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

No. 10. Vol. V.

TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE

JULY, 1882.

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The Forthcoming Conference Coming Events Biblical Materialism Repentance unto Life The Fatherhood of God Be Warned ... Conditional Immortality. Part IX. Thoughts in Verse-Kindness wins; The Missionary Objections Answered Our Surprise Parcels The Salisbury Press on the Association ... Notes, News, and Reviews Work and Witness Special Notes... New Catalogue

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Should, however,the response to this appeal visible to Peter (Acts xii, 6-10). And tbe ed yesterday-as baving taken place not be in excessof previous years,it willbe con- Lord Jesus, in all His fourteen appear- througbout the world. The one sad sidered as unfavourablyregarded by our helpers and friends, and will be tabled for future dis- ances during the forty days between His story is repeated with painful monotony, cussion, Early Donations or Promises are resurrection and ascension, was seen from the Continent, America, Canada, earnestly and respectfullyinvited, These may only of the disciples. Asia, Africa, and Australasia. At home be sent to either of the followingOfficers :As aids to faith we bave, moreover, we have tidings from every town, and The President: H. J. WARD,Esq., Wood tbe example of Enoch "Who walked even many villages and hamlets, of Park, Neston, Cheshire. disappearances. Universal The Treasurer: R. J. HAMMOND, 62. with God: and he was not; for God kindred Esq. took him," (Gen. v. 24): Of Elijah terror seems to have settled upon the MaidaVale,London, W. It is the one absorbing The Secretary: CYRUS BROOKS, E. Malvern "And it came to pass, that behold, a population. Link, Worcestershire. chariot of fire, and horses of fire; and topic of conversation, business being Elijah went up by a whirlwind almost entirely suspended; and even in into heaven," (2 Kings ii. 11): We the Houses of Parliament last evening COMING EVENTS. have also the record of what may be the sittings were almost immediately partial translations. Thus adjourned. Never, we may safely say, NY morning we may read in our Lon- termed, don paper, substantially as follows: Ezekiel, "So the Spirit lifted me up, .has the heart and pulse of this nation and took me away," (iii. 14): and again, .been so deeply stirred.' 'STRANGEDISAPPEARANCES' YESTERDAY! " And He put forth the form of an hand, The morning of the third day we read, In the Metropolis, and numerous provin- and took me by a lock of mine head; further.cial towns, a number of our best and and the Spirit lifted me up between the 'GREATMEETING THE MANSION OUSE! AT H most estimable citizens are missing. No earth and the heaven," (viii. 3): Philip A crowded gathering was held yesterday, one saw them leave their homes. No also, "The Spirit of the Lord caught trace of them has been found since. No away Philip," (Acts viii. 39): And the Lord Mayor presiding, (we mean no single scrap of writing has been left, in Paul, " How that he was caught up into offence to that distinguished functionary, . any case, to explain their absence; and, Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, by supposing him left behind).-the singularly enough, it is not men only which it is not lawful for a man to Royal Family and both Houses of Parliament being represented-for the purthat are missing but women also, and in utter," (2 Cor. xii, 2-4). pose of creating a National Distress equal proportion: the missing persons Thus unseen, unheard, will the" Body Fund, to meet the wants of such families are of all ranks in society, but chiefly of Christ "-His faithful saints-be as are in distress through the recent from among the humbler classes. caught away to a meeting with the disappearances. Telegrams were received Another feature of this exodus is that all the missing were distinguished for Lord in the air; where, as in an ark of from all parts of the country promising safety, they will escape "Those things adhesion, to, -and help, for, the fund. their exemplary Christian lives; having which are coming on the earth." True, Many of those present were arrayed in been standard bearers and pillars in there will be the shout of the archangel, deep mourning, showing the personal the Churches of our land.' the blast of the Divine trump-as a loss they had sustained. The noble Let not this be deemed improbable. summons to the living and dead amongst sum of upwards of 100,000 was proThus Paul in 1 Tliess, iv. 16, 17, says:the saints-but, at this time, that shout mised at the meeting.' "FOI' the Lord Himself shall descend from We pass now to a later date, by some heaven with a shout, with the voiceof the arch- and trump are for their ears alone: and, angel, and with the trump of God: and the even if heard by others, will probably be few weeks, and read as follows.dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which mistaken for a more than usually loud 'GREATHEVIVAL HELIGION. OF are alive and remain shall be caught up together peal of thunder (as see John xii. 28, 29). with them to meet the Lord in the air." And How great is the Divine care of His Very cheering accounts continue to be in 1 G01. xv. 51, 52, "Behold, I sbew you a As, of given by the various religious bodiesmystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall faithful ones, as here set forth! great all be changed,in a moment, in the twinkling old, before the flood came, Noah was both formal ancl informal--of of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet safe in the Ark; as, before Sodom was ingatherings. No such religious moveshall sound, and the dead shall be raised incor- destroyed, Lot was safe in Zoar; as, ment has been known since the Reforruptible, and we shall be changed." Our There can be no question but Saviour bears similar testimony in Matt. xxiv. before Jerusalem was besieged and taken, mation. thereof were that the late disappearance of so many 40, 41, " Then shall two be in the field; the one the Christian inhabitants shall be taken, and the other left. Two grind- safe in Pella; so, now, before the events thousands of Christian people, at home ing at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the of "the great tribulation " take place and abroad-however that may be other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come." Akin to this upon the earth, the" salt" and" light" accounted for, and we are not compelled to is the promisein John xiv. 2,3, "And if I goand of the world are safe with their Lord in admit, what so many claim, supernatural prepare a place for you, I will come again, and the aerial regions, and, probably, in that means; for it is a well known fact that receiveyou unto Myself; that where I am there " New Jerusalem" which is, later, to be in London alone, above 200 persons are ye may be also." seen descending towards the earth. missing every year, for whom no account Remember, too, that when, thus trans- May all who read these pages be-by can be given, and tidings of whom is lated, believers are Spiritual Beings, timely preparation, and Divine grace,very rarely received-has been an imand that spiritual beings are not ordinar- counted worthy of such favour and portant factor in producing this desirable ily visible to mortal eyes. Thus, at honour. result; for its effects are everywhere Dothan, the eyes of the prophet's servant We turn again to our Morning Paper, felt, and men are confidently speaking had to be opened before he saw that of the day following the previous event, of shortly realizing the long-expected "the mountain was full of horses and Gospel Millennium. We would advise, and readchariots of fire round about Elisha," (2 however, the leaders of this great EXTENT THE DISAPPEAROF Kings vi. 17). When Elijah ascended, 'WORLD-WIDE religious movement, not to be too ANCES! only Elisha beheld the scene, "And sanguine of results-lest their ultimate Elisba saw it, and he cried, my father, No t'idings of the lost! Our telegraphic disappointment be the more keen. my father," (ii. 12). The angel which despatches, . from all parts, announce There is, indeed, some weight in what is delivered Peter from prison was only similar disappearances-to those record- being urged by a small but growing

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band of Christian men, that human nature has got so far astray from Eden's type, that supernatural means alone will be adequate to make our earth a Paradise Restored.' In support of the above we, refer our readers toJoel ii. 28, "I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh,"-this, taken in connection with the verses which follow it, shows a partial ingathering before the end of the age. Also to Rev. vii. 8-14. This" great multitude," which came out of " the great tribulation " (for the Greek retains the article) are evidently those savingly converted after the translation of the first-fruits. And, further, Rev. xiv. 6," And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people."

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At a later period we read the following:'ALARMING PHENOMENA!

From not less than a third part of the globe comes most distressing records of terrible and destructive tempests, accompanied with thunder, hail, fire, and blood! In the affected districts not a vestige of green grass 01' tree remains. The most remarkable feature is that of blood. It is true that blood-red rains and snows are not altogether unknown to us; for example, on the 17th August, 1819, Captain Ross saw the mountains at Baffin's Bay covered for eight miles with blood-red snow, many feet in depth. Sausarre found it on Mount St. Bernard, in 1778. Raymond found it on the Pyrenees, and Summerfield in Norway. Then it is recorded by Cicero, that word was brought to the Roman Senate, on one occasion, that it had rained blood; also that the River Atratus had flowed with a bloody stream. Slight falls of this kind have also occurred in the Cape Verd Islands, at Lyons, at Genoa, and in the south-west of America, causing much alarm at such times, but never before has anything happened in human history at all comparable with this dread calamity. The agricultural interest, especially, has suffered; for, far and wide, the eye sees nothing but a scene of distressing desolation, in which a considerable portion of the earth's surface is charred with fire, many towns, cities, forests, and plantations reduced to ashes, the fields and meadows stripped of their growing crops, and bloody and putrid blackness spread over it all.' We are indebted to Dr. Seiss's "Lectures on the Apocalypse" for the facts of the above sketch. As for the applicability of our supposed extract to the events of the nearing future, read
Rev. viii, 7," The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up."

Some few months later we find in our if continued, must most ruinously affect the growing crops, and prevent them Morning Paper as follow :from coming to maturity. Already the 'A MARVELLOUS EVENT! death-rate shows signs of a material inOur correspondents have wired us in- crease; and the only persons benefited telligence, from the countries of southern by this latest phenomena are the holders Europe and northern Africa, that the of gas and electric shares, for artificial Mediterranean Sea has been swept with light has become a painful necessity, by a fiery tempest, and a considerable por- day as well as night.' tion of its waters changed to blood. The See Rev. fourth quantity of fish floating dead upon its sounded, andviii. 12, "And the the sun angel the third part of was surface is incredible; whilst ruinous smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the havoc has been wrought amongst its third part of the stars, so as the third part of shipping. Indeed, it is supposed that a them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of the extensive naval and third part of it, and the night likewise." commercial marine employed in the [F1'07n "The Twentieth Centu1Y," by the Mediterranean, or using the Suez route, Editor, See adve1tisement, front page.] has been totally destroyed. The loss of life must be something terrible. Probably, when details are to hand, it will BIBLICAL MATERIALISM. be found to exceed the carnage of a By GEO. A. BROWN. battle- field. Eye-witnesses say the ruin some persons, Materialism is a word of was caused by a great molten mass-like most offensive odour. To be a materialist is a burning mouufain-s-which was sudto be a rank heretic, and everything bad. There denly cast from above into the sea.'

TO

See Rev. viii, 8, 9," And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; and the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed."

is, we grant, a meaning

to the word which is To be a materialist But In which is above

suggestive of unbelief in everything but what the senses immediately perceive. of this kind, is to be the opposite of wise. there is a Biblical Materialism such a sense of the term materialistic. stance things: to it. reproach, and deserving of esteem and faith. We believe everything but certain

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

we confess to being has sub-

Our particulars of this wonderful event are but scant, yet sufficient is known to certify the fact, and some of its painful results. The surface affected thereby is fully a third of our globe, the rivers and springs of which third have become so atrociously bitter, that many persons have died from drinking thereof. As, throughout the affected districts, there is no drinkable water, the suffering of man and beast must be intense. We have thus, on an immense scale, what, on the 21st March, 1823, was realized in the Aleutian Islands, on a small scale, when a great volcanic explosion occurred, and the river water became of the colour of beer, and was so extremely bitter as to be unfit for use.'
We read in Rev. viii. 10, 11, " And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter."

We do not reckon colour, sound, properties of there is no substance to these. and the future We

feeling, &c., things, so that

But as to man, and the world,

home we look for, all are real and substantial. ated, insubstantial some pious persons things would which teach.

cannot consider any of these the ghostly, attenuthe ideal of No, no! in the old

Neither do we agree with materialists be gross and sinful.

Manichccan heresy that matter must necessarily Let those who are so invetread the following erately hostile to materialism

beautiful extract from the late Dr. Chalmers : Man at the first, had for his place this world, and, at the same time, for his privilege an unclouded fellowship with God, and for his prospect immortality, which death was neither to intercept nor put an end to. He was terrestrial in respect to condition, and yet celestial both in respect to character and enjoyments. "The common imagination that we have of float in upon noof

paradise on the other side of death, is that of a lofty, oorial region, where the inmates ether, or are mysteriously thing; paniments, habitation, utterly below; suspended

Yet later we read

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DARKNESS!

, UNPRECEDENTED

Surely God is visiting this Planet in judgment! The alarming events of the past year or more are well calculated to fill us with dire forebodings. The partial darkness of sun, moon, and stars during the past 60 hours has been matter of extreme inconvenience, and,

where all the warm and sensible accomwhich give such an expression are attenuated to our present and here is

strength, and life, and colouring

into a sort of spiritual

element, that is meagre and imperceptible, uninviting to the eye of mortals where every vestige of materialism

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done away, and nothing left but certain unhealthy scenes, that have no power of allurement, and certain unhealthy ecstasies, with which it is felt impossible to sympathise. " The holders of this imagination forget all the while that there is no necessary connection between materialism and sin; that the world which we now inhabit had all the solidity and amplitude of its present materialism before sin entered into it: that God, so far on that account from looking slightingly upon it, after it had received the last touch of His creating hand, reviewed the earth, and the waters, and the firmament, and all the green herbage, with the living creatures, and the man whom He had raised in dominion over them all, and' He saw everything that He had made, and behold it was very good.' They forget that on the birth of materialism, when it stood out in the freshness of those glories which the great Architect of nature had impressed upon it, 'The morning stars sang Jogether, and all the sons of God shouted for joy.' They forget the appeals that are everywhere made in the Bible to His material workmanship, and how, from the face of these visible heavens and the garniture of this earth which we tread upon, the greatness and goodness of God are reflected on the view of His worshippers. No, my brethren, the object of the administration we sit under is to extirpate sin, but not to sweep away materialism. By the convulsions of the last day it may be shaken and broken down from its present arrangement, and thrown into such fitful agitations as that the whole of its existing frame-work shall fall to pieces; and with a heat so fervent as to melt the most solid element may it utterly be dissolved. And thus may the earth again become without form and void, but without one particle of its substance going into annihilation. Out of the ruins of this sacred chaos may another heaven and another earth be made to arise, and a new materialism, with other aspects of magnificence and beauty, emerge from the wreck of this mighty transformation, and the world bepeopled, as before,with the varieties of material loveliness, and space be again lighted up into a firmament of material splendour." This is our materialism; and we rejoice in the thought that we are promised a new heaven and earth in which we inherit substamce. Depend upon it, there is something to reward the Christian's hope; aud all is not a beautiful mirage and a splendid nothing! and we are so liberal in our faith that webelieve sooner or later everything will be manifest to us as substance. Let our immaterialistic readers remember that what is at present invisible is not of necessity flimsy as a shadow. Time, and further unveiling of Divine things, will manifest them as realities> New Zealand Bible Standa?'d.

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held to be incredible that He will either destroy or eternally punish any of the human race "A Father," it is said, "who is wise and goodcannot even be imagined as putting to death one of his own children; much more, therefore, ought such an act to be disbelieved regarding the Father of Spirits.' This argument, howeverplausible and specious, considered by itself is far from sound. It assumes that, because God is the Creator, He therefore sustains the relation of a Father to all men, and that it would be cruel in God to withdraw from man, for any reason, the life He has given. But why confine this argument to mankind? Man, notwithstanding the superiority of his powers, is no more truly a creature of God than is the meanest reptile that crawls on the ground; so that, were the argument sound, it stands as much against the final extinction of the life of any member of the animal tribes, as it does against the final destruction of wicked men. Is God cruel to the creatures of His care because He permits them to perish? If not, then how can it be cruel or unjust in God to withdraw from man the life imparted to him, should He see fit to do so; more especially if man by his conduct has forfeited all claim on the Divine favour? But, confining the application of the argument to mankind, what becomes of its assumption in the light of facts and events constantly transpiring? What has it to say regarding those famines periodically occurring in the East, by which millions of men die of starvation? What man that is a father would allow his children to perish for want of food if he had it to givethem? Yet the Almighty allows these famines and their consequences. What has the argument to say to the fact of those terrible earthquakes and volcanic eruptions by which thousands of the human race are sometimes destroyed in a few hours? The same question may be put regarding storms on land and sea, which annually bring death to thousands.

REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE.

Acts xi. 18.
DEAR FELLOW-MORTAL,-No soul living naturally possesses eternal life, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return; we are of the earth, earthy; and yet, we must either live for ever, or die for ever; if wedo righteously, we shall live, but the soul that sinneth it shall die. Let me earnestly ask you then, Have you got that Divine life, which is Eternal r Do you answer, Yes. Then praise God who enables us through Faith to subsist upon things hoped for, But, perhaps you may feel conscious that that eternal life', which is the gift of God, does not dwell in you; then sad is your lot, for "there shall in no wise enter into it (the Heavenly Jerusalem or New Creation) auy thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they which are written in the Lamb's Book of Life." Oh! then encourage within yourself Anxiety for the Coming Future; when God's Holy Spirit strives with you, yield to it; grieve not the Holy Spirit who leads you to Jesus, but with deep anxiety for your sinfulness, repent, and turn to the Lord your God: He is not willing that you should die eternally, but be saved eternally; for this reason God has manifested Himself in the face of Jesus Christ, the only Immortal, that through godly Faith in His Atonement you might not perish but become a joint-heir with Him of His immortality. This is the Love of God! oh, can you not be anxious to please God, to accept His gift: then turn you, and with whole-hearted repentance call on the Name of Jesus Christ, who was wounded for your transgressions and bruised for your iniquities. Education cannot give you Eternal Life; philosophy cannot give you the Righteousness of God; science, instead of teaching the sinner to know himself, vainly puffs up. Man's reason and man's wisdom have never yet discovered a means by which he can overcome his enemy Death, and live for ever; but the Christ was manifested that He might destroy Death: whosoever hath the Son (of God) bath life (eternal), whosoever hath not the Son of God hath not life, This is life eternal to believe on Him whom God hath sent. Repent ye, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.-E. W. Eorster, .DI,D.,Darlington. [Separately published as No. 1, "Gospel Leaflet Series:' 6d. per 100, post-free.]

Then, think of those legalised mnrders, called wars, continually transpiring, where men butcher each other in open day, and answer the question -If the Creator sustains the same relation to mankind at large as we do to our children, why does He allow them thus, in His presence, to slaughter each other? What man among you that is a father would permit his children to kill each other if he could prevent them? God does allow these things. Is He, therefore, cruel? None will shrink from the conclusionwith greater THE FATHERHOOD OF GOD. horror than the Universalist. But what, then, becomes of his argument ? It falls to the ground ByW. LAING. UNIVERSALISTS of every variety use this and is utterly worthless. The terrible and appalling facts ,referred to argument [of our title] with the greatest confidence. All men being children of God it is manifestly show that the relation which the

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that they are all the can have a little liberty in early life J Do not give heed to his wiles J from his deadly proposals-not they are veiled. Otherwise,

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Plenty of

that of a Ruler than a Father. and surrounded

children of God by faith in Christ Jesus."-Gal. Previous to their having that faith they, at Ephesus, were" ii, 3. upon the chilby nature Behold," of love we us, that like their brethren the children the Father

time after that for soberness and carefulness." Turn at once as the less deadly that as surely

and endowed him with extraordinary tain him in happy existence; the world around exorable law. physical happiness, death. and

him with a world fitted

but himself

dren of wrath even as others ;"-yea, of wrath."-Eph. John," hath bestowed says the Apostle

him are subject to law-inlaw, in its life and misery and let relations, brings

young man lost his estate, and wasted his life by vain regrets over his folly, you will sacrifice all the grand opportunities life, all eternity, Perhaps the untold and possibilities and glories pottage-fleetlistened to his of of blessings

Conformity with that moral insures

what manner

but its violation

should be called the Sons of God. world not." manifest "The knoweth and us not, because the children "In this are the children

Therefore the it knew Him of God made who-

for a mess of pleasure's vain. have Every already to his proposals. you

Leaving what we term the world of nature, us pass on to Revelation, argument in question by what we find there.

ing, disappointing, wiles, consented be too late. of habit-to you. Calvary's "God
It

and try the argument What has this

of the devil:

soever doeth not righteousness works of the devil. "-The

is not of God." to destroy the and those and imMaster's unto

Resist ere it it more the way

to say to the fact of our primogenitor, with DEATH should he of the world by

Son of God was manifested

day will make

in the very dawn of his existence, being placed under law and threatened violate it? of almost What has it to say to the destruction the entire population of Pharaoh

devil himself;

difficult to do the right, more easy-in do the wrong. Cross, and cry,

of the human race who die in unbelief penitence shall share his doom. The same Apostle and its result, describing says-H his

Stop, now, I beseech "Lord, help me," He can

Look up to Him who died for you on be merciful to me, a sinner."

the flood; the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah ; mission the destruction Red Sea? entire grown-up and his hosts in the of all the What has it to say to the fact of the in the wilderness persons that left Egypt under Moses,

He came

His own, and His own received

Him not, but to

deliver you, and will not fail, for He is

Strong to deliver and quick to redeem The weakest believer that hangs upon Him."

as many as received Him, to them gave He power

destruction

except two?

" Devon." [Separately published as No. 2, "Gospel Will it charge God with cruelty in nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of Leaflet Series." 6d. per 100, post-free.]
in His name! who are begotten not of blood, If not, where is its force against man, but of God." These testimonies that plainly contradict the idea As to be a man is to be a child of God.

to become sons of God, even to them that believe

all these cases?

TROy.H

t.he idea that "ALL THE WICKED WILL HE DESWe will now appeal

CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY.
PART ByMRs.A.
TO show the difficulties

to the direct teaching of the work of His hands, men are the" offspring" the Christ and His Apostles. The beloved Son of God; but, as formerly remarked, that is true of all in whose nostrils is the breath of life" of God, who is in the bosom of the Father-to whom the Father hath shown all things that He (Gen. vii. 22). God speaking by His Son, and will do-came in the most strongest forth from the Father language" to make the apostles and prophets, children calls only those His known His will and purposes towards man, and, emphatic He gave the denial to the idea that God, the Creator who are His by adoption, who have whosoever believeth

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which the orthodox from the

B. MAGRUDER,VIRGINIA, U.S.A.

find in their way in disposing of this special question, we make a few quotations notice. article under following :-" information the condition to indulge We find on page 64 the

been begotten again by faith in His incorruptible Word, not every man, but"

It is true there is so little explicit (is there any 1) given us respecting of disembodied spirits-that it But

of all, sustains toward all men the relation of a that Jesus is the Christ, is begotten of God." Here is the grand secret of Divine Sonship J Father; and that He will not destroy any of them because they are His children. Here is a being begotten again-s-" Except a man be born His language regarding certain men who claimed of water and of tbe Spirit he cannot enter into God for their Father :-" If God were your ye will doom AN are His the kingdom of

might almost seem as if we were left at liberty in some pleasing conjectures." upon according to our premises to indulge in "conjectures," (it now appears) says-" They state) we are not at liberty which alone Again, he writers) do minds con-

God."-New

Zealand

Bible

Father ye would love Me. Ye are of your father, the devil, and the lusts do." of the children words :-" of your father These What did He say was the ultimate of the devil?

Standard.

the theory rests I

(the New Testament "their

BE WARNED. (Gal. vi. 7, 8.)

ancient was story records that pressed to part a young man of his by for therewith who had come into the inheritance fathers, another, At last but firmly refused all such offers. he consented to . let the estate to raise one crop to maturity, was concluded, soil with after, after, the they but

not seem to dwell upon it at all," (the intermediate stantly spring fonoard=-cften. without any hint

The good seed are the children of the

kingdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked one; as, therefore, the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this world (or age). send forth do iniquity, of fire; The Son of Man shall out of His His angels, and gather and shall cast them xiii. 38-42. effect is the doctrine of the

of an inteTvening period-to the great day of our Lord's appea1'ingwith its eternal glory and joy.
The grand event of Christ's second coming, conjoined with the resurrection, fact which had a personal (p.65). There is nothing Second Coming of Christ the harvest the is the one clear for them" that the

space sufficient

kingdom all things that offend, and them which into a furnace of there shall be weeping and gnashing

which when removed the lease was to expire. As soon as the contract cunning throughout tenant sowed rods; the its extent. acorns

interest

more true

than

teeth."-~Iatt.
To the Apostles. same

Five years ten years

and the Resurrection It is then up, acand the end for

were ouly slender thrifty saplings; with waiting, Sons of God," in their epistles, at large, but con-

are the burden of the Apostles' song. will be reaped, earth has been which fitted

in twenty and

years, young trees, At length, weary with dis-

"Children

of God,"" frequently

but still far from maturity. appointment, Thus

are terms occurring yet never applied

broken-hearted

complished.

Man, as a son of Adam, had only

to mankind

the young man passed away. act with men and women, "Let me sow Surely you

life lent to him, but it is to be given to him by the second Adam, as his final reward at the day of the Lord, when He shall judge the world and reward the faithful. So numerous are the pas-

trariwise to those who have been separated from the mass to be unto r people. Thus: Paul God a holy and peculiar reminds the Christians in

does Satan

and especially the young, saying, just one crop..

I will ask no more.

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sages in which this "promise of life," "the

THE

BIBLE

STANDARD.
to not
.i conjecture,"-but

Then, may we venture on a subject physical,

advertisement, every respect rejects the requirement

he selects others. The

such

as come up in conditions, that they had and his been

crown of life," &c., are specified, that

it would

spiritual ,-hence. commence a new

to his published was made before

be almost impossible here to repeat them; and our Lord prayed that henceforth the saint should" hath Paul rived life have life in Himself, in Himself." than even as the Son can be more which St. between shall the be Nothing the contrast

forward may not our planet career as the illuminator, firmament of heaven?

very fact

not the illuminated, When the Bible says,

of other worlds, and shine as a fixed star in the " the tabernacle of God shall be with men," we this planet will be blessed with in the universe

engaged in the matter from any such charge.

personally, Therefore,

protects him when it is birth, always

full and explicit

said God's elect were chosen before their just was. as the king never (To be concluded.) dies, the saint

draws in 1 Cor. xv. 42-49, body-that that from Adam-and through "Sown

may suppose that henceforth one of the places If it be true

they were chosen in that way by character: -and

animal and spiritual given him mortality. corruption; natural the

which man dewhich with imraised in insown a of how inter-

His special favor and manifestation. that among us there are multiheathens, and who will tudes who are virtually dom do,-so, the example

Christ-endowed in corruption, raised

sown in dishonour,

raised in glory;

receive the same award as such out of Christenin like manner, we find some of as saints, who are held up to imitation before belonged, the as of the the Christian disand and Gospel" those most eminent

THOUGHTS
KINDNESS
A SONG FOR

IN

VERSE.

sown in weakness,

in power;

body, raised a spiritual body." is preserved through the

We shall not enter into tbe question identity mediate period, though as much which though thought finds we might expression

WINS.
MEN.

Church, pensation, that "the

lived

Christian

WORKING

no doubt tell in words,uS,-or how

Christian We are told before unto Those the Gospel" of the

Tune 75, "Flowers

and Fruits

of Sacred Song."

about it as we can tell of the mode by the process goes on within

does, to the Dispensation Abraham " (Gal.

of Faith.

was "preached

iii., Heb. xi. 17-400). "the

the food is converted into bone, muscle, &c.-or how the tiny seed preserves of the blossom, future plant's size, odour, color, not only the story shape of leaf, and qualities,

in St. Paul's category evidently saw through types and shadows of the Law, which was" just" preached before

unto Abraham," Isaac, and J aeob,

medicinal

and all such will in the "Resul'l'ection sit down with Abraham, in the Kingdom of God." ing the Resurrection, declaration of Abraham, God "is living,"-that to make his Isaac, of Scripture not the

REVER you go you will find it true, Kindness wins, kindness wins. Accomplishing more than aught else can do : True kindness wins. In city or village, in town or field, A harvest of joy it will surely yield. At home or abroad, at your work or rest, True kindness will ever repay you best. Oaonus-c-Try it, my men! Try it, my men! Act on the principle' kindness wins.' Try it, my men! Try it, my men! True kindness wins. It matters not where you may chance to be, Kindness wins, kindness wins. Nor what are the obstacles you may see, True kindness wins. Your pathway may pass over stony ground, Or thorns and briers may much abound j But patient endeavour will clear the way, And kindness will aid you to win the day. If any around you are ill-disposed, Kindness wins, kindness wins. Or if to your plans there are some opposed, True kindness wins. A drop of sweet oil turns a rusty lock; It quickens the pace of an idle clock; It opens the fold of a stubborn hinge; And kindness can work a most wondrous change. To all who are fallen be extra good; Kindness wins, kindness wins. 'Twill show them there still is a brotherhood True kindness wins. Your own evil deeds of the past review; Remember the mercy of God to you i And that will enable you constantly To act in the spirit of charity. Lincoln. G. P. Mackay.

WHE

height, and even time of blooming and bearing! Sufficient it is for us that the W ord of God tells us that" and that" our life is hid with Christ in God "when Christ, who is our Life, shall we also appear witb Him in describes the succession of

Our Lord, in discussthat" God was the God affirming that but of the

and to p1'ove it, cited the and Jacob,"

appear, then shall glory." St. Paul minutely

God of the dead, true,

is, that the dead should be raised, words else where was the for His proposition The state of

events at tbat time in' 1 C01. xv. 51-57, " Behold, I show you a mystery, viz., (i.e., explain to you a mystery or secret) We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, the twinkling the trumpet shall sound, must In a moment, in for of an eye, at the last trump: and we shall put
Oll

cogency of the argument?

was, " That the dead are raised." There are two objections

the dead was not the point in dispute. to the Christian's to answer; one, faith, which we will endeavour

and the dead shall be be changed. incorruption, So

raised incor?"uptible, .For this corruptible and this ruption, mortality, mortal when this corruptible then

that of the objector to Christianity generally, and the other directed by our Reviewer to our theory of immortality tion, as taught favoritism in the as herein submitted. that ElecScriptures, is an unjust If tried by the the conduct In constructbeen had of for the must is The first is a charge often brought, on the part of God.

must

put on immortality. shall

shall have put on incorhave put on imto pass the

and this mortal

THE
GO

MISSIONARY.

shall be brought

saying that is written, victory." The glorious

Death is swallowed up in purpose had been be with saw

common sense rules which regulate vindicated ing the His considering, material from any sa eh charge.

of men towards each other, we think God will he fact accomplished-tbe glorious .edifice which we have God, as a wise Master-builder, concerning the kind

forth, child of God, in thy Master's great Name, Go forth in His strength, His pure Word to proclaim; Tell-how He created earth, air, sky, and seas, Bird, beast, tree, and flower, His offspring to please; That the last thing He gave him was His living breath, Thus, if he walked humbly, would ne'er taste of death. Tell how he was placed in a garden so fair, But, sad! did not know that the tempter lurk'd there To allure him to sin, and his God disobey, With the lie that He would not become lifeless clay So He drove out the man, in mercy, lest he ' Should cOll_tinuein evil eternally. Then tell how that Eden again may be won By loving obedience to God's dearest Son, Who died on the cross for, poor sinners to save, And rescue their dust from the jaws of the grave; When He comes back in glory His loved ones to raise, The adorable object of their endless praise. That life everlasting alone is procured, Through Him who this sorrow and anguish endured; And mortals, who will not this Saviour receive, A-Iust perish /0"1- eve?' I Believe, oh, believe! When this mission's performed, return to thy rest, Reposing in Jesus, for evermore blest. N OTE.- The above lines were suggested by hearing the frequent mention of I' immortal souls" at a celebrated Missionary Meeting. London, E. L. L. Wadeson.

for which the whole race of humanity created, achieved-the forth "the habitation of God shall

Apocalypse tells us hence-

requirements

men."
And where? On this earth, For John a new heaven and a new earth (in the sense that it was new, after the flood,-for " the world that of Noah" and the Apostle we are told that in the days then was perished adds that

which should enter into it, and may be are presented this of stone lies. instance, which to make choice according to this In kind has absolutely the given a pattern-

expected, when the materials His acceptance, previous in Master-builder Ch1'ist-of requisition.

in" being overflowed with water," &c.,) the New Jerusalem ; that there was no it" that (Rev. "they xxi. 23).

enter into His building. that the predestination of certain presenting dimensions their

It is in this requisition. If an architect for stones we do not to his

" came down out of heaven" glory of God did lighten The saints are promised

more need of the sun or of the moon, "for the shall reign

about to build a house, he advertises and quality: accuse him of partiality marble

to A., B., or C., if, in in obedience

as kings a~d priests on the earth."

THE
OBJECTIONS
My dear Mr. Editor,-'rhree in conversation it is my pleasure question Paper together. entitled, amined." First: question Advent That of Future upon

BIBLE
Life

STANDARD.
Immortality. more than the loss, and necessarily feels. a color"Eternal so is punished. measured Punishment pain the suffers

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is not culprit really

ANSWERED.
months ago, when with whom times, the up, and,

Il.

Eterna(

is not simply much

God promises with some ministers, to meet at certain Punishment next greater turned I was requested took

the righteous

by the

continuance of being. Blessed be God, we do not anticipate less Immortality Life" for the righteous. means more to them

A murderer

who is hung is greater, as to future

less pain than a thief who is lashed with "the cat," yet his punishment is more. certainly pain. Now, shall because his loss punishment, it eternal with that say,

than mere extended being in the first phrases The web of and (or un"glory weft, but And of the

after some discussion, it when the That

to read a being. we should gather place; place a few days part of my Paper Immortality Exthe and for two reasons. It having of the "glory honour" the"

But it means extended

be eternal, They"

but it is not distinctly

and it is from other words and saints' and eternal honour (Eonl.

In 1 1'hess. i. 9, Paul destruction," for ever, In view of this,

defines it

meeting

we learn what kind of being it will be. and immortality" ii. 7). The beauteous silken

when he writes, everlasting is to last death. "What

shall be punished i.e., a destruction well might Jesus

ago, and I read I chose

life will be composed

"Unconditional to do this Paper

or in other words, eternal if he shall gain the be

corruptibility)

has largely to do with Second: present No. 3, of the Life

are as the

shall a man be profited punishment" of the lost, for

we had discussed. as Tract I could Series,

immortality"

is the warp across which the in the loom of eternity. neither have the

the whole world, and forfeit his life? "

been printed

weft is thrown web, they warp. Life" "Glory, "Eternal for the forthe Ill. " Eternal that can

V. "Eternal
immortality

must indicate they cannot

to each of my of his

since the wicked shall not have possession Or, to put it another honour, Life", "honour" ': immortality" The word

friends a copy to be read in the quietness own study, after our gathering. There were eleven of us together, that

weft nor the ingredients,Refuse the refuses you may write " Shame," and" Death," is gone. phrase of

way, let "Eternal

punished, if not in life. We quite believe too, that God does not punish the that. inflicted dead; The shall and we do not when assert- that He does the punishment is been raised from are punished; shall and many that be the as these seem to wicked,

and as I there followed

be as an article of three and immortality." to them,) then

was the only believer in Life only in Christ, were ten to one in the discussion the reading of the Paper.

whole to the wicked, (and God certainly " Ichabod," for there is no "glory;"

be alive, having not dead

the first death, men, therefore, forfeiture, shall eternal think punishing be revealed that 8). know From never that

if they had passed into it. Living ones, lives; to them, we are told

I cannot now tell you all that was said in that discussion; and would not, if I could, for it was and none of us intended that a private assembly,

is obliterated;

but that punishment

(or deathlessness) "Eternal" nature. in the

or loss of their be restored

it becomes

there should be "a chiel amang us takin' notes" for any public report. some of the readers be troubled troubled that with themselves, But it occurs to me that of the Bible Standard may or know others who are to our views and it your brought such I will to forward: with

Life,"

does not refer to the duration shall be sharers of

punishment. the

Somehow But

the life, but to its Divine the righteous is a mere The of God. This objection. duration

It indicates the life

our God shall be for ever engaged in ungodly. "when heaven God, time and forth is not so. His mighty on them the the Lord Jesus shall with that their

lt will all be done assumption, "Eternal," and a sophist's in ordinary from not that angels, in flaming gospel of our Lord shall be eternal perpetual (Jer. li. 39).

the same objections to

my good friends them. mention

word

fire taking vengeance Jesus Christ"

may be helpful regarding permission,

say a few words objections,

usage, and in the

Bible, too, does refer to the It is exactly everlasting." friends, who to the life as the word"

obey not

therefore,

of the object it qualifies. that our orthodox

(2 Thess. i. 7, punishment "sleep the Lord" into a

seven of these

the same in meaning And it is strange

and reply as briefly as possible Objection I.-The natural spiritual

to each of them. and"

in effect.

They shall

terms " Life" sense, and

are used in two senses in the Bible. (or 'primary)

(01'

Death" There is a of the righteous, enforce that sense in its appliof the wicked, as in there is a cation to the punishment the famous passage, "These but believers shall the go away into into Christ are shall For bread in eternal eternal punishment, life." But righteous

deny it its usual sense when applied

sleep, and not wake, saith

VI. If in the first death man crumbles

dust, and sonality there is no conscious cannot be preserved being,

syrnbolic) sense. but Dr. Angus (in" Bible Hand-

his per-

unto the Judgment on the question arise from of the Paper up, and it

This is true;

book," p. 178,) well says, "The words of Scripture must be taken in their common meaning, unless such meaning with other words argument Scripture." attach or context, is shown to be inconsistent in the sentence, other usage with parts forces the of us to that or with

in Life

need not change their thoughts, " eternal" have did not mean life,

though the word 'There

Day. (This has not a direct bearing of future legitimate often lost.) The enough. we invent punishment, criticism Still and

"eternal." or

did net

others used to show that only the righteous everlasting immortality. instance, John viii. 51: "I am the living live for ever."

on that portion

that was read.

it was brought

is, so a word only guarantee We do not

or two upon it may not be we have of a personal of God. need And that to understand conscious state reis how to His of to us

Now, common

to the word "Life" of the same.

the idea of continuAnd there are no

which came down from heaven: of this bread, he shall verse 58, and 1 John ii. 17: "He will of God a bide th for ever." IV. In Matt. xxv, 46, the words" ishment" That have punishment 'depends punishment. "portion without pain. entirely

if any man eat See also that doeth the

ance of being; of the cessation

and to the word "Death"

surrection

is the Word

passages where these words are used with reference to future awards wherein such meaning can be "shown or with example, Jesus to be inconsistent with with other words or context, Take for in the sentence, other Rom. the argument "The

the personality eternal pun-

will be preserved:

far less should

an intermediate

must rnean eternal pain., fOI' you cannot upon the nature of some of the or

make it easy for God to work the miracle. word, by its very clearness man and his state when as to the nature dead, forbids

parts of Scripture." vi. 23: our Lord." Life" and"

wages of sin is life through is there to literal sense

Because

wrongdoing

philosophize.

It declares that

death, but the gift of God is eternal Christ What the plain hinder us from upon the words" here? putting

folly, a wayward son may not obtain such a large of goods" as the father at first intended be might have shou!d faU to him, and the son may thereby poorer all his life than he otherwise ,been. He is not always

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

Death"

occurring

in pain, yet he suffers

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God's omnipotence ality, just and without as by that stamps But it believe be it can preserve the person-

THE BIBLE

STANDARD.

planning

an abode of unclad tbe life of each, special or thing dead?" a the characterno, "why Those conscious man does Or, incredible,

ghosts. Might He not do it with an atomic germ, He begins with whether thought raise an in its thus

istics ? should that who God

should

intermediate to them,

state really go far towards the denial of the resurrection; for, according not die at all, he only" at the most, shuffles off this mortal of man that needs

coil," so there are no dead to raise to life. it is only half resurrection. This reminds
U

"As a result I have just disposed of my fifth "A gentleman, bred and born, became so greatly reduced in circumstances as to be com- parcel, and ani sending away to-day for Jive pelled to sell pies in the street, to which great parcels mm'e, some of which are sold before they Such parcels for Five Shillings, and reverse he took cheerfully. On one occasion he come, was met by a clergyman, an old friend, who at carriage paid, I never saw before. once began to deplore his hard lot with much " Brethren, we have in this means a power for commiseration and sympathy, out before he good put within our reach; are we not rebad got far, he was stopped by the following sponsible to the Lord for its use? Tradition remark-' Oh, bother sympathy ; BUYA PIE! ' surrounds us everywhere-let the Truth be fully " To every desponding member of the C. I. A. and freely circulated, availing ourselves generally we say, buy a 5s. Lot,-sell, lend, give,-then of tbis special opportunity; for our gracious order Lots 2, 3, and 4, and do likewise. Lot 5 Lord and Master will bless it, and us also."will entitle you to a Platform Ticket for the T. J. Hitchcock, Glasgow, June 12. Salisbury Conference, to which repair, in the (All parcels are carriage paid within the state of mind of the sbepherd of Salisbury United Kingdom, the expense of which is borne Plain, who never had a bad day, by our generous Treasurer). " , For your cheerful words will sure to beHear what the Lord hath done for me.' "Kindly order early. Yours truly, R. J. Ham7ll0nd." THE SALISBURY PRESS ON THE To all who read our Treasul'er's letter, we give this word of counsel, brief and pithy,-" BUYJ.. PIE" of him. We gratefully recognise the kind and hearty way in which this special effort (promotive of a double good, viz.: to spread the truth and enrich our funds) has been hitherto met. No less than SIXTY PARCELShave been despatched since our last appeal, making 110 in all to June 12. For their kind notices and generous help, in the pages of their respective magazines, we wish especially also to thank the editors of the Rainbow and the :Messenger, to whom part of this success is due. By the kindness of our excellent President, we are now able to furnish rich material for above Eighty additional parcels, and hope that the whole of these will find ready purchasers before we again go to press. Tbe following letter, sent to the Treasurer, will speak more eloquently in advocacy of this than anything we can pen:" Luum, Beds., June 7, 1882. "Dear Sir,-The package came to hand this morning quite safe. Talk about 'Surprise Packets I '- I think I never had a greater surprise. Why, it put me in mind of unpacking fathers' Christmas Boxes sent to loved ones away from home. Well, sir, I can only say I am much obliged to you for such a surprise, and for your promptitude in sending the same. I shall get to work now to get these circulated, and I shall try and sell five shillings worth, so as to be able to send for another package. I hope these books and tracts may be the means of clearing the mists away from many eyes.-C.H." One further effort from our many friends, and our idle Stock will be cleared from our shelves, as it has now also been removed from our Catalogue.-Editol. Since the above was written, we have received stimulative letter, bearing thereon, which we desire to add :!I

me of four lines I heard a boy

singing in the street the other day:

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

ASSOCIATION.
are threatened with the invasion of !I new sect ,at Salisbury-a sect whicb, according- to its title, teaches as its main doctrine the limitation of future punishment. This teaching is becoming rather popular with some denominations, but it is only the old Romish idea of Purgatory revived, which Article 22 of the Church of England states is grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but is rather repugnant to the Word of God. The new sect to which we refer is about to hold a conference in this city, and by way of preparing his congregation against the teaching in question, the Rector of Fisherton preached on Sunday evening a sermon on the whole question of Eternal Punishment. The Revised Version of the New Testament gives the rendering of Rev. xx. 10 as" They shall be tormented day and night unto the ages of the ages," and this will be a rather difficult passage for the new sect to explain in justification of its special teaching."-Wiltshire County Mirror. In reply to the above paragraph, we have forwarded-requesting its insertion-the following letter :-" To the Editor of the Wiltshire County Mirror: Dear Sir,-Whilst thanking you for the honour of your notice in your issue' of the 13th, I must crave the indulgence of !I few lines in reply. First : We are not a ' sect,' as named in your paragraph, but an Unsectarian Association comprising Ministers and Members of many different Denominations, both State and Dissent: we have nothing whatever to do with founding Churches or administering Ordinances (features common to sectarian organizations), our purpose simply being to bear public testimony, by means of tbe Press and Platform, to certain neglected or ignored Scripture Truths. Second: We do not teach 'the limitation of future punishment,' in the sense of its duration, for we firmly believe in its perpetuity-or unending duration-but differ from the commonly-received opinion of its nature, believing that hell (or, more properly speaking, gehenna) is a place of destruction by fire, and not of preservation in fire: this is in accordance with our Lord's words in Matt. x. 28, 'Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in gehenna,' thus we teach' eternal punishment' in the uniform Scripture sense of eternal destruction. Third : This is, clearly, the opposite of what you designate 'the old Romish idea of Purgatory revived,' for no doctrine can be more fatal to the Romish, or the U niversalist teaching than this 'sword of the Spirit '-' the wages of sin is death,'-the 'second death.' Fourth: Your reference to Rev. xx. 10 (R.V.) does not touch this intensely-important question of the future of the wicked. That verse refers to the punishment of three persons only, viz., the devil, the antichrist, and the false prophet, who, for

" 'lITE
VV

Query:

Had

this

boy two mothers,

or had

death made his one mother into two? VII. eternity The consequences would of preaching be that the non-

of torment

the ungodly

would be still more careless and rec kless. This is often mentioned as an argument against our views. The question please?" The and should preach it. desire be But it is none. We have of truth. will nothing to do with the consequences Nor is it, "What on to the part every know the

to be asked' is not, "What

will frighten?" minister, and to

of every Christian, Christian Truth,

especially

God will see that is preached

it does no harm. to them? Nay,

But do tbe wicked become worse when 'Life only in Christ' verily. It has proved itself mighty to tbe pull-

ing down of strongholds

of sin, and of refuges of Tbose who clearly (as Moses

lies in the minds of many.

set before the people Life or Death

did,) find that the love of life is still strong in the human breast, and very many have been reached by this preaching in Lincoln alone, whose hearts never had been touched' by the threateniugs an immortality I will not, of woe. my dear Mr. Brooks, trespass of

further on your space, but will conclude at once with the prayer that, in your great labours for you may be graciously enthe cause of Truth,

"TESTHIONY.-To the dear brethren who are holding and desiring to teach more fully the precious truth of 'Eternal Life' only in the Christ, or, in other words, 'Conditional Imcouraged and upholden by the God thereof.mortality,' I would say:Believe me, yours very faithfully, Geo. P. Mackay. " Brethren, the time is short and the Lord is at hand. Let us use our means for Him: ourLincoln, June 13th, 1882. selves for Him: let us work with a will. Dear brother Hammond was kind enough to send me, about a month ago, one of his five shilling OUR SURPRISE PARCELS. surprise parcels of books and tracts, on the doctrines we hold dear. I found therein a tract WE have pleasure in calling the special attention 01' book on almost every point of those great of our readers to the following humorous letter truths we have learned to value as priceless. I from our sober Treasurer :showed the parcel to other brethren, who were " Book Room, 80, Edgware-rd., London, VI. equally surprised and pleased with it, to have put within their reach, for SO small a sum, such "Dear Mr. Editor,-On reading the desponding remarks of one of your correspondents in last a mass of matter for personal consideration and month's issue, I was reminded of the following profit, and 80 much which could be freely distributed to others. story: .

t,

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creeds cannot impose deceiving the people are especially singled out it is needed to-daY,--narlow for a terribly unique punishment,-that of tOl- on and influence for ever the mind of man,ment for a period of time called 'the ages of the therefore, modern Spiritualism has appeared as It will prove the Church's ages' [margin]. As for their dupes, verse 9 a Divine necessity. If nature comes to the aid, and says, 'fire came down out of heaven and de- best friend. of voured them.' Fifth: We respect the good establishes by phenomena the immortality the soul, written in scientific books, there can be Rector of Fisherton as'a broad and able man, and thank him for drawing public attention to no room for fear or doubt. Without Spiritualism the platform of the Association, but trust his the Church stands helpless before the infidel." 'I'he Church must go outcongregation will listen to both sides of the Mark this admission. question. Sixth: 'Life only in Christ' is not side the Bible for proof of natural. immortality! Must appeal to Spiritualism for proof thereof I the only doctrine advocated by the Association, but an equally important truth also, viz., the See here: The Church first adopts a Pagan and then, not Second Personal Coming and Reign of our Lord theory of natural. immortality, finding proof in the Divine Word, turns to the Jesus Christ. In reference to the approaching The Church must Salisbury Conference, we say to yourself, Sir, devil in support thereof, have fallen very low if she accepts this" doctrine and to all the good citizens of Salisbury-Strike, of demons." Let her teach Scriptural Imif you will, but hear us.-Yours respectfully, mortality, by faith in and union to the Lord Gyrus E. Brooks, Secretary, C.LA., Malvern Jesus, and fight the devil and all his works. Link, June 16th, 1882. "P.S.-To show that our teaching is in accord !l@r' An orthodox friend sends us the following: with the Articles of the Church of England, I "In loving remembrance of ---will gladly forward, gratis and post-free, to any " Tender Shepherd, Thou haat stilled member of that Church in Salisbury, a pamphlet Now Thy Iittle lamb'a brief weeping; by the Rev. H. S. Warleigh (the former Rector .1.11"luno peaceflhL, pale, and 1nild, In. its narrow bed 'tis sleeping, of Ashchurch) on 'Hear the Church of England, And no sigh of anguish Bore which is proved to have expelled from her Heaves tha.t little bosom more. Articles the dogma of Endless Torments.' " H In this world of care and pain,

J.E.B. (Rochdale) :-We appreciate your grateful refereuce to the writers and works named, and rejoice with you in the gracious change wronght in you by the Holy Spirit in relation to your attitude to the trnths we advocate, and desire your co-operation in making those truths known to others. As to the query respecting the heathen and their infant offspring, we ha.ve no opinion-because we find no teaching thereon in the Divine word, on which to base an opinion -for or against,

J.H.P. (Liverpool), is thanked for his letter concerning the case of "Cheshire Baptist Justice," recorded in May issue. It contains personal testimony from a member of the Church in question, as to the ex-pastor's sincerity, ability, and ministerial usefulness; had it reached us earlier we would have inserted it. G. (South Australia).-G. will find his first query replied to in May issue-written before the date of his letter. In response to the second, or, " If there is a resurrection of the wicked in what body do they rise? Is it not also a spiritual body, for how is it possible to have the Lord, Thou would' at no longer lea.ve it; same flesh and blood again? If there is a To the sunny, heavenly plain, natural body there is also a spiritual body" Thou dos't now with joy receive it; NOTES, NEWS, AND REVIEWS. Clothed in mbe. of spotless ,uhite, (1 Cor, xv. 44), we reply, Certainly not in a No'Wit d10ells with Thee in light." 'spiritual body as the saints of the above chapter, Q' The New Zealand 'Fearnley Lecture' Our truest sympathy is given in the trial of for such are also incorruptible. The power was delivered by one of these younger men, and bereavement, through man's hated and hateful which awakes the wicked from the sleep of the was a most able and impartial review of current foe-death, but we are painfully struck with the first death will be sufficient to clothe them with opinion upon the question of the soul's immortality. The lecturer, however, showed an inconsistency of the lines in each verse which a body capable of destruction in the second It is not possible to death. You do but shift the difficulty by your evident leaning to the views held by' Life in we have printed in italics. query, a spiritual body is not less difficult than Christ. only' teachers, and the consequent anni- harmonise" In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping, a natural or soulical one. Sons of the first hilation of the wicked. The vote of thanks Now it dwells with Thee in light." Adam will have their fathers likeness, not that which followed the lecture showed the difficulty One only is true now, and that the former. One of the second Adam, the Lord from heaven. in which the (New Zealand) Conference was placed. He was thanked for his ability and only will be true in resurrection, and that the J.W.D. (London).-" If you have space candour, but' the Conference at the same time latter. among your questions for July, I should think regretted that it could not endorse some of the this query worth inserting: Does not' Life in WORK AND WITNESS. views expressed, believing them to be opposed Christ' receive its strongest affirmation, and, if alike to Scripture teaching and to Methodist I may use the term, its' physical illustration' HOME. Standards.' Yet this outspoken brother retains in the Transfiguration scene? Christ's temporCHELTENHAM.-Regent-stleet Ghapel.--Mr. his place in the Conferenoe, and is superintendCarlile, of London, has received an invitation to ary glorification being a temporary manifestaent of a circuit."-GMistian World. the pastorate of this Church. He preached two tion of His hidden ones. Consequently, His glorification is their permanent S'" "People who really believe anything at sermons to unusually good congregations, on permanent At present their' departed perall about life beyond the grave believe that there June 11th. The call was a unanimous one, and manifestation. sonalities' are 'hidden with Christ in God,' is no such thing as death; believe, therefore, we wish the youthful pastor an abundant blessing that Jesus never died, though His body was done in this his first pastorate, should he Bee his way ready to be revealed when He is.-' Body,' according as God gives it; 'Form; according to to death; and that all who' die' pass on, out of to accept. The practical incentive the body, into the higher life. When, therefore, HULL.-Protestant Hall=-:" On Monday last character and person. of this is to 'know Christ,' and' be found in people talk of the resurrection of Jesus as the Church, with the children and their parents, Him,' as 'because He lives we shall live also.' though everything turns upon the return to went to the sea side and had a most enjoyable 'Intermediate state' and' corporeal resurrecearth of a body, they miss the mark altogether: day. After tea we sat on the sands and sang tion,' to my mind, have here a ready answer. they might as well talk about the resurrection of some hymns, when many persons gathered one's old clothes. The real resurrection is the round and gave us an opportunity for dis- To ' sleep in Jesus' is no mere figure of spoech." We must leave this for quiet thought, of marching out of the spirit-m an when the poor tributing the truth. A brother said it was the which it is not unworthy. tabernacle of flesh falls to pieces." Thus writes happiest, holiest holiday he had ever spent. the Rev. J. Page Hopps, of Leicester, in The Our numbers are increasiug-the reading-meet. THE COMING ONE. Inquirer. Thus do men make void the Word of ings especially are seasons of great blessing."Dr. E. W. Forster, Darlington, writes :-" I God with their traditions. Brethren, the Church J.G.A. and the world needs a Bible Standard of " What BAcup.-Go-operative Hall.-Captain J. E. wish to draw your attention to an important is Truth?" Help us to help others by placing Dutton, of Liverpool, conducted the Services omission in section 13 of your paper, 'He is coming again.' In referring to the ordinary our pages in their hands. here on June 4th. His visits are highly esGreek text-2 John 7.-you will observe that rg- At the last Church Congress one of the teemed by the Bacup friends, and the Services, Jesus Christ is spoken of as fPXollVol,-the speakers said: "The Church is based upon morning, afternoon, and evening were crowded. Coming One, so that the authorised translation certain cardinal truths, among which we find has egregiously erred, but is corrected in the NESToN.-Our esteemed President has the immortality of the soul. This is the most Revised Version. It is solemn, but deeply inbeen called to pass through a great sorrow essential fact of the Church system of faith. If teresting, to compare John's testimony in this in the loss of his youngest son, who was inman be not immortal, the Church is useless. his second epistle with that on the same subject terred in Neston Churchyard on May 27th. Its mere affirmation of it, is the Church's in his first-fourth chapter, first three verses." May the God of all grace administer all weakest point. The record alone is appealed to, needed comfort. OURTREASURER'SIVE SHILLINGPARCELS. F but men die, and they disappear and are lost sight of, and the unbeliever challenges the In another column our readers will find a COLONIAL. believer to demonstrate by natural, fact that the letter from our Treasurer on this subject, folsoul lives when the body dies. Until the fact SOUTH AUSTRALIA.-We have received a first lowed by a paragraph of our own. We are of spiritual existence has been demonstrated, we subscription for eight members from this infant deeply grateful for the hearty support given want evidence; if demonstration was needed to Association. May the' little one become a thereto, no less than 110 parcels having been establish the fact to the hearts of the disciples, thousand. despatched to date.

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OURPRESIDENT'SVALUED GIFT. We have great pleasure in acknowledging a further proof of the interest taken by our esteemed President, H. J. Ward, Esq., in the work and welfare of the Association. At its formation he deposited therewith, on sale or return, several hundred pounds worrh of Iiterature. He has now made a present to the Association of the whole remaining portion of that stock. This will enable our indefatigable Treasurer to supply about Eighty more of his wonderful Five Shilling Parcels. FREE TRACT-PARCELS. In accordance with our offer of free parcels we have despatched, of assorted tracts, as follow :To Dorchester 100 copies, to Abingdon 150 copies, and to Carlisle 200. We have received no further donations, but have sufficient balance in hand to supply a few further parcels, postfree, to anyone who will prayerfully distribute the same. Distributors can select their own tracts from our catalogue. NEW CATALOGUE. Our new catalogue-appearing in this issuehas been separately printed, and may be had on application, post-free.

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FORTHCOMING CONFERENCE. We gladly call the attention of our readers to the preliminary announcement of the next Conference, in our opening columns. The Committee has arranged to meet in Salisbury, on the cordial invitation of the Harcourt Baptist Church, and we are looking forward hopefully to another holy and happy gathering. In our next issue we hope to furnish the list of speakers. Following that announcement will be found the annual appeal for CONFERENCE DONATIONS, which we trust will meet with a more than usually generous response, as with our limited income we are quite unable to store anything towards the expenses of our annual gathering, and as, moreover, it is the wish of somehaving the interests of o~r work very deeply at heart-that 'the Conference should be held halfyearly instead of yearly. Will our friends bear this possibility of the future in mind, and help us accordingly. Generous donations will clear the way for such a course of action. CORRESPONDENCE.-Owing to pressure on space, we are compelled to hold over two letters (though in type) until our next issue: and also the usual Article on The Resurrection and the Life.

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