bible standard january 1881

8/3/2019 Bible Standard January 1881

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

No. 4. vei, IV. PRICE ONE PENNY.JANUARY, 1881.TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE.The Race and the Tru th ...Regeneration and Resurrection ...Immortality the Gift of God ...The Minister's DaughterWhy Christians Die ...Purified by FireNotes and NewsCorrespondence ExtractsChurch and Mission NewsQuestion and Answer

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58 THE BIBLETHE RACE AND 'rHE TRUTH.

To no other modern race than ours has such honour been granted asthis-to be the pioneers of colonisation and civilisation. France isgreat, but barren beyond her immediate limits, for" Algeria languishes;whilst her settlements in Lower Canada and Louisiana are being lost inthe Angle-American vortex. Cayenne is a prison; and Coohin Chinaand New Caledonia are mere notes of impotence along-side India andAustralia." Germany is a powerful factor ou the Contiuent of Europe,t her thousands of migrating Germans do not form new colonies, but,landing on the shores of America, are lost in the English element.Scandiuavia, Spain, and Italy, whilst possessing at home space andmeans for great development, affect not the world's flowing tide of newlife. Russia, whilst all-powerful in the north, is but a geographicalexpression beyond the bounds of ice and snow. Amongst Asiatics,China also sends its teeming life abroad, but, with this peculiarity,that it is not for purposes of settlement, to fonnd new homes, but formere gain, to be spent amidst the crowded masses of the old home.Thus, Britain alone appears as the modern pioneer of colonising life.She has founded a mighty nation in the United States of America; isforming a second in the Dominion of Canada; has created a third inAustralasia; is bringing forth a fourth in Southern Africa; ha, pro-vided a governing class for India; and is making her influence felt inevery trading post the wide world o'er.Since, then, the Anglo.Saxon tongue is the tongue of colonisation and

civilisation, what a wide empire it opens up for the special work in whichwe, as an Association, are engaged. We hold a precious truth-that of" Life only in Christ." We hold it, not as a merely personal blessing, butas a blessing for, and which importantly concerns, the race as a whole.By means of the press, we can reach and speak in our own tongue to ahundred million of the same race, holding the keys of future empire.A grand truth, for a grand race, with a grand futnre. Let the truth andthe race come together; and thus let the truth prepare the race for itsfuture. Had we a thousand talents, a thousand fortunes, they shouldall be cast into the lap of the glorious truth that" Life and Immortalityare brougb t to light through thp Gospel." Alas! we have but one talent,and, added to this, but the widow's mite; still, such as it is, it hasbeen and is devoted to tlte service of the truth. More 10e cannot do.More some of our readers can do. We entreat-in the name of life andimmortality-that it be done, and done speedily, Let the press speak,in our Saxon tongue, to Saxon people scattered the wide word o'er.Feed tbat press, to that end, with your liberal gifts, and it shall speakto millions "the un search able riches of Christ." Christian brethren,this message we mnst send forth by our willing and liberal gifts, lestHe, whom we profess to love and serve, set us aside as unfaithfulstewards. With the Master almost on the threshold of His nearReturn, let there be no holding back of what we can, and, therefore,ehould. give and do.We feel most keenly the importance of the trust committed to us, to

fulfil which we have united ourselves a' an unsectarian. Associatioll,that by union we might secure a common fuud of influence andpecuniary means. God has blessed our Union. It has giv,'n, by Hisgrace, an impetus to the witness of the truth, and brought many intolight, whilst stimulating others. But what are these to the many yet in'darkness; what the wheat to the cbaff? The work is indeed great, thetime is very short; the means wholly inadeqnate. In the interests oftruth and humanity we ask for mor>. Our gifts, taken as an average,are but crumbs, where generous slices are essential. .Truth demand,such slices, and, if we have the courage of our convictions, will receivethem; for, precious truth must not be permitted to shiver in cottonrags, whilst pernicious error is garbed softly and warmlyin flannel andfurs. Of our readers we ask for Subscriptions as Members andAssociates; of our Mr-mlx rs larger Subscriptions where- and onlywhff-puct;cahlc.-(E'.)

STANDARD.REGENERATION A.ND RESURRECTION.

By General H. Good.op),1. AT the Conference of the "Conditionn.l ImmortalityAssociation," held in Maberley Chapel last year (1879)was startled at hearing a tenet asserted to ths effect tha" the true period of Regen sration is at the Resurrectionthe dead." I made no remark at the time, imagining thassertion to be merely a "private interpretation" of somhitherto obscure Scripture, confined to him who utteredTo my surprise, however, at the Conference, lately heldLiverpool, I found that the above tenet was held by othethere present; I therefore deemed it right to examine iclaim for acceptance. I have some reason to suppose thathe above opinion is entertained in aid of the doctrine of thunconscious state of Believers who fall asleep; the impression, apparently, being that such cannot absolutely die, bccntinue to exist in some spirit-form. For this opinioncan trace no Scriptural authority.Il. Now, it is evident that the question turns on th

nature of the New Birth, its effect on the Believer, anthe object for which it is conferred. In the course of ouinvestigation, opportunity will be afforded for dispelling thillusion that the present state of a regenerated persoconcedes (as some suppose) any ground for belief that hmust, after death, necessarily remain 111 a spirituallyconscious condition until the Resurrection.Ill. I say" present state," for I cannot but think thn

the following Scriptures assert beyond question the factthe Divine bestowal of the" New Birth" during this currenage wherein the Gospel of Salvation is preached, whicbegan by the ocular proof of the conversion of 3,000 souby the power of the Pentecostal Spirit. This was followe. by that of SCUllthe Jew of Tarsus, and subsequently by thaof the Gentile Centurion, ana others. What name can bgiven to the effect then produced on hearers of the Wordwho are said to have received the Holy Spirit, to havrepented, to have been conscious of the forgiveness of sinand to have been baptised? Is it not Regeneration?not, what is it ?Is it not written that, "Whosoever believeth that Jesu

is the Christ, is born. nf God? "--1 John v. 1, in which verswe also perceive that being bum and being begotten of Gomean the same thing ( 1 1 ) ; moreover, that the Divine endow

(a ) I make this assertion on other grounds also, viz., that tGreek word gellll(lo is used to signify both being "born," and bei"begotten." Moreover, to show that there is evidence in favour of tformer being tbe word that should convey meaning to the latter, thword 9f'ILnaii is used in such passages as ]JIalt. ii. 1, 4; Luke i. 3John iii. 3, 4, 5, 6, ix. 2, 32. and others, in no one of which instancewould ., begotten" have been applicable. The word is also used1 Cor. iv. 15, and in 1 Peter i. 3 and 23, and in all the passages thfcllow the one to which this note refers, except Jamcs i. 18, when' thw.od " begat" is obtained from apokeueo, the propel' meaning of whicis" to bring fortb," \Parkiw1"Sl) closely allied to being" born." Thword IJ1"u((ltoiros is used to denote both "first-born," and "firstbr gotten." 'I'I.us in Porltlrurst: Lex. is found lJ1"iitolokos l)(l.es l.tiset"fird-born," (,1' ,. First-begotten of the whole creation." Apiototokos ek tiin nehrsn;" Firstbom 01' firl't-befOUtll Iiom the dead."


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THE BIBLE STANDAHD.~-'-~ -=- -~ -I~ -overcoming the world I event to which the Lord Jesus referred as reported

Matt. xix. 28.V. I now proceed to show that the present possession

the c o c New Birth," 01' " Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus," donot involve a conscious continuance of existence after deatin any form whatever. Apart from the unquestionable fthat the faculties of mind, will, or affections havespiritual subsistence dissociated from the material orgaof which they are the obvious phenomena, so that whthese organs perish, all mental or intelligent action is atend; apart, too, at present, from the abundant evidenfrom Scripture that confirms the above, I will produceexperience of Paul the Apostle, both as to the fact and effof his Regeneration and Conversiou, and to his expectationat death; written by himself under inspiration of God.Regarding the former event, he says, that having b

"before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injuriouserving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice aenvy." ... "After that the kindness and love of GodSaviour appeared, not by works of righteousness thathad done, but according to His mercy He saved him, byt~(lshing oj Hcqeneration, ltJul the reneicin q oj the Holy Spiri(1 Tim, i. 13. Titu iii. 3, 5.) This plain statement, taktogether with the well-known scene related in Acts ix., neno comment to persuade men as to the fact of the Apostlregeneration, the effect having been the conversion ofpersecutor and blasphemer into "a chosen vessel to bHis Name before the Gentiles" in this present age.Nor is this to be reckoned a peculiar case, for he says t

" Jesus Christ first showed forth all long-suffering in hfor a pattern to them who should hereafter believe."VI. Let us now learn from this same Apostle's o

writing, what his expectations were when the earthly hoof his tabernacle (a) should be dissolved. 'I'hesestated in 2 Cor. v. 1--10, which passage is to be connecwith the preceding chapter, wherein, after adverting toown and Timothy's perplexities and persecutions, he sto the Corinthians that they are not in despair, " thoualways delivered unto death, knowing that He who raiup the Lord Jesus, shall raise us up also by Jesus, and spresent us with you," (Corinthian saints), iv. 14. He tproceeds to strengthen their faith with the assurance"if this tabernacle were dissolved, we have 11 buildingGod, an house not made with bands eternal in the heavensi.e., as in 1 Cor. xv. 38~53. God will give them a bthat pleaseth Him, a spiritual, immortal body, thatmay bear the image of the Heavenly (verse 48). Wellknew that the glorious body that is to clothe the spiritthe saved is the form and pattern of that of the Glor

ment has a present purpose, viz., for_ (vel'. 4).

Those who believe, and were dead in trespasses and sins,God hath quickened into the consciousness of a newness oflife. (Eph. ii, 5.) They are" freed from sin" to which theyhave judicially died, with Christ; nor, though still in sinfulflesh, can they sin unto condemnation, because they areborn oj God. (Rom vi. 7, 11 ; viii. 1, with 1 John v. 18.)Here again a present purpose is declared for this condition;it is in order to the service of God (Rom. vi. 18, 22), andfor a testimony to His love and grace iRom, viii). TheApostle Peter says that brotherly love should be engenderedby the acknowledgment of the fact of all " bei nq born again"by the same incorruptible seed, the Word of God." (1 Peteri. 22, 23).The Evangelist John says that s , as many as received"

Jesus as the Son of God, to them gave He the 'right to becomethe sons of God; who we1'e born, not of the flesh or the willof man, but 0/ God." (John i. 12, 13.)The Apostle James asserts that God "of His own willbegat 1IS with the Word of Truth;" testimony being againthe object of present action, viz., to the dawn of a newCreation by the Resurrection of Christ, of which thosebegotten are" the first-fruits." (James i. 18.)The Lord Jesus, on the evening of His Resurrection,

when He became" The Last Adam," or Head of a newCreation, breathed on His disciples the quickening power ofthat life which constituted them subjects of that newCreation; for the exercise of which He also bestowed onthem the Holy Spirit as the fountain-head within them,whence their testimony should flow forth. (John xx. 21-23; 2 Cor. v. 17, 18.) What was this but "the spirit oflife in Christ Jesus" conveying to their souls the conscious- .ness of judicial freedom from" the principle of sin anddeath," expressed in that word "Peace," in connectionwith the action? (Rom. viii, 2.) I ask again whether thisbe not Regeneration?Much more might be adduced to the same effect, viz.,

to demonstrate that Regeneration and Conversion areDivine acts of the present dispensation. "Now are we thesons of God." (1 John iii. 2. Rom, viii, 14, 15.)IV. Before passing to the next topic, it may be well to

state that the only instance, recorded in Scripture, of Re-generation being coincident with Resurrection, is that ofthe nation of Israel in the a.ge to come; when the repentantmembers of that nation who are living at the period of theSecond Advent of the Messiah, will be regenerated, andthose true Israelites who have died in faith will be raisedfrom the dead. The two events are recorded in full detailin Ezek, xxxvi. 23~38, and xxxvii. See also Zech. xii.-xiii, 6.This period of "The Regeneration" of Israel is the

(a) That the word" Tabernacle" means the human body. Seuse in 2 Peter i. H.


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60 THE BIBLE STANDARD.Firstborn, in which they will surely" not be found naked "in the Father's eyes.We have just learnt how Paul knew that as an objective

perso nal individual he would not be presented to the Fatherby Jesus at his dissolution, but together with the membersof the entire body-" presented with you,"-as he writes tothe Corinthians (iv, 14). Here then is an assurance thatregenerated Believers do not, as they severally die, pass intothe presence of the Lord in any disembodied form duringany intermediate period, but remain in their graves till theyhear the voice of the Archangel, when the entire body-theliving members being changed simultaneously into theresurrection state-rise together "to meet the Lord (not illheaven, but) in the firmament." (1 Thess, iv. 15-17.) Ifthere was such an event as either the passing of Believersinto glory, or remaining in a conscious state between deathand resurrection, here surely was the opportunity for makingthe revelation. But the Apostle is silent on the subject; heknows it not. His mind was occupied solely with the suretyof transition from the mortal to the immortal body; hisfaith, as "a substance of things hoped for," could bring thelatter into immediate contact with the former.The Bible knows nothing of a natural immortality, nor

can it of the traditional idea of the continued existence ofsoul as a pure spirit without a body. Moreover, if thePlatonic idea popularly entertained be really credited, thepathos and force are altogether lost in such passages (andin many others of similar import) as the following :-

Isa. xxxviii. 18, 19, " The grave cannot praise Thee, deathcannot celebrate Thee. . . . The living, the living, he shallpraise Thee, as I do this day." Again, Job xiv. 7, "Thereis hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,and that the tender branch thereof will not cease." Vel'. 10," But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up theghost (spirit), and where 'is he?" Vel'. 12, " So man liethdown and riseth not, till the heavens be no more; theyshall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." Psalmxxxix. 13, "0 spare me, that I may recover strength beforeI go hence, and be no more."

We can therefore understand Paul's expectation that"mortality might be swallowed up of life;" no interval ofconsciousness being present to his mind between the momentof death and that of Resurrection, when mortality should puton immortality. YeI'. 4. (a)For this elevated destiny God had already prepared Paul

by his regeneration, and given him therewith "the earnest"of the resurrection body by the bestowal of "the HolySpirit." God Himself had thus" wrought him for that self-

(a ) "Consciousness is an attribute of the spirit of life, ... thismarvellous agency is manifested in living organisms, and does notoperate beyond, 01' independent of organic faculties,"-(Forster, BiblicalPsychology.)

same thing." (Vel'. 5, which should be read in the lighchap. iv. 17, and John. xx. 22.)Under these circumstances the Apostle was "confide

that he would, "'and willing rather: to be absent from(mortal) body, and to be present with the Lord" in"house from heaven." It is to be noted that b" present with the Lord:' implies a personal actual presenever promised until His Second Advent. Moreover, tabsent from the body and present" with the Lord, literand immediately, would prove too much, as He isseated at the right hand of God on His Father's thr(Rev. iii. 21); therefore, to be personally present withLord Jesus, in an immediate sense, would involve amature participation in the glorious majesty of the Godhand contradict 1 Thess, iii. 13. The body complete isof all to " appear before the Judgment-seat of Christ" atResurrection.But, in addition to the above, there is not the shadow

authority for the supposition that some members of the bof Christ should be blessed in the heavens before the wheven in spirit-form. This were to render the ways ofunequal and partial, and to destroy the unity taught1 Cor. xii. 12-20. Already is the enth"e body "blessed wall spiritual blessings in Heaven in Christ;" and this tris now presented to the faith of the regenerated s" sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise," as an earnesthe riches of the grace of God that await the spiritual boin resurrection. (Eph. i. 3, 13, 14.) Can more be expeprevious to that event?Our Apostle, of whose hope I have written above, had

expectation of any glory or reward till he should receivecrown" at that day," when, " together with all them that loveappearing of the Righteous Judge," they should receive the(2 Tim, iv. 8; also 1 Peter i. 3, 7.)VII. A passage in Phil. i. 21-24, has occasioned so

difficulty with commentators, and as it seems to favoupriority of blessing for the Apostle, I allude to it, aided bhigh authority (a) in Scriptural Psychological mattePaul says, "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gBut if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour:what I shall choose I wot not. For I am in a strait betwtwo, having a desire to depart, and to bewith Christ, whicfar better." The noble Apostle hesitates between these-life and death; for the sake of his Master he would lifor his own sake he would prefer death. He decides, hever, in the purity of an unselfish spirit, for life. "abide in the flesh is more needful for you."Mr. Forster here affords an explanation that renders

desire of Paul consistent with the hope expressed inpassage I have already commented on-2 Cor. v. He sa

(a) Forster's Biblical Psychology.


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T H E B IB L E ST A N D A R D ." The 23rd verse of this 1st chapter of Epistle to Philippiansdepends for its explanation upon whether the Greek wordseis to analusai should be translated with reference to theApostle returning to dust, or to the returning of Christ.The present translation is not accurate; the Platonic theoryhas evidently guided it. The word analusai, from ana andluo , means 'to loose back again,' that is, to return, as aship to port, or, as used by the Lord to express His returnfrom the wedding, where the word is used. (Loke xii, 36.)Hence the word aualusai should have its proper meaning of'returning.' But what 'Returning?' The original wordsare to analusai, 'The Returning; , to which the Apostleaffixes the result, viz., 'and to be with Christ.' Thisdissipates all doubt, and, as before remarked, renders Paul'sdesire consistent with the hope expressed in all his Epistles."I cannot avoid a remark before closing this paper, that

the intermediate disembodied state is one of woe or bliss,and affects the unbeliever as well as the believer, and con-sequently anticipates both the Day of Judgment and theResurrection, a circumstance that cannot have the sanctionof Him whose attributes are equity and justice.Instead, therefore,of Regeneration in this age being in

opposition to the Scriptural teaching of the unconsciousstate of the dead, it is on the contrary a gracious pre-paratory work of God, which, whilst it conveys assurance ofa total oblivion of intermediate time, becomes a Divinesolace for "present afflictions," causing them to appear" light and momentary" in view ofthe imminent approach ofthe Resurrection. For" though our outward man perish,the inward man is renewed day by day" in this very ex-pectation that "worketh for us a far more exceeding andeternal weight of glory!" Therefore," We faint not! "

IMMORTALI'rY THE GIFT OF GOD ONLY TO THETRUE BELIEVER IN CHRIST JESUS.

" Am Itherefore become your enemy because Itell you the truth?"Paul to the Galatians iv. 16.Mr. H. L. Hastings, the Editor and Publisher of 'The

Christian," addressing the reader of his work, '


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62 THE BIBLE STANDARD.'He is the Rock, His work is perfect: for all His ways are judg-

ment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He.'(Dent. xxxii. 3-4.)'Shalt not the judge of all the earth do right?' (Gen. xviii. 25.)While we rely wholly upon the testimony of God as given in His Holy

Word, it is pleasing to be able to refer to the experience and testimonyof earnest intelhgent believers on the side of truth. The celebratedMr. Dale, the Congregational minister of Birmingham, referring in oneof his public speeches to the important truth that immortality is thegift of God only to the faithful Christian, declared: "I wish with thegreatest possible emphasis, to state that in my own experience, thereception of this doctrine has given all the great doctrines of theEvangelical faith a firmer hold on my intellect, my conscience, and myheart."-Co11l11l1tnicated by Jas. Leeslie, Esq., Canada.

THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER.By JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER.In the minister's morning sermonHe had told of the primal fall,

And how henceforth the wrath of GodRested on each and all.

And how, of His will and pleasure,All souls, save a chosen few,

Were doomed to the quenchless burning,And held in the way thereto.Yet never by faith's unreasonA saintlier soul was tried,

And never the harsh old lessonA tenderer heart belied.

And, after the painfnl serviceOn that pleasant Sabbath day,

He walked with his little daughterThrough the apple-bloom of May.

Sweet in the fresh green meadowsSparrow and blackbird sung;

Above him their tinted petalsThe blossoming orchards hung.

Around on the wonderful gloryThe minister looked and smiled:

" How good is the Lord who gives usThese gifts from His hand, my child!

" Behold in the bloom of apples,And the violets in the swardA hint of the old, lost beantyOf tbe Garden of the Lord! "

Then up spake the little maiden,Treading on snow and pink:

'0 Father! these prettv blossomsAre very wicked, I think.

" Had there been no Garden of EdenThere never had been a fall ;

And if never a tree had blossomedGod would have loved us all."

"Hush, child! " the father answered," By His decree man fell ;

His ways are in clouds and darkness,But He doeth all things well."And whether by His ordainingTo us cometh good or ill,

Jov or pain, or light or shadow,'Ve must fear and love Him still."" Oh, I fear Him! " said the daughter," And I try to love Him too;

But I wish He was good aud gentle,Kind and loving as you.'

The minister groaned in spiritAs the tremulous lips of pain

And wide, wet eyes upliftedQuestioned his own in vain.

Bowing his head he ponderedThe words of the little one;

Had he erred in his life-long teaching?Had he wrong to his Muster done?

To what grim and dreadful idolHad he lent the holiest nams ?

Did his own heart, loving and human,The God of his worship shame?

And lo! from the bloom and greenness,From the tender skies above,

And t.he face of his little daughterHe read a lesson of love.

No more as the cloudy terrorOf Sinai's mount of I9.w,

But as Christ in the Syrian liliesThe vision of God h e saw.

And as when, in the clefts of HorebOI old was His presence known,The dread Ineffable GloryWas Infiuite Goodness alone.

Thereafter his hearers notedIn his prayers a tenderer strain,

And never the gospel of hatredBurned on his lips again.

And the scoffing tongue was pra: erful,And the blinded eyes found ight,

And hearts, as flint aforet.ime,Grew soft in his warmth and light.

-Atlantic lJJonthly.

WHY CHRISTIANS DIE.By MAJOR G. J. VAN SmmREN.

If Jesus bore our punishment; " U : h ! J do 11 is people still die, auntlerqo that curse r1. The Lord tells us that He is "the Hesurrection a

the life." We are not told anywhere that He is the stavoff of death, as if death were a foe that never can be slarequiring always to be held at arm's length, but we are tthat" He hath abolished the death."2. The Lord tells us that those who are "accounte

worthy to obtain that world" (or more exactly, asGree.k puts it, that age), "and the Tesnrrection from the dneither marry nor are given in marriage." Luke xx.He tells us that " that which is born of flesh is flesh;that which is born of Spirit is spirit." Jolni iii. 6. TWord also tells us that" the wages of sin is death, theof God is eternal life."3. It requires a Divine One to grant life. That He

"the Prince and Au'ihor of Life", and the ConferrerImmortality, is the first proof of the Divinity ofblessed Lord.4. By nature we are born of Adam , who had in him

no immortality which he could impart to us. Innocbefore he fell, and kept in life by the fruit of the tree ofhe sinned, ate of the fruit of the forbidden tree, introducthe poison into his nature and was, by the mercy of Godonce turned out of the garden, "lest he put forth his haand take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for evFrom the soulish Adam, corrupted by sin, we are in didescent. If, therefore, Christians were not to die it wocome to pass that soulish men with sin on them, withfruits of that sin visible in their bodies, would have eaof the tree of life, and would therefore live on for evertheir present state. Immortality would have been gra


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TH:8 BIBLE SrANDARD. 63on to a stock in which death was innate, on to an evil stock.It would not be a total putting off of the old man and aputting on of the new man; the root would be still theimpure flesh, but bearing a pure spirit; it would be a badtree bearing good fruit, a thing impossible. It would alsoinvolve Christians in being bastards, as it were, of flesh andspirit. They would be men with immortal bodies livingamong mortal men. It would then also appeal' that lifewas to be derived from Adam which should last for ever,for their life would be merely nniural. life continued by foodfrom on high. But" in the wilderness our fathers ate mannaand died."5. Christians are among those "accounted worthy to

obtain that age," being" saved from this present evil age."6. Our Saviour came to earth" made of a woman," " the

Son of man." He, the pure child, the holy man, the sinlesssecond man, fulfilled all righteousness and being, as man," a living soul" died. This fact, that He died of His ownwill, testifies to His wondrous love for us, and also showshow thoroughly He had associated Himself with us in theflesh. But He is also" a quickening Spirit." The Son ofman" had died. But He was holy, just, pure, and so Hewas raised again" by the mighty power of God." He tellsus Himself that He had power to lay down His life and totake it again, having received that power of the Father.That life He had won, for He kept the whole law, and thereward oj so doing is life. So He rose again.7. By that rising the" Son of man" is " declared to be

the Son of God with power;" and now" the Son quick-eneth whom He will." He tells us that" whosoever believethin Him shall not perish but have eternal life; " that" theSon of man came to seek and to save that which waslost." His words are" him that cometh unto Me I will inno wise cast out." We are told by His Apostles that"Christ died for all;" that "He tasted death for everyman." Thus the invitation is to all who will. God'sLamb is slain, "the propitiation for the sins of the wholeworld." Now therefore let each come and" lay his handon the head of the offering" (Leviticus, opening chapters).Thus will he show that he confesses himself a sinner, thathe hates sin and repents, that he consents to the terms ofreconciliation offered him by God who is reconciled to him.By thus owning himself a sinner condemned to death, bysurrendering all hope of life in any other name or way, bydoing all this, which is believing in Jesus and so trustingGod, he will as a child of Adam, be associated in death with"the Son of man;" but, 0 glorious truth and "unex-ampled love, Love nowhere to be found less than divine," hewill be raised again to life and immortality with" the Sonof God." In Him he is made a child of God and an inheritorof the kingdom of heaven. His Adamic body put off heshall be raised a spiritual body, no longer flesh of flesh, but

spirit of spirit, "for if the spirit of Him that raised upJesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christfrom the dead, shall also quicken your mortal bodiesbecause of His Spirit," that dweileth in you. * "Immor-tality shall then be ours for ever, for it will be foundedon our having been begotten" children of God," and bornin resurrection into the life which is now" hid with Christin God," but which shall then be set forth, manifestedin us when He shall appear. Then the living roottoo being good, the fruit shall abide. "When Heshall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him asHe is." No more sin, no more death: the holiness ofChrist being ours, His life too is ours. "Because I live, yeshall live also."What about those who will ue 'in the body ich en. the Lord comes8. We are told in the Word, (1 Cor. xv. 51.), "Behold, I

show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all bechanged, in a moment in the twinkling of an eye, at the lasttrump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall beraised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." The livingshall be changed. The dead shall be raised incorruptible.As far as this teaches us, the living shall go through thesame process of putting off the Adamic body that theirbrethren had gone through before them, the only differencebeing that they do not lie asleep, for the morning is uponthem. But death of the Adamic body is the change, whetherthe resurrection follows, as in their case, immediate7y, or asin the case of those that have gone before, some time after-wards. The following words, written by an aged andhonoured disciple of the Lord, will doubtless be useful tomany. I therefore venture to copy them, so that others mayshare the advantage of them." The' glorious body' of the Divine Saviour is the proto-

type of the spiritual body, in which everyone of His ownshall be immortalized at His return in glory."When the Lord Jesus rose from the dead, His body had no

undergone any kind of change; and it must needs havebeen so, for otherwise His disciples could not have identifiedHim, and consequently could not have been the witnessesof His resurrection. But when He ascended, and they couldnot any longer behold Him, His body of humiliation wachanged into' His glorious body,' He was received up inglory t (en doxee). At His return the bodies of His15 tints shall be changed and fashioned like unto His gloriousbody. Yea, moreover, the redeemed and saved and regen-rate shall be wholly conformed to the likeness of theirimmortal and g~orified Head; for they are predestinated oGod' to be conformed to the likeness of His Son, that Hemight be the Firstborn among many brethren.'

Note where "Jesus" is used and where" Christ."t 1 Tim. iii. 16: not as in A.V. " received up into glory."


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64 THE BIBLE STANDARD." All the fulness of the Godhead dwells in Him; and that

fulness shall permeate the whole multitude of His brethren,in everlasting union and communion with Himself, theFirstborn. 'I'hey all shall be one, in God the Fatherand in the Son; the Holy Spirit being the bond of thatimmortal oneness. Dwelling in God, and God dwelling IIIthem, all shall be filled with all the fulness of God."

PURIFIED BY FIRE.By H. B. Murmy.

A SHORT time ago I was travelling on the Midland Railwayfrom Cheltenham to Chester. I had in my hand reading, avolume of Joseph Cook's Lectures. At one of the stationswe stopped at, a young man entered the compartment. Hewas a rather short, but broad shouldered, stiffly built youngfellow of about six and twenty. . He was dressed in a lightgrey suit, had a straw boating hat on, and carried a brownleather portmanteau and hat-box. I should never havetaken him for a minister, by his appearance. He evidentlyagreed with "Parson Dunce," who wrote in the ChristianWorld last summer, as to ministers dressing like other men.He might have passed for a commercial traveller, or abanker's clerk going for his holiday,He was very sociable, and as soon as he had stowed awayhis luggage, he entered into conversation. Catching the

title of the book I was reading (" Lectures on Biology,") heasked if I would allow him to look at it. Upon my handingit to him, he said, " Excuse me asking to see your book; it'sso unusual to find a work like this being read in a railway.carriage. I have been reading some lectures on the samesubject, and I wanted to see if these were the same. Youare a ministerial student, I presume?" " Yes," I replied,"I am; are you?" "Oh, no (with an evident air ofsuperiority), I am a minister." " Well, I am a minister,too," said I; "but when you asked me if I was a ministerialstudent, of course I said 'Yes,' as I supposed every ministerwas a ministerial student." "0, yes, (laughing) quite so.Are you going for your holidays? " " Yes," I replied."Ah I so am 1. Isn't yours rather heavy reading forholiday-time. I always leave such books as those at homewhen I go holiday-making. I like to have a completechange. This is the sort of thing I take with me;" sosaying, the parson in grey reached down his hat-box, andtook out of the inside of his chimney-pot a book of" Screamers " (a book of jokes and crackers, such as onegenerally sees displayed on railway book-stalls). "Well,"I replied, "the fact is, I have to give an address on'Resurrection' before my holiday is over, and I just wantedto see what Mr. Cook has to say about the ~atter." I hadno sooner mentioned "Resurrection" than we were into alively discussion on the subject, and from thence we glidedinto a conversation on the final destiny of the wicked,the following dialogue taking place. He (of the hat-box) tome: "What do you believe about the end of the wicked? "

" Well, I believe in what is callel ' Conditional Immortalitythat all men will be raised for judgment, and those whave proved themselves unworthy of Eternal Life, will, afreceiving few or many stripes, according to their degreeguilt, be finally destroyed in the Lake of Fire. What dobelieve?" "Oh! I go in for the Restitution of all thingsUniversal Salvation." "Do you mean by that, that evliving creature will ultimately be brought to God?" "YI do." "Indeed! then how do you get on when youpreaching the Gospel? Do you tell your hearers that thare all certain to be saved?" "Oh! I talk to them tway-Look here, God means sooner or later to have youfor Himself, and your sins must be got rid of; now, flyour sins away; if you will 'not, God will bum them ouyou." "Indeed!" said I, "and how do the people recethis teaching?" "v cry well; in fact, I was as tonishwhen I first broached the subject to find how many of thhad been thinking about these things, and how manythem were prepared for what I had to say on the subjec"And what do you understand by the Lake of Fire?" Oh ! I believe it's a purifying fire, Its purpose is notdestroy the sinner, but to purify and purge him. Why,as plain as possible. Does it not say, ' E very sacrifice shbe salted with fire,' that means, purified by fire? Saltoffered with the Jewish sacrifices to render them pureacceptable to God; and so the sinner is to be purifiedmade acceptable to God by fire. The passage reads,thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for theeenter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than havtwo eyes to be cast into Gehenna fire, where their wodieth not, and the fire is not quenched. For everyone shbe salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted wsalt.' (Mark ix. 49) What can this mean, but that eveone shall be purified by fire?" I told my friend that Inot agree with him, and did not understand that to besense of the passage; but here, unfortunately, our intereing conversation was interrupted, for suddenly the trstopped, and we heard the voice of the guard, ringing"All change here" (the truth of which statementapplicable to our daily lives nobody can deny). My friand I stepped on to the platform, and as we were goingtravel on different lines, we wished each other a safehappy journey, and separated.Now, sir, if I might be permitted to offer a suggestionwould propose that correspondence be invited on Mark49. No doubt the passage is simple enough to some, buis difficult to others, and I think if some of the readers ofBible Standard were to send their thoughts on these versit would be interesting and profitable to many. I haveown idea as to its teaching, but should like to see anpression of opinion from others of our brethren in the truAs an instance of how different minds sometimes ddifferent conclusions from the same verse of Scripturemay mention that I have heard this same text (Mark ix.used as an argument for eternal torments. I oheard a well-known preacher, in London, commenting onsay: "What does this passage mean? Why, we applyto an object to preserve it, now the flame of hell is Itflame, and the meaning of this passage is, that the flamehell are of such a nature, that they will preserve alive thwho are cast into them."From my friend of the railway carriage (who by thewas a Baptist Minister), and from the London Preacher,get the two extremes, no doubt some of our brethren mayable to show us the happy medium, where truth is mostlybe found.[Short, seasonable replies, if to hand by 12th inst., sappear in our next issue.v=En.]


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THE BIBLE S T A N DA R D . 6NOTES AND NEWS.

ZADKIEL'S ALMANAC.We know of but one" sure word of prophecy," still we regard withinterest the following, taken from the above Almanac for next year,(page 49,) as an indication of the outlook of thoughtful minds:-Ramesey says that a great conjunction happening in Tourus fore-shadows 'ruin of houses and ancient buildings, divisions, and hatredamong the clergy, and they shall excite tumults.' We have alreadyseen the dreadful effects of the second crusade which was organised

under the excitinz influence of the eloquence of St. Bernard. Theapproaching conjunotion falls, as already stated, in the ninth house ofthe heavens-that house which rules religion and religious persons,more particularly the clergy. What, then, can be its effects upon theChurch? Manifestly, they will be great, revolutionising, and exciting.'Within the period over which the influence of this great conjunctionextends, (twenty years,) the Church of Englancl, as by law established,will be shorn of most of her privileges, and will cease to be a StateChurch. [The Christian religion itself will undergo the most funda-mental changes, and will ally itself more closely to the teaching ofChrist. The anathema of the Church will then no longer be allowed tobe uttered azainst those 'heretics' who cannot believe in the mysteriesand perplexities of the Athanasiau Creed, and who cannot believe thata God of love and mercy can condemn His creatures to eternal.punishment."] We have bracketed the part to which we wish to directattention, not that we place the least value upon it as a prophetic state-ment, but simply as a straw upon the stream, to indicate the directionof the current.THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE.

In Germany, a long and heated debate has resulted in the defeat ofthe pro-J ewish party, and has revealed a very strong anti-J ewish feelingnpon the part of the majority of the German people. This is led by theCourt Chaplain, and is thought to be favoured by the Emperor andPrince Bismarck.The London papers of December 11, contain the advertisement of"The Land and Mortgage Company of Syria," with a capital of half-a-million sterling. The Governor-General, Raouf Pasha, has sanctionedand promised his support to the undertaking, whilst many Syrianresidents have expressed their desire to become shareholders. Thismarks a step nearer that rapidly-nearing day when" the desolate landshall be tilled."

CURRENT EVENTS.The notable event amongst natural phenomena of the past fewweeks has been the earthquake at Agram, in Hungary. The loss of lifehas not been great, whilst the destruction of property has been mostserious. Of 1,600 houses forming the town, not one is uninjured,whilst a convent, eight churches, and twenty-two large castles (one ofthese latter containing 80 rooms) have been destroyed, and for weeksthe people have been kept in a perfect agony of fear. Amongst lesser

events we have :-Disastrous floods in Italy. Collision in the Mediter-ranean, with the foundering of a steamship and 108s of 264 lives. Inthe United States and Canada, severe cold, two large Transatlanticsteamers being ice- bound in the St. Lawrence, and SOOboats in theErie Canal. British Burmah, 300 deaths at Prome, from cholera, inthree weeks. Jamaica, terrible distress, which has caused many deaths.Shocks of earthquake have been felt in Dortmend, Wiesbaden, andSaxony, Germany; also in Scotland, Ireland, Sicily, Switzerland, andVienna. MontaJembert, a village in Savoy, has been almost destroyedby fire. On the coasts of Canada and Cape Colony, several shipwreckshave occurred. At the Solomon Islands there have been repeatedmm-del'S of the crews of vessels. On the West Coast of Africa, a nativewar. On the Volga, in Russia, by a sudden thaw, 55 vessels and 30barges, with large quantities of stores, were destroyed. Mount Vesuviusis still in active eruption, a fresh stream of lava having forced its way.The Atlantic has been unusually stormy. At home, we have had asevere colliery accident, with a loss of 101 lives; also considerableloss by storm and flood. Science has made a further stride in thePhotophone of Prof. Bell, which produces sounds and articulate speech,through the agency of a beam of light.CURRENT THOUGHT.

" Election, Election, and Reprobation-it's all very well,But I go to-night to my boy, and I shall not find him in hell.For I cared so much for my boy that the Lord has looked into mycare,And Hemeans me, I'm sure, to be happy with Willy, I know notwhere.And if he be lost-but to save my soul, that is all your desire:Do you think that I care for my soul if my boy be gone to the fire?I have been with God in the dark-go, go, you may leave me alone-You never have borne a child-you are just as hard as a stone."So writes Alfred 'I'ennyson in his recent volume of poems. He does butmake a mad mother say what many a sane one has thought in themodem revolt from traditional. theology.

A writer in the Contempomry Review thus summarises the teachingof some leading orthodox divines on the subject of future punishment ;" Allow us to keep the name and idea of hell, and we will no longeinsist on church-membership, or orthodoxy, or even common moral ityas indispensable [to salvation]. We will guarantee that the majority.at all events, shall escape, and, indeed, we see no reason why, with osystem of death-bed repentance and protracted purgatory, anyonesinner should be finally lost."REVIEWS.THE RaINBOW for December more than maintains its reputation anusefulness. We are glad to note that the Rev. H. Constable, M.A.,

contributing a series of articles on "Revelation and its Evidences."We would remind our readers that the 18th vol. of the Rainbow commences with the new year, and would urge upon them the importanceof subscribing thereto, as the oldest and chief exponent of the Truthtouching the Life. It can be had through our own office, or of tpnblisher (E. Stuck, 62, Paternoster-row, London), post-free at 6s. pannum, prepaid; or may be ordered through any bookseller or newsagentTHE MESSENGER.-We are glad to see a note from the Editor in tDecember issue, to the following effect :-" Since last month severnew subscriptions have been received, which encourage us to hope thabefore January, the requisite number may be obtained to make an icrease of size to 20 pages monthly, certain and enduring." Our friendcan obtain the paper for 1881 by remitting 2s. tld, in stamps to Mr.K. Strang, 4;), Gibson-strcet, Hill-head, Glasgow; or through ourselveon same terms.MAN'S ONLYHOPE OF IMMORTA.LITY.-We put this Canadian work110 pages, by W. G. Moncrieff, into the hands of one of our friendwho, with great modesty, combines great force of intellect and clearnesof perception. At the same time asking for a candid opinion for oreview column. We give that opinion in his own words :-" You wsecure a parcel of this pamphlet, for there is sure to be a demand forIt is the best work upon the subject that I have read. With great forof reason and clearness of statement, the author proves his position (to the unconsciousness of the death-state, and the absolute necessitof Besurrection), whilst doing the fullest possible justice to his opponentsarguments."TO OUR READEHS.It is with exceeding pleasure we thank our numerous friends for thesuccessful efforts on behalf of our circulation, and especially our Lincofrieuds for their noble help. We begin 1881 with a circulation of 3,0copies monthly, an increase of above 1,200 since last January. 'I 'o ~Literary Contributors we are bound to cry "Hold! enough!" havinsufficient matter in hand for the next two numbers. 'Our friendwhose contributions have been accepted, must kindly bear with usthe unavoidable delay in the appearance thereof.

"NI DIEU, NI MAtTRE."The new French journal of M. Blanqui, with the above tit( "Neither God nor master,") is a painfully significant sign of ttemper of a certain section of the French people. A part only of tharvest resulting from the seed sown by Popery.

CORRESPONDENCE EXTRACTS.[As we receive in our General Correspondence much informa.tion that (though nottended for publication) would be useful and appreciated by many 01 OUf readers,purpose making a judicious selection monthly, under this heading.-EditorJ

Aucklosul, New Zealand, October 11th, 1880.-" I hope that you whave strength given you for the extra work falling to your lot tcoming year. 1 suppose by this time you will have taken the Editor'chair. I arn glad to hear that the work is progressing in Cheltenhamunder the labours of Bro, Murray. Hope the seed which has been sowthere by other hands may yield a rich and abundant harvest. '.'I am greatly in need of some literature, the people are always askinme for something to read on the great subject of Conditional Immortality. * The interest here is largely on the increase. I asure that I have taken the proper course in coming, for I never sawpeople more hungry for the truth, The Temperance Hall, which I havtaken for twelve months, is not large enough. I may say that hundredshave to go away nearly every Sunday night. Last night we crowded inthe Hall between seven and eight hundred people. There is only olarger Hall in the place, and I am not sure but what we shall havetake that for Sunday nights, for awhile at all events. I have startedmorning service, also a public Bible Class. The class is well at tendedI shall be compelled to form a Church in Auckland, on account of manpeople not being able to return to their respective Churches. Persecution is beginning in right good earnest, but this will do us more gothan harm. Next Sunday we begin a Sunday School (D.V.), for thafternoon only. This we find is a necessary step. I am glad to sthat many who are now attentive listeners, are from the ranks of t'Secularists,' men who had about made up their minds that t


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.THE BIBLE STANDAR[) .religious world was a world of shams and follies, but now, thank God,they are coming back to the good old Book, and rejoicing in its light andpower. I tell you, Brother, there is a mighty power in the Word of theLiving God, its truths win their way into many dark hearts bringingpeace, joy, and rest to the weary and heavy-laden. I must also inform yonthat I find it almost absolutely necessary to commence a monthly paper.here, in fact I have got as fur as the estimates, which are, I am sorry tosay, nearly double what our English prices are. If I under-take this I shall print 2,000 copies, for I see the need of something tocirculate amongst the people, and if we can get subscribers for 1,000copies, we shall then be in H , position to distribute the other 1,000freely; it will be spreading the light in as cheap a way as possible. Thepeople, I feel sure. will support it, and if it meets the approval of myHeavenly Father, 1 know it will be a success. With the amount andkind of opposition we get here, it is needful to get hold of the press.Local matters need notice. Lectures and sermons need answering; andthe people will be, and are, glad to know that such a paper is to be.started. You know my object is to work not only New Zealand butAustralia, and a paper will pave the way in both places. We shall takethe old name of 'Bible Standard.' I know of no better, and it will notinterfere with the dear old 'Standard' in England. I know that Ishall have your prayers and sympathy. Don't forget to write me often.I shall keep you posted from this side, and I hope you will do the samefrom the other."-George A. Brown, Corresponding Member.[We shall be happy to receive and forward subscriptions for the :- < ewZealand and Australian" Bible Standard," on behalf of our dear friend,its Editor and Publisher. The price is 3d. per copy, per month, postageone penny. Total 4s. per annum. 'Ve can only accept prepaid orders.Editor B.S.]Lincoln, November 29th, 1880.-" Allow me to congratulate you onthe improved appearance of the' Bible Standard.' With the new head-ing, and the stitching and the leaves cut, its external appearance isgreatly more attractive. To-night we are going to talk over the schemefor a free distribution of a number of copies monthly. I feel sure it canbe worked, and it will give me great pleasure to do all in my power tofurther the matter. I am delighted to hear of the good work that isgoing on at 'I'orquay, and also share with you the pleasure of knowingthat things are now better and brighter with our old friend and brothel'in New Zealand, (Referring to the long and trying illness of theRev. G. A. Brown.] That God may continue to bless all heralds of thetruth is my earnest prayer. Our Sunday evening services are stilllargely attended. Last night the Chapel was crowded, and seven madepublic eonfesssion by Baptism of their faith in Jesus, the Prince of life."G. P. M., Lincoln.[Lincoln, Mint Lane Baptist Church, has since decided to increaseits parcel of Bible Standards to 1,000 monthly, instead of 325, as before.Editor B.S.lScotland, December 2nd, 1880.-'" Bible Standards' to hand, all

right. 1 think they are the cheapest publication (for the informationone gets out of them) to. be got anywhere, for advocating Eternal Lifeonly in Christ."-A. B.Neuicastle-on-Tsjne, December 7th, 1880.-" I wish you' God-speed'in your noble work of rescuing the Word of God, and God Himself, (as

to character), from the foul misrepresentations of the many who are ingross ignorance of His ways and truth, and they need such as the, Bible Standard' to put them right."-l'II. S.Manchester, December 2nd, 1880. - -" Since I wrote you last I considerthat I have made some progress in the right conception of our glorious

truths, and in open avowal of my acceptance of these truths, as opposedto Methodist orthodoxy. My uncle, with whom I am in constant com-munication, writes me that I have gone too far for me ever to return to,and be accepted by, Methodism ; as the more I should begin to make itsquare with the Bible-teaching, the more I should be at sea. Theyreject me from their' Mutual Improvement Society,' fearing (as admittedto me) that I would seek every means to promulgate my views, and thuscontaminate the young people."-J. G.' .HUROH AND MISSION NEWS.

GRAVESEND.A month's special services have been held here, in the AssemblyRooms, Harmer Street, conducted by Mr. H. H. Horsman, of London.

We go to press too early to state results.LINCOLN.

On Wednesday, December 15th, the second of the Winter Series ofLectures, was given by the Rev. 'I'hos. Vasey, of Birkenhead, in MintLane Baptist Chapel. An excellent lecture was delivered on "Will allmen, of necessity, live for ever?"

TORQUAY."For some time past services in reference to the faith in Conditional

Immortality have been held in St. George's Hall on Sundays, and itChurch formed. Last 'night a public meeting was held in the same

place, aud the Rev. Cyrus E. Brooks, and Messes. H. Cliff, H. LeonarH. Matthews, and the chairman (Mr. H. Pitwood}, delivered addressThe Rev. C. E. Brooks, in the course of his address, said that they wteaching what had been the Faith of the Church for three centuriethey were teaching what St. Paul and what St. Peter and alldisciples taught. They obtained immortal life ouly by virtue of thunion with Christ. The teaching uf life in Christ, whilst it diddestroy hell, limited it.-Mr. Matthews said they had formed a buildcommittee, which committee was prepared to take all the responsibiliof the work."-Torquay Times, Nov. 'JOth, ]880.

BRADFORD." On November 6th, we had the pleasure of gathering at the houseBra. Smith, to witness the immersion of J. Horsfield and M.Rawnsley. After making the good confession that Jesus is the Christ,

their only hope of a Iurure life as in the great work of redemptiwrought out by Him, they were baptized iuto His name. AlsoDecember 4th, two more, M. Proctor and F. Sunderland. Lmonth we admitted to our fellowship the wife of Bro. Clark, whoformerly a member of the Baptist Church from whence most of us wturned out, for the truth's sake. Our Church roll now stands at 50,five times as many as when WQ first formed ourselves into a Chutwo-and-a-half-years ago. Our Sunday evening meetings are wattended now. Our hopes and expectations are great. We desireprayers of the Lord's children everywbere."- Charles J. Paul.[By error, of our informant, the number of members was understat

in November issue.-Edit01" B.S.1BACUP.

On Sunday, November 7th, a Memorial Sermon, for the late RJonas Smith, was delivered in the Co-Operative Hall, by the Rev. TVasey, of Birkenhead. There was a large and sympathetic audienThe sermons has, by request, been published, and may be had fromauthor, or from our office. See advertisement,

QUESTION AND ANSWER.L This column is atatedly devoted to replies to such questions, objections, and autious as may be of general interest. We only undertake, however, to reply tocommunications as may commend themselves to our own judgment, siacknowledging the receipt of others. We are personally responsible foranswers given.-EDITOR.]

Q .._ " I was bronght up a U. P., my father being an Elder inChurch, and until the last two or three years I never had any doubto the Immortality of the Soul, although I had many a strange thouabout the doctrine of never-ending torment. 'I'he first thingcaused me to waver was reading R. Roberts' Twelve Lectures, sincemy faith in orthodox ideas has been greatly shaken. Now, after rea(the Rainbow, pjo. and con. in reference to the conscious survival ofdead), I am again in doubt, and don't know what to believe. Therenumerous passages of Scripture that appear to favour both ideas. Nwhat am I, a poor unlearned man, to do? I nm laughed at, can infidel, &c."A.-The intermediate state, whether of life or death, consciousunconscious, does not necessarily affect tLe question of "Life onlChrist." On that major, all holding the destruction of the wicked,agreed. 00 the minor point, concerning the state of the Christian. d(for our differences are only as touching the godly and not the ungdead. That the latter know 1I0t anything is very generally concewe agree-in love-to differ. We advise you to "nest your judgmuntil you can honestly, with confidence, form an opinion. Meantiprayerfully study such a work as " Man's only hope of Immortalitby W. G. Moncrieft, of Canada. [\\"e can obtain a copy for youthirteen penny stamps.] As for those who laugh, let them,-'l'ruthworth a little ridicule. Granted, it is hard to be called an infidel,it's harder to be one. Remember, our Saviour had harder wordsthis; the servant may nut be above Lis Lord.Q.-" I felt strongly tempted to write a letter for Bible Standard,

the phrase 'lay-preachers,' IV hieh occurs more than once inmonth's (Dec.) issue; but second thoughts said 'Forbear!'I'orquay brethren still speak the language of the people theylived among; by and bye their eyes will be opened.' It is highthese rags of Popish ecclesiasticism, were sent to the rag-store, Win the New 'l'estament, do wefind mention of' lay and clerical' distinctamong the disciples of the One Master? Let our' Standard'Bible one in all things. We should resp. ct the convictions,prejudices of others, but yet have respect to Apostolic doctrinespructices ; and, with due wisdom, demolish all shams,-clericalamongst the rest."A.--Onr correspondent has hit the right nail upon the head,'I'orquay friends simply used the vernacular of Methcdism, dissenas strongly as their stout Scotch critic, from the ideas associatedit. We insert the paragraph as a bit of wholesome writing.


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 6BUSINESS NOTES.

(All communicat.ions to be addressed to the Secretary,Cyrus E. Brooks, Cheltenham.)A CATALOGUEof the Publications of tbe Association forwarded, grat isand post-free, to any country in the Postal Unio,A SPECIMEN TRACT PARCELof all Tracts published by the Association,forwarded, post-free, on receipt of two penny stamps; and of all Tractsand Tract-Books, on receipt of six penny stamps; to any country inthe Postal Union.DO~ATIONS, in aid of tbe work of the Association, are earnestly and

respectfully solicited.LOCALISING THE "BIBLE STANDARD."-Churehes williug to take(statedly) not less than 500 copies, can have their separate local matterprinted in the two short columns of the f ront page thereof. For termsapply to the Secretary.~ DUE SUBSCRIPTIONS.-Tlwse lYlembcrs, Associates, andSubscribers who receioe the present number in a COLORED

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