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Devoted to t he Exp osition of Sc r ip tur e res pe ctin g Con d it ional I mm ortali ty, Resurrection,

the Retur n and Reign of Chr ist, a nd the F ina l Destructi on of all Evil .

EDITED BY WILLIAM LEASK, D .D .

" The Wage s of Sin is De a th; b ut the gift o f God is Et erna l Life throuq h. Jesus Christ ou r Lord."

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.P AGE

Grace and Hope ...Witn esses to ChristSucc ess throu gh Failur e ...Reward at Resurrection .. ,Roman s xi.-An ExpositionThe Wor clless Book; for the Chil dren.A Mite Song (Poe try)Notes and New s ..News of the Work 93Corr esponden ce-Announcemenls-Cur rent Events 94Notic es to Corr espondents 95

GRACE A ND HOP E.THE precepts of the Gospel not only instru ct us concern ingour dut i es, but al so concer ning our hopes and expectations ;and all attemp ts to sepa rate and dissociate these e ssent ialelements of Christianity, result in a fe eble and imperfecttype of Chri stian fai th and practice . The ap ostle Paul linksthe two t oge ther. H e informs us tha t the g race of Godwhich brin geth salvat ion, not only t eache s men the dut y ofrepentance and f aith, denying of ungodli ness and worl dlylusts, and o f living sober ly and ri ghteously and godly in t hispresent wor ld; but that sam e grace also instruc ts them inthe objects o f Christian expectat ion, and t eaches them that

they are to "liv e soberly, righte ously, and god ly in thispresent wor ld, look ing fo r that blessed ho pe and the gloriousappearing o f the g reat God , and our S aviour Jesus Chr ist."(T it. ii. 11-15 .)In th e minds o f very many per sons th is" looking for tha t

blessed hope" is link ed with the study of mysterious symb olsand ob scure pr ophetic periods ; and is s upposed to be base dupon vague and vary ing theorie s concern ing things past,present, and to c ome; but the apost le bases his knowl edgeand f aith up on an enti rely diffe rent fou nda tion. He does

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not say that the proph etic symbols te ach men to live" look-ing fo r that blesse d ho pe," tho ugh thi s perhaps might havebeen truly sa id; nor does he say that the fulfilment ofScrip ture pred ictions, or the signs of the time s in which welive th us teach u s, though this might also have be en true;but he t ells us that" the grace of God that bringeth salvation,"that grace by wh ich we are save d, and without which nosinne r ever found p eace in Chri st; that very gra ce whichteaches me n to be sober and pure and faithful , to deny un-godliness a nd worldly lu sts; that grace te aches men also tolive " looking for th at blessed hop e, and th e glorious appe ar-ing of the great God and our S aviour J esus Chri st." H enceif we a re in the sch ool of grace we shall learn this lesson;if we have not learned it w e simply give evidence of our un-

famil iarity with the teach ings of divine grace .Again the apost le, wh en wr iting to his Co rinbhi an

brethren, introduces the sam e thou ght. He speaks of thevarious gifts be stowe d upon the Co rinthian chur ch, whowere favoured with m any m anifestations . of div ine goodness ;and he says, "I than k God a lway s on your behalf for thegrace which is given yo u by Jes us Christ; tha t in every-thing ye are enriched by him, in al l utte rance and a ll know-ledge; even as. the testimony of Christ wa s confirmed inyou: so that ye c ome b ehind in no gift ; waiting for thecoming of our L ord Jesus Chri st; wh o shall also confirmyou unto the end , that ye may be b lame less in th e day of

our Lord Je sus Chris t." (1 CiJ1' . i. 4-8 ,)A false ph ilosophy and a defective Christianity might

separate these two grand thou ghts. Men who have notlearned to deny ungodl iness and worldly lu sts, nor yet tolive sob erly, righteously, and g odly in this prese nt evil world,sometimes profe ss to be " looking for that blesse d hop e,"and" wai ting for th e coming o f our Lord Jesus Chri st."On the cont rary, me n who do . deny ung odlin ess a nd wholive soberly and rig hteously and god ly, d o not always seethe necessity o r importance of "looking for that ble ssecl



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hope." The apos tle joins the two tog ether i -godly living

and glad expectation." That blessed hope" is not a hope that tends to idleness,

or makes its possessors content in a world of curse and sin.They are stran gers here ; they are pilgrims seeking for acity; looking for a better home. But they must not allow

their expectations of fut ure glory to so absorb their minds asto render them neglectful of the present dut ies of Christi anlife, they are to" come behind in no gif t, waiting for thecoming of our Lord J esus Chr ist." The gifts must bethere; all godly and graciou s charact erist ics, all toke ns ofthe divine bl essin g and presence are to be manifested inthem; and then in add ition to this they are to be " waiting"for that coming day. As denying ungodl iness and wor ldlylusts is linked with" looking for tha t blessed hope, " so thefull perfection of all gifts i s linked with" w aiting for thecoming of our Lord Je sus Christ." What God h ath joinedtogether, let no Christian s eek to su nder. Let us not on ly

labour, but a lso watch and wait for Him who bath called usto His glory . Let us not only be dil igent, bu t let us als oby our constant vi gilanc e prove ourse lves followers of Him,who, going into a far countr y, "gave autho rity to hisservants, and to every man his work , and commanded th eporter to watch. " "Watch ye , there fore, for i n such a nhour a s ye think not the Son of Man cometh ."

WITNE SSE S TO CHRIST.

Is Jesus Christ an historical personage ; or is the story ofHis earthly exi stence and career mythological? We know

that one infid el writer r ega rded Him as a mere myth, whileanother set s Him forth as only a popular her o. IfChristianity is true, both these views are wrong . We clai mJesus to have been a Personage, a Fac t in human history;hum an and earth ly as well as divine in His nature. Someinqu irers who ar e sceptic al conc ernin g this cl aim, wonde rwhy oth er cotemporary and sub sequent writers besid es theevangelists do not make record of Christ and His acts, andallow or d eclare His divinity. They marvel at the silenceof celebrat ed historians re garding our Lord 's existence onearth, and His cl aims to kin ship with Deity. They evensuppo se that earl y writ ers nev er so much as name th is Jesuswho decl ared Hims elf the Son of God ; and tha t not a sing leancient author of any account ' ever referred to Christ or toldthe story ot His mi ssion and work among men. This erro rwith som e, thi s ignorance with other s, is prevalent amongmany sinc ere sc eptics. I propose to correct it upon evi -dence ; and evidence is the found ation of truth.

It is of cour se allowed , that certain old writers namedMatth ew, Mark, Luke , and John , with other s also nam edJames, P eter, Jude, and Paul , who were cotemporaneouswith Christ, so far a s human testimony can show, did rec ord

the life and doctrines of Jesus of Nazareth , did allow Hiclaim of di vine origin, and did stou tly assert the f act of Hibirth , His earthly existence , and th e truth of each and everpart of Christianity. Why is the united t estimony of th eseight men dis allowed? In all the m ain features of th eir evdenc e they ag ree. Who h as impea ched their te stimony? I

it not a libel on th e intelli gence of h umanity to suppose t haso man y hundred s of mil lions durin g eighteen centu riesshould suffer th emselves to be decei ved by these eight menNay, who has yet proved them to b e deceiv ers? Can ei ghcot emporary authors of as good ch aract er be produ cedprov e the birth and r eign of J nliu s Cresa r? Is it not inconsistent to hold that Jesus Chri st was a fi ction, but th aJ ulius C resar w as a fact?

But these ei ght ori ginal witnesses do not exhaust theChristian testimon y. On th e contr ary, it is furth er admitted that certain later writer s who p erhaps neve r saJesu s, but who saw and h eard tho se ju st named, and oth er

who w ere His eye-witnesses, believ ed and asserted all theprincipal f acts of Chri stianity, namely, the so-called"Apo stolic F athers," Barn abas who wr ote about A .D. 7Clem ent who wrote A .D. 96, Herm as and I gnatius who wroteA.D. 100, a nd Po ly ca rp wh o wrote A.D. 108 . Thes e five constitute a link be tween the firs t apostles and the earlChri stian writ ers. Th eir writings cover a period of thirt yeight years. The y all name J esus, and assert Hi s divinitand th e truth of Chri stian d octrin e. The genuineness oBarnabas ' epistle i s indeed questioned by some , though thfact of its being a very ancient Christian writin g is indisputable. Grant that this is not spurious , and it

prob able tha t the author looked upon th e face of J esusClement of Al exandria, who died about A .D . 220, r epeatedlycalls Barnabas an apostle, and quotin g his epistle c alls him" The apostle Barnaba s, one of the s eventy, and a f ellowworker o f Paul." (Wr itings of C lement, vol. ii. p. 66. ) Othe ear lier witnesses I have nam ed, Luk e saw and wrotabout J esus, and the Book of Acts shows th at Barnabas waacompanion of Luk e. Paul testifi es that he him self saJesus , (1 Cor . ix. 1; and xv. 8) , and Clement and Barnab awer e compani ons of P auL (Ph il. iv. 3. ) The apostle Johnalso s aw Jesu s, and the ancient histor ians as sert tbIgnatius saw John and the other first apo stles. Here alinks hard to sunder.

Now Jesus was crucifi ed and left the world , we supposeabout A.D. 34. It is theref ore seen th at ihe later witnes seof apos tolic times flourished and wrote onl y from t hirty-fouto thirty -seven y ears subsequent t o the ascension of Ch risPositive testimo ny the refore was not w anting. Faithfultraditions w ere extant. C arefully written r ecords were preserved. (John xx. 30·3 1; Luke i. 1-4.) I have enumeratedeight writers who saw , and heard , and even handled Christ,and five m ore,-or, four, if the epistle of Barnabas be



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questioned,-who saw some of the se eight ori ginal witnesses ;making twelve in all. Some of these historian s of Christlived no further down the str eam of time from the date ofChrist's death, than did Jared Sparks from the de ath ofGeorge Washington. Why should they not be as convers antwith the wonderful One of Judea, as was Sp arks or Marsh allwith the" F ather of hi s Countr y?" . Surely th ese were notall obscure men. One was a phy sician. (Col. iv. 1 4.)Another w as spok en of as a man of "much learning."(Acts xxii. 3; xxvi. 24.) Others were renowned as martyrs.The fame of all of them was spread throu ghout all Christen-dom in th e early a ges.Histor y says that emperor s, kings, senators, orators,

philosoph ers, lawyers, rhetoricians, grammarians, and a vastmultitude of every age, r ank, and condition, in all theRoman empire, were early converts to the Christian faith.They became so by crediting the written te stimony of thetwelve witn ess es. Lord Bolingbroke, at onc e witty, eloquent,and li centi ous, and int ense in hi s hostility to Christianity,yet acknowled ges the credibility of the gospels on thetestimon y of .the ev angeli sts, and calls attention to the factthat the truth o f the whol e story of the life and doctrin es ofSocrates r ests on the a sse rtions of but two ancient histori ans,namely, Xenophon and Plato. Can we then consequentlybelieve in Socrates, and refuse to believe in Christ?Fortified by links of evidence that cannot be rent asunder,settled upon a foundation of testimony that has never beenoverthrown, J esus Chri st is established as a grand fact inhistory. Wh at objector has ever candidly looked at thes eevidences and te sted their strength ? •Why cannot th eunited testim ony of at l east tw elve good, competent men bebelieved ? Have they ever been successfully impeached?Were the y ever assailed except by persecution when aliveand contradiction when dead? But persecution . is notargument , nor is contradict ion evidence.

Eight tru stworthy authors, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,James , Peter, Jude, and P aul assert as e yewitnesses thatour Lord Jesus Christ wa s no ideal or fictitiou s Personage,but a real, li ving , lovin g, wonder-working, d ying , rising,ascendin g Saviour, and four or five oth ers who lived closeenough to th ese eight to he ar their very voic es, also sa y thesame thing s. If we omit the epistle of B arnabas, yet theremaininz four quote the apostolic writings again and againas authoritati ve and reliable, Polycarp citing the NewTestament ne arly forty times. But it m ay be said the se allbelonzed to the Christian Chur ch; they were prejudiced inits fa~our; w ere intere sted , biased, and h ence unreli ablewitnesses. But w e can confirm and forti fy their testimonyby that of m any others who w ere out side the Church, pro-ducinz evidence from writ ers not swayed in any manner bya partia lity for the Chri stian system. These writers wer eei ther contemporaneous with, or immediately subsequent to,the apostolic times, and assert in equally strong ~a~gu~gethe main historical facts concerning Christ and Christianity.

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SUCC ESS THROUGH F AILURE .

SU C C ES S through failure i s the hi story of the p ast, and th erule of Divine procedur e for the future. Man h as alway sfail ~d, and God has always taken the opportunit y of thesefailures to work out His own sublime purpos es according tothe couns el of His will, and the rich es of His grace wherein

He hath abounded tow ~rds u s in all wisdom and pruden ce.Failur e in Paradis e, failure under l aw, failure und er grace ,that is man's hi story, the human side of the story of alltime. But it ha s also a divine sid e, luminou s with themanifold wisdom of God, provin g that He ha s been ad -vancing the settled de sign of Hi s heart throu gh all thefluctuations and all the tempestuous storms of the world.

. No one step backward has He ever gone, not one erasure isfound in the book of His purposes, not one disappointm enthas He ever met, and not one casualty has ever checked f or amoment the majestic progression of His thoughts tow ardstheir glorious ultimate goal.

To feel this, to be firmly persuaded of thi s with a convic -tion so certain and deep that nothin g can sh ake it , isstren gth, repo se, joy to the soul . The" fall " of m an!Why, it is f ailure throu ghout, and nothing but failure, sofar as . mere man is concerned; but the thou ght that God' seternal purpose in Christ Jesus-which can 'be nothing lessthan infinitely worthy of Himself-is steadily and un -swervingly advancing towards its settl ed issue, is unutter -ably consoling. It gives the p eace which cannot bedescribed , and fills the lips with pr aise even when th ewis est are at their wit's end, and ecclesiastical an archythreatens, as at the present time, to destroy everything th at

the best revere. It does not rejoic e in evil ; for th at is im-possible to th e Scriptur al faith which is of the oper ation ofthe Holy Ghost; but it is glad in the Lord, and r ejoices toknow that evil is powerless to prevent the realiz ation of Hisgrand d esigns .

••The gl o ry of the Lord shall b e revealed ,And all fle sh sh a ll see it t oge ther ;

For the mouth of the L o rd h a th sp o ken it ."

That is enou gh. We beli eve the Di vine Speak er. "Theword of our God sh all stand for ever. " He will not go backfrom His purpose , nor alter the thing th at has gone out ofHis mouth. The gl orious thin gs utter ed by His prophetsmust come to pass; and all attempts to explain them away

by the introduction of figure where there is none, are onlyattempts to weaken our faith in inspiration, and to rob usof those holy treasures of truth with which our F ather seeksto enrich us. But we will not allow the robbe ry. Ourobligation s to Him who c ame to give us life and immortalityare too great to permit us sil ently to acq uiesce in doctrinesthat would keep Him for ever from th at throne of universalempire" under the whole heav en," to which He is entitl ed,and which He alone i s competent to occupy . We h ave noscholastic theory to advocate, no system of human theology



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to bui ld up ; we only claim for our Savio~u' and Lord theright He h as to His own, th e ful l possess ion of all that theFather has said He wil l bestow up on H im; and that is, inthe wo rds of the seer of B abylon, "I saw in th e nightvisions, and, b ehold, one lik e the Son of m an came with theclouds of he aven, and c ame to the Anc ient of Days , and th ey

brought Him ne ar before Hi m. And th ere w as given Himdominion, and g lory, and a kin gdom, t hat a ll people,nation s, and l anguages , should serve Him: His domi nionis an ever lasting dominion, w hich shall no t pas s away, andHis kingdom that which sha ll not be d estroy ed." W e onlyecho th e marvellou s Doxology , the rehea rsal of which w asheard by th e see r of P atmo s: "And th ey sung a new song,say ing, Thou art wor thy to t ake the book, and to op en theseals thereof; for Thou w ast slain, and hast redeemed us toGod by T hy blood out of every kindr ed, and tongue, andpeop le, and nation; and ha st mad e us unto our God kingsand priests; and w e sha ll reign on t he earth. And I

beheld, and I h eard the voice of many a ngels round aboutthe thron e, and th e living on es, and the elders ; and th enumbe r of them wa s ten thou sand tim es ten thou sand, andthousands of thou sands, say ing with a loud v oice, Worthyis the Lamb th at was slain, to receive power, and ri ches,and wisdom, and strength , and hon onr, and glory, andbless ing. And every crea ture whic h is in heav en, an d inthe earth, and unde r the ea rth, and such as are in t he sea,and all tha t are in th em, heard I s aying, B less ing, andhonour, and glory, and pow er, b e unto Him that sitteth uponthe throne, and unt o the Lamb for ever and ever. And thefour l iving ones sa id, Am en. And t he four-and-twenty

elders fe ll down and wor shipped Him that liveth for everand ever ." We only plead for the restitut ion of all thingsby the return of our Lord f rom h eaven; acco rding to thetestimony of al l the prophets reaffirmed by the apost lePeter: "And H e shall send J esus Christ, who before waspreached unto you; whom the hea ven must receiv e unti l thetimes of rest itution o f all thin gs, which God h ath spoken bythe mouth of a ll His hol y prophets since the world bega n."We do no t ask the Chur che s to b elieve a single word of oursrespecting the glori ous future ; but we do ask them ea rnestly,seriously, lo vingly-in t his day of sore perplex ity, anddoubt, and co nfusion, an d aposta sy-c-to tak e their Father'sbook in their hands, and, as His loving chi ldren, to believe

just what H e says . Is it too much t o ask brethren in C hristJesus to do th is? Surely not. "By love serve oneanother," is the beautif ul law und er which we desire to act,and we ar e' conscious of its power as w e wr ite th ese lines .We believe that much of the force of th e Divine Word hasbeen weak ened, a nd much of it s brightness obscured , by th emystical notion th at a meaning has to be at tached to th ewor ds of th e Bible different from th at which the same ll-or~ls

convey in oth er books . We believe that th e cons equence of

this notion has bee n di sas trous, causing God and H is Chrthe Church and h er mi ssion, the J ew and his future,world and its dest iny , all to b e misunderstood. Believthis, we must speak. It were sin to be silen t if the WordGod and the actua l stat e of things over the whol e econcur in d eepening the conviction t hat the Chu

generally, and the w orld univer sally, are in deep darknrespecting m any int ensely impo rtant reve lations that Ghas made , although the Bibl e has b een in the hands of mfor many c enturies .

REWARD AT RESURRECTION.

From " Dun fermline Journal:"

IN concludin g an addr ess on " The Doctrine of th e Resurrtion," Mr. Andrew S . Cunningham referred particul arlya statement m ade by a Salin e min ister in connection wthe deat h of M ajor Oliph ant. Mr. Cunningh am said that

a former address on the same subject he had taken Exceptto th e teachings of Dr . Talma ge. On th at occa sion he wouhowever, come neare r home, for he found tha t a Sa lminis ter, in referring to the d eath of Maj or Olipliant, hgiven vent to the following expre ssion-" Our loss isgain. He is now enjoying the fruits of his many a ndostenta tious labours. He is now r ejoicing in th e presenof that Saviour whom he served." He (Mr. Cunnin ghamcould not see how thi s sta tement could fit in with D avideclaration-" Put not your trus t in princ es, no r in theof m an, in whom t here is no h elp; his br eath goe th forhe re tum e th to his earth in that very day his though

perish." He had no d oubt they all knew the me aningthe wo rd perish, and if, as David said, a man' s thoughperished wh en he died, how c ould he "rejoice inpresence of his Saviour." D avid also stated, "In d ethere is no remembrance . The dead pr aise not the L orIf Majo r Oliph ant was in the enjoyment of his laboursheaven, he would a sk the simp le que stion, why was Danot enjoying the f ruits of his labours in the s ame placThey were assured by Peter th at David wa s not ascendup into h eaven many y ears after h is death. 111 '. Cunninham then asserted that if t his" heave n at death theorywas a right on e, there was no u se for th e Resurreotion- c-thresurrection of" th e j ust and unj u st." In S criptu re he htwo d istinct r esurrect ions WEre taught, the one b eing asurrection f rom amo ng the dead , while the other wdescribed as a resurrect ion to "shame and cont empt ."conclusive proof o f his arguments, he cit e clth e passage frJohn's testimony where Ch rist says to Mal'y afte r Hissurr ection, "T ouch M e not, for I am not yet ascondedMy Father." In cl osing his add ress, he said the d ay wyet to come when all men would receive their reward; athen, and no t till then , shall men receive the f rui ts o f th



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"uno stent atious labours." Ch rist" sh all judge the worldwith righteousne ss." "God hath a ppoint ed a d ay in whichHe s hall judge the world with ri ghteousness by the m anwhom He hath ordained." If men were already in pos -session of th e reward, what could be t he meaning of th eword s, "I come, and my r eward is with m e ? "

ROMANS XL -AN EXPOSITI ON.To u nderstand the drif t of this ch apter, we m ust keep th eprevious argument in v iew . From the beginning of theEpi stle to the end of chapter viii, t here is one cont inuedtrain of t hought. St artin g from the dec laration that theGospel of Christ is the pow er of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth, the apo stle pro ceeds to show t he utterguiltiness of Jew a nd Genti le in the sight of God, and theirconsequent exposu re to His indig natio n and w rath, t he utterimpotency of the law to give life to the guilty , or to renov ate

the co rrupt affections of men. That the righteousness ofGod revealed in the gospel, and avail able by f aith, is theonly means of salvation from the penalty of s in, to J ew andGentile alike. Tha t Israel, as a nation, had sp urned th e"righteou sness of God by faith ," and so ught to e stablishtheir own righ teousness , and, in co nsequence , had been re -jected by God , while Gentiles , who, by nature, were desti tuteof the privil eges conferr ed on Israel, h ad, by b elievin g, be-come p artake rs of the ri ghteo usness of God .

The n inth , tenth , and eleventh ch apters form a sort o fapp endix to the e ight preced ing, in which a ppendix theapostle replies to seve ral objections which he supposes to be

urged against his leve lling doctrine . (See ix. 30-33 ; x. 3-12; xi . 32. ) Thus the eleventh chap ter opens: "Hat hGod cast away Hi s peopl e? Hath He utterly and forevercast aw ay His people Israel?" The e nquiry c annot r elateto the salvability of in dividual Jews , for He had a lreadydistinctly state d that the Gospe l was the powe r of God untosalvation, to everyo ne who believes, whet her Jew or Gentil e,that" Chri st is the end of the l aw fo r righteousness to eve ryone th at believeth." The enqu iry mu st, th erefore, relate toIsrael as a nation. Since Israel, in spite of their highprivil eges , as a nation, stumbl ed at the holy stone, orsanctuar y, God h ad provid ed for their safety ; and co ntinuedto be a g ainsaying and r ebellious people, and, since the ywere ex actly on a l evel with the Gen tiles as regards theobtainin g of eternal life, Were they as a p eople to pass out ofbeing ? W as it so, indee d, that God , who had chosen themfrom amo ngs t all the peop les of th e world to be a holy p eopleto Himse lf, and so signally ackno wledged them as such bywondrous ca re and many d eliverances in days of old, h adnow cas t them a ,way for ev ermor e? "By no means. Godhath not ca st away His people whom He foreknew, " eithe rtota lly or fillal ly. "I also am a n Israelite; " neither do I

stand alone, f or, as in E lijah's days, the apostasy of I sraelwas not so u niver sal as he in hi s despond ency thou ght itwas, and as to th e eyes of m ost it seemed to be-for therewere th en seve n thousand f aithfu l men w ho had neve rbowed their kn ees to Baa l-even so now, at this presenttime th ere is a faithfu l remnant, according to _ he elect ion of

grace. "What then?" What is the tru e condition ofIsrae l according to your teachi ng? Jus t this: "Israel hathnot obt ained th at- which he seeketh fo r," name ly, savingrighteous nes s-because he sou ght it not by f aith-but theremnant, acco rding to the election o f grace, hat h obta ined it,while bl indn ess hath happened to t he rest.

" Blindne ss in p art," does not m ean pa rtial blindness toall Isr ael, but bl indness to a pa rt of Israel-e- the greaterpar t, indee d, but st ill a part . The remnant was not blin ded .So far as it ex tended the blindnes s was thorou gh enough.(See v. 8-10.) So compl etely was the mass of the nationblinded, that when God 's Messiah . appeared among them,

" approved of God by m iracles , and wo nder s, and signs"-they kn ew Him n ot, but c onsent ed to His dea th. "Hecame unto His own, and His own r ece ived Him not."

,; I say the n (ve rse 11 ), Have the y stumbl ed that theyshou ld fall? " i .e ., has the n ation , thus blinded-so stumbledagainst this holy stone as t o be completel y broken-toperish, u tterly and for ever? "By no m eans; bu t throughthei r fall salvation is come to th e Gentiles to provok e them -to jealousy." Here i t is ob vious that the apostl e uses theword" f all" in two dif ferent senses. First, he d enies theirfall, and then he ad mits it. In the former case, I th ink heused it in th e sense of totally and fina lly; in the latter, in apartia l

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sense. He denies that they had bee ncast off as a nat ion, or p eople , for. ever; then he affir msthat their pr esent fallen and broken-up condi tion had re-sulted in brin ging s alvation to the Gen tiles.

This t ruth had been bold ly uttered before by th e apost leand his companio n, Barnabas , whe n in t he sy nagog ue at 'Ant.ioch , they declared to the ir un believing and in furi atedcountryme n: "It was necessa ry that the Word of G odshould f irst h ave been spoken to y ou; but seein g ye pu tit from you, and ju dge your selves unworthy of ev erlastinglife, 10, we turn to the Gent iles; for so hath the Lord co m-manded us, say ing, I have set thee to be a ligh t of theGentil es, that thou sh ouldes t be for salvatio n unto t he endsof the earth ." (Acts xiii. 46, 47.)

Having made go od this position, th e apo stle reasons to ahigher: "If the f all of them be the rich es of the wor ld, andthe dimin ishing of the m th e riches of the Genti les, ho wmuch more the ir fulness?" "For if the c asting away ofthem be the reconciling of the w orld, what shall the re -ceiving of them be but life from th e dead ?" (Vel'. 12, 15.)

Let it be notic ed he re, that th e subj ects of the fa lling,

diminishing, cas ting awa y, are not Israelites , as individual



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sinners, but I srael as a people or nation ; con sequent ly, theterms fulness, r econciling, r eoiuinq , are applied in the samesense. As if th e apostl e had said: Sinpe the overthrowi ng

of God's people, Israel, has don e so much for the nations ofthe worl d, how much mor e shall be e ffected , throu gh theircompl ete and gl oriou s restor ation and exalta tion to be thefirs t, th e head of all n ation s on the earth? Wha t wonder,terror, and amazement sh all fill the mind s of the n ation s,when they see the long -despi sed and homeless nationrestored to th eir own l and and n ation ality in glory andpower surp assing far e ven th e palmy da ys of Solomon ?Then shall "the Lord reign on M ount Zion and beforeHis ancient s glor iousl y." Contr asted with th eir scattering,such a restoration may well be compared to "life fromthe dead ."

Let it also be n oticed that the a postle is wri ting to be -lieving Gentil es. (See ver. 13.) And in further illu stratinghis argum ent, he re asons: " For [as you will readily admit ]if the first-fruit b e holy, tho lump is al so holy; and if theroot be hol y, so are the branche s." The e xpre ssions," fi rst-fruit " and "root, " are two figures, applied to the "fathers of the I sraeli tish nation. Since th e separ ation byGod of Abr aham, Is aac, and Jacob, to be the progenitors ofHis peculiar peop le, was as real an off ering of the fir st-fruitas that whi ch h allowed the who le pr oduce of the h arves tfield, so, in the estimation of God, it wa s a real choo sing of"the lump ," or ma ss of that n ation. God's purpose inchoo sing Abrah am, and His promi ses concerning thepatriarch 's descendants, are alike sure. His selection ofthe firs t exte nded to t he whole harvest. His purp ose re-gardin g " the roo t," compr ehended a lso" the branche s."

The apostle proce eds: "And if " -that i s, " thou gh, not -with standing," this consecr ation of I srael to God-" som eof the branches w ere brok en off , and thou , a wild olive tr ee,wast graffed in amongst them, a nd p artake st of the root andfatness of the olive tree, boa st not on th at account, seeingthou art but a br anch. But if thou wilt boa st, rememb erthat thou art but a br anch of a wild olive tree, and indebtedfor all thy high favours to bei ng g rafted into the stock ofIsrae l, of whos e bl ess ings thou art now a partaker , for sal-vation i s of the Jews." (Ve r. 17, 1 8.)

Thou wilt then say, in defence of thy superiorit y, " The

branch es were broken off th at I might be graffed in : theyhad to make place for me. " We ll, admittin g this , still re -member that it was on account of th eir unbeli ef that th eywere bro ken of f; remember also that it was n ot on accountof any meritoriou s deed on th y part, or any inh erent ex-cellence, that thou h ast been graffed in wh ere the origin albranches we re lopped off, b ut simply and sol ely because o ffaith. Therefore, be not high -minded , but fe ar for thineown standing. "Fo r if G od sp ared not the naturalbranch es, take he ed lest He also spare not thee . Behold

therefore t he goodn ess a nd severit y of God: on them whifell, seve rity; but towa rd thee, good ness, if thou continuin Hi s goodn ess : otherwi se thou also shalt be cut off. Athey also, if th ey abide n ot still in unb elief, shall be grafin: for G od is able to graff th em in aga in." (Ver. 12- 23

These l atter words are com monly understood as referrito the sa lvability of individual Jews; but the apost le halre ady sa id that at" the pr esent time th ere was a remnaaccording to the el ection of grace," of which h e himself wan exampl e. It is mor e reasonable, therefore, to und erstanhim as referrin g to the restoration of the nat ion. Not aspersonal salvatio n had the Jews been cut off, bu t asnation; and a s a nation "God i s able to gr aff themagain. "

A much m ore improb able thin g tha n tha t had been don" For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree, which is wildnature, and wert graffed co ntrary to nature into a good oltree: how much more shall these, wh ich be th e naturbranche s, be graff ed int o their own olive tree? Forwould n ot, br ethre n, that ye should b e ignorant of thmystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conc eits, &(ver. 24, 2 5.)

The word" m ystery " does not m ean something in itshard to b e und erstood, but a secr et, somethin g hitherwholly, or for the most part, no t mad e know n. The sec

here referred to is: "That b lindne ss, in part , hath happeneto Israel until the fulness of t he Gentiles be come i n." Thblindness, or h ardnes s of heart, w as not only limit ed inextent, but also in it s duration --th e blin dness on t he gremass of the nation shall con tinue only till" the fuln ess

the Gentiles be com e in." What does the a post le mea n" the fuln ess o f the Gen tiles?" Not the e ntire convers ioof the nation s to God, for, a s already notic ed, th at is n otbe th e cause, but th e effect of " the fnlness " of Israel.

This wo rd-" fuln ess "-means a fill ing up, or completio

of anythi ng, and , here, it refers to t he comp letion of thpurpose of God rega rdin g the Gen tiles, in " taking outthem a p eople for His nam e." (Acts xv. 1 3 et seq .)

From these aposto lic teachings we learn th at the makinof th e New Cove nant with I srael, and th e completion of tChurch, are synchr onous events . When the Church -" t

body of Christ "-is compl eted, and Israel purged from

sins, then shall the holy n ation appear in it s glory, " Aso all I srael "-Israel as a natio n-" sha ll be saved(Ver. 2 6, 27; Isa iah lix. 20, 21; Ix.; Jer , xxxi. 31.)

The apostle proc eeds: "As con cerning the go spel, theare [treated asJ enemies for your sakes [in the sense'ver. 11, 1 5J: but a s touch ing the election, [o f AbrahamIsaac, and J acob] they a re belov ed [even now J for tfath ers' sake; for the gifts and call ing of God are withourepentance." (Ve r. 28, 29.)

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act of God 's choice of Abraham, and th e cov enant He m adewith him re garding hims elf an d his s eed. Thi s choi ce andarrangement are i rrevocable. The fulfilm ent of the coven antwith Abraham is not contingent on his acts, or the acts ofhis seed . The thing was of promi se, not of deeds of l aw.And thou gh Israel, a s a nation, ha s been cas t off for a time ,on account of impenit ence, sti ll the purpo se of God concern-ing them is unalter able. He i s not a man, that He should :lie, or th e son of man, that He should r epent."

On account of th eir fathers, th ey are still a peoplebeloved. The love of God manif ested towards Abrahamsti ll rests on th em; and the purpo se of God, in His se lect ionof th em from among st all the nations of earth sha ll notprove abortive . The branches of this o live tree, like itsparent stem, are precious in the eyes of the Grea t Husband-man. Lon g have th ey be en fruitles s, withe red, and castaside, but He i s able to graff them in ag ain; and wi ll do so,for He h as promis ed it. This tree of G cd's planting shal l

erelong str etch for th it s branches in verdure, beauty, andfruitful nes s-the glory of all land s. Israel sh all be thechief n ation; its capit al the metropoli s of the world. Thecoun sel of J ehov ah sh all stand: He wil l do all His ple asure.

" Marvel not at this, 0 Gentiles; for as in times p ast you

were unb elievers, and now have obtained mercy, throug htheir unbe lief: even so have these a lso now not believed,that throu gh the same mercy shown to yo u, they a lso mayobt ain mercy . For God hath shut them a ll up in unbe lief,that He mi ght have merc y upon all . 0 the depth o f theriches , both of the wisdom and knowl edge of God! how un-searchabl e are His j u dgrnent s, and Hi s ways past finding

out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or wh ohath been Hi s counsel lor? Or who hath first giv en to Him,and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of Him,and through Him, and to Him are al l things; to whom beglory for ever. Amen ."- W . La ing.

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THE WORDLESS BOOK; FOR THE CH ILDR~N." MAM MA , here is a nice little square p acket come for you bypost ! " sa id Minni e as Mrs. Headl ey entered the dining-r oomone mornin g.

" Yes; Minnie h as been turning it, and twisting it, andweighing it , and smelling it-doing ever ything e xcept open -ing it, " said John, l aughin g.

., I do wish to know wh at it is, though," said Minnie,shyly , " and I believe John wa nts to see ju st as much as Ido. "

"I will op en it pres ently ," answered their mothe r,smiling, while she seated hers elf at the h ead of the t able.

"Minni e is always rath er curious, " observed Hugh, look-ing up from a l esson h e had been connin g over.

" Thi s is somethin g whi ch wi ll rou se your cur iosity, andI will see who can te ll me the meaning of it, " answeredMrs . Headl ey.

" Th en you know what it i s, mamma? " asked Minnie.Her moth er nodded; and when they had finished break-

fast and their father had gone off to h is business, Mrs.

Headley took up the little p ackage and be gan unty ing theknots.

" Cut it ," said John." Catch moth er cuttin g a knot i f she can undo i t," laughed

Hugh, gathe ring his books togeth er." It's a good thin g it is S aturd ay," s aid John, " or we

couldn 't wait, how ever curiou s we might be. "

,. There, it i s undone!" s aid M innie, p ressi ng nearer.As she spoke , the p aper fel l open , and two dozen little squarebook s came tumblin g out.

The childr en were go ing to seize upon them, when Mrs.Headley placed her h and over th em, takin g up on e at thesame mom ent, s aying, " What is thi s, now ? "

" A littl e book, " said John." Has it re ading in it ? "She op ened the first p age, and to their astonishment

there was nothin g but a page of Black to be seen." Wha t a strang e book! " said Hugh. "It would not be

much trouble to l earn a page of tha t! "" It is great troub le to learn th at Black pa ge, thou gh,"

said hi s mother.Hugh p eeped clos er. "Let me read th e outsid e, mother ,

perhap s it explain s."

" Perhaps it doe s," s aid hi s mother, still showing o nly th eBlack page ."Well, wh at next? as we c an't m ake that out ," sa id Alice,

another girl, who . was looking on with h er arms twinedround h er elder sister Agnes .

Mrs. Headley open ed the next leaf, and th ey found it de epRed .

"How st range," said Hugh; "is thi s difficult to learn,moth er? "

Mrs. Headley smil ed thoughtfully , and answer ed, "Not sohard as the oth er; oh, not half so hard! "

" And the next ? " said Agne s, with a tend er light in hergent le eye s,

" Pure Wh ite! .. exc laimed Alice ; " and I b elieve Ag ne!!guesses ..•.

" What next, moth er?" asked Hu gh; for I suppo se youdo not m ean to tell us the meanin g ye t? ••

" Gold! " exc laimed Minni e. "How lov ely it lo oks! I sthis difficult to l earn, mamma? "

" Ah, no! " said Mr s. Head ley, "th at is the easiest p ageof all-nothing but g lory."

" Glo ry?" asked the childr en, "you ha ve told us themeaning of the l ast first. Now, what is it, moth er? ••

" What does the Black remind you of, dear s?" s he asked,in answer to th eir eage r look .

"Ni ght," "di scomfort ," "blindne ss," "being lost," sug-gested sev eral of th em.

"Yes," said Mr s. Headley, "bnt anythin g else?"" Is it sin, m amma? " asked A gnes, in 3, low tone."Yes, my dear childr en-it is sin. Th e Black is sin;

•hopeless ni ght, ' • discomfort ,' •blindn ess,' • being lost,'-allyou h ave said summed up in th at one dark page , sin. "

"Now I guess ," exclaimed John, hastily, "the Red isblood . Oh, I guess now .."

"The blood of J esus, the Son of God. Nothin g else cantake the black sin a way. But th at c an ; yes, the blood i seasier to read th an the sin, isn't it , dears?"

,. I don 't see why," said Hu gh, looking puzzled." Do you not think it i s hard to f eel that we are utterly

black and sinful, no good in us at all ? "" Ob, m amma! "" But turn ov er the page , and , the blood shuts out all re-

membr ance of the sin. The Lamb of God, who taketh awaythe sin of the world."

" How beautif ul! " said Agnes.



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Thei r mother turned to the nex t page, and w ent on ." The,n, whe n the blood has cleansed us, what are we?""Wh Iter than snow," said M inni c, reverently." That is right, li ttle Minni s, and I think the Wh ite re-

mi,nds us of two or thr ee things. Can you suggest them ,chil dren P " .

" How p ure we ought to be ? " asked A gnes." Yes, and how p ure He is," answ ered her mo ther." , Th ese a re they t hat have washed their robes and m ade

them whi te in th e blood of the Lamb ,' " said Alice, "Th atwas our text last Sund ay."

" So it was, and th e end o f it introduces us to o ur fi nalpage, and that lasts for ever."

" Gold," said Minni e." Glory, " sa id Hugh."Everlasting glory, all joy and li ght for evermore. Al l

purchased for us by that one page which c ost Him His life'sblood. Now, de ar children , repeat ov er to me the lessons ofthis little book, that we may all rem ember them together-

Black,-Red,- Whit e,-Gold."The children repeated th e words a s their mo ther turn ed

the pages , and then she add ed:

" Sin,-Blood,-Righteousn ess ,-Gl ory."

. Mrs. Headley then pa ssed a book to e ach of them, sayingIII a low tone, with an earnes tness wh ich imp ressed her?,olm g hearers, "May al l of you learn the first, take refugeIII the second, be c overed by the th ird , and share t he last! "

When their mo ther had left them Minni e stood looki nglong and lovingly at her lit tle treasure, as if she wou ld readits wordless leaves if she could.

" I think thi s book has a whole story on each page," sa idAgnes , thoughtfully.

" I wish yo u could tell us one," answe red M innie, look ingup wi stfully.

"Perhaps I will next Su nday ," replied Ag nes.-C.S.

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A M ITE SO G .On ly a drop in the buck et,Bu t every drop wil l tell ;

The bucket would so on be emptyWithout t he drops in the well.

On ly a poor little penny,It was all I had to give;

But as pennies m ake the dollars,It may h elp some c ause to live.

A few l ittle bit s of ribbonAnd some t oys; they were not new ,

But th ey made the sick ch ild happy,Which has made me h appy, too.

Onl y some out grown garment s;They were all I had to spare;

But they 'll he lp to cl othe the needy ,And the poor are eve rywh ere.

A wo rd now and then, of comfor t,That cost me nothi ng to say;

But the poor old man died happy,And it helped him on th e way.

God lov eth the ch eerful giver,Tho ugh the gift be poor and sma ll ;

What doth He thi nk of Hi s child renWhen they never gi ve at all ?

Chris tian G ioer,

A UNIVERS ALElLIMPLE .-Chr ist was an example to menof all c lasses , and unde r every variety of circums tances .To th e grea t: "A greate r than Solomon is here. "-To themean: "Is not t his the carpent er? "-To the i ich : "Heis Head of all thin gs."-To the p oor: "F oxes have hol es,and t he bird s of th e air have nests, but the S on of Man hat hnot whe re to lay Hi s head." -To th e famou s : "Behold, theworld i s gone aft er Him."-To th e obscure: "Can an y goo d

thin g come out of N aza reth? "-To the sor rowing: "Jesuswept."-To t he joyous: "He rejoiced in spirit. "-To thetempt ed: "All these things wi ll I give Thee if Thou wiltfall down an d worship me."-To the inj ured: "His visagewas marred more than any man, and His f orm more th anthe SO llS of men ."-To the powe rful: "Thi nkes t- thou tha tI canno t now pr ay to My Fathe r, and H e shall- presentlygive more than twelve legions of ang els."-To the loved:" Lord, I am ready to go with Thee to prison, and to de ath."-To th e slighted : " I kno w not the Man ."-To the insulted:"Be ye come ou t as against a thief , with swo rds a nd withstaves? "-To the betraye d: "Whomsoe ver I shall ki ss,tha t same is He ; take Him and lead Him away saf ely."-To the ido l of the crowd : "Hosanna to th e Son of David."-To the butt of th eir scor n: , . Awa y wi th this Man, an drelease unto us Barabbas ."

•NOT ES AND NEWS .

[The Secr etamj a lone is re sponsible for th ese column s.]

GENERAL NO TES .

A CHEER ING ACKNOWLEDG lIIENT .-We cull the f ollowi ng from theBapti st newspaper. It forms , therein, the c losing paragrap h of a v eryfavourable review of Gra tlan Guinness's •• Approaching E nd of theAge: "-" W e draw these rema rks to a close by say ing that it is of lessimpor tance to know when and how o ur Lord is to come than it is t obelieve that He is comi ng. To many of us the faith of His Adventseems pr actically like a forg otten dream, and it is scarce traceable as animpulse. But it would be w ell for us were it to becom e to us, as it wasto the ear ly church , our song of chee r in the battle of life. Ourconquest o f sin w ould be more c omplete, did we fight more really unde rthe gathe ring glories of t hat day wh en Chr ist shall come • to claim thekingdom for His own.' "

THE POC .lSSE·YTRAGEDy .-Freema n, who m urdered his l ittle daughter,under conv iction that G od required it of him us a t rial of his faith,proves to be a Methodist , and no t, as was c urrently repo rted, a m emberof the Bap tist Adventists . Much slander has been needless ly cast uponthe latter body, owing to Freeman 's suppo sed connection wi th them;press and pu lpit denouncing their teachings us naturally leading to thishorribl e result , A Met hodi st min is tor of Poca sse t, at the grave o f lit tleEdith Freeman , harangue d the p eople to aband on th eir dan gerousdoctrines, and come back to the c hurch they had loft .

It seems, however, that when sh ortly afl er, one Kem ler, a Methodis t,murde red hi s three little girls, to se cure th eir escape from the t emptat ionsof th is world, and s end th em to heaven, little no tice was taken of t heterrib ly painful fact, even by tho se who had been loudest in their con-demnat ion o f the suppos ed Adventist.

I t seems that Freeman's m ind was affec ted by certain hymns o f thechurch of which he claims to be a member, two h ymns of Wesley'sbeing underl ined in his copy o f the book. \\' e quote a few vers es:

" Ab raham, when severe ly tried,His fai th by his o bedience showe d;

He with the hars h comman d comp lied,And g ave his Isaac back to God.

" His son the fat her offe re d up ;Son of his age, his onl y son;

Obj ect of all his joy a nd hope ,And less beloved than God al one .

• •Oh for a faith like his, that weThe b right exampl e may 1 1l11 'sue;

May gladl y give up n ll to showTo wh om our m ore than a ll is due! "

" Through muc h distre ss and pain ,Throug h man y a conflic t here ,

Throuq h. blo od ye mu st the entrance gain ,Yet, 0 disdain to [ear ,"



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MOIIAil1MEDANISiI !NCREAS IXG.-Dr. Dollinger states that , by the peac e-ful methods of persuasion, the religion of the " false prophet" is ad-vanc ing as r apidly in modem times as of old by the sword . 'I'ha t, inAfrica , China, a nd J ava, its conv ersions are immense. Is there an yconnection between thi s and t he "false prophet" of the l atter-d ays?Doubt less, that " f'llse proph et" is an in dividual , but he r epresents asystem wh ich denies the Fath er and the S on. Can thi s doub le denialbe declared of Moh ammedani sm?

A:IlER ICAX CONGREGAT IOXALIS)(.-The New YOT!; Examin er andChron icle declare s that the g rowing liberal tendencies of Am ericanOongregatioual Ohurches, in the d irection of an unor thodox interpre ta-tion of futu re punishment, &c ., mnst produce an ea rly cr isis, andprobable rupt ure in the Union.

AXGLO -IsR.illL.-We have r ead with p ain the followi ng quota tion,taken from Edward H ine's lates t literary ventur e, the P rophetic 1I1es-senq er, Such teach ing subverts the church's f aith of eightee n centuries,in the com ing reign and Kin gdom of h er blesse d Lord :-

"We beli eve that H er Maj esty's Empi re (Britain ) is the Sto neKingdom of D aniel's vision, which, being cu t out of the m ounta in with-out hands, is to become a great mountain and fill th e who le earth , and towhich is to be g iven 'the kin gdom and domin ion and th e greatness ofthe king dom un der the whol e heave n.' "

We repudiate s uch teaching as fatal to tru e principles of Sc ripturalinterpre tation , and we ar e glad to know th at Mr. Hi ne repre sents only asection, even of his eo-believers, in the Anglo-Israel theory .

RELIGIOUS BELIEF.-An Iri sh recto r, who h as publis hed a work en-titled as above , ba s the follow ing ch oice morsel on" Conditional Im-mortal ity: "-" I am conv inced that by thi s line of th ought th e difficultymay be more safely and effectua lly met than by that most wretched andcoward ly of all theories, which suppo ses the so ul to be naturally mort al'[these be s trong word s, my frie nd], and that God wi ll resuscitate thewicked, to torment them for a time and then fina lly ext inguish them ,• •• * [this] supposes that evil has in such cases fina lJy tr iumph ed,and I hat God has no re source but to punish .a n d extinguish •• * I havecalled it cowardl y, for it surrenders the true nobility of man , his naturalimmortal ity." :::'eeillg that the Bible nowhere treats ma n as o ther thana mortal being, who, at d eath would perish (1 Cor . xv.), save for resurrec -tion, which alone ma kes po ssible the second d eath; and that, in treatingof th is second death , it uni form ly uses terms w hich, if taken in theirlexical mean ing, imply an end to life and b eing, viz.: destruction,p e rish; cease , extinct, a s thouph . had not been, lnomt. up , dest roue d ; wesubmit , howev er unp leasant the d educt ion, we have no option, a sreve rent believers i n tbe Sac red Wor d, but to acce pt 'its conc lusions, thatthe fina lly-impen itent a nd unreforrned perish at the second d eat h. It is,in ou r estima tion , far more" wretched and co wardly" to suff er our feel-ings to lead us to fly in the direct face of God's teaching , preferring theconc lusions of m en; and t o peril the eternal futur e of our f ellow-men byleadin g them to h ope for a p robat ion b eyond th e gr ave, whi lst neglect ing

the present ; than to acc ept the plain and simple teaching of God, " thatall the w icked will He de stroy; " and to declare the presen t as the on lyplace for reformation, for al l (at least) und er the Gos pel.

As to such be ing a triumph of evi l, it is mar vel to us that thoughtfulmen should so wr ite. Had the D ivine Be ing ever a nnounced an int en-tion, d eclared a purpos e, to f inally save every child of Adam, we wou ldgrant the f ailure of His purp oses , and, to that ext ent, th e trium ph ofevil. Such an intention, such a purp ose has never been decl ared; onthe contra ry, He has distinctly stated Ili s purp ose and intention to belimited to the sa lvation of "who soever believeth." AS in th is, God wil ltriumph , while r eturn ing all else (according t o His d eclared purp ose ) totheir original dust, evil will not be conqu eror, but c onquered,

As to the w icked being raised, that God may" torment them for atime, and then exting uish them, " that is not a fai r pre sentat ion of thesubject. 'We teac h that t he wicked are raised (accord ing to God 's word),that the ir actions might be righteously judged, condemn ed, and the m-selves puni shed-not torm ented. The only p ersons of whom theScriptures speak as be ing torm ented are the ev il trin ity of the D evil,Beast, and Fal se Prophet; and of tho sc who, und er Antich rist's reign-

yet futur e, and c onfined to a per iod o f 3~ years- worship the Beas t, andrece ive his m ark. Of all othe rs we h ave every r eason to believe, andevery right to teach, that they are simply deprived of life, and their dea dbodies cas t into ihe Gehen na of fi re. We are, howeve r, qui te prepared toconcede that th ere may b e some exc eptions to this rule, such a s-c- Jezebel,Herod, Judas, Nero , &c.

The auth or then proc eeds to s ta te :-" Hold ing, as I do wit h a famousoppo nent of ea rly heresies, that death is the di sso lution of that which iscomp osite, and believing with Bu tler in th e simplicity and ab solu te one-ness o f the thinking being we call our selves , I have no re ason t o believethat bodily dissoutio n des troys the sou l, thou gh it do es destroy itspresent in strument." Thu s, Butler is accepte d as an authority aga instthe perfect silence o f the Scriptu res concer ning the intermediate s tate ( abelief unkn own un til the l atter end of the second, or early part of t hethird c entury), anel also ag ainst the repeated dec laration of the OldTestament, that" t he dead know not anyth ing."

Our space forbid s furth er pursuit o f this subject, bu t to those of ou rreaders w ho may not be posted u p in this question of th e nature of thehuman sou l, we a dvise the pe rusal of a work (pub lished by us) entitled," The Soul : 'What is it? " by Miles Grant , of Ame rica. Post-free 4d.

THE TELEPHoNE.-An Am erican write r says :-Oal ling upon abusiness a cqua intance the o ther day , he suddenly interrupted our con-versat ion with the words, "Ex cuse me a moment," turned toward hisdesk and said-as if t o a third per son, though there was no th ird personin the room-" W ell I " The person addresse d, thou gh quite invisibleand i naudible to us, seemed t o comm unicate iutell igibly with ou r friend,who uttered requests and mad e promises a nd expresse d gra titud e tovacancy , in a way wh ich would ha ve led one a few ye ars since to havedeemed him insane . But he wasn't insane by any means . On the con-trary, h e was extra sensible and clearheade d. Attac hed to his desk therewas a telephone, whi ch communicated w ith his home . In the midst ofhis conver sation he h ad heard a c all which my ea r didn't detect. Hehad been talking with hi s lath er-acknowled ging w ith g ratitude thefulfilm ent of r equests previously mad e, ventur ing upon new petitions,encou raged by that father's love , and in turn m aking s uch promises aswere prompt ed by a filia l heart .

Isn't it a perfect para llel, we sa id, to prayer? The infidel taunts uswi th talking to vacancy w hen we p ray. Sometimes the sceptical doubtrushes upon the Chri stian in the m idst of h is suppl ications. Is there a near th at listens an d a vo ice that answers? \\"hy not? If man, by theexer cise of a little ingenuity, can communic ate w ith hi s distant f ellow-man; if, wh en he seems to be t alking to vacancy , he is really pouringhis r equests into th e ear of a fr iend; if hi s father, invisib le an d inaudibleto the bystanders, still does hear and an swer prayer-why is praye r suchan ab surdit y as it is sometimes represented? 'Why may not divine in-

genui ty have establi shed a spiritual t elephon e between earth an d heaven,so that when the C hristian is seeming ly talking to va cancy he is reallytalking to God?

EUllOPEA N ARMm s.-In roun d numbers, the wa r-strength of Europ e issome fifteen mi llion s Of men. These are maintained at an ann ual costof near £98,0 00,000 , an increase in cost since 1870 of £24, 000,000.Russia leads in thi s unholy rivalry with some 5, 000,000 ; France followswith 2,72 3,000; G ermany stan ds next with above 2 ,000,000 ; Italy isfourth w ith 2 ,000,010; and Au stria next with 1,19 4,000. Of coursethese figures includ e the reserves of v ariou s kinds.

KAPOLE ox.-Prince Jerome Napo leon has broke n the s ilence, and, in apublished letter, supporting the Frenc h Gove rnment in their proc eedingsaga inst the Jesuits, has made a bid for popularity. Time wi ll show ifNapol eonism is to be aga in revived . For ourselves, we think n ot,except as an Eastern, in stead of a 'Western Mon arch. In G reece , 'I'hrace ,or Syria, our e yes o ught to be looking for t he Anti christ-and, probably,the latter count ry-but certa inly not in Fra nce. "Neither shall herega rd the Go d of hi s fathers ," points conc lu-ively to Hebrew ex trac tion.

NEWS OF THE WORK.

LONDON ,N.-Maberly Church has recently held a ver y successful anni-versary. Dr . Lea sk presided. It is hoped, within two y ears, to bank800 guineas toward s the con templated new chapel. The meeting, whichwas of a v ery cheer ing an.I enthusiastic character, w as made the subjectof a gen erou s arti cle in the Chr istian. Worl ,Z.

SKIPTOX .-A few friends of the Tru th have united in Christian f ellow-ship , and comm enced stated Sunday Services . They are hopeful ofmuch usefulness, if they ca n procure a larger place of meeting.

STRANGE, YET TRu E.-In a Y orkshire town, two you ng men connectedwith the choi r of a B aptist Chu rch, att ended one Sunday rece ntly aservice, held b y believer s in " Life on ly in Christ," a Br adford ministerbeing the pr eacher that d ay. On the following S unday , when enteringtheir own chap el, they were met by the Deacons, who t old them that, asthey had b een to objectionable meetings, they could not be allowed to gointo the cho ir to sing for them. We purpose ly withhold the nam e of theChurch possess ing such enlig htened t t ) Deaco ns.BINGI,EY, YORKHHInE.-] I.1uch b less ing has attended the earnest

evangelistic labours of Mr . W. Kinnock. In the co urse of the past twoyears, 57 p ersons have been received into the f ellowshi p of the Ch urch,Amon gst these the Association h as many warm support ers.

Loxnox, E.-At Hig h-stre et Chape l, Bow, o n Eas ter Su nday, an un-usual ly good congregation was ad dressed by ;Hr. H. B. iUut"ra)" ofCheltenham. The di scourse, from Ti.t us ii. 13· , \ I as found helpf ul. On

I Good Friday, the friends connect ed with the former meeting in RedLion-square , Holb orn, met for tea and confe rence at M rs. Fuller'S, in thecity . A very happy even ing was sp ent in praye r, praise , and exhorta tion.

BnADFoRD .- Seve n new memb ers have been rec ently rece ived in tofellowship, m aking the total membership of the Ch urch 40. Th e Bibl eCla ss has had an a verage attendance o f 25 during the win ter' ses sion.Some good ha s been done by the auxiliary th ereto, in the form o f Cot tageBibl e (lasses . These will be discontinued for a few months, in favour ofopen ai r services . 'I'his Church supplies 1 7 membe rs to our A ssociation,a per centage that, if it were commo n in all the Chur ches holding thetruth, would increase ou r membership tenfold. ilIay th eir exampl e becont agious.

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FOR GR AT U ITOUSDI STR IBUT IO N .-S p ec im en c opies of th e BibleSta ndar d se nt po s t-fr ee a t 6d. p er d oze n, in the U nited Kingd om ,Canada, and the U nit ed S tat es . W e ea rn es tl y as k the kind co-op e rati o nof our fri end s in bringing thi s per iodi ca l b efor e the public .

CU RRE NT EV ENTS .

SBRI OUS FI RES. -At M osc ow, o n M arch 8 , a n ext en sive w eav in g millwas b u rnt do w n , 24 li ves los t , 2 9 perso ns injur e d . On the fo ll ow ing d aythr ee -f our ths o f th e town o f Neves in je , H e rze govina , w as des tr o ye d.Nea r G la sgo w, a c oa l-m in e has bee n fi red by gas , 1,000 men b e ing thrownid le . A m ill ha s bee n burnt d own at Ra m sbot tom , York shir e , with lo ssto the e x ten t o f £ 3 -1,( 00 . A nd a f or est has bee n f ire d n ea r Agram,H unga ry, cove rin g 15 ,000 a c res, co n sis tin g c hi e fl y o f oak tre es .

S EVERE EX PL OS IONs- At F ran kf o rt, Indi a na , on M arch 11th. A fl ax -m ill w as des tr oye d , a nd t en li ves lost. O n th e 13th , th e b oil e r of th ess . Colom ba, bur st w hil s t l y in g in th e po rt of A lg ie rs . Thr oug h b e in gd r ive n a ga in st ot her c ral t, b y th e force of th e e xplo sion 2 m en we rek ill ed , a nd 25 injur ed .

CUBA. -Re newe d fi ghtin g h as taken p lace, in w hi ch th e in sur ge nt s we red efea ted.

LOCK-ouT .-In Ne w Yo rk , 5,0 00 m en h ave been thr ow n out of em-pl oy m en t in th e pianof o rt e tr ade.

STEAMS HI PLosrc--c'I'he Rathm ine, from Ca rdi ff to Bomba y , h as bee nlos t w ith all hands.

POO R SE RVIA-Litt le larg e r than Ir e land, has dete rmin ed to ape themilit a ry vi ces of her big n e ig hbours . H e r army is to con sis t of 1 50,000m en on a p e ace foot ing , and 200,000 in time of war.

RAILW AYCOL L IS ION-A t Hall e , on the Con ti n ent. 4 k ill ed , 16 bad lyinjur ed. Also a t Wak ef ie ld, in York shir e. 2 k ill ed, 3 0 in jured.

ABY SS INI A .-King John has d efe at ed and taken prisoners two bodi esof in sur ge nt troops, led by th e c hi e f, R ao A lo la,

AR AB IA .-Th e G rand Shere ef of Me cca, wa s assas sinated on M a rch 1 4,by a P ersia n f anati c .

COLONEL SYNGE -lat e ly a Br iti sh pr iso n er among th e Th essa lianbr iga nd s, has bee n rel eas ed f o r a r an som of £ 1 ,100 , and the ex chan ge o ftw o bri gand s in Turkish h ands. Th e m o ra lit y o f such a m ode o f ju sti ceis qu es ti onable.

CYCLoNE .-Ne w C aledo n ia w as thus v is it ed o n J an . 24 th. 14 ve s se lsw ere s tr and ed, o r ar e mi ss ing.

RnssIAN Jzws. s- Th ese ha ve bee n rut h less ly expe ll ed, at V €l 'y s hodno tice , f ro m the Gove rn me n ts of S t . Pe te rshur g , Tula, Or e l, a ndKha rk of f. Some, h ow eve r, to p re vent expu 's ion , have r epr ese nted them-

se lves as P rotes tan t C hri st ians.C ENTRAL A SIA. -Noo n Be rdi Kh an has ralli ed a round him som e 30 ,000A kka l- Tekke tr oops , wi th 60 g uns . By him, Ru ss ia is thr ea tened w ithvery se riou s opp os iti o n to h er rul e in 'l 'urk es ta n .

A SIGN IF ICANT FACT .-Ow in g to th e seve re famine in the di s tri c t o fMoss ul , As ia M in or (a ncie nt N in eveh], 4 ,00 0 o f the inh abit ant s ha veem ig ra ted to Bagd ad, on th e low e r course o f the r iver 'I 'ig i is . Ba g dad i sw ithi n 6 0 m il es o f Hill a h , o n th e E uphr a tes, th e two riv ers here b e in gonl y 3 0 m il es ap a rt. To th ose w ho be lie ve in th e reviv a l of anc ientB aby lon (on th e ruin s o f w hi ch H il!ah is built), a s th e se at of pow er o fth e fu tur e An ti chri s t, the re is, in thi s exod us, food for sugg es ti v e re-fl ec ti on. Thu s: Will thi s e mi g rati o n sto p a t Bagd ad ? Ma y it n o t b e e x-pec tad to r eac h Bab y lo n eve ntu a lly ? And, by the aid of this famin e ,may no t tens 'of th o usand s of the s tarving popu lations o f the north ernre g ions of Turkey be led to see k su ste nanc e in the fe rtil e st r e tch es of th eLow er Euphrat es, th e nat a l seat of ma nkind ? The prese nt popu lation

dHill ah (B ab y lon, th e ruin s o f which ex tend t o tw o m ile s no rth, a nd tosi~ so uth of .the ~ o dern to w n, ) is a bout lf1,00 0. Thi s, by em ig ratio nm igh t be ra pidl y increa se d to d ime nsions te mp tin g to the ambi tion oso m e aspirant a fter p owe r, w ho, i f no t A nti ch ris t, mi gh t p re pare th e wayfo r th a t mon a rch .

NEW BULGAR IA. .'1ORRORS .-Two ban ds o f Bul g ar ia n s h ave c rosse d thTu rki sh fronti e r in to Eas te rn R oum e li a , k illin g an d plun der in g so m e~he .inhabit ant s . in t~ e d ist ri c t o f A id os . A st rong g overn m en t, m et inju s ti ce to all alik e, IS sad ly nee ded in this south -eas te rn pe ndantE urop e .

RUSS IAA NDCHI NA.- T he C hin ese have mass ed a bove 3 0 ,00 0 troop s oth e Ru ss ian n or th -eas te rn fron tie r, and a wa r betwe en t he two pow ersee m s very probab le . H ow effect u a ll y att ention is b e in g co n ce ntr ate d oth e Eas t, to the ex clu s ion o f th e Wes t! S ur e ly, thi s pr omin ency giveto th e E as t, b e tok en s th e nea r tr an sfe r o f " th e balan ce of p ow er"th ere to. Som e m ay s mil e a t such a s ugges tion, but " what h as bee n m abe. " Civili z ation and P ow er h ad it s ori g inal hom e in th e E as t, and, iwe are t o be guided by G od's W o rd in fo re casting th e futur e, wi ll re turnth ere to. Such a r e turn i s on e o f th e s ign s of th e nea rin g end of thpr ese nt age.

PRO POS EDFR ENCH C ANAL .- It is proposed to construct a canal fshipping , to connect the w a te rs of th e Ba y of Biscay with the Medit erranean Sea. I t wou ld com m en ce a t Bord e aux, on th e Garo nne andfinish at Narbonne. A glan ce a t the map o f Eu rop e wi ll show h oval~ ab le such a maritim e c anal w ou ld be , s a v ing th e journ ey arou nSp a in, It cou ld not fa i l to l a rge ly b enefit F ran ce , in c reas in g her po w eas a co mm e rc ial n a tion.

COLLI ERYEXPL OS ION- On A pril 1 st, a t And erlues , F ranc e, by firdamp. 15 0 m en w e re a t th e tim e in th e p it: of th ese 20 w ere kill ed ,

THE BRITI SH EL EC TI O N.-Th e res ult o f the e lec tio ns is th e tra n sfeof th e rulin g pow e r to th e Lib eral s . Thi s need not di s turb stud ent sproph ecy , nor wi ll it f a ls ify th e ir exp ec ta ti on s. In the pr ese nt ju n ctu reof aff a irs, Syria and E gy pt ar e m ore lik e ly to de ve lop int o indu stri a l,vi g orous, se lf -governin g communit ies, und er a Lib e ra l reqime, than waa t a ll probab le und er a G overnm ent pl edge d t o the sup port of Turkey.We look for an earl y a nd r apid ch an ge , w h ic h w ill pr ep ar e th e wa y fo(o~ . ~eart' s d e sire ) C hr ist 's coming. Th e s tr an ge c hanges in popul aopmi on, r e vea led t o us b y th e e lec ti o n s of 1 87 4 and 1 880, a re notacc id ent s , but purpo ses o f an unf ai ling Pro v id ence .

"A i\L W NI F ICENTP ROJEc T .-O n th e 9 th Fe bru ary a Co mp any wao rga ni ze d in B osto n , U .S. , und er a cha rte r f ro m th e Sta te , f o r thpurp ose of buildi ng a nd ru nning a ra ilr oa d fr om Cai ro in Egy pt, throu ghPo rt S a id t o D am asc us, to connect with th e proj ec ted Euphrat es Vall eR a ilroad, a bo ut t o be built b y a n En gl ish Comp any , in whi ch th e Duko f Suth erl a nd i s m u ch int e rest ed. Bran ch r oad s are al so pr ov ide d f o rth e U .S. charter , and the T u rki sh Governmen t has b ee n appli e d to forth e conc ess io n of th e ne ces sa ry righ t of way. B efor e man y yea rs, wm ay find railway touri s ts trav ersing Palestine, and t e rm inating th ejourney Eastwa rd, in India . And may not thi s proj ec t, a t n o distantday , be emp loyed to fa c il itat e th e ingath e rin g of th e desce nd ant sAbraham into the land promi se d to their fath e r?" -Montl 'eal 17

uestioator, "In that day shal l th e re be a highw ay out of Egypt tAssy ria, and th e Assyrian sha ll come into Egypt, and the Egy ptian intoA ssyria , and the Egyptians sha ll serve with the As syr ia n s . In th a t daysha ll I sra e l he th e third with Eg y pt and with A ss yria, ev en a bl ess ing inth e mids t of the land: w hom th e L o rd of hosts sh a ll bl ess , sa ying,B lesse d he Egypt My pe o pl e , and A ss yria th e work of M y h and s, andIsrae l M in e inherit anc e ."-I .a iah x ix, 23-25 .

TURKE Y.-Gr eat di sa ff ec tio n a nd mise ry pr eva il s thr o ugho ut A sM in o r. It i s c lea r th e ro tt en Tu rki sh Gove rnm en t ca nn o t be per mi ttedto foul so fa ir a n es t m uch l onge r. Th e loca l p ap ers a re full o f thacc ount s of sham eful exac tio n s, b y Gove rnm ent O ffici a ls, from sta rv ingpeop le. -A n Eng li sh C omp an y h as ob tain ed a con cess ion for workingth e Ism idt Rail way , and f or co ntinuin g th e lin e t o An go ra . Th e co n sid eati o n m oney to b e pa id th e P or te , amo unt s to £100 ,000 .

A H ANDSO M EG IFT. -Th e s um o f £ 75 ,000 ha s hee n l ef t t o relig io uand phil an thr op ic in stituti on s, i n L anc ash ir e , b y th e late M r. Th o

Wri gley.A DA STARDLY;rTE upT .-A n at tem pt , for tun a te ly d e tected , .h as bee

ma de to blow up a po litic a l meet in g in Carl ow Co un ty, Ire land . Seve rp arce ls o f d ynami te hav in g bee n p lace d und er th e pl atfo rm.

AF GHA NSANDH AZ AB As. -Ano the r se ve re s ki rm is h h as occ urr ed be twe eth ese, in w hich th e form e r we re to ta ll y d efea ted , wh ils t the ir principalea der , M ahom ed J an, w a s s la in.

A W ON D ERF ULCHANGE.- Th e gr ea t even t of th e m on th h as bee n thdow nfall o f the Be ac on s fi e ld G ove rnm ent, an d th e re tu rn t o powe r, witha wo rking ma jorit y, of a Lib era l G ove rnment. Th e e lec ti ons h avcause d extraordin ary int e res t both at hom e a nd abroa d, a nd th e pollhave bee n unu suall y heavy. In Turk ey, th e res ult h as caused consider-a bl e depressi o n, amongst th e o ffi c ial c lass; whil st , to th e Gr ee k s, it habrought intense joy, in th e b el ie f of ju sti ce bein g a t length d oneGreec e at the hands of a Lib eral ministry.



T H E BiBLE S TA N b A R D. 9 5

COM IN GTRO U BLE s.-We are evi d entl y o n th e v e rge of some pa in fu lisp eusations of the Di v in e P rov ide n ce; some pa rt of th a t ni g h t w h ic h

wil l u sh er in the g lor io u s m illeni a l day . T h is y ea r J u p it e r reac h es itser ihe li a -nea re s t th e Sun: N ep tu n e and Ma rs , n ex t yea r; Uran u s , in1882; a nd Sat urn , in 1885. S u ch an ev ent h a s not h app ened be for e ,d u ring the Ch ri s tia n e ra . T w ice , h owe v e r, h av e t hr ee pl anets conc ur redn their p e rih e li a ; an d th ese d at e s we re mark ed by aw fu l an d d es tr u ct iv epe s tilence s . Wh en we have five, in s tea d o f th ree , m en 's h ear ts m ay we llai l t hem fo r th e t h in g s w hi ch a re coming o n t h e ea rth .

BURMA H.- Th e repo rt ed d ea th o f K ing Th eeb au, i s lik e ly to b e fo ll owe d

by c ivi l war to d e te rm in e h is suc ce sso r.A BNORM A LA TLANT ICW EA I'H ER. -I c eb e rg s h ave of la te be en da nger-

ous ly commo n . T h e Fe rdinasui s.s . h n d a n ar row e sc ap e from a m on ste rbe rg , m eas u rem en ts by th e sex tant gav e a he ight o f 300 fe e t. len gt h of1 ,00 0 fee t, an d t h ick n e ss o f 40 0 f ee t . A m os t unpl easa nt mi gh bour .-The s .s . Gordo n Ca stle exp e ri en ce d th e fu ll for ce o f an i cy -co ld s tor m ,for m ore than a for tn igh t. H e r ri g g in g , sp ar s, b ri d g e , d e ck , b e in g cov e re dw ith immence mas se s o f i ce , fo rm ed b y th e fr e ez in g of t he sp ray whi chthe sea th rew u pon h e r , and s e ri o u s ly af fe cti n g, b y its we ig h t, h e r sai lin gqu a lit ie s .

FAMIN E IN TH E EA ST. -E ig ht th ou sa nd p e rson s a t Ai nta b , A sia Min o r,a re s u ffe ring a ll the ho rro rs of famine . P riva te c h a rit y is m aki ng a neffo rt to remove t h em t o spare land s n ea r A lepp o, an d t o p ro v id e th emwith seeds a n d agric ult u ra l i mp lemen ts . In Me sopo tam ia , th e d is tressh a s be c om e t e rribl e , and th e d ea th s num e rous. H ow w ick ed is Tu rk ishw as te in h ig h p lac e s , in f ac e o f this wo e fu l w an t in l ow pl aces! Sure ly ,it i s tim e fo r the Br it ish Gov e rnm ent , to m ak e th e A n g lo -T urki sh Co n -ve n tio n a rea lity? hi th e rt o it h a s b een a sh am .

R EL IG IOUS LID ERTY IN RU SS IA. -Two peasa nt s h ave bee n se n te n ce dto tr an sp o rta tion fo r li fe, fo r th e h e in o u s c ri me o f b uildin g a ch a p e l, a ndin vi ti ng p eopl e to wo rship th e re in . T h e c h ape l h as b ee n d es tro ye d.T h ese m en w ere Old Believer s, o r Ru ssian Di sse nt e rs . S u ch i s th el iber ty acco rd ed b y Ho ly (? ) Ru ss ia , in th e 19t h cent ur y .

Lo ss OF A S .S. ANDSI XT EE N L Iv Es. -On Apri l 9 th , th e Bari ta, fr omL ond on , col lid ed wi th an A u st ri an Ma il Steame r, a nd sank , t ak ing w ithh e r 5 o f th e crew, a nd 11 p ass eng e rs .

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