bible standard january 1879

8/8/2019 Bible Standard January 1879

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T:HEta t tlt td .ISSUED MONTHLY BY THEChristian Association for the Dissemination of the Truth of Life and Immortality through Christ alone

EDITED BY Geo. A. BROWN, Pastor of Mint Lane Baptist Church, Lincoln.

THE BIBLE STANDARD is devoted to the exposition of Biblical Truth, especially the doctrine of Conditional Immortality, the literal Besurrection ofthe Dead, the Final Destruction of the Wicked, the Signs of the Times, the Second Coming of Christ, and His Personal Reign on earth.

" The Wages oj Sin is Death; but the gift oj God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord."No. 16. JANUARY, Price Id.879.

ANOTHER NEW YEAR.NEWdays, new weeks, new years come and go, and theirevents are recorded upon the pages of history, and their joysand sorrows are buried in the minds and hearts of thousandsof the human family.Each new day and week and year is expected by us to

bring with them something better than their predecessors,but, up to this time, no new day, or week, or year hasfulfilled the expectancies of the heart's longings.Hope goes out into the future, and its attempts at pre-

diction is something marvellous. It predicts happier days-more prosperous days-days in which we shall see thegrand result of man's efforts to bring about a better stateof things realized, but, alas! year after year retires fromour presence having made an utter failure to meet ourdemands, or bring forth the glorious blessings which hopehad made us almost believe would be ushered in when thenew year should make its stately advent.We have been wished and promised many such coming

blessings as each new year has dawned upon us, but up tothis our eyes have looked in vain, and our hearts are wellnigh sick, for" hope deferred maketh the heart sick."Each new day brings, instead 'of the promised blessing of

a good time, tidings of war, of bloodshed, offamine, of earth-quake, pestilence, failure, fraud, poverty, murder, and ahost of things too heart-sickening to mention, and, with allthese crushing calamities, men's hearts are beginning tofail, and fear begins to steal into the chamber of hope,threatening to put out the last remaining glimmer.Around us we see wreck after wreck, but the storm

refuses to abate, nay, it becomes intenser, and seems de-termined to accomplish its destructive work.Can we hope, dear friends, that out of this chaos a new

order of things may come? dare we hope? shall we expect?or shall we give up in despair?

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From man we turn away, for our confidence in him tobring about the long-promised and expected reign of peaceand order is long since gone. Man has shown himself to beutterly incapable to master the elements, which make upthe aggregate of human woe.To God alone we must go and will go, and from Him

alone we will look for better times, and the fulfilment of ourhopes and longings.Our present position is very much like that of an army

imprisoned in some fort, around which is thrown a mass ofliving enemies. Within the fort anarchy reigns, diseaseand death are making many captives, despair and ruinpresent themselves in their most hideous form. Thegeneral, heart-sick and ready to give up in despair, thinks totake one more look from the watch-tower for signs of comingdeliverance. With telescope in hand he scans the horizonnorthward, southward, eastward, and westward, and as theglory of the rising sun reveals the distant hills, the glitterof bayonets is seen, the flag of his nation is in view, and itseems to speak of victory. Again he looks, and as he looks,he beholds a vast army marching to his rescue. On itcomes, until at last the battle-field is reached: the enemy is

; defeated, and the general with his army is saved, peace andorder is restored to the camp, and disease gives place to anew burst of life and health, for deliverance has come.The Christian soldier, almost in despair with the scenes

of sin ancl misery around him, imprisoned as it were byenemies on every hand- enemies to all that is Godlike andsoul-inspiring, enemies to the Christ who gave Himself as aransom for many, God-haters and Christ-despisers, men whowithout a blush, would dethrone the Deity Himself, andtrample under foot every hope which dares to reach outbeyond the narrow prison-house of the present life. Under thepressure of such surroundings the Christian warrior some-times feels his spirits almost sink within him, but, thankGod, he yields not to fear or to despair. With steady hand


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134 TH In 13113LE STANDARD.and firm faith he takes up the telescope of prophecy, andfrom his watch-tower he peers into the future, and,by the aid of his telescope, he is enabled to see a sight whichquickens and raises his spirits, inspires his hopes, and whichmakes him to lift up his head and rejoice, for he knows that his" redemption draweth nigh." He sees earth's rightful King"coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and greatglory," and cries out from his watch-tower, to every loyalsubject of the King of Glory, "Behold, the Bridegroomcometh j go ye out to meet Him." Well may this blessedhope inspire the heart and make glad the sorrowing andaint, for, with His coming, darkness and sorrow, crime andsin, heartaches and despair, shall retire abashed, confounded,for they cannot remain in His presence; every enemy willthen be destroyed, and every thing which has contributed tocreate the world's rude jar shall be put under His feet, andin their place shall come the reign of peace, the day of rest.Then, and then only, shall man's highest hopes be

realised; then, and then only, shall be accomplished theheart's prophetic utterances of a better and happier time tocome.Brethren, rest assured this is our only hope, and we are

glad to say that men of God are beginning to see that de-liverance can only come with the coming of Him who ispromised, and Who shall with His coming usher in the"Times of Restitution," then the prophetic strains of ancientprophets, which have ever been a light to lighten up thedismal days and years of sin's reign and death's havoc, shallall meet with their fullest and highest fulfilment.Yes, friends, it is a fact that this glorious message of the

coming King is fast gaining ground. Men in all parts of theworld are being raised up to catch up the strain" Behold,He cometh! "To verify our assertion that a general interest, born out of

the present perplexing times is being felt on the subject ofthe Lord's speedy coming, we insert the invitation given tothe General Conference, recently held in New York City, onthis most important subject. The invitation was respondedto from all parts of the United States, and we are glad tosay that some hundred or more ministers from all denomina-tions were present, besides a large gathering of laymen whowere interested in the subject. The following is the letterof invitation :-" Dear Brethren in Christ,- When from any cause somevital doctrine of God's Word has fallen into neglect, or

suffered contradiction and reproach, it becomes the seriousduty of those wl.:!..oold it, not only strongly and constantlyto reaffirm it, but to seek by all means in their power tobring back the Lord's people to its apprehension and accept-ance. The precious doctrine of Christ's second personalappearing has, we are constrained to believe, long lain undersuch neglect and misapprehension."In the word of God we find it holding a most con-

picuous place. It is there strongly and constantly

emphasized as a personal and imminent event, the greatobject of the Church's hope, the powerful motive to holyliving and watchful service, the inspiring ground of confidence amid the sorrows and sins of the present evil worldand the event that is to end the reign of death, cast downSatan from his throne, and establish the kingdom of God onearth. So vital, indeed, is this truth represented to be, thatthe denial of it is pointed out as one of the conspicuoussigns of the apostacy of the last days."Now, while casting no word of reproach upon those whomay differ from us, we cannot be insensible to the fact thatthere has been a sad decline in our times from the clear,

vivid, ardent faith of the early Church in regard to thisdoctrine. Very many Christians have been taught to thinkof the coming of Christ as equivalent to their own deathothers regard it as synonymous with the gradual diffusion ofChristianity. Many, satisfied with the present world, havelittle desire for the return of the absent Lord j while hereand there are those who boldly speak of such an event asonly a 'fascinating dream' destined never to be realised.But, while we lament all this, and can but regard it as analarming symptom of the present state of religion, it is anoccasion for the profoundest gratitude that there has withinthe last few years been such a powerful and wide-spreadrevival of this ancient faith. Looking over the Church ofGod in all its branches, and listening to the clear anddecisive testimony to this truth that is coming up in suchvolume from teachers and pastors, expositors and lay workers,evangelists and missionaries, it can but appear to us, thatafter the long sleep of the Church, the wise are at last risingup and trimming their lamps, in preparation for the comingof the Bridegroom." In view of these facts it has seemed desirable that thosewho hold to the personal pre-millennial advent of Jesus

Christ, and who are" looking for that blessed hope," shouldmeet together in Conference, as our honoured brethren inEngland have recently done, to set forth in clear terms thegrounds of'their hope, to give mutual encouragement in themaintenance of what they believe to be a most vital truth forthe present times, and in response to our Lord's" Behold, Icome quickly," to voice the answer by their prayers andhymns and testimony. ' Even so, come, Lord Jesus.'''This is then the Christian's outlook as we enter upon a

New Year. May this glorious hope quicken us to greateractivity for the Master. May we show our loyalty to Himby our devotedness and consecration. May our service bewilling service, and may we, in wishing each other a veryHappy New Year, thank God that it has fallen to our lot toherald the glorious message. of happy years to come, madeso by the presence of Him who shall reign from sea to sea,and from the river to the ends of the earth.

THE ANGELIC PROMISE."THIS same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so comein like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven."-Acts i. 11.Beautiful promise! how we prize it! and the oftener we

read it, the more enamoured we grow with it ! Like the"Old, Old Story,

Of Jesus and His love,"it is old, but ever new; it has not had its day,-but soon itwill. Soon, very soon, may we expect to see Him, Who,having not seen, we love. And so, during the little time


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 135that remains of His absence, we would refresh ourselves bytracing the two precious truths contained in this angelictestimony.1. Our Lord is coming again for us unchanged-the same

Jesus as He went away. It would be well here to glance ata few incidents in our Lord's life, so that we may not loseany of the consolation which this promise affords us.1. In Mark x. 13, 14, we read of little children being

brought to Him that He might bless them, and that whenHe heard His disciples rebuke those that brought them fortroubling Him, "He was much displeased, and said untothem, Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid themnot: for of such is the kingdom of God." And then inverse 16, we are told, "And He took them up in His arms,put His hands upon them, and blessed them." Blessedchildren! who shall say but what we shall meet some ofthem in the glory?2. In John xi. 1-46, we have an account of the sickness

and death of Lazarus, and of his being raised to life by ourLord, and in verse 35 we read, that when He beheld thesorrow caused by the death of His friend, "JESUS WEPT."Oh, the depth of feeling, and love of the heart of Jesus, thatsight afforded l It made the Jews exclaim, "Behold howHe loved him! "3. And in Matt. xxiii. 37-39, we have revealed His

intense anguish on account of the refusal of His own peopleto believe in Him as their Messiah, the Son of the livingGod. Hear His lament,-" 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thouthat killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sentunto thee, how oftell would I have gathered thy childrentogether, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under herwings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left untoyou desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see Mehenceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh inthe name of the Lord."We could more than fill this paper with similar touching

incidents in the life of our Lord, but these three are sufficient.They fully show us what He was during His brief stay inthis world,-full of tenderness and love,-and, as He wasthen, so is He now, and so is He coming again. Why thenour fears? Eighteen hundred years of glory, amidst whichangels and archangels prostrate themselves before Him, hasnot changed His love for us. Oh, no! He comes again, thesame Jesus, in all points, as He went away! Hear whatHe says to us,-" It is I, be not afraid."n. He is coming again for us in like manner as Hewent away:-

Luke, in his Gospel, chapter xxiv. 50, 51, thus records ourLord's ascension: "And He led them [the apostles anddisciples] out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up Hishands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while Heblessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into

heaven." Such was the manner of our Lord's going away,that is :-1. He went away blessing the Church; and2. He was last seen by the Church.Now, if the manner of His going away and His coming

again is analogous,1. He will come again with blessings for the Church; and2. He will first be seen by the Church.That there is this analogy between our Lord's ascension

and His return, this angelic promise weare considering, fullybears out: "Shall so come in like manner as ye have seenHim go into heaven." But we have other and fuller testi-mony, which also says that even so shall He come.In '1 Tliess, iv. 16-18, Paul gives us a graphic picture of

His return. He says, "For the Lord Himself shall descendfrom heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shallrise first: then we which are alive and remain shall becaught up together with them in the clouds, to meet theLord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.Wherefore comfort one another with these words."There is one other picture of Paul's we will quote. It is

found in 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. He there says, "Behold, I shewyou a mystery ; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all bechanged, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at thelast trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shallbe raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."Here, then, in these two sublime prophetic pictures, we

have full corroborative proof that our Lord comes again withHis hands full of blessings for the Church,-the dead andliving saints; and that He will first be seen of them, theirmeeting- place being in the air, out of the sight of the world;and that there He will bestow upon them the blessings thatHe brings-the blessings of immortality, a kingdom, and acrown! Oh, that meeting! what joy! what rapture willthrill our hearts! and with what zest will we cast ourselvesat His feet as we sing-" Thou art worthy to take the book,And to open the seals thereof:For Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy blood,Out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;And hast made us unto our God kings and priests;And we shall reign on the earth."-(Rev. v. 9, 10.)Yes, brethren beloved, such is our exalted destiny in

Christ Jesus. We are earth's future sovereigns. And ourentrance upon those royal honours, after the interval of ourmeeting the Lord in the air,-the length of that interval isnot revealed, Luke xxi. 36,-is portrayed in vivid languagein Zech. xiv, 3-9, and Rev. xix. ll-xx. 6.Seeing then what is to be brought unto us at the revelation

of Jesus Christ, shall we not, morning, noon, and night, rollheavenward the cry, "Come, Lord Jesus, 0 come quickly! "-C. Fooks.


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T H E BIBLE STANDARD . 137From the whole scope of the passage, it is clear that the

prediction refers, not to the Christian Church, but to Israel,the lineal descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Theterms employed also show that the prediction is still unful-filled. Some have, indeed, asserted that all the predictionsin the prophetic word, regarding Israel's restoration to theland of their fathers, were fulfilled in the restoration fromthe 70 years captivity, but that is a mistake; all the predic-tions of restoration from that captivity were indeed fulfilled;but there is another restoration foretold by the holy prophets,not yet accomplished, and this that we have quoted is a casein point, for, let the reader observe (1) that it was the houseof Judah that was taken captive to Babylon , and restoredafter 70 years; but here, both Judah and Ephraim are men-tioned, no longer at enmity with each other, as rival king-doms, but regarding each other with feelings of love andunity. (2) The return here predicted is from "the fourcorners of the earth,"-from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush,Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the islands of the sea; and(3) no such wonders were wrought for the return fromBabylon as those here predicted, viz :-the tongue of theEgyptian sea destroyed; the river [Euphrates] smitten bythe mighty hand of God, that men may go over dryshod ,and a highway made for the remnant of the people fromAssyria, "like as it was to Israel in the day that he cameout of Egypt." Truly, unless the word of the Lord is toreturn to Him void, the restoration here predicted remainsto be fulfilled.

Another like prediction, we select from the book ofJeremiah :-" I will gather the remnant of My flock out ofall countries whither I have driven them, and will bringthem again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful andincrease. And I will set up shepherds over them whichshall feed them: and they shall 'fear no more, nor bedismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the Lord.Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise untoDavid a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign andprosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.In His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwellsafely: and this is His name whereby He shall be called,THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Therefore, behold,the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say,The Lord liveth, which Drought up the children of Israelout of the land of Egypt; But, The Lord liveth, whichbrought up and which led the see.I of the house of Israel outof the north country, and from all countries whither Ihaddriven them; and they shall dwell in their own land."i.Ier, xxiii, 3-8.) Nothing less than the grossest perversionof language can construe these declarations to refer to anyother" flock of God" than that which He "brought up outof the land of Egypt," and which He has" driven" out,ov the world. And equally clear is it, that the prediction

is still unfulfilled, for in no past time, since the words werespoken, has Israel been gathered out of all countries whitherthey were driven; not yet does the promised King reign andprosper, and execute justice in the earth. Israel is still ascattered people; and" the throne of iniquity which framesmischief by a law" holds sway in their lands.

But the promised restoration of Israel to their own land,is a permanent one,-it is for ever. "Behold, the dayscome, saith the Lord, that I will sow the house of Israel andthe house of J udah with the seed of man, and with the seedof beast. And it shall come to pass, that like as I havewatched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and tothrow down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watchover them, to build, and to plant, saith the Lord .Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall bebuilt to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gateof the corner. And the measuring line shall yet go forthover against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass aboutto Goath. And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and ofthe ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, untothe corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holyunto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown downany more for ever." Jer, xxxi. 27-40.

These topographical descriptions :-" The tower of Hana-neel," "The gate of .the corner," "The hill Gareb," "Thebrook Kidron," are indisputable evidence that the city t) berebuilt is Jerusalem; and that the time is still to come whenit shall be rebuilt, to be thrown down not" any more for ever."

One more example must suffice for the present. Amos. ix.14-15: ., I will bring again the captivity of my people ofIsrael, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabitthem; and they shall plant viueyarJs, and drink the winethereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit ofthem. [What follows shows that the prediction cannot referto the return from Babylon.] And I will plant them upontheir land, and THEY SHALL NO MORE BE PULLED UP out of theirland which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God."

Long after the restoration of the house of J udah from the70 years captivity, their rejected Messiah declared that theywould be "led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalembe trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of theGentiles be fulfilled.' i Luke xxi. 24). And so it happened;and the state of the scattered nation, and the holy cityJerusalem, this day verify the words of the Lord. But,observe that the evil predicted is not to last for ever, butonly till "the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." Whenthese have run out, the "times of the restitution of allthings spoken of by all the holy prophets" begin; and thevoice of Israel's Goel shall" say to the North, Give up; andto the South, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, andmy daughters from the ends of the earth."- W. Laing.

(To be c Olltintted .)


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138 THE BIBLE STANDARD.DUMB DOGS.

IT is wonderful how, with a single touch, or an expressiveepithet, the Holy Spirit describes a human character. Theserpent, the dove, the fox, the ravening wolf, the roaringlion, all are used as types of character, and show moreclearly than any detailed description, the peculiar featureswhich they are intended to describe.The prophet Isaiah, when speaking of the defencelessnessand ruin of Israel, through their sinfulness, invites the"beasts of the field" to "come and devour, yea, all thebeasts in the forest." And as if to show the utter exposureof Israel to every danger he continues: "His watchmen areblind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs, theycannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber, yea,they are gr eedy dogs, which can never have enough, and theyare shepherds that cannot understand; they all look to theirown way, everyone for his gain, from his quarter. Comeye, say they, I will fetch wine and we will fill ourselves withstrong drink; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and muchmore abundant." Isa. lvi. 9-12.

The position of watchman requires vigilance and know-ledge; but it sometimes happens that persons not fit forthis work intrude themselves into the office. A blind watch-man would be a strange spectacle; and yet there are manywa~chmen that are blind; blind to their own condition,blind to their solemn duties, blind to the errors which theyhave imbibed, blind to the approach of danger, blind to theexistence of evil men and grievous wolves which divide anddestroy the flock of God. Not only are they blind, but theyare ignorant; not only ignorant, but dumb. A dumb manis to be pitied; a dumb watchman is to be blamed.

A watchman who utters no warning cry at the approachof danger, fails to fulfil the duties of his post. A dumb dogthat cannot bark, sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber,greedy, never satisfied,-such a dog, who would care to havehim about his premises? Who would dare to trust to hisprotection? And yet there are those who intrude themselvesinto positions of the utmost responsibility in the church ofGod, and when once there, they seem to find their main oc-cupation in keeping themselves in comfort, satisfying them-selves, and especially in keeping everything qu iet around them.'I'hey have infinite faith in mildness, and meekness, andmoderation. They would bind leviathan with a necklace;they would coax him to become a plaything for the maidens;they would pat wolves on their heads, and cultivate the mostfriendly relations with them; and the only thing whichwould give them especial trouble would be the sharp, shrill,baric of some more wary watcher, jealous of strangers, sus-picious of the enemies of the flock, and ready to rouse allhands with his indignant protests. Of course such a dis-turber of the public peace could not for a moment betolerated, and so if ever a dumb dog uses violence, it is whena dog that is not dumb disturbs his lazy slumbers, and

warns the flock of the approach of danger. No means aretoo severe to use in dealing with such a troubler of Israel,and he is presently cast out to be exposed un sheltered to thefury of enemies whose ire he has provoked. And then thedumb dog settles down and takes a nap, and enjoys hisslumber until the morning breaks and shows the sheepfoldentered, and the flock scattered, and blood and devastationon every hand. Perhaps when the mischief is done and thewrong wrought, the sleepy dog wakes up, and admits that"there must have been a wolf around somewhere," but stillhe acknowledges no responsibility, and makes no apologyfor the course which he has taken, and which has producedsuch deplorable results. His main anxiety is, not to humblehimself before God and man because of the ruin which he hascaused; not to leave the position for which he is manifestlyunfitted; but to seek by every possible means to bolster uphis failing reputation and retain the position which he hasdishonored and abused; and still to continue to be a watch-man, though he has proved himself to be dumb, and greedy,and sleepy, and useless for the work assigned him,

A fearful responsibility rests upon God's watchmen. Hehas set them over the house of Israel, and he bids them towatch for danger and to sound the alarm. Failing to dothis, the avenging sword may take away the unwary, buttheir blood shall be required at the unfaithful watchman'shand. Those whose utmost efforts are put forth to win andkeep the watchman's place; those who frown down theagitation of all who would disquiet them, and who lull them-selves and others into slumber and repose ; will have afearful account to render when they meet the true watchmen,whom they have disowned, dishonored, and cast out, beforethe judgment-seat of Christ.

God's watchmen are not dumb dogs. Noah was no dumbdog; he saw the coming danger and foretold it. Jeremiahwas no dumb dog; he beheld the calamities that wereapproaching, and warned the people to escape. The apostleshad none of this polite and courteous dumbness. Theyrebuked men sharply, that they might be sound in the faith;they held no parley with the corrupt and the designing, butsaid: ,. Thy money perish with thee, for thou art yet in thegall of bitterness and the bonds of iniquity." And when-ever you may find God's people passing through scenes of

, trial, you will find unfaithful men who prophesied smooththings, and healed the hurt of the daughter of Israelslightly, saying Peace! Peace! when there was no peace;who ever stood on the strongest side, took the king's gifts,filled the offices, and shared the emoluments, and drew thesalaries that rewarded a time-serving crew; while on theother hand are men who have stood like Enoch, andAbraham, and Elijah, and Paul, with no one to help them;no one to encourage them, but who alone have been a host,because God has been with them; and whose faithful wordshave checked the tide of evil, stayed the wild rush of


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iniquity, won the approval of God, and condemned, by theirfidelity, the thoughtlessness of a careless world. And Godhas ever justified the faith of his children; has stood bythem when all around seemed dark; when others have for-saken them He has been with them, their steadfast friendtheir abiding comforter, their presen t help in every time ofneed.

It is a glorious thing to be a faithful watchman of theLord ;-it is a fearful thing to be only a dumb dog.-H. L. Hastings .

A SCRIPTURAL ASPECT OF CHRISTIANITY.IT has been truly said, and it is worthy of all acceptation,that Christianity is not organized upon a system of philo-sophy or of legalized doctrines. All such savour of "thewill of man." Scripture, presenting us with the Divinemind, affirms it to be embodied in the nature, character, andacts of a Person, and. the possession of eternal life in thatPerson received upon the Divine principle of faith. In1 John v. 20, we are presented with the object of that faith:"HIM who is THE TRUEONE,the Son of God." The rangeof the knowledge of HIM; "we," believers, and only" we,"who are in-identified with-" HIM who is THE TRUE ONE."The result-eternal life ; but only to such as come withinthe category of this faith. This is Christianity; all else isidolatry, lying under the sentence of the wicked one (verse21 with 19); the end, therefore, destruction with him andhis works.

Christianity, thus introduced, as allied with the Person ofthe Son of God, is a doctrine so holy, so pure, so utterlyinconceivable by the human mind, that it must inevitably beaccepted as the offspring of God's originating and pre-determining intelligence. Neither can so unalloyed atheology be argued or written about on any system or groundof human knowledge yet devised. Such a subject can andmust be dealt with from an open Bible.

What a stupendous and far-reaching fact is announced inthose words, " Sin came into the world, and death by sin! "This, too, was permitted by God Himself, who is Love! NoBeing but He who knew the end from the beginning, couldpossibly have given occasion for such an evil, for Hiseternal purpose was" Glory to God in the highest, on earthpeace, and the ultimate manifestation of the good pleasureof God toward men." God, in wisdom, had fore-ordainedbefore the world was, the means whereby, when sin hadwrought out the purpose for which its entry was permitted,such a monstrous excrescence on His creation should beextirpated. God could by arbitrary power have annihilatedSatan on the instant of his attempt on the life of man, andhave crushed sin in the bud; but, consiatently with thecircumstances attendant on the probation of the Adamnature, and, therefore, consistently with His own moralbeing, He did not, having wondrous purposes in view for the

manifestation of Himself in love by the redemption of Hiscreatures. (1 John iv. 9.) His acts, therefore, with referenceto sin and and its author, assumed a purely judicial aspect.

The incarnation, death, and resurrection, of the Son ofGod, with all their accompanying inscrutable mysteries, werethe means decreed for the fulfilment of those purposes, viz:to "put away (a8T1)UW-abol-ish) sin" from His creation.Mark well! The Son of God did not suffer that sinnersmight be either punished or destroyed, but that sin, whichhas come an abnormal evil into the world, and death, mightbe extirpated (John i. 29, Rom, vi. 10, viii. 3), and that lifeand immortality might be made manifest. Christ came intothe world that the world MIGHTBE saoed, but its defiantpreference for the prince of darkness- rather than the Lordof Light, and wicked rejection of the glad tidings of life andimmortality have prevented the entirety of consummation.

The well-beloved Son of God has given Himself an offeringfor sin in love to man, and for the eternal glory of God.The work of the Cross has been accomplished, and must bereceived as the revelation of God as the judicial destroyer ofsin, for He visited it for its destruction, and judged it on thePerson of His own Son. Shall the sentence against sin, allsin, not be carried out? Shall God not have respect to thatjudgment, and to Him on Whom the"judgment was laid?Shall sin be abolished, or shall it for ever be retained tomock God, and repudiate the object of the sacrifice 0 HisSon? How do we read? "The bl~od of Jesus Christcleanses from all sin." God is said to be "faithful andjust;" but to what, or to whom? To His Son and Hissacrifice, both to forgive and to cleanse believers from all sinand unrighteousness. Is He to be acc-i-mted less faithful orjust to the blood-shedding of His Son in His dealings withunbelievers? The believer is again said to be "freed fromsin;" from him it is for ever abolished judicially, becauseof the all-comprehensive efficacy of the mighty sacrifice.But~ what of the unbeliever who tramples on the blood ofChrist and despises the Spirit of Grace? does he not retainhis sin? Consistently, then, with the object of the death ofChrist, what is to be done with it, or with him? for he isidentified with his sin, and as a sinner lies under the sentenceof abolition that, as above shown i Iiom, viii. 3), has beenpassed upon it. Shall the decree be reversed and the sinnerwith his sin be retained in eternal existence that the devilmay cast derision on the Cross of the Son of God?God forbid!

This is the aspect in which this momentous subject shouldbe solemnly considered; and I repeat-If the sinner ispreserved in life that sin may be an eternal mockery of theDivine Being, and set at nought His eternal purposesconcerning the ultimate destiny of men, then Christ hasdied in vain, and Christianity is a delusion.-H. Goodwyn.Cleuedon, 2nd Dec., 1878.


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rL'VSTVERS TO CORRESPONDE.YTS.

"V E have received a number of letters of late from friends.who are beginning to see the truth, but who cannot exactly

harmonize a few passages which seem to stand opposed Ito the doctrine of the unconscious state of the dead. We ;shall, therefore, take up a few of the passages in questionin this number, and shall hope to answer the rest in thefollowing number of the" Bible Standard."

We cannot but hope that hundreds may be brought to seetbat the united voices of Prophet, Apostle, and Christ giveutterance to the truth, " That all flesh is as grass, and allthe glo'l'y of man as the flower of the grass, and that man indeath is in a state of unconsciousness, waiting the morningof the resurrection to awake him from his sleep of death.

We recei ved the following letter of enquiry from a clergy-man of the Church of England :-

" Dear Sir,- Would you kindly, at your leisure, favour mewith your explanation of Luke xxiii. 43, and 1 Peter iii. 19.I cannot but think that your position, if judged by thewords of Scripture, is all but invulnerable (as a friend, aman of great intellectual power, said to me this morning).Would you kindly comply with my request."

W. G., of Skipton, also writes us for an explanation of1 Peter iii. 19; and E. W., of Skipton, wishes us to explainBed. xii. 7.

We will endeavour to give, according to the desire of ourcorrespondents, an explanation of 1 Peter m. 19, andEocl, xii. 7; the passage found in Luke xxiii, 43, we shallleave until our next issue.

The language found in Peter's First Epistle, Brd chapter,18 and 19 verses, appears to some plainly to teach a consciousstate of existence for man in some kind of spirit-form afterhis decease. The passage has been used with some con-siderable weight by the Romanists to prove the existence ofa purgatory. Many of our great Protestant commentators,however, have defeated the arguments of the Romanist, byutterly discarding the passage as proving or referring in anyway to an intermediate state of consciousness for man whendead. And they have in our humble judgment given us avery correct exegesis of this passage, and one which preservesthe harmony of Scripture testimony bearing on man's natureand state in death.

Dr. Adam Clarke gives the following explanation in hiscomment on 1 Peter iii. 18, 19. He says, "Christ was putto death in the flesh, and qnickened (or made alive) by theSpirit, By which [Spirit] He went and preached. By theministry of Noah, one hundred and twenty years. 'To thespirits in prison,' the inhabitants of the antediluvian world,who, having been disobedient and convicted of the mostflagrant transgression against God, were sentenced by Hisjust law to destruction. But their punishment was delayed,

I to see ifthey would repent, and the 10ny-sI(fferil'!! of God waitedone hundred and twenty years, which were granted to themfor this purpose, during which time, as criminals tried andconvicted, they are represented as being in prison, detainedunder the arrest of divine justice, which waited either fortheir repentance or the expiration of the respite, that thepunishment pronounced might be inflicted. This I havelong believed to be the sense of this difficult passage, and noother that I have seen is so consistent with the whole scopeof the text. That the Spirit of God (for it u:a,s the Spirit 0fGod that ra is ed. up Jesus from the dead-Ed.) did strive with,convict, and reprove, the antediluvians is evident fromGen. vi. 3, " J1!J SpiTit shall not allva!Js strice icith. man, forus-much as he is flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred andtwenty years."

" And it was by this Spirit that Noali became a preacher ofriqhteousness, and condemned that ungodly worlJ (EIeb. xi. 7),who would not believe, till wrath, divine punishment, cameupon them to the uttermost. The word "spirit" is sup_posed to render this view of the subject improbable, becausethis must mean disembodied spirits; but this certainly doesnot folIow.

., On this word 7rVVjLo.CH there are several various read-ings. I have before me one of the first, if not the very firstedition of the Latin Bible, and in it the verse stands thus :-, In qLW et liiis qu i in carcere cran t SPIRITUALITEReniens pre-dicavit,' by which he came spiritually and preached to themthat were in prison."

"In the very ancient M8S. of the Vulgate before me, theclause is thus, 'In qno et h iis qui in carcare erant SPIRITUvencieus predicaolt, in which, coming by the Spirit, he preachedto those who were 'in prison.' This is the reading also ofthe Complutensian Pol yglot.

"Another ancient MS, in my possession has the wordsnearly as in the printed copy :-' In qLW et hiss in carcere

I conclusi eraut SpiritualiteT, enieus predicaoit,' in which,coming spiritually, he preached to those who were shut u.pin prison.

" Another MS., written about A.D. 1370, is the came as theprinted copy.

"'rhe common printed Vulgate is different from all these,and from all the MS8. of the Vulqau: which I have seen inreading Spiriubu "to the spirits."

"I have quoted all these authorities from the mostauthentic and correct copies of the Vu/yate, to show thatfrom them there is no ground to believe that the text speaksof Christ going to hell to preach the Gospel to the damned,

I or of His going to some feigned place where the souls of thepatriarchs were detained, to, whom He preached, and whomHe delivered from that place and took with Him to Paradise,which the Romish Church holc1s as an article of faith."

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141HE BIBLE STANDARD.a great deal of light upon the passage in question. We willnow give the opinion of other well-known writers.

Dr. Doddridge, in his comment on 1 Peter, iii. 18-19," Being indeed put to death in the jiesh, by those enemies whomGod permitted for a while to triumph over Him; but quickenedby the Spirit oj God, which soon reanimated His body, andraised it to an immortal life. Even that Spirit, by the inspi-ration of which granted to His faithful servant Noah, goingjorth as it were in that progress in which He employed him,he preached to those notorious sinners, who, for their dis-obedience, have since experienced the just severity of theDivine vengeance. I speak of those who u'ere longsince disobedient, when once the abused and insulted long-sui/ering of a compassionate God waited upon them, in thedays of the patriarch Noah, during the succession of onehundred and twenty years, ichile the ark was preparing."

The Rev. Albert Barnes, in his" Notes," comments thuson the 19th verse -" By which] evidently by the Spiritreferred to in the previous verse. The meaning isthat the same" Spirit" which was efficacious in restoringHim [Christ] to life, after He was put to death, was thatby which He preached to the spirits in prison.s=to wit, inthe days of Noah,"

The Rev. W. Burkitt, a minister of the Church of England,born A.D. 1650, writing on this passage, makes use of thefollowing words, which contain the same idea as given byClark, Doddridge, ana Barnes: "That Christ by His Spiritdid preach to the Old World in the Ministry of His Prophets,Enoch and Noah, and His Spirit did chide with them, andreprove them, in order to their bringing to Repentance.The old world," he says, "was in Prison, as having receivedfrom God the sentence of Destruction if they repented notwithin 120 years."

We will now give the criticism of the Rev. E. W. Bullinger(St. Stephen, Walthamstow), although Mr. Bullinger differssomewhat from the previous writers which we have quoted,yet the same line of thought is maintained by the author of" The Critical Lexicon and Concordance to the English and GreekNew Testament." We quote the following from his work.-1 Peter iii. 19. "TO'S v q,wAaK[L ttvviuurc " to the in-prisonspirits. To those who did not hearken to it in the days ofNoah now in prison (the grave). Christ" wentand preached" as in Dent. xxxi. 1, Moses" went and spake."In Epli. ii. 17, = Jesue came and preached peace to you."These simply mean" spake " and" preached" (Jesus didnot go to Ephesus). So not a word is said about Christpreaching to them when they were in prison, but in thepower of the same Spirit by which He was quickened. Thegreat Preacher (1 Peter i. 11; Gal. iii. 8;) preached (Gen.vi. 3) through Noah, the preacher of righteousness (H eb. xi.7; 2 Pet. ii. 5.)

Dr. Macknight, in his" Literal Translation from. the Original

Greek oj all the Apostolical Epistles, with a Commentary andNotes," is in perfect harmony with the exegesis given by thedifferent writers from which we have quoted on the passagein question. His remarks on 1 Peter iii. 19, are as follows:" 'By which also He preached to the Spirits in prison,'Christ is said, by the same Spirit Who made Him alive, tohave preached to the antediluvians, because His Spiritinspired Noah to preach to them, as is plain from Gen. vi. 3,, My Spirit shall not always strive with man.' Hence Noahis called a preacher of righteousness (2 Peter ii. 5). Note.-Byattributing the preaching of the ancient prophets to Christ,the apostle hath taught us, that from the beginning theeconomy of man's redemption hath been under the directionof Christ. Accordingly the same apostle hath expresslyaffirmed (1 Peter i. 3,) that the Spirit Who was in theancient prophets was the Spirit of Christ."

2. "He preached." Elsner, on this passage, hath pro-duced examples from the Scriptures, and from Demosthenes,to show that the phrase, "he went and preached" is apleonasm for "he preached. " Among the examples fromScriptures, the clearest and most direct is Eph, ii. 15-17 :'~Having abolished ..... and came and preached peaceto you who were afar off, and to them who were nigh." Forit is certain that our Lord, after His resurrection, did Dot gopersonally to the Gentiles to preach peace to them: Hepreached to them by His apostles only. But, if Christ issaid by Paul to go and do, what He did by His Apostle, Hemay, with equal propriety, be said by Peter, to go and dowhat He did by His prophet Noah."

We think that, so far as the time when the preaching tookplace, it is fully proved that it was in the days of Noah, bythe Spirit, which raised up Christ from the dead, preachingthrough righteous Noah to the antediluvians. The Rev. W.Bullinger and Dr. Macknight give expression to a thought inconnection with this text, which we think will lead us to thefull explanation of the clause: "spirits in prison."Bullinger says, "to the in-prison spirits," "The disobedienceis viewed as the ground why they are 1~OW in prison," AndDr. Maclmight says, " They were men on earth when Christpreached to them by His Spirit speaking in Noah, but theyare now" spirits in prison."

We learn from this clause that something is now in prison,but this something need not necessarily be spiritual beingswho once were men that sinned. An examination of theGreek word pneuma, from which Spirit is translated,will aid us greatly in this matter. In the Old Testa-

! ment, pneuma is everywhere the translation of Huacli,and is the life principle springing from God, and issaid to be possessed by all the lower creatures. The pneumaof God is the source of Life in all its manifestations. Thewithdra wal of it leaves Thanatos (death) the opposite of soe(life). Man is not a spirit, but only possesses it for a time


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as a boon from God. At death, it "returns to God who gaveit." The spirit is not the man, for when it is given up, it isseparated from him till resurrection.

The spirit of man is that which keeps him alive; when itis withdrawn, the man of course dies; but we find a markeddifference in the condition or position in death betweenthe pneuma (spirit) of the righteous and the pneuma (spirit) ofthe wicked. The righteous man commends his pneuma, 01'life, to Christ in whom it is deposited, no one being able totake it out of his hands, for the righteous man has beenmade free from the Law of sin and death. The Law, then,has no claim upon the pneuma (spirit) of the righteous; it issaved, preserved, kept in trust, by Christ, until theresurrection.

Not so with the unrigbteous antediluvian of whom theApostle Peter uses the passage. His pneuma (spirit) is in thehands of the LAW,therefore, in prison.

Thus we see that the spirit or life of the rebellious ante-deluvian, to whom Noah preached, instead of being in thesafe keeping of Him who is the Life of the righteous, andwho will keep his pneuma unto life everlasting, it is forfeited,it is lost, being imprisoned under the Law of sin and death,which Lawwill eventually destroy that life or spirit, so far as itsconnection with the unrighteous antediluvian is concerned.

Stephen, when dying, committed his pneuma, spirit or life,into the hands of Christ, that he might find it again, inaccordance with the promise made by the Lord to Hisdisciples, found in John xii. 25: "He that loveth his lifeshall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shallkeep it unto life eternal."

If we view the spirit in the sense of life in 1 Peter iii. 19,the passage becomes perfectly clear, also taking into con-sideration that the Law holds the life of every unrighteousman, therefore, it may be said to be in prison; but on theother hand, the Law has no claim whatever upon the life(i.e. future) of the righteous. The man whose life or spiritis found in the hands of the Law in the day of judgment,cannot be a partaker of the eternal life, from the fact that hehas failed to pass from under the condemnation of thesecond death, unto the justification of eternal life.

Alas, how many spirits or lives are in prison to the Law,unredeemed by Him who came for this special purpose; butmen have refused His gift, and would not come unto Him,that they might have life or redemption, therefore, their lifeor spirit remains in prison to the law.

Of course the Greek word pneuma has other senses inwhich it is used in the New Testament, but we have nodoubt but that it is used in this sense in the passage underconsideration. May the Lord grant the reader and writerHis richest blessing, and may we commit ourselves into Hiskeeping that the spirit or life may be saved in the day ofthe Lord. Amen.

ASSOCIATION NOTES.SUBSCRIPTIONs.-In deference to the strong feelings and

earnest wishes of several of the principle subscribers of theAssociation, no list of such will appear in Bible Standard,Probably a separate Annual Report will be published aftereach Conference, but that must be left for the decision ofsuch Conference of Subscribers. Meantime will our friendsdo their utmost to establish a sound and broad basis foraction, in the shape of a large and willing subscription list?Until this is accomplished, our work must of necessity becautious and feeble. We have the heart to attempt greatthings for Christ and His truth, but not as yet the power.Hitherto all work done has been honorary, but the time ofour workers is limited, their engagements multiplied; homeduties largely engross their thoughts and fill their hands.We need paid agents, whose whole time, thought, andenergies can be devoted to the work. Our Master's glorydemands this; our Heavenly Father's honour; the interestsof Truth; the well-being and true enlightenment of ourfellow-men. A sleeping Church must be aroused. A carelesspulpit must be quickened into earnestness. Scattered be-lievers in the glorious truth of a Coming Christ to impartlife and blessing, must be united. He who in this crisis barsthe way must be thrust aside.and he who withholds the neededhelp of heart, and head, and hand sadly and sinfully errs."Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward."Our Heralds of the Cross must traverse the length andbreadth of our kingdom, to make known that long-buriedGospel of glad tidings, that Christ has brought "Life andImmortality" to light. "Men of Israel, help!" Let thewomen who were last at the cross, and first at the sepulchre,be the first here.

LECTUREs.-On the last Thursday and Friday inNovember, the Editor, George A. Brown, delivered twolectures in Skipton, Yorkshire. Mr. H. J. Ward, of Liver-pool-manifesting his deep interest in the work, as Presidentof the Association-presided. The meetings were verysuccessful, largely attended, deep interest manifested, andseveral questions asked. Writing about the same, theChairman says, "We had an excellent time of it at Skipton.Bro. Brown has kindled a fire that will never be quenched."

The Editor expects to deliver, during the month, Lecturesin Liverpool and Bradford. Mr. H. J. Ward, of Liverpool,is expected to take the chair at the Lecture in Bradford.

We invite correspondence from friends wishful to secureLectures in their respective neighbourhoods, provided thatsuch friends will take an active part in arrangements forthe same.

VISITOR'SGUIDE.-" A burnt child dreads the fire," a verytrue proverb, which seems to have made a pretty vividimpression upon the minds of some of our honouredbrethren. They have suffered much at the hands of the


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" Churches" (so-called), and in their utter repudiation ofany but the One Church of which the Master is head, theydiscard the very idea of a Church, though having practicallythe organisation of such. Well, vie do not wonder thereat ;very unrighteous things have been, and are being done byChurches, the iron of which has entered into many a heart-our own included. As such cannot join our" Visitor'sguide" under its last heading, we have dropped part of thetitle, and thus removed the stumbling-block. But, instriving to avoid Scylla, have we fallen on Charybdis?If so, our friends will write to us, expressing their opinions,and according to the general feeling shall be our action,either to have the whole or part of the heading. Our ownfeelings are strong, but our duties are stronger.NEws OF THEWORK.-We have a feeling that a brief

record of the work in various places would be acceptable tothe readers of the Bible Standard, and helpful to ourChurches and missions. ,Ve, therefore, invite brief com-munications from places subscribing to "Visitor's Guide,"and from other places where lectures have been given, orauxiliaries have been formed.CHELTENHAM.-OnSunday, November 24th, this place and

Bridgnorth changed pulpits. The Rev. Thomas Vasey, ofthe latter place, delivered two cheering and instructivesermons, to good congregations. On Monday following, aTea and Public Meeting was held, and well attended. Mr.C. E. Brooks gave the report, and Mr. Vasey gave a longand helpful address on our distinctive views of truth. Thework here prospers, though it has been cradled throughoutin storm, and the friends are hopeful. Cyrus E. Brooks,Hon. Sec., 4, Oriel-place, Cheltenham.

TO OUR FRIENDS.WE are anxious to obtain a much larger circulation for theBible Standard the coming year than we had the last year.For this end we shall work, and we hope that every friend ofthe Truth will make an effort in the same direction. Youcan help us if you will in this matter. Shall we have yourco-operation? Shall we have your influence? Shall wehave some willing work thrown into this channel? If eachsubscriber will secure one other, our object will be gained.We shall endeavour to make the paper worthy of yoursupport, by enlisting the help of some of our best writers onthe subjects advocated in this paper, both in America and inEngland.A Brother suggested a plan to us the other day, whichwould, if taken up by the friends, enable us to send out2,000 copies per month for free distribution.If fifty friends would donate ten shillings per year, wecould then send out 1,000 copies of each current number,and 1,000 copies of the back numbers. Who will help us tomature and bring into a practical form the above suggestion?We need to put forth an united effort. Time is short:our opportunities for doing good are growing less. TheJudge is at the door. Men are perishing for lack of know-ledge. Shall we withhold the light and the knowledge-which God in His goodness has granted to us? 01' shall wemake, if necessary, a sacrifice for the benefit of our fellow-men ?

We must remember that the Press is a mighty instrumentfor good or evil. Its power will never be known until theday of reckoning. With this instrument within our reach,let us make its power felt, using it to carry the tidings ofcoming redemption, of coming immortality, of coming glory.Thousands have already been brought to the Truththrough the medium of the Press, and we feel that thousandsmore can yet be reached and saved from the strong delusionswhich are coming in like a flood upon the religious world.Let our friends act at once, both in securing new sub-scribers to the paper, and also in sending in their donationsfor the free circulation of the Bible Standard. Subscriptionsfor the paper to be sent to GEO.A. BROWN,Walnut House,Lincoln, and donations to W. BAUSOR,197, High-street,Lincoln.

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