

80, Edgware Rd., W. by many clergyof the Churchof England, Congregational-BRADFORD, YOnKS. :-Sec.: Mr. A. Mitchell, Iata., and others, It was a ftttinl'( thing that Christians

Druids Buildings, Clayton, near Bradford. should have Scriptural views of God, He referred to

C S M G· various portions of the Bible to show that God had stated

ANADA:- ec.: r. . H. HIl ls, 17, William that the penalty of sin is death ; and urged that they mustSt" Yorkville, Ontario. deal with the language of the Bible as they found it,

INDIA:-Mad"as (Southern India). Separate Death was tile disintegration of a compound being; andheo Th B 'bl B bli h d i th contended that the word death and phrases me.mlng death

rgan, e t e anner, pu IS e 11l e should b e taken in their literal meaning,and not be taken

Tamil tongue. tomean something else, such as eternal life in torment.

N.B.-This Periodical, together with the The popular theory, of theologians of the present day wasLiterature of the Association, can be procured I that the wagesof am IS eternal torment, everlasting pre-

f f th b B h

i servation In fire; and many good and excellent men had

o any 0 e a ove ranc es. i taught that doctrine because they thought It had a foundaLOCAL AGENTS FOR" BIBLE STANDARD," , :~~~8ifnt~~eW;i~~eo~t~~b.!':nq~:eg:.~~ ~~p;~~et:~';1f:l

Also for Rainbow, Messenger, and the Literatnre that" horrible teaching;" and contended that they did notof the Association. Catalogues and terms on support the theory of everlasting torment, He believedin

the resurrection of the just and the unjust, and that when

application to the undermentioned. the judgment was passed, the wicked would suffer" thesecond death,' and sink to utter extinction.

The Rev. Burlington B. Wale delivered a . second lecturela.st night, in the lecture hall of the West Clayton StreetChapel. Newcastle, under the auspices of the ConditionalImmortality Association. There wa. a. numerous audi-ence. The chair WlLS taken by Mr. James Murray, who inopening the meeting said he was a firm believer in thedoctrine of conditional immortalit.y. 'I'he lecturer took forthe subject of his discourse--" Immortality ; whose is it?-or, who shall live for ever?" He briefly traced theorigin of the doctrine, first elaborated by Plato, that manwas naturally and inherently immortal, but, he asked,What did the Word of God say upon that subject? Did itnot teach that immortality or eternal life was to be pos-sessed alone by those who were in union with Christ andwho believed in Him? He knew that that doctrine wasno.tso flattering to the human mind as that immorta.lity wasnatural and inherent in man; but if it degraded man it

exalted Christ. Immortality now was couditional on faithin Christ, without which eternal death was the result.The lecturer quoted several passages in the New Testamentto show that the teaching of the Saviour and the Apostleswas that man had no l ife in himself. In the First Epistleof John they were told-It He that hath the Son hath life'and he that hath not the Son bath not life;" and St. Pauisaid the wages of sin was death and the gift of God eternallife. "Life" and .1 death" were the antithesis from Genesisto)Revelations, and there was nothing to show that onemeant happiness and the other torment. 'I'he word I< im-mortal" occurred only once in ihs Bible, and there it ap-plied to God alone. .1 Immortality" occurred four timesend in no case was it spoken of as being in the posaeaaionof man as man. At the conclusion of the lecture severalquestions on the subjeot were asked by members of theaudience and answered by Ml'. Wa.le, and tbe proceedingsclosed with the singing of ahymn and prayer.

The Local Secretary writes-" We have all

enjoyed, and I trust been benefited by, Mr.Wale's visit. Personally I have been delighted.We very much regretted that we had not timefor Drawing-room Meetings on Bible-themes.v-c-The report of the above has reached us since,

but too late for publication.We desire to express here our warmest thanks

to the Local Committee for their valued services

on our behalf, and especially to Mr. M. Steward-son, the Local Secretary.

CHESTER.LE-STREE'X,DURHAM.-Two Lectureswere delivered here by the Rev. B. B. Wale, onFeb, 6 and 7, in the Co-operative Ha 1. Mr. Wm.

Johnson, of Birt ley, presided each evening. Thedistrict is not one particularly favourable toreligious thought, still there was a fair attend-ance. On Tuesday above 100, and on Wednesdaybetween 200 and 300 persons attended. Thequestioning was not of a satisfactory kind, it

ENGLAND.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.-B.Gillot t, 4.9,Henrietta St.CARLISLE.-A. Johnson, 23,Midland Cott., London-road.CHELTENHAM:.-H.Sparkea, 3, Q.ueenSt., Tewkesbury Rd.GRAVESEND.-T. Sbadick, 48, Wakefield Street.HULL.-J. C. Akester, 79, Hessle Road.LINCOLN.-E. E. Boughton, 23,Park Street.

" C.Ha.rvey, 19, Chaplin Street.LONDON,E.-E.Hobbs, 23,Monier-rd.j'wick-Iane, Old Ford.LOUTH.-C. Donner, 50,Newmarket.

SCOTLAND.GLASGOw.-T,J, Hitchcock, 145, Houston Street,

AUSTRALIA.BUNDABERG,QUEENSLAND.-J.Wright, Builder, &c.

N.B.-We shall be glad to receive offers of ser-

vice, as Local Agents, from Mernbe,'s of theAssociation in districts where we have noagents at present,-at Home or Abroad, Terms,

with a supply of Catalogues and Show Bills,on application.

•OUR TESTIMONY.

MONTHLY CALENDAR.

Meetings will be held (D.V.) as follow:

March 5,-Rochdale, Lancashire.-Lecture inLecture Hall of Public Hall, Baillie St.by Burlington 13. Wale, F.R.G.S .. on

"The Revealed Penalty of Sin: Whatis it?" Free. Evening at 7-30.

Do. 6,-Lecture as above on "Immortality:or, Who shall Live for Ever?"

Do. 7.-Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire,-

Lecture in the Lectnre Hall of theMechanics' Institution, by BurlingtonB. Wale, F.R.G,S" on "The RevealedPenalty of Sin: What is it ?" Free.Evening at 7-30.

Do. 8,-Lecture as above on" Immortality:or, Who shall Live for Ever?"

Apri12.-Manchester.-Lecture in the TownHall. Hulme, by Burlington B. Wale,F.R.G.S" on ••The Revealed Penalty ofSin: What is it ?" Free.

Do. S.-Lecture as above on "Immortality:or, Who shall Live for Ever?"

Do. 4,-Halifax, Yorks.c--Lecture by above.

Do. 5.- Do. do. do,

being difficult to maintain that decorum so essen-tial to the st~dy of such important questions.

The following reports appeared in the localpapers, both evidently writteu by the same handand by one the reverse of friendly. The first i~from the Durham Chronicle of Feb. 9, and thesecond from the Chester-le-Btreet Times of Feb10th.- .

On Tuesday evening, the Rev. Burlington B. Wale~.l~.G.S" ~!l.lvern, of the Conditional Immortality A5S0:otatlon, delivered a leetnre III the Co-operative HallObester-le-Street, on U l'he Revealed Penalty of Sin' \Vhat

Ls it?" 'I'he audience was not very numerous, and Ill-though ~be lecturer W:~8 frequently applauded by R. fewpres~nt, It..was. soon evident that the majority did not ap-

pr~clate hIS VIews 011 the future exist~uce (or rather, non-existence] of the human race. Questions were invited atthe close of the lecture, and several were asked. I'heanswers, however, were not deemed satisfactory to the in-terrogators.

On Tuesday evening the Rev. Burlington B. Walet : :. R.G.S:, Mlllvern, of th~ Oondtttoual Immurtali ty Associa~non, delivered a lecture III the Co-operative Hu.1Ih v re onIt Che B.~vealeIJPenalty of Sin: What is it?" The a~di-ence (owlug, perhaps, to other meetings being held) WIlS

not a. numerous one, and although the lecturer was fre-quently app~au.ded? .Y a few present, it soon became evidentth~t the majority did uot appreciate his views on the futureeXiste!lce-ol' I'a~he~',non-existence-of the human race.QuestlOlls were invited at the close of the lecture and

several wel~easked. The answers, however, 'ver~ notdee~ed antiafuctory by the interrogators.-On Wednesdayeveumg', the rev. gentleman again lectured in the hallwhen a more numerous uudienoe listened to his discourse'The subject chosen WR .S I, Immortality: or Who ahu.ll Liv~

for E ...•r?" 'I'tna oration was certainly Vf;ryinterest.ing inmany ways, and many of the arguments adduced were de-

cidedly strong. S.Bveral questions were again put to thespeaker, and the II1terrogfl.to.rwas one who seemed quitecornpetAl.1to tl.lkethe ~nenViableposition of quertst. Thereplies given did not WIll this gentleman over to tbe ranksof .t~e Society, and the a~dieBce left the room withoutarrtvmg at any apparent satisfactory conclusion.

The Local Sec~'etary wri~es:-" One thing Iamcertam of, that IS, a Christian like Mr. Walecannot come to a place without blessing it-though we may not personally see the frnit.' Ihave got great blessing throngh him, myself."

We tender here our warmest thanks to Mr, W.Johnson, for his valued services on our behalfand for his very generous gifts, [Mr. J, per:sonally met the local expenses of the lectures.]

COLONIAL NEWS.

NE,w ZEALAND, Auckland. - The morningmeetmgs m the Temperance Hall are increasinc

in interest and usefulness. The evening meeting~

at the Opera House still maintain their interest

and ,numbers. The, subject of prophecy, in con-nection WIth the SIguS of the times has been

mad~ very prominent. Harnilton.-The Sundayevemng meetings are still attended by quite 100persons. The local pulpits have made manypersonal attacks upon the testimony which haveonly tended to discredit those who mads themTharnes.-The numbers increase here, notwith:standing that sermons have heen delivered iu

two local churches against the Life teachinz oneof which has been published in full. 0

SO?,THA'!sTRALIA.-Owing to the difficulty ofworkmll. this Colony, with it, thinly. scatteredpopula~lOn, the Branch established here twoyears since has. been tem porarily closed. If weare to do anything effecti ve in the way of testi.mony in Australia, it will be necessary to despatchan. Agent for propaganda, which is at presentquite beyond our power.

SUBSCRIBING CHURCHES.

GUIDE AND CHRONICLE.

The, following Churches make an AnnualCollec.tlOn, Offertory, or Grant in aid of the As-

SOCIatIOn. The ,same favour is reqnested fromother Churches m sympathy with its teachings,

Lo~moN,:'I' :-Maberly Ch~pel (Congregational),Ball s Pond Rd., Kingsland, Min.: Rev.W. Leask, D.D. S. Services 11 & 6-30.

LINCOLN:-Mmt Lane Chapel (Baptist). Min.:Rev. G. P. Mackay. S. Services 10-30 & 6.

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SKIPTON(Yorks) :-Mission Church, TemperanceHall. Supplies. S. Services 10-30 & 6.

GLASGOW-Christian Meeting, 13, Kirk St., Gor-bals. Supplies. S. Services 11 & 3.

BRADFORD (Yorks] :-Mission Church, Temper-ance Hall, Chapel St., Leeds Rd. Supplies.S. Services 11 & 6-30.

TORQUAY-Life and Advent Free Church, BannerCross Room. Supplies. S. Services 11 & 6-30.

LONDON,N.W. :-Christian Meeting, St. John'sRooms, Grove St., Lisson Grove. Min.: R.

J. Hammond, Esq. S. Services 11 & 7.HULL :-Christian Meeting, Protestant Hall.

Supplies. S. Services 11 & 6-30.CHELTENHAM-Regent St. Chapel (Baptist).

Min.: Rev. J. C. Oarlile. S. Services 11 and6-30.

CARLISLE-Christian Meeting. House to HouseServices. Enqniries at 30, Edward St.

GRAVESEND-ChristiR,n Meeting, Manor Rd.Room. Pres. Min.: Mr. G. Gosdsn. S.Services 11 &.6-30. Thurs. 8-30.

SALISBURy:-Harcourt (Baptist) Church. Sup-plies. S. Services 10-30 & 6-30. Wed. 8.

LINCOLN:-Newland (Baptist) Church, MasonicHall. Miu.: Rev. W. White. S. Services10-30 & 6-30. Thurs. 8.

BANGALORE,S. INDIA:-Christian Meeting. ArcotNarrainsawmy Mudliar's School-room. Sup-plies. S. Service 6 p.m.

HULL.-Protestant Rall.-A Sunday Schoolhas been established. Three of the scholars havebeen blessed with saving grace, and one baptised.

BRADFORD(Yorks.)-Temperance flall.-The

Church here has purchased the unsold balanceof our Bradford Conference Report for free cir-culation in the town. The attendance at eveningservice has greatly improved. The cottagemeetings in the Horton district have been verysuccessful, the attendance averaging 21 persons.

Tracts and other literature are freely circulatedat these meetings.

LONDON,N.-Maberly Chapel.-The Hackney

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