bible standard december 1879

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iltlt T:HEt audard .Devoted to the Exposition of Scripture respecting Conditional Immortality, Resurrection,

the Return and Reign of Christ, and the Final Destruction of all Evil.EDITED BY W ILL IAM LEASK , D.D.

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

No. 8. Vol. Ill. 1879. Price One Penny.ECEMBER,Literary Contributors.Rev. HENRYCONSTABLE,M.A., late Prebendary of Cork.

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THE INHERENT EXCELLENCE OF THEHUMAN SOUL.THE fact that the Son of God laid down His life for the

Salvation of men, is often adduced as an unanswerable proofof human immortality. In various phrase, and with con-siderable plausibility, the argument is put, with an air ofassurance that it cannot be gainsayed: that were man notan essentially immortal being, the precious blood of Christwould not have been shed to save him. The value of theransom-price is held to be indubitable evidence that theransomed were of corresponding' value! " Go in imagina-tion," cries one preacher, "to Gethsemane and Calvary,and in the light of those sufferings of the Son of God, seethe worth and value of the soul ofman !" The rhetorical forceof such pleading is doubtless very great; but, it is bad logic,and bad theology. All the force that is in it, comes from theassumption that the Christ would not have poured out Hissoul unto death for us, unless our souls were worth thesacrifice. 0 ye sons of men, who think yourselves but" littleless than God," turn in hither, and see your immense valuereflected in the agonies of God's beloved Son! Call your-selves no longer creatures of a day, whose breath is in theirnostrils, and nothing to be accounted of'! Jesus died fo";

you; and He must have esteemed you worthy of the priceHenceforth, let the cross of' Christ banish all mean notionsof our inherent value, and fill us with emotions of self-com-placency, and consciousness of godlike nature!Ah! how differently did Paul estimate, when he spoke of

Christ dying for those who were without strength. Thecross of Christ was not to him the index of the sinner'svalue; but of the transcendent love of God. "God com-mendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yetsinners Christ died for us." "In this was the love of Godmanifested," exclaims the beloved disciple" because that Godsent His only begotten Son into the world that we mightlive through Him."Yes, blessed be God, though you and I are as destitute of

immortal souls, as are the" beasts that perish,"-though wehave earned the wages of sin, which is death, He, in Hiswonderful compassion, sent down his well-beloved Son to thedepths of mortal being, suffering and death, that we byowning Him as God's Christ, and our Redeemer, and con-forming to His will, might now become the children of God,and fellow-heirs with the Christ, and, at His coming, be madepartakers of His glory, honour, and incorruptibility.Let this love of God, like a gentle river, flow in on your

heart, so that you may love Him more, Who first loved you,pouring out His soul unto death, that you might walk withHim in white, in the everlasting, glorious, and happy King-dom of God, to Whom be glory and dominion, for ever andever, Amen!

W. LAING.THE NEW MAN AND THE NEW EARTH.

The first man Adam was made a living sonl; the last Adam wasmade a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual,but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. Thefirst man is of the earth, earthy: the second man id the Lord from heaven.As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy; and as is theheavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have bornethe image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.1 Cor. xv: 45-49. Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look fornew heavens and a new earth, wherein dwell, th ngheousness. 2P6t. H i, 13.

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26 THE BIBL E STA ND ARD .The purposes of God never fail. In the kingdom of Christ

there will be no superfluous crowns. If we fail to obtainour crowns, they will be given to others. "Behold I comequickly," says the King of kings; ., hold that fast which thouhast, that no man take thy croum," When the sons of Abra-ham failed to receive the honor of everlasting life, the unfailingpurpose of the Almighty was expressed in the words: "Itwas necessary that the word of God should first have beenspoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judgeyourselves unworthy of everlasting life, 10 , we turn to theGentiles." (Acts xiii : 46.) When" Judas by transgressionfell," another was found to take his place; because it is the. divine purpose that there shall be twelve thrones, and twelveoccupants, judging the twelve tribes ofIsrael.If the regular church does not retain the truth, and work

to save men, God will have His tabernacle pitched outside ofthe .camp, and, by what some may be pleased to term irreg-ular means, he will push forward His sublime and never-failingplans.All this is true in reference to the divine purpose in thecreation of man and earth. He made the earth to abide forever, and man to inhabit it. His purpose is, an immortalrace of men, and an incorruptible, ever-abiding earth. Be-c~use Adam fell, and by that act forfeited immortality,bringing his posterity to the grave and causing the earth tobe cursed for his sake, we must not think that there has beena failure in the divine plan in the creation of man and earth.Another is found-" the last Adam"-upon Whom, as a greatfoundation, the Almighty Father builds and piles in grandeuran imperishable creation. In connection with Him, as "thefirst begotten from the dead," there is to be a new racecalled" the new man," "the new creature;" and this is therace who are to become immortal, and to adorn and peopleforever the" new heavens and the new earth wherein dwellethrigh teousness."The mistake which many make is, that they give the glory

to tile present natural. man which God proposes to give to theresurrected and redeemed man. Poetry, heathen philosophy,and ecclesiastical authority, all contribute to this end; andthus the " word of God," in reference to His grand kingdomfor the risen and glorified saints, is "made void throughtradition. "We must get out of Adam into Christ. .As we partake ofthe mortality of Adam and go to the grave, we must partake

of the immortality of Christ, who "is risen from the deadand become the first fruits of them that slept." Let us con-sider why the present natural man, the offspring of Adam,cannot inherit the world to come.Adam is called" a living soul," in contrast to the spiritual

life which Christ possessed, and by virtue of which He is called'a quickening spirit." In the nature of Adam we do not findthe grand element of imperishability which the Redeemer

has, who is "alive forevermore," and of whom it is" death hath no more dominion over Him."The lower animals are called" living souls," and the t

signifies an animated creature. "And God said, Letwaters bring forth abundantly the moving creature thatlife"-in the original" that hath soul." (Gen. i: 20.) "AGod created great whales and every living creature"-Hebrew"living soul. ("Gen. i: 21.) "And God said, Let the ebring forth the living creature [living soul] after his kcattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth afterkind." (Gen. i: 24.) "And out of the ground the Lordformed every beast of the field and every fowl of the air,brought them to Adam to see what he would call them;whatsoever Adam called every living creature, [living sothat was the name thereof." Gen. ii: 19. '


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 27literal, tangible organism cannot inherit the kingdom, but itteaches that the natural or animal man cannot. He is cor-ruptible, ever tending to the dust and corruption. Resur-rection or translation will change him, so that he shallbecome the spiritual, incorruptible man, to correspond withthe imperishable beauty and grandeur of the world to come.The dead NEED a resurrection, and the living must bechanged; for the natural man ("flesh and blood") "cannotinherit the kingdom."True are the words of his Creator: "Dust thou art, and

unto dust shalt thou return." "From everlasting to ever-lasting thou art God; thou tnrnest man to destruction, andsayest, Return, ye children of men." This is the solemnlanguage of a funeral hymn on the mortality of man, moreancient and reliable than the" Pluedo " of Plato, or the gayimagery of the classic muse painting" Psyche," unfetteredfrom flesh in elysian bowers; and more truthful than therhetoric of traditional theology, which glorifies death as ablessing, and, with argument and fancy borrowed from Paganand Poet, makes void the grand Revelation of Heaven, whichshows the grave unbarred and unbolted by Him who is "theresurrection and the life," and Who" has the keys of Deathand Hades." If death glorifies man-if we then assert ourhighest personality in immortality-the Bible doctrine of theresurrection is not only a splendid exaggeration, but it hasno meaning, and is of no use whatever. But if man bemortal, and death be an " enemy," we can understand, as weread the pages of divine revelation, this unfurling of bannerand sound of clarion and shout of victory on the morning ofthe resurrection. "Then," and not at death, says theapostle, "shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,Death is swallowed up in victory.""As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy."

We partake of the nature of Adam, and as he died so wemust die, and depend upon the last Adam, the Lord Jesus,for a resurrection to eternal life. Why not exalt the preciousRedeemer, and, instead of attempting to picture the gloriesof man, preach the glories of man's Saviour, by showing thatthe grandeur of man consists, not in what he now is, butwhat he will be through the redeeming power of the Son ofGod? Let us go to the sacred Scriptures and see what theyhave to say of the present natural man. Orators, poets, andpreachers may exalt man as he now is, and eloquently speakof the present magnificence of his nature; but when they dothis, they do it at the expense of redemption. But from allthis glorification of depraved and mortal man, we turn to thepages of inspired truth: "If any man speak, let him speakas the oracles of God."

THE SOUL, ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE.

ORTHODOXYays down as an axiom of faith and belief thatman has that which is called an immortal or never-dying soul.

We of the Association maintain that there is no such thing.I want to ask where does this idea of immortal soulismlead us to? The word" soul," ~s used in the New Testa-ment Scriptures [psuche.} is no more than one manifestationof life (zoe). Now, this "life" in the Old TestamentScripture is translated by another Hebrew word, and thislatter word occurs in the Hebrew Scripture 752 times, and inthis translation it is translated 44 different ways. It istranslated" soul" 475 times out of the 752. Then again itis translated "life" and "lives" 120 times. The word inthe New Testament occurs no less than 105 times, and outof these it is translated "soul" in our authorised Englishversion 58 times: it is translated" life" and" lives" no lessthan 40 times, and it leaves very little margin for any othertranslation. There is not one single instance from the firstof Genesis to the end of Revelation of such a thing as animmortal soul, and I challenge any man to shew me such aninstance. Where our fellow Christians get this word" im-mortal" from, I am puzzled' to know. At any rate this word"immortal," is only used once in the whole of the Scriptures,and then it is applied to J ehovah. The word" immortality"occurs in some four or five other texts, but is never used inreference to any un converted man or woman. It is held outto the Christian, that if by patient continuance in well doing,he seeks for immortality, God will give it. As a reward,God gives eternal life, but not otherwise. I want to shewyou that this' " Soul" is not only possessed by man, but ispossessed also by all the lower orders of creation. This is afact entirely lost sight of in these days. You and I havenever seen a Soul; and therefore we cannot understand it,except by revelation, and revelation tells me that the animaland myself have got a Soul, and God claims to Himself thatHe has got a Soul. We pride ourselves upon being a littlebetter than the beasts, because we have got spirits; but thebeast has got a spirit as much as I have. The same spiritthat was breathed into my nostrils, is breathed into theanimal's nostrils.As the wise man in Ecclesiastes says, "Who knoweth the

spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beastthat goeth downward to the earth? No one has ever seen it.We claim immortality, and we place ourselves on a pinnaclewhich God has never placed us on, and in this self-conceitand pride, we look down upon all the other orders of creation.You are an animal, and so is the lion; you have got a souland a spirit, and so has the lion; you have got a body, andso has the lion. The wise man asks us what is the differ-ence between a man and a beast? There is one difference;man was made in the likeness of his Creator, and endowedwith grand thoughts, ideas, and common sense, and blessedwith all those faculties and powers which the lower order ofcreation has not been endowed with. We have been made.ords over all the rest of the creation. But what have we


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28 THE BIBLE STANDARD.to boast about? Take the proud man, take the finest intel-lect, the most eloquent man you have ever heard, or thefinest specimen of humanity you have ever seen, and seehim in his coffin. If we turn to Ecclesiastes we find thewisest amongst men saying that there is really no differencebetween that man and It beast, as far as death is concerned.We base our claim of superior position among the animals,not by virtue of our great endow~ents which God gives us,but upon the fact that we are immortal creatures, possessingnever-dying souls. Now I say it is upon that point we arein error. There is no such teaching in the Word of God.If we do not receive immortality, it is because of our unbe-lief. The word " Soul" denotes the vital principle in animalbodies. I refer you to the 1 Samuel, xxii, 23; Psalm x, 10;for the bearing out of my statement. Again, it is used of aperson possessed of life (Genesis xii, 5.) Again, the Soul isrepresented in Scripture as touching dead carcases, doingwork, thinking, and all such endowments which we generallyspeak of, as being a part offhe thinking mind of man.Leviticus brings out the truth more fully. The Soul is saidto be killed, and can be killed. The Lord Jesus ChristHimself tells me not to fear what a man can do to my body,but to fear what He can do to my soul and my body too, andHe tells me He can destroy them. Now, if that Soul wasimmortal: I do not see why God would go and destroy aportion of what is His own attribute-immortality. Again,in Job xxxiii, 22, the Soul is described as going to the grave.I wish particlarly to turn attention to the fact that it isidentified with the blood; (Genesis ix, 4, 5.) The word" life" referred to, is the word" Soul" repeated over and overagain. Where Adam is called "a living Soul," the sameword occurs here, and we have it rendered" life." The ordi-nary English reader takes hold of the word 'life,' and hetwists it about as if it were something different from thatwhich is translated" Soul." Lev. xvii, 11 & 14, says, " Thelife is in the blood." Taking the word which has been called" Soul" in the case ofAdam, and a creature in the case of thelower orders, and what do we arrive at ? We find,the same wordagain; we should read it thus :-" For the Soul of the flesh. is in the blood." Now this is a hard nnt to crack, and tknow people do not like it, and many Christian people shrinkfrom it. However, I am firmly convinced, that this is thesecret of the locality of what we are pleased to call "Soul."In Isaiah liii, the same Holy Spirit which teaches me, inLeviticus xvii, also speaks there, of the wonderful event thatwas to occur, namely, that Jesus should pour out His Soulunto death; what was it that the Lord Jesus Christ pouredout? You tell me that is figurative; but I deny it: it wasa literality. He shed His blood: He gave His life for thelife of the whole world; and anything short of that is not anatonement. It was a full and perfect atonement. It was aa pure, a holy and perfect life, that WaSgiven for your im-

pure, unholy, and imperfect life. God's law is " Lifelife." God repudiated the idea of any mere animal sacrificas an atonement to be presented before Him, in lookingthe time that Christ would suffer, once for all for the whoworld. The animals were only a type. Again, why was toffering of Abel acknowledged in preference to Cain's? Wnot Cain's just as worthy an offering to present asslaughtered lamb? The reason God received the one anot the other, was simply because, in the one instance Gsaw blood, and in the other He Saw none. Throughout tteaching of the whole of the Old Testament, God puts Hveto on any man tampering with blood. Why did He lstress on this? Because "the life is in the blood thereof"He that destroyeth the temple of God, him will Gdestroy." I want to ask in conclusion: If we had not hthis immortalism presented to us from the time we wereour mother's lap, up to the time of grey hairs, where wouspiritualism be? Nowhere. Where would purgatory bThere would be no purgatory. There would be none of thohideous doctrines that have held sway for more than 12years. Letus learn from God's word, and all these delusionwill disperse into thin air.-Lieut. 001. Armstronq:s Speechthe concluding Meeting of the Conference,

AGEEEMENT AND DIFFERENCES.Every Christian must rejoice in the extent to which

can see eye to eye with his brethren in Christ, on the evelasting truths of Scripture, and it is a blessed fact, that,most of those grand foundation truths among evangelicaChristians, there is real fellowship; we can stand foot to fooand shoulder to shoulder against the common foe, defendin"the faith once for all delivered to the saints." But whshould not this unity be complete? There are" forgottethemes," some of which have" returned from captivitywith every evidence of their genuineness and authenticity;of this class is the return of the Lord as the grand "hopof the church." We rejoice that thousands of our fellowsaints have accepted and embraced' this as a recovered, prcious treasure, and are spreading' it with holy earnestnesand heartfelt joy by the press, pulpit, and platform.; coferences are held, and thrilling addresses circulated througall lands. All hail to our co-workers! Heart and hand ware with you in the great work, and share with you in botthe reproach and the honour. But how has this truth beereached and recognised? Has it not been by accepting thliteral, plain, common-sense meaning of our HeavenlFather's word? The rejection of the spiritualizing systemthat has obscured in cloud and fog the plain word of thLord. Now working on the same divine lines, other precioutruths have been brought back to the light, and their plac. in


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THE, BIBLE STANDARD. 29Conditional Immortality Association exists, to publish andadvocate; yet, we have found no new Bible, we have startedno new sect, we teach no new truths ; we simply tell out whatGod has been pleased to make known in His blessed book,and which has been there from the beginning, althoughsadly covered with the rubbish of tradition, and the cobwebso f a spurious philosophy. To clear away this debris, andprotest against. the dishonour done to God and His truth,has for years been the heroic work of honoured Fathers andBrethren in Christ, whose names will be precious to thewhole family of God, when in the clear light of His presence,w.e shall look back upon the path, by which His graciousprovidence has led His children into the light. But in doingthis, these servants of Christ hold fast to the grand olddoctrines of grace; the Cross has lost none of i ts power, norJesus His attraction as the sinner's Friend and Saviour.His grand Sacrifice is still held forth as the basis of allblessing to men; but man is seen in his true character as aa fallen, mortal sinner, who, unless saved, must utterlyperish in his own corruption. Divested of the false beliefthat be is naturally immortal, he is told of that matchlesslove of God, that gave His only begotten Son, that whosoeverbelieveth in Him should not perish, but have everlastinglife; and he is told that to perish means to die, and fiot toexist in endless. torment, but to be destroyed without rem-edy; that as a redeemed and saved sinner, God's great giftto him who had forfeited- it by his sins, is everlasting life-unending existence-with Christ in glory. That such a lifewill be happy, we hold as firmly as any orthodox brother orsister; but we contend that these grand truths have freedthe glorious character of our Heavenly Father from thoseaspersions which a false theology has cast upon it. He willrighteously render to the impenitent sinner "according tohis work," and He who cannot lie tells us " the soul thatsinneth, it shall die," "the wages of sin is death." Ourbrethren that differ from us, use these words as well as we,but put upon them a non-natural meaning.Further, we teach that Christ is the Life-giver, the sole

dispenser of the priceless blessing of immortality and incor-ruptibility to every poor, mortal sinner that trusts in Hisprecious Name. Why should our friends rob Christ of thisspecial honour, which He purchased with His blood, Hislife? We believe, further, in His Kingdom, and in Hiscompleting the redemptive work so nobly begun at Bethlehem,Gethsemane, Calvary, Olivet, and sustained now in Heavenitself; but which reaches the climax, when He shall renderup the Kingdom, sin and impenitent sinners destroyed, thecurse rolled back, Satan and his dupes perished, and thevery stain of their final overthrow obliterated in the newheave~s and the earth, wherein righteousness shall dwellfor ever.o Brethren, our hope, founded on revealed truth, is that

as the fruit of Christ's sufferings, death and resurrection,untold millions of once fallen, but Christ-Redeemed mortals,shall share this eternity with their Kinsman Redeemer,and that their bliss shall not be marred by the groans ofeither men or devils. These have received the awful doomof everlasting punishment, which punishment is "destruc-tion from the presence of the Lord," out of which their is noresuscitation. Now, it is on some of these points we differfrom many of our orthodox brethren, but we differ becausewe believe fidelity to God's truth and character demands thisdifference; we are glad to have fellowship in so manyprecious things of Christ, and earnestly pray that in whatwe are otherwise minded, God may reveal this unto themand us.Bridqnortlc. THOMAS VASEY.

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INTOLERANCE REBUKED.It is a significant fact that many of the leading minds ofour country are not at all satisfied with the teaching of the

different churches to which they belong, respecting the doomof the finally impenitent.. There are thousands, to-day, scattered through the various.religious organizations, who do not believe the doctrine 0fendless misery, as taught by the pastors under whose chargethey are. Some of them being conscientious, and somewhattimid, not wishing to be considered a disturbing element inthe church to which they belong, do not make known theirviews, or at least do not make them sufficiently prominent toattract special attention; while others, equally conscientious,but of greater moral heroism, have the courage to stem thetide of popular error, and talk or preach that, which to them,appears to be true, and as a consequence, are often eitherexpelled or compelled to withdraw from the church.At the recent session of the Cincinnati Conference of the

M. E. Church, the Rev. R. D. Baker was expelled bothfrom the ministry and membership of that church, for notbelieving that the wicked are to be punished with endlesshell-fire!This action of the Conference caused Prof. N. K. Royse,

who has been a member of the church for twenty-five years,to withdraw. Prof. R. is a man of culture, an able man ofwide acquaintance, and enjoys an excellent reputation as aneducator. The following is Prof. Royse's letter in full, readby himself to the pastor and members of his church:

CINCINNATI,Sept. 13, 1879."To the Pastor and Members of the Ashbury Chapel, M. E.

Clt1trch:DEAR FRIENDs-Those of you who have read the proceed-

, ings of the recent Cincinnati Conference of the M. E. Church,as reported in the press of Wednesday last, also the articleunder the head of" Excommunicated" in to-day's (Saturday's)


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30 THE BIBL E ST A ND A RD .Gaseue, are aware of the fnd that a .certain Rev. D. R.Baker, a member of the Cincinnati Conference, was onTuesday last, September 9, expelled both from the ministryand the membership of the lL E. Church, mainly for notbelieving in the doctrine of the eternal tormen t of the wicked." In view ofthis extraordinary action, I feel myself bound,

as a somewhat conscientious member of the :M . E. Church,to make known to you in the present letter what I conceiveto be my plainest, my most inexorable duty."The extraordinary part of the action of Conference con-

sists, to my mind, not in the fact that it deposed from theministry one who taught views at variance with .the patristic-that is the Wesleyan, the Fletcherean and Watsonian-theology of the church, but that it excluded from churchfellowship one who, though his Christian deportment wasconfessedly irreproachable, yet presumed to differ from hisbrother expounders of orthodoxy in a matter purely non-essential, notoriously debateable, and undeniably outside ofthe articles of religion of the church. But the expulsion oftheir late minister and member is not the full effect of theConference's action. Not only did that action say to theRev. Mr. Baker, 'You are not a Christian;' 'You are notworthy to partake with Methodists of the Lord's Supper,nor to join with them as ~ brother in their various acts ofdevotion:' 'You are a heretic;' but it pronounces sentenceof disinheritance, of excommunication upon every memberof the church who does not subscribe to the dogma of theeverlating torment of the wicked. It warns all such, how-ever unobtrusive they may have been with their opinions, toto jump overboard form the good ship Zion at once, and soavoid the unpleasant exercise of being compelled to walk theplank. Now, as one who, in so far as his views respectingthe destiny of the wicked have been stated, agrees entirelywith the Rev. Mr. Baker, I recognize the awful voice of thisProtestant bull, and propose at once to set myself outside ofhis high and narrow enclosure. I believe the doctrine of theeternal misery of the wicked to be, from a human standpoint,a most slanderous impugnment of the character of a mostjust and merciful God; and, mor ever, a most erroneousinterpretation of the teachings of the Holy Scriptures. It isa matter of supremo indifference to me what Wesley orFletcher or Vlatson, or any other Pope may have set up asthe infallible orthodoxy of the church on this head, providedthe language of the word of God does not sustain them; or,at the very least, makes it evident that there is ample groundhere for an honest and rational difference of opinion. Ihave been a member (at least that was my impression) ofthe M. E. Church for more than twenty-five years past, andduring all that time, notwithstanding the scores of sermonsto the contrary, have seen proper to cherish the belief in thefinal extinction of evil; and, in so believing, Lpresumed Iwas exercising only what in these so-called past inquisitonial

days was generally conceded as a privilege, the right to difupon Scriptural grounds with anyone regarding any questinot involving a denial of the essential beliefs of a ChristianBut tho late action of the Cincinnati Conference has openmy eyes to a realization that, during all my past connectiowith the church, I have simply been a wolf in the orthodofold, (not in sheep's clothing, thank God, for I have nevdissembled my views,) and that if I would open my mouin dissent to-nay, if I would but differ in mind from-theconventional bleatings of the bellwether, I must first get ouside the sheep-fold. Well, when those assuming to havethemselves the mind which was and is in Christ, and prtending to be expositors of the world-embracing love, athe intellect-wide charitableness of the New Testament Scritures, tell me that, because I do not believe that the finanguish of the wicked shall be everlasting, I am notChristian, and am not worthy to associate with the membeof the M. E. Church, and am a heretic, I recognise at onthat our views of the Christian religion are irreconcilablhostile, and that our paths in the future must lie wideapart. If Methodism means so straight and so narrowpath as the one just defined by the action of the CincinnaConferance, then I, for one, am not only compelled, butalso much prefer, to walk in the King's highway." It is really sad to reflect that the clerical lamps I hav

been so long accustomed to, do all of a sudden withhold thevarying illuminations from my path; but it is sweet to blieve that God's stars ofeternal truth still shine impartially o

N. K. ROYSE."After the above letter was read "a reporter conversewith Mr. Royse about the matter, and he seemed muc

affected by what he regarded as a necessity-his withdrawafrom the church to which he had belonged for a quarter ofcentury."I have never concealed my views, and those with who

I have spoken concerning the doctrine in question, know mbelief.""Did the church take any action on your communication"No. I said that none was necessary. This is not

withdrawal, but an expulsion. By expelling Mr. Baker frofellowship, the Conference has passed sentence on all whagree with him about eternal punishment. I do agreand, therefore, I am expelled by act of Conference."May the good Lord lead, and abundantly bless, the tw

brethren herein referred to. We believe He will. May erroneous theories continue to give way to a more rational anintelligent interpretation of God's word. Truly, truthsprE\ading.-Bible Banner."AND this is life eternal, that they might know Thee thonly true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.-John xvii. 3.


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THE BIBLE STANDARD.WHAT IS TRUTH?

E constantly hear it asserted from thousands of pulpitsnd platforms, that man is an immortal being, and con-equently can never die or be destroyed. We are told thaten the body dies, the soul of man immediately flies away

ither to Heaven, there to exist for ever in glory, or itdeparts to Hell, there to be eternally tormented in flames ofire. In fact the whole of the popular preaching of the days based upon this assumption, viz: that man can neverease to exist, and must live for eternity either in Heavenor in Hell. But this teaching contradicts Scripture, andapparently makes God a liar, for His word declares that"The soul that sinneth it shall die," and that" The wagesof sin is death," see Esek: xviii. 4; and Rom. vi. 23. Butfolks tell us that man cannot die, and can never cease tobe, and so opposing God they agree with the Devil, for he itwas who first uttered this delusive lie in the Garden of Eden,and flatly contradicted God by saying, "Ye shall not surelydie," whereas God had distinctly said to Adam, " Dying thoushalt die." And we know that immediately Adam trans-gressed, he literally began to die and return to his dust:see Gen. ii. 17. And now shut out from the Tree of Life,we are all in a dying condition. And so Paul teaches, that" By one man sin entered into the world and death by sin;and so death has passed upon all men." Rom, v. 12.The word of God distinctly teaches us, that man is not an

immortal being, for we read in plain language that" Godonly hath immortality," whereas man is always spoken of asmortal, dying, perishing, corruptible, &c., see particularlyJob iv. 17; 1 Tini vi. 16; 2 Chron. xiv. 11; Rom, vi. 12;viii. 11; 1 Cor. xv. 53. Those who teach that every man isnaturally immortal, certainly do not understand the atone-ment of Christ, for the one great and grand object of thatatonement was to confer immortality and eternal life uponthose who came to Him and believed His Gospel. To saythat unbelievers as well as believers shall exist for eternity,is to rob Christ of His greatest glory as the lifegiver of man-kind, for this power of existing for ever is His particularreward to those who believe in Him, as He Himself said"He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life, he thatbelieveth not shall not see life." John iii. 36. It was becausemen are perishing mortals that Christ died, this is the veryessence of the Gospel, viz: that" God so loved the worldthat He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever be-lieveth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life."John iii. 16. Hear our Saviour's own words, "I am comeat they might have life," John x. 10. "This is the willf Him that sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son,d believeth on Him, may have everlasting life; and I willse him up at the last day." John vi. 40. "I am the

iving bread which came down from heaven; if any man eatthis bread he shall live for ever; and the bread that I

will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of beworld. " John vi. 51. And so we read of Jesus, that "InHim was life, and the life was the light of men," John i. 4;and "He brought life and immortality to light through theGospel," 2 Tim, i. 10. The vain assumption of inherentimmortality, was the very thing our Lord continually rebukedthe Jews for in His own day, saying to them, "Ye think yehave eternal life and ye will not come unto Me, that yemight have life." John v. 40. These Scriptures then plainlyteach, that unless a man be a believer in our Lord JesusChrist, he will ultimately die or perish, and with this all'Scripture agrees, "For the wages of sin is death, but thegift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord."Rom. vi. 23.Concerning the doctrine of future punishment-we believe

that all men will be raised for judgment, and those whosenames are not found written in the Lamb's Book of Life,will then suffer a Second Death; which death will be a finaland complete destruction both of body and soul. To saythat everlasting torture will be the future punishment of thesinner, argues that every sinner will possess EverlastingLife, for a man needs Immortality to live for ever in Hell,as much as he needs it to live for ever in Heaven. ButScripture emphatically declares that only those who renderObedience to the Faith shall have eternal life ; for God'sidea of life is that it should be holy, and consequently happy.The threat therefore, to the man who persists in Sin, is thathe shall be eternally blotted out of existence.To say that the pain and suffering of the Sinner will never

end, is practically to undermine the atonement of Christ,for it would deny that our Saviour bore the full punishmentof sin (as He did not suffer eteruul torment.) Ask an ortho-dox Christian what the punishment for sin is, he will sayEndless torment in Hell fire. Ask him if Christ bore thefull punishment for sin, he is compelled to say Yes; but askhim again if Christ suffered eternal torment, and of coursehe must answer No. This then should prove to every intelli-gent Christian that the wages of sin is death. Some haveattempted to get over this difficulty by pleading that becauseof our Lord's Divinity, the value of His sufferings would bean equivalent to the eternal torture of a human being; butif we argue thus, why surely our Lord need not have suffereddeath at all, for one drop of His precious blood would ha-vesufficed for the salvation of the human race; but the Scrip-ture is opposed to such argument and knows nothing of it,for we are taught there that Christ stood in the sinner'splace, and made a complete atonement by bearing the fulland complete punishment of sin; for" He was wounded forour transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; thechastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with Hisstripes we are healed, for the Lord hath laid upon Him theiniqiuity of us all." Isaiah liii. Christ bore the real penalty

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3 THE BIBLE STANDARD.due to sin, that penalty is death.-So we read in Heb, ii. 9,that" Christ tasted of death for every man."What then shall be the end of them that obey not the

Gospel ? Let the Scriptures answer." The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with His

mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on themthat know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of ourLord Jesus Christ; who shall be punished with everlastingdestruction from the presence of the Lord." 2 Thess, i. 7."The destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners

shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall beconsumed." Isaiah i. 28."The wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord

shall be as the fat of lambs; they shall consume; intosmoke shall they consume away." Psalm xxxvii. 20." He shall destroy the sinners." Isaiah xiii. 9."They shall be as though they had not been." Obad, xv. 16."Behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;

and all the proud, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble:and the day that cometh shall burn them up." Mal. iv. 1." The fearful, and unbelieving, the abominable, murderers,

whoremongers, sorcerers, idolators, and all liars, shall havetheir portion in the lake which bumeth with fire and brim-stone: which is the second death." Rev. xxi, 8.Surely, Scripture cannot more plainly teach that every

sinner will ultimately be destroyed. Matt. xxv. 46, speaksof everlasting punishment, and is generally quoted to provethe theory of endless torment, but this verse says nothing asto the nature of the punishment, but refers to its effect. Thepunishment will be everlasting in effect but not in its infliction,for as we have seen from Scripture, the punishment is deathand destruction. In Heb, vi. 2, we read of "Eternal Judg-ment," we also r;ad of "Eternal Redemption" and" EternalSalvation," but no Christian would understand by thesepassages that eternal judgment will never come to an end,neither does he believe that God will be eternally redeemingand saving men; but we understand that once having beensaved and redeemed, we are saved for ever; and there is onejudgment, the effect of which will be eternal and everlasting;and so with the destruction of the wicked, in effect it will beeverlasting,-being once destroyed they will be punished forever, as the Scripture says "They shall be punished witheverlasting destruction." So we read in Jude 7, thatSodom and Gomorrha " are set forth for an example, sufferingthe vengeance of eternal fire. " We know they are notburning now, but having been completely destroyed, theyhave suffered the vengeance of eternal fire.Dear reader, do not let Satan deceive you by his old lies

of the immortality of the soul, and the eternal torture ofhuman beings. The doctrine of eternal torment in Hell fireis the foulest lie the Devil ever invented to blacken thecharacter of our blessed God; and is such a terrible libel

upon His justice and love, that every Christian shouldtest against it. The Gospel begins with a declarationGod's love towards men, it is a message of good news,if sinners are to be converted to God, depend upon it Gway is to draw men unto Himself by His offer of lovemercy, rather than to frighten them into believing withthreat of Hell fire. Through this lie of the Ser~ent, thsands of thinking men and women have been kept fembracing Christianity, because they could not believe sa fearful dogma. Let us who are of the faith throw athe traditions of men, and search that Word which algiveth light, and proving all things by the Word, holdonly that which is good, for the time has indeed come wthe professing church will not endure sound doctrine,after their own lusts have they heaped to themselves teachhaving itching ears, for truly have they turned away tears from the truth and are turned unto' fables. 2 Tim. ivAnd those who contend for the Faith which was once deered to the Saints, have to say with the Apostle Paul, ~'TI confess, that after the way which they call heresy,worship I the God of my fathers." Acts xxiv. 14.The Scriptures teach that the soul is not immortal,

dies; see Eeek, xviii. 4; Lev. xxiii. 30; Josh. xi. 11; Psxxxiii. 1!J; lxxviii. 50; Rev. xvi. 3; Job xxxi. 39.The dead are not alive, but are asleep and unconscious

the Resurrection. The doctrine of a conscious spirit exence between Death and Resurrection is one of the gdelusions of Satan, as it lays the foundation for allfearful teachings of Spiritualism, and the many errors ofRoman Church concerning Purgatory, &c., see Isxxxviii. 18; Psalm vi. 5; Eccles. iii. 19; ix. 5-6; Pcxv. 17; cxlvi. 4.Saints do not go to Heaven when they die, nor sinner

Hell, both remain in their graves till the Resurrection, wwill take place at the personal appearing of our Lord JChrist, see 1 Thess. iv. 13.16; 2 Tim, iv. 1-8; John v. 281 Cor. xv. 52-54; 1 Peter v. 4; John vi. 39-40; 2 T1. 7-10.-Search the Scriptures. H.B.MNOTE.-The above is No. 1 of the New Series of T

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WHY HE DIDN'T GO TO THE CIRCUS." I DON'T like cirkises," said Grandma Bassett, emphasizthe remark with an extra blow of the flat-iron, as she plit on the triangular iron stand. ." Why, everybody goes to them," said blue-eyed Mir

coaxing the baby she had brought to show grandma hocould walk with hands outspread." I'm sorry for't," was the grim rejoinder." Sorry for what, grandma?" and a sunburnt, laugh


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THE BIBLE STANDARD . 33face appeared at the door. It was her grandson from thefarm two or three miles away, and he had brought a smallsack of potatoes for her.

" Sorry for what, granny?" he repeated." Sorry because cirkises come, and people go to 'em," was

the answer."0, you're old-fashioned, granny, dear! People don't

have such notions now; and, besides, circuses are nicerthan they used to be. Why, I brought in some early applesoff my own tree to sell on purpose to go to this one; and Iwanted to give little Miriam a treat. I was going to askher."

"Well, you needn't, for she can't go. I'd as soon see herburied-I'd like ter said," was the old lady's reply.

"Why, granny, how can you say so? What possibleobjections can you have?" asked her grandson, a littlewarmly. "Poor Miriam never goes anywhere. All workand no play makes little girls dull. I'm sure it's very in-structive-the animals and curiosities from all parts of theworld; and then the music and the horses "-

"Yes, yes; I know all about it. Hevn't I had cause to?It jest makes my heart ache to hear you going on so-and-well, yes, I s'pose I might as well tell you my objections.You've never heered 'em. It's best for some things neverto be spoken of only in the way ofwarnin',

"I don't s'pose ye remember yer Uncle Eben ? Miryhere was only six months old when he died, and yer couldn't'a' been over five, and not livin' where you do now, either.Eben was the handsomest of my boys, an' bright an' smartas he could be. There never was such a boy as he for books.

" When he was 'bout twenty-two there come one of themsoul-destroyers-that's what I call 'em-into Upton village-that's about two miles from here-an' it staid 'bout twomonths.

"I was sort 0' strict, and when Eben talked of goin', I saidall I could agin it; but he was of age, and I couldn't denyhim right up an' down. So he went, an' from that firstnight my poor boy wasn't the same ..

" Every day he'd be quiet, an' absent-like, an' every nighthe'd be up to Upton. Father and I grew worried, but what'could we do? He didn't tell us nothing.

" One day-I guess it was a week after the cirkis hadgone-what does Eben do but bring home- a wife! Andthat wife-well, she played in the cirkis," added GrandmaBassett, with suppressed bitterness.

"She was a little creeter; but didn't I see the paint.through her white veil, and didn't I feel that she wasn't atrue woman, that everything about her was false as hercolour was?

"Poor Eben! he thought the world of her, and perhapsshe meant to be good to him; but you see the power of habitwas strong.

" For Eben's sake we tried to like her; but we could seethat the quiet of the old farm and our homely ways growedirksome to her. She wanted the cirkis life, and after herbaby was born-a year from the time she fust came to us-Eben took her to a cirkis for the sake of old times, and-and-I'd a good deal rather not say it, but the fact is, it wasbred in the bone. She met some of her miserable friends,and whether they persuaded her not I don't know, but in afew days she ran away with her baby-that innocent child,to train up, maybe, for the cirkis ring."

"Indeed, that was dreadful, granny," said George, in alow voice, while fifteen-year-old Miriam looked down withmotherly care on her baby-cousin, who had fallen asleep inher lap.

" Dreadful I-that wasn't the worst of it. When Ebencame to know it he turned white as a stone statue, but henever said a word. He took the best horse we had, andwent off. Nobody liked to speak to him, but we was allprepared for something dreadful,

""Well, he never came home alive," quavered granny,looking hard at her iron, then setting it down, and wipingher eyes with a corner of her apron.

"He was brought home-dead I-my noble, handsomeboy. We never rightly knew the story, but supposed heattacked somebody, and in self-defence, so it was said, theman shot my Eben.

"It wasn't six months after that when one night-adesperit windy, stormy night it was-we heered the frontdoor open and shet, and going into the entry, there wasEben's poor baby jest lying on the rug fast asleep, for Is'pose they'd give it some drug." We took it in, of course, poor little thing! and it's beenthe light and comfort of our home ever since; and now youknow why I won't let Eben's child-yes, that's her-go tothe cirkis, even with a good boy like you."

There was a long silence. Miriam was crying softly, andGeorge stood, one foot crossed over the other, his eyes castdown.

" I believe I don't care about going myself," he said, in. an undertone; and he did not go.

MONTHLY NOTES.LINCOLN.-The Rev. G. A. Brown.-Farewell Meetings were held on

Sunday, and Monday, October 19th and 20th, at Mint Lane BaptistChapel. On the Sunday, he preached to very large congregations, fromCoil. ii. 2-8, and Acts xx. 25-27. At the Evening Service every foot ofroom was occupied, even the pulpit and its stairs being crowded, and verymany unable to obtain entrance at all. It was estimated that about 900were present. A large number remained to the after prayer-meeting,more than the body of the Chapel could accommodate. At this meetingmuch valuable testimony was borne to the power of the truth, as pre-sented by Mr. Brown, during his helpful ministry. Of the tea, on theollowing day, about 400 partook; and at the Public Meeting which


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34 THE' BIBLE STANDARD.followed, the Chapel was full. Mr. W. Bausor, the Church Secretary,presided, and stated that a wonderful blessing had followed Mr, Brown'sministry of 32 months. That, though, to many the teaching had beenstrange and new, being based upon the doctrine of " Life only in Christ,"yet it had proved itself to be " The power of God unto Salvation," 220Member having been added unto the Church. That of these, some hadbeen saved from infidelity; thus proving how untrue are the charges ofthe opponents of" Conditional Immortality," as to its teachings destroy-ing Christian power and usefulness. All the Deacons and several of theMembers spoke to the sterling worth of Mr. Brown's ministry. On behalfof tbe Church and Congregation, the Chairman presented to Mr. Brown,a richly illuminated address, (gratuitously prepared by Mr. Mortimer,) agold watch and chain, and a purse, which he remarked had a goldenlining. Mr. Mortimer then presented to Mrs. Brown, a gold chain. Inreply, Mr. Brown stated, that though leaving them, he was not leavingthe ministry ; only sailing to Nw Zealand in search of health andstrength for further usefulness. He should not however, for a seasonat least, make himself chargeable to any Church, but labouring, likePaul, for the bread of this life, would also embrace every opportunity,throughout Australasia, to proclaim the bread of " Eternal Life."

A valedictory address was then given by Mr. G. P. Mackay,-formerlyof Bradford, and a member of Sion Jubilee Baptist Church, from whichhe was called to retire because denying Man's Natural Immortality, andwho has been invited to supply the vacant pulp.t in Lincoln for a season,-from" I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace." At theclose all present passed the platform to shake hands with Mr. Brown, andmany a hearty " God bless you I"was said to him. Appropriate hymns,specially composed for the occasion by Mr. Mackay, were sung, the mainthought running through them being expressed in the words :-

We may now be called to sever,And to other climes be borne,

Bnt we'll meet, to part-no never,On the Resurrection morn.

From the dry land or the ocean,From where'er our lot be cast,

From Old England or New Zealand,We shall gather Home at last.

A goodly number of friends-in the faith-from Lincoln and Bradford,accompany Mr. Brown, and share, with him, the prayers of the Church.LONDoN.-On Sunday, October 24th, the pulpit of Maberly Chapel,

Kingsland, N., was occupied by Mr. G. A Brown, late of Lincoln: beinghis last Sunday in England previous to sailing for New Zealand. TheCongregations were excellent, and the sermons made a deep impression.On the following Tuesday, a farewell meeting was held. Dr. W. Leask,the Editor of the Ra'inbolO presided. A motion expressing the esteem inwhich Mr. Brown was held by the members of the" Conditional Immor-tality Association," was spoken to by Mr. Jas. Waylen, Mr. H. Gill, Mr.O. Blinkhorn, Lieut.-Col. E. Armstrong, and the Secretary: and passedwith hearty expressions of approval. Mr. Brown then addressed themeeting. On Friday following, a social soiree was held at the house ofMr. A. Smith, De Beauvoir Square, when 40 partook of the generous fareprovided, and spent the evening in pleasant intercourse with Mr. andMrs. Brown; Henry J. Ward, Esq., President of the Association, andMr. J. Grylls, of Liverpool, being among the guests. On Sunday following,the good Ship" British Empire" dropped down the river, with oer friendson board. After calling at Falmouth, they were to proceed direct toAuckland, New Zealand. We pray for them a quick, safe, and pleasantvoyage. and in the land of their adoption, much usefulness.

POLLO]{SIIAWS,coTLAKD.-A course of four lectures are to be deliveredin the Tontiue Hall, during December, by Mr T. J. Hitchcock, of Glasgow,on the following subjects :-lst, " Will the coming of Christ be personaland pre-millenial?" 2nd, " Did the Lord give His followers any Sign orSigrls by which they might know He would return; and if so, a re, t hey to

be seen t " 3rd," What will be the effect of His return upon the Churand tben upon the World at lar fe l " 4th," Man: his nature anddestiny."

BRADFoRD.-The Bible Class here is operating most successfully,has issued a very attractive bill of fare.

CHELTENHA~r.-Christian Assembly.-Mr. H. B. Murray has succeedMr. C, E. Brooks in the pastorate of this Church. An effort is bemade, with the help of the latter, to payoff the arrears of rent, and don furniture, with a view to afterwards securing a site, and erectingsuitable place of worship. After three years testimony to the truthhired rooms, the congregation is anxious to secure permanent and betaccommodation.

CONFERENCEUND.-For the purposes of the late Conference, spedonations of above 58 have been received. After paying expensesbalance of 5 13s. 6d. has been carried to the General Fund. The abis exclusive of the local expenses, which were generously borne byMaberly Congregation.

FREE ISSUE OF TRAcTs.-Earnest friends, whose means are not eqto their desires for usefulness, are applying to us for free parcels ofTracts. They desire to be able to meet the growing spirit of enquand cry for light, and to administer a corrective to the well-meanterroneous literature, with which the land is flooded. We earnestly inspecial donations for this purpose, and pledge ourselves to carefullythe same. Who will help? The time is short during which we mbestow of our goods; for the Master is at hand; and sad servicewhich gives but grudgingly of the c1"1tlnbs, instead of willing anderous cuts from the loaf. In faith that our wants will be supplied,invite further applications for free parcels, but from members only,we may have some warrant for honest and judicious distribution.

LOA~ LIBRARIEs.-Maberly Chapelj Dr. W. Leask'~,) has set in tas in so many other things, an excellent example, which we trust, ocongregations in sympathy with the truths we teach will follow.Library, containing all our Standard works, has been furnished by thImpressed as we are, with the good that may be done by lendingspecial literature, freely, to those whose means are unequal, or wprejudices prevent the purchase thereof, we would urge upon our friegenemlly to "go and do likewise." We will supply parcels carriageat a reduction, for this purpose.Gr.xsuow.c=Lectures have been recently delivered in the South-

Assembly Rooms, by Mr. T. J. Hitchcock, The attendance hasexcellent (500 upwards) and the interest shown most pleasing.

CORRESPONDENCE.-W. C. Boardman.-" The Conditional ImmortaAssociation" may-or may not-be an "absurd name." It maymay not-" excite all manner of ridicule." The word "Destructionistsmay be " the correct appellation." We are not wedded to our title,future Conferences may probably alter it. Meantime, we are glaknow-despite the title-the Association is making solid progress,.in additions to its membership, and in the largely increased circulaof its literature, ., 'What's in a name?" is a question we are not cato answer. " A rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet." Iname is "absurd," (?) we have, and spread the truth. Our copondent however, seems in doubt on this point also, as he adds"sleeping or 1ltter unc01l8ciou81less ti ll the Second Death' is sufferean E1"r01' or Heresy." We cannot imitate the infallibility of our cebut we can point him to an infallible authority to decide the ma"The dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go down into SilenPsalm cxv. 17. " His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earththat very day his thoughts perish." Psalm cxlvi. 4. "The deadnot anythin!J. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, isperisiled." Eec. ix. 5-6. "And no man hath ascended up to heavJohn iii. 13. "Our friend Luzarus sleepetli ;-Lazarus is dead."


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