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VOL. 28. No. 9. AUCKLAND, N.Z., SEPTEMBER, 1907. TWOPENCE.

~~~'~~11j1TY years ago the city of Chicago stood

fiftecn feet or more below its present level.

From that lower plane the enti re city W[lS

lifted to the point at which it now stands.

This was not accompl ishcd bv :my volcanic

or other seismic uphcaval ; it was the re-

sult of a wisclv conceived and skilfully

executed work of public improvement.

"Onc after another of the immense buildings of that

great city was lifted to the desired level and there

securely established .. ~o building was too great thus tobe dealt with, and no building

was damaged by the process, for

at a uniform speed and simultane-

ouslv everv inch of the structure

was lifted up, From the foundation to the roof the

entire building, however vast, moved steadily upward to

the desired height. Beneath that foundation thousands

of: giant jack-screws were properly placed and manned

h Y workmen, who, with the accuracy of clockwork and

all at once, turned the screws that forced the building

upward. 'I'hus up and up to the desired height those

colossal buildings were borne, and were there securclv

hclrl until beneath and around them earth was filled in

to the present elevation." "Within the Church of the

Living God is the nccessitv for an elevation of its con-

ception of the true place and value of the Bible. That

work of raising the city was done by the labour of men

who knew precisely what they wanted to do, and by

applying the means to secure the object sought. But,

unfortuuately, the Church of Goel to-dav does not seem

to have any idea at all that the conception which

it cherishes of Divine Truth is at all below the

actual standard, and regards as fanatics those who sug-

gest that in the smallest degree it falls short of the true

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appreciation, The verv self-complacence of the Church

on this subject has allowed the "false teachers" within

its walls to spread their unblushing denials of tile Truth,

and has allowed them to receive the plaud its of its mem-

bers. ]t is high time that an attempt were made to put

the jacks beneath the structure, that it may be lifted

out of the mists anc1 miasmas where it now dwells, and

may get into the atmosphere where the sun shines, andthe clear air of heaven blows, Let the workmen "[1])-

proved of God" get to this duty, and, by insistence upon

the value of the Word, and that it means what it savs,

trv to lift the Church to the level of hflving a better con-

ception of Goel and of His purpose than now exists.

'T 'he New Theology has not been sprung upon us surl-

dcnly as a full-blown system, It is here as the product

of a good many ideas which have obtained currency ill

the Church. They have been admitted under philo-

sophic guise, as perfectly innocent

things, nay, so it was claimed, as

helping the believer in his contestwith opponents of Christianity.

But these supposed useful aids have now proved to be

devices of the enemy to conduct the Church into diffi-

cult)', danger, and possibly ruin. A few years ago a

word came into thcologv which, by its glamour, seemed

to fascinate many leading theological writers. They

spoke much of the "Immanence of God." Probably not

a few caught up the term from them, and employed it,

hardlv knowing what the word signified. But it is

certain that it became a common one in Christian litera-

hue, and has been a popular word with many preachers,

who used it without taking the trouble to tell

the people just what it meant, Now we arc

reaping a harvest in the ~ ew Theology whichhas been contributed to by the so-called doctrine'

of Immanence. The dictionary meaning of the word

is a "permanent abiding within," and theologically it

means "the essential presence of Goel in all the universe.

yet distinct from it." On the other sicle of this is the

philosophic term "transcendent," which means above

and bevond. So "an immanent Goel is ono who abides

within the world; a transcendent Goel is a God who

dwells above and bevond the world." To meet the posi-

tion of those who have virtually taught that God had

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made a self-acting machine, and then had left it to work

in obedience to its own self-acting forces, the doctrine

of Lnuuau cncc was insisted upon. So far so gooc1; but

this has been carried to such a degree that it is now 'as-

sorted that all human thought and will is in reality God's

thought and will. The dreadful idea of Mr. Campbell

that sin is "a quest for God," is really a result of the

acceptance of this extreme view of the doctrine of the] minanence of Goel. As Dr. Rashr lull puts it in the

Contempora1'Y Review, "Immanence involves the conse-

quonce that the greatest scoundrels of history and the

greatest saints arc 'part of Goel.' "

Tt is needless to Ray that the Bible gives no support to

this view of the matter. That it has a doctrine of

Immanence is certainly true. From the time when "the

Spirit of God moved upon the face of the deep," He

has upheld all things by His power,

and if "He withdraw His Spirit

and His breath all flesh shall perish

together, and man shall turn againnnto dust." His is the breath of life possessed by all

liring things, l111t for the use which is made of the

powor» it confers uponintclligent beings tbey who P08-

srs;-;it are responsible. Sometimes the text is quoted,

"Tn Tlim we live and more and have 0111'being," as if it

supported this spreading idea of the Immanence of Goel

in man. But surelv a careful reading of that passage

would show that it asserts rather the immanence o f m om .

in Gad! It puts us under Divine provision, and as reci-

pients of His tender mercy, and because of our position

it shows 11S as creatures responsible to our Creator; but

it viclds nothing to the philosophic idea so glibly

affirmed. There is another thing to be noted, and that

is, that there is promised, and given, to the believer the

indwelling of the Holy Spirit. That is an immanence

that is allied only with good. It belongs only to him

who by faith becomes a new creature. So much is clear,

and ought to be insisted upon against that pernicious

doctrine which is making God responsihle for the sins

and follies of men. One writer well says: "The panthe-

istic conceptions of the 'New Theology' have fallen on

ground prepared for them by the slipshod use of this

word, and the Church will do well to cease to talk loosely

of 'the Immanence of God in the materia] world,' and

to revert to other and more Scriptural conceptions of His

relation to the Universe."

Ube 1B lb leI D l e \ \ ?

A short time ago there died a man who had earned the

gratitude of the denomination he represented for his

faithful labours as a missionary. The name of Dr.

Lamb, of the New Hebrides Mission, was well known in

New Zealand. He contracted a

disease during the time he laboured

as a missionary which brought him

to the grave while yet in his prime.

The zealous labourers in mission fields are all too few,

and the loss of such a one as Dr, Lamb is deeply regretter]

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by those in whose behalf he laboured. The occasion of

iI is funeral was used as an opportunity to set Jorth the

philosophic opinions which have replaced the hope fur-

nished in the Word of God. The preacher said: "To-day

we commit to the ground all that was mortal of Dr.

Robert Lamb, but I need not tell you that the remains

we have this day thrust into the ground out of sight

are not IiohertLa mb at all. Even Plato, more than 2,500

vcars ago, knew better than that. He records that

Socrates, when he was asked by his disciples where they

should hnry him after his death, replied: 'You may bury

Socrates when 'you can catch him. But you must catch

him first.' ,Vc in this twentieth century know also that

Robert Lamb is not lying in the cold tomb; he has gone

elsewhere to fresh avenues of work, to new activities of

service, to labour under better conditions than he enjoyed

here." Thus, according to this Presbyterian c1ivine,

Robert Lamb is not buried, is not even dead, but is en-

gaged in congenial fruitful service! Why, then, weep

and fuss oyer the body? Lies over a grave do not

thereby become truth; anc1 that these are lies, if God'sWorrl is true, is certain. According to it, man dies, and

in the death-state "knows not anything," and the im-

possibility of: renclering service is further emphasised in

the statement that there is "no work, nor device, nOT

knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest."

God has made no exception in favour of Robert Lamb.

There is no word in the report of this address that refers

to the Bible hope of resurrection and the Lord's return,

yet these arc what are furnished by special revelation as

the source of comfort for those who mourn. "Why were

they omitted?" is it asked? We reply, because there is no

known method of satisfactorily harmonising a belief in

soul-immortality with these doctrines. So long as it is

held and taught, for so long will these great Scripture

doctrines he kept in the background.

There are two fundamental questions that every intel-

ligent Christian needs to ask, and to be SUTethat he has

the correct answers to them: Is the Bible the Word of

God? What Does the Bible Teach? The first of these

questions is especially important

3-s tb e 1Blble in this critical age, when scepti-

tbe 'W lorb of (1;o b?cism is in the air. If the Bible is

not the Word of God, i.e., a direct

revelation from God in the ordinary Evangelical sense

of that expression, if it is a merely human and natural

evolution from the religious experiences of the Jewishrace, then the seconc1 question, What Does the Bible

'reach? becomes comparatively unimportant. ] f the Bible

is simply one book of religion among many, andliaving

no 1n01'eautho1'ity than the others, the inquiry about its

teachings becomes mainly a matter of curiosity, devoid

of practical interest. Here is where the evidences of

Christianity come in. What reasons are there for be-

lieving that the Bible is the Word of God, and, as a reve-

lation from God, possessed of a Divine authority? For

a generation and more this has been a neglected ques-



SEPTEMBER, 1907. THE BIBLE STANDARD.

tion, particularly in the pulpits and the schools. As

sensible people cease to believe what they have no reasons

for believing, there are nrultitudes in our Christian com-

munities at the present time who have no intelligent

faith in the Bible as a revelation from God. Hence the

crying need for a revival everywhere of the teaching of

the Christian Evidences. This is the only way to arm

n~en against the blatant scepticism that insists upon put-tmg the Bible on a level with our human books and

attributing to it only the same order of inspiration that

is accorded to Homer or Virgil, or Shakespeare or

Milton.

"When one has adequate reasons for believing that the

Bible is the IV o rd of God, an authoritative Divine Reve-

lation, then the question, How is it to be interpreted? is

in order. Tt would be a simple matter if the Bible hall

no more authority than the works

1IUlbatooes tb e of Shakespeare or Milton. Each

:J8fble'tteacb? man might then accept and act

upon what pleases him, and rejectwhat does not please him; and no practical harm would

come of it. Or he might misinterpret it or repudiate all

its alleged teachings at will, with no evil consequences.

But if the Bible is God's own message to man, contain-

ing Goel's final and supreme utterances concerning Him-

self, and man, and the eternal destinies, then there is

but one course left, and that is to find out just what it

says, and to receioe, believe, and act upon that. The

answer given to the first question decides the answer that

must be given to the second by every reverent Christian

man. Both questions demand, just at the present time,

most thoughtful and prayerful attention."-The Bible

Sil/dent and Teacher.

To the foregoing must be added another word, which

is that we can only know what the Bible teaches from

what it actually says. The loose 'manner in which Bible

language is interpreted is truly shocking. Our modern

theologians seem to imagine that

they have a perfect right to change

the meaning of Bible terms to suit

any view they may please to hold,

or to bolster up any theory which can obtain no other

support. Long ago Luther penned some sane words on

this subject in a letter written to his friend Catharinus,

Thns he wrote: "You say it (the Scripture) may be

interpreted thus; it may also be understood thus; it may

also be answered thus; it may also be literally interpreted

thus; it may also be mystically interpreted thus-away

with all these maqbes. 'I'hese, my friend Catharinus,

are all refuges of lies, mere loopholes of escape, and evi-

dently go to confirm the truths I maintain. Speak

thus: This is the meaning of the passage, and it cannot

be understood otherwise. You will thus keep to one

simple and uniform sense of Scripture, as I always do,

and always have done. This way of proceeding is to bc

a divine, the former a sophist. For you know in every

' ttbe j!,tteraISense.

controverted subject we must abide by the literal sense,

which is uniform throughout the whole Scriptures."

Because those who profess to follow Luther have ne-

glected this good advice, there have arisen many con-

flicting views as to what the Scripture teaches. If we

would all agree to adopt the Reformer's wholesome

advice we should not only get closer to each other, but a

large mass of that which now passes muster as good

divinity would be cast on the rubbish heap, where it

rightfully belongs.

It is truly marvellous how the truth of the Word of

God is being vindicated by modern discovery against the

attacks made upon it by interested critics. Few more

exciting stories have ever been told than that which was

narrated last week at the annual

ltbe S tones meeting of the Palestine Explora-

:J8ear'WUtness. tion Fund. At the very time when

the earlier parts of the Old Testa-

ment were being dismissed with contempt as "unh is-

toric." the spades of excavators were busy disinterringlong-buried Canaanitish cities, with the result that

"high places" of idolatry have been brought to light con-

taining remains of human sacrifices offered to heathen

c1eities. Thus the abominations of the Ammonites are

actually exposed to our gaze. Even more interesting is

the discovery of the form of the ancient Philistine

temples. Men who have made sport of the story of

Samson pulling down the pillars of the temple upon the

heads of his enemies, become, in turn, the objects of

derision, as it is now clearly shown what the "pillars"

were, and how easily a strong man could have displaced

them to the undoing both of himself and his foes. In

the light of these expert discoveries, believers have no

need to apologise for their Bible; rather, they ought to

expect an apology from those who have relied upon imag-

ination rather than sound fact.-The Ohristian. .

• • •eue lR ew 1 l)u bUca tfon.

MANY of our friends have from time to time inquired

for an exposition, in tract form, of the story of The Rich

Man and Lazarus. The Book Steward has now much

pleasure in informing readers of the STANDARDthat

such a tract is now issued by the N.Z. Evangelistic .&SRO-

ciation. Hitherto it has been painful to read some of

the so-called interpretations of this parable; but the one

under notice is most certainly in harmony with all Bibleteaching on man's nature and coming judgment. The

Book Steward commends it to Bible readers and anv

who have been deceived into believing that our Lord

taught the God-dishonouring doctrine of eternal torture.

The price is 2c1.,OT 1s. 9c1.per dozen, post free.

•• •I suppose that every parent loves his child; but I know

without any supposing that in a large number of homes

the love is hidden behind authority, or its expression is

crowded out by daily duties and cares.-A .. E. Kiitredqe.



THE BIBLE STANDARD. SEPTEUBF.R, 1907.

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(To the Editor.)

D8"n RnoTT-TBn.-In the paper given in the July

~TA "DAnD bv 0111'esteemed Brother Brown 1 notice thefollowing :-"'1'11c ]108itio11of the ancient sa ints in io

«tcrna 1 agek will not be that of those who belong to the

organisation which is called the bodv of: our Lord. T'hc

formation of that bodv began after Pent ec ost. and enels

at the Second Advent." It is affirmed, savs the writer,

that inasmuch as the Church was not 'in existence bef o re

17 ,(, ( lay o f Peniecosi, the Old Testament saints are not

included within its borders. H this is so, what position

will the disciples he in who were called out bv, and fol-

lowcd, Christ for oyer six years before Pentecost, i.e.,

before the Church, the Bcdv of our Lorel. was formed?

Also, the position of all the other disciples, which num-

bored 120 altogether? Will they hold a less honouredposition in the coming age to those three thousand whom

thev preached to, and who, Peter said, had crucified

Christ? The word said there WE're "add ed io th em

:l,(i()() souls." Added to whom , or to what? 'T'herc

must have been an Assembly, a called-out Body, a

('11111'('11n existence, or the three thousand C0111(lnoth••vc

hor-n nr1(1('(1o them. In the -I:"I'thverse of Acts ii. it i,;

sa id [hat the T,01'(ladded to the Ch111'('hdailv. 'I'his

is the firat time the Church is mentioned in this chapter.

1 understand it that the 3,000 were through Christ added

to the 120, who, with all who believed in and confessed

Christ as TJoro, were His called-out ones, His Body, His

Church; and through faith in Him the Lord added to

the Church dailv. If this is not so, T would like an

explanation gi yen to this very important matter.

P.S.-What position will John, the one who came to

l)l'('pare the wav of the Lord, hold-he who saiel, "Behold

the La mh of God. who taketh awav the sin of the worlel,"

and thus confessed and believed, hut was beheaded before

Pentecost ?-T am, ctc., G. TJAWRENCE.

TrEJOIND"nm.

By favour of the "Fjclitor,we are able to append a replv

to the above letter. The question our respected Brother

Lawrence raises is: "If the organisation called the

Ch urch was not constituted till the day of Pentecost,and the saints before that day are not included in its

number, what is the position of the Apostles and the

early disciples who followed and believed in Christ dur-

ing His lifetime?"

The Apostles and the early prophets of the Church

(Acts xiii, 1, xix. 6, xxi. 10; 1 Cor. xii. 28), who were

a11 in various stages of manhood during the three and

a-ha 1£ years of Christ's ministrv, are spoken of as th e

foundation stones (Eph. ii. 20), and therefore undoubt-

cdlv arc part and parcel of the Christian community.

"

The 120 disciples of Christ who met in the upper cham-

ber after the resurrection were "all together in one

place" (Acts ii. 1) on the day 0 r Pentecost, and "were

all fined with the Holy Spirit" (verse -1:)"baptized

with the Holy Spirit into one body" (1 Cor. xii. 13),

and so formed the nucleus of the Christian Church. And

it was to this congregation of 120 that the 3,000 con-

vcrts (all Hebrews. manv of: whom must have seen and

heard Jesus in , J erusa km and elsewhere) were joined onthe memorable (lay, thus making an occlesia, or Church,

of :},120 mcmbcrs ; and to those were "a(lclecl dailv tho«:

who were being sa vcd" (Acts ii. 47). IVe may j usti-

fiablv believe that those who were true disciples of Christ

before His death "'011ld in process 0 f time join them-

selves to the Apostles and their band of followers, and,

receiving the baptism of the Spirit and water, become

members of the Christian Church. (For the nccessitv

of the baptism of the Spirit as a preli minary to join ing

the Church, see Acts ii. 38, Y. 32, viii. U-17, ix. 11, x,

-1-1---:1:8,s also .Iohn vii. 39.)As to the position of John the

Baptist, it is enough to quote our Lord's words: "Among

them that are born () women there is none greater than.Iohn ; yet he that is but little in the Kingdom of Clod

i" greater than he" (Luke vii. 28). J do not cite this

paRsage as asserting that the Kingdom of Goeli;; the

Church, but to show that it is possible for the lcast jn

the coming dispensation to be greater than John in the

old dispensation, wh ich wou1(1he impossible if John and

cverv other saint belong alike to one community, i.e., the

Church of Christ. and are to share hereafter in one (JCR -

tinv, which is to reign with Christ in the hoavenlv

places.

I may add that the root and spring of OUl' belief in

the distinction between the ancient saint~-Go(l's people

of Israel and any Gentiles who cla ve to them, and

Christ's body the Church-in which i~neither Jew nor

Gcntile, is our acceptance of the Scriptural doctrine of

"the dispensations." (See page 104.) Where this is

not recognised it follows as matter of course that from

Adam to the enel of time all saints stand upon one foot-

ing. all belong to the Church militant, and after death

join the Church triumphant. But not RO do we read the

Scriptures. C. CRIST' BROVVN.

Rotorua. - ..."The track in the sand, or the imprint in the rock,

is proof of the creature that made it. 'I'he world itself,

and the stars that light it, are witnesses to Him who

made them."

'I'he world owes no man a living, but every man owes

the world a service. Opportunities for the lull exercise

of gifts and powers, physical, mental and spiritual, are

given, and he who uses them rightly and fully will get

out of them what will supply his varied needs and bene-

fit others. God commands us to work in the ways

which He indicates in His providence, and he who does

as the Lord thus directs will be blessed in basket and

in store, and Ieave a blessing along his pathway.-SeZ.



SEPTEMBER, 1907. THE BIBLE STANDARD.

lb eb rew 1 lle ag e. lDcrepa ring 'Um ar.

UEN. xli, 13 is of the utmost importance as introduc-

ing to us a Hebrew usage. A Hebrew messenger is said

lo do in Ius own person that which his message foretells,

or that which he annonnces as about to be done by God

(Ezck. xliii. 3 and margin). J oseph is said to hang the

baker, which is not the fact. It is in total ignorance ofthis usage that the Lord Jesus Christ's commission to all

the mem bel's of His Church (J ohn xx, 19-23) has been

wrested to mean that some have power, which they say

others have not. to remit sins. The commission is en-

tirely Hebrew (compare Jer. i. 9, 10), and the Christian

minister or disciple so corn missionedvis sa:id to remit

sins because his messaqe, applied by God the Holy Spirit

to the repentant, penitent, and believing heart, is of

power to remit sinst Hom. i. 16-"it [the message] is the

power of Uod"). 'I'hus, as .Joscph is said to hang the

baker, so the preacher of the glorious Gospel of the

Blessed God is said to remit, forgive, or retain sins.

Conseq ucntly, no man is a safe expositor of the Greek

XCII' Testament, or of a translation, until he can re cog-

nise that the spirit of the Old 'I'cstament language

breathes throughout that of the New.e=From Hebrew

Himpt·ified, b!) the Rer. J. O. Wilco.1:.

• • •

"J-J ' will not last long. 'lour dav, mv day. the world's

dav, the day of opportunity. the cia )" of grace, the dav of

salvation-c-all days arc s\\'iftJy passing away; and the

great dav, the last dav, will surely and speedily come."

So speaks a wise man. He speaks well. crime is short.

Our \raking hours arc soon over. The cradle and deathchair 0 [ Frodcrick the Great in the Hohcnzollcrn mu-

seum arc placed side by side. With all of us they stand

near together. The time allotted us to do OUl' work for

God will soon have emptied itself into the ocean of ctcr-

11 itv. ,Vc must seize the present opportunities. Their

neglect can never be repaired. We ha re our work to do.

Wc have a daily work. It is more important than we

know. Let us be up and doing. Remember what Jesus

said: "I must do the work of Him 'Yho sent "JIe\\'hiJe

it js dav; for, behold, the night cometh, when no man

can work." Only one conscious of this necessity will be

able to Se1\', when the sun is setting, "1 have glorified

Thee on the earth. I have finished the work which

Thou gayest me to do."-Sel.

• • •,. Evcrv beautiful and pleasing thing in the past, prc:-

sent and future of life, is expressed in the one word 10\'e.

Inspiration has well declared that he who dwells sur-

rounded by it, as by the walls of a house, Jives in God

and God in him, for God Himsel f is lore. This accounts

for all the Satanic attacks on love here, and its conflicts,

misgivings, hopes, and fears. Satan knows that love,

as the cmbrvo of every tender virtue and pleasing grace,

IIIust be destroyed ere he succeeds."

~[OST professors of Christianity are familiar with the

beautiful figure-used also by pagan poets of antiquity

-in which the prophets of Israel describe the peaceful

effects of the :Messiah's rnle over the nations: "Tlun]

sliall beat ilieir swo rds in to plouqhetiares and th eir SllCW'S

into pr uni ng hooks,' nation shall not lift up ::;\\'01'<1

against nation, neither shall they learn war an.)' more"

(ha. i. - + ; Micah iv. :~). Or, as itis sweetly paraphrased

in the Iines familiar to Scottish cars :-

";f 0 strife shall rage, nor hostile fends

Disturb those peaceful ycars ;

To ploughshares men shall heat their swords,

'1'0 pruning hooks their spears.

x0 longer hosts eneount'ring hosts

Shall crowds of slain deplore:

Thc:\' hang the trumpet in tho hall.

.vnd study war no more."

But how lllany of these same professing Christians are

aware of the fact that another prophet, bv reversing lhc

figure thus employed, has foretold an era of an opposite

kind, which will precede that j ranquil time, and be ,;upel'-

.cdcd hv it? "Proclaim ye th is among the Gentiles,"

Se1\'S ,Jo(-'1(chap. ii. 9-15), "Prepare war; wake up the

migh ly men; let all the men of war draw near; let them

co rne liP: bea t your plouqlish ares into suiords and ?Jon)'

pr unuu] 71 007 .-sinto spears ," etc.

] t is the battle of the great day of God which the

prophet secs, when all the Gentile nations are assembled

against J crusalcm in "the valley of decision," 01 "thresh-ing." The harvest of human wickedness ii:iripe-lIl(j

vintage, whose gathering will be with bloodshed (verse

13; compare Hev. xiv. H-J n; x ix. Hi). The banded Iocs

of: U od and His people will first be judged from on high

amid torrible outpourings of: Divine wrath; and af ter-

urard« (J oel iii. 16-21) shall J udah and Jerusalem iJe-

come a centre of holiness and peace.

Were I asked to say what in our time is the most signifi-

cant sign of the approach of the world's crisis, l would

instance two things: (1) 'I'he marvellous development of

the Jew ish qu es tio n. and (2) the rapid and appalling

gro\\'ih of arm am ent s, which long since became almost

too great[or

nationa 1 end nrance, and yet arc ever on theincrease.

Even 25 years ago, when lh is development was 1 ' : 1 1

below iis present figure, the racts of the case were :;()

appalling that the press of Europe discussed them with

pcrplexi ty, and leading statesmen of every party and

nation turned their attention to the question-Where is

it all to end? Some tried to view it as .a guarantee of

pcace ; Rome hoped against hope that mutual disarma-

ment will one of these days he resorted to, to relieve the

intolerable strain on national industry and rosourccs ;

others, as the late Count von Moltke, sadly declared that



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it will take centuries of further experience and enlighten-

ment before the nations will learn to view even successful

wars as great calamities; but all alike had to deplore that

the madness grows apace, and that a state of armed peace,

such as then prevailed, was little better than actual war.

'I'he T'uu e« devoted several articles to the discussion of

the matter. It gave figures, showing that in 1865 the

total annual military expenses of the States of Europe

were 117 millions; in 1879 they had risen to 160 mil-

lions. Jational debts increased in the same period from

£2,626,000,000 to £4,324,000,000. Thus, "in these last

Iourteen or fifteen years the world had been galloping in

lho accumulation of armies and the creation of gigantic

national debts."

Many of the comments of the 'I'inies, in discussing the

problem in 1880, are worth reproducing, as showing how

much more fully the problem is with the world now.

Speaking of the gigantic expenditure of the leading

European nations in 1879, it wrote: "Germany spent, in

1865, ten millions on its army and navy, now it spends

twenty-one millions; Russia spent twenty-two, now it

spends thirty-six; England and France spent respectively

twenty-seven and seventeen millions, now they spend

thirty-two and twenty-seven."

According to these figures, in 1879 [our leading powers

spent in these terrible warlike preparations a total of

C11G,OOO,OOO,eing as much as was spent annually in

L865 by the whole of Europe. Twenty-five years more

have passed, and how does the case now stand? The press

the other day gave figures showing that five of these same

powers (including Britain, France and Germany) now

spend every year a total of £250,000,000. This, let it be

remembered, is the annual outlay in times of peace, and

does not include such colossal extra expenses as Britain,

for example, spent in onc protracted struggle in SouthAfrica, And who can tell the amount of treasure not

to say lives, which Russia has more recently squandered,

at the bidding of unbridled folly and ambition, in a futile

contest with Japan? 'We may, roughly speaking, sav

that the annual outlay of the civilised world on military

and naval preparations has doubled in the twenty-fivo

years since 1880, awful as was the figure even then.

Of the causes for this ever-increasing preparation for

war, what the Times wrote in 1880 is not a whit less

true nOIL "The sole cause of the nightmare which if'

riding Europe down is that each nation is strivinz tob

steal a march upon its neighbour, before its neighbour's

open eyes." At that time France had thoroughly over-hauled her army and put it on a stronger fooling. Ger-

lIlany at onec took fright, thinking the ono aim of France

to be revenge for the crushing defeat of ten years before.

Military statisticians demonstrated that France and

Russia together could far outnn mber the hugc Gcrrnan

anny of: two and a-half millions. Hence Germany ai

once proceeded to "add some scores of thousands of ruon

to its regiments, and £850,000 to its mil itarv budzet."

Then, of course, it was the turn of France anci Russia to

do likewise. For, as said the Times, "If ever there was

an appetite which grew with feeding, the appetite which

craves 10r larger war budgets and greater armies is such

an one. Kings and Emperors, and their Minis-

tors of State, and the leaders of militant democracies,

seem absolutely blind to the manifest fact that l!}uropean

commonwealths run in harness. With each fraction 01

accelerated speed in one, all the rest, perforce, quicken

their pace."

How true this is let the more recent history of Europe

tell. 'rake one feature alone which, rightly or wrongly,

causes increasing uneasiness in this country. Germany,

uuder the unresting instigation of her present monarch,

is yearly straining every nerve to build a fleet which shall

give her a commanding position on the ocean never yet

held by that nation. And the onlookers say among them-

selves, "Uerlllany does not need this for defence ; there-

lore she means olIence;" and straightway the deadly com-

petition is increased in costliness and feverishness.

\Vhat need to dwell on more details r Is it not ap-

parent that in our time one of the principal, if not the

leading, business of "civilised" mankind is to make

deadly preparation, at all cost, to slay his neighbour?Even sea-gut Britain is overhauling her military ar-

rangements from top to bottom amid sinister mutterings

of the word "conscription." What can the end of such

things be? What but that indicated by the prophet J ocl ?

Already we seem to hear the proclamation to the Gentiles

which he utters for the final conflict : "Prepare war, wake

up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near"

(Joe1 iii. 9). Nay, the fever has now spread beyond the

"Ohristian" powers. Fascinated by the Iriumphs of

Japan, Ohina, sleepy Ohina, has begun to study war in

right earnest. Of 1,100 European books and pamphlets

reprinted in Ohinese in one year since Japan's success,

about one-half dealt with military or strategical science.This is quite a new move among the Chinese, and it is

only beginning. We read, at the same time, of the fol-

lowing practical 'outcome :-"~trenuous efforts are being

made to bring the Ohinese military forces into a state of

efficiency with the aid of Japanese instructors. 'I'he

important military manceuvres which have recently taken

place in North Ohina have called special attention to

this. On this occasion some 50,000 men, men trained

in modern warfare, engaged in manceuvres which have

come as an astonishment even to those who were best

acquainted with the changes. The editor of the Ohina

Times speaks of the change manifested as amounting to

the sensational."- ("Oh'ina' s Millions," January, 1906.; '"Does this not ominously remind us of J oel's words:

"Wake up the mighty men let the ureal : say, '1

am strong?' "

Let us return for a moment to the Times of 1880. Of

the evil results, industrially and socially, of all this to

the nations of Eluopc,it wrote as follows, words more

pitifully true now of' the state of: Huss ia before our eyes

" Th e u r a i n f ad o f ill-i,; m iiu rv renuwu l ill C h i nu is "011-

iirrued by th« uvwly-u ppoi nted (;I,inc,;p Ambassador to this

couutry, in ,L recent interview with Reutcrs representative.



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THE BiBLE STANDARD.EPTEMBER, i90t.

than ever before: "To talk of standing armies as a pro-

tection at all seems a bitter jest in view of a social con-

dition such as a wide expanse of the European continent

now exhibits. There is Russia with a military budget

of 36 millions and a state of stolid ignorance, incendiary

recklessness, and material poverty which Russian cen-

sorship itself cannot restrain the Russian press from de-

ploring. Preparations for a fictitious mis-

sion abroad starve energies which might wrestle with the

misery of scores of millions at home. Never was there

in the history of mankind so monstrous an example of

reaching after the unknown and neglecting the known."

Of Germany, also, it wrote, words doubtless still in a

measure true: "The peasant cannot raise himself above

the earth. Germans whose birthright entitles them to

make the attempt, have been taught that their first obli-

gation is not to their labourers and farmers, but to the

drill sergeant."

What a terrible satire is all this on the opinion, held,

it is true, by many worthy and good people, that the

kingdom of the Prince of Peace has been set up in the

world, and is being "extended" by every increase to the

bounds of professing Christendom! Here is "Chris-

tian" ( !) Europe, where---if anywhere in the world-the

authority of the Christ is acknowledged, perverting every

gift of heaven, its finest intellectual powers, its sturdiest

physical strength, its richest natural resources, to the

ghastliest ends, to the perfecting-not of the arts of

peace, but of the most effective weapons of mutual havoc

and butchery! Will such things be possible beneath the

rule of Heaven's Righteous King, under .which, we

read: "They [the nations J shall not learn war any

mote?"

No, no! If any prophecy has a place in these affairs,

it is that of Joel, and not Micah, which is fulfilling be-

fore our eyes. "Prepare war," says the prophet; rind, as if

in direct answer to his call, the statesmen of modern

Europe openly tell us they arc acting on the advice of

the wise Roman maxim, "si 'vis pacem, para be1l1Lm"-

"if you desire peace, prepare war."

"The vine of the earth" is quickly ripening. How

soon the cry may go forth, "Put ye in the sickle," it is

not for us to say. But let us endeavour to perfect holi-

ness in the fear of God, and be prepared for troublous

times; for a well-established peace will not be had till

God's judgments have fallen upon the pride of human

armaments, as announced in Psalms xl vi. and lxxvi, and

other Scriptures. Trust not to political writers or

speakers of any school or party for guidance in these

things. They do not make allowance for "the prophetic

word" in all their calculations; nor does it enter into

their thought that God Himself will interfere, in His

appointed time and way, to settle their perplexing

problems.

All that the Times could venture to say in 1880, after

lengthy consideration of the question, was this: "We

must apparently look forward to an indefinite period of

anxiety and suspense;" and that "to expect that man-

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kind will ever dispense with all species of military ap-

paratus is to anticipate what is as little desirable as it is

possible:"

There spoke the world's unbelief, ignoring and gain-

saying the inspired words both of Joel a:n:dof Micah and

Isaiah. But those who will allow themselves humbly to

be instructed by the Word of God, can foresee both the

dreadful culmination to which all this human frenzy

tends, and also the blessed dawn of a happier era just

beyond. "Having, therefore, more sure the prophetic

word, let us take heed thereto in our hearts (as unto a

lamp shining in a dark place) until the Day dawn and

the Day star arise."

l V I . 'N. S'l'RANG.

Bearsden, Scotland.

•• •EuUI) 1bigber.

"Set yOUl' affection on the things that are above, not

on the things that arc upon the earth."-Col. iii. 1,2."The fault is in the chimney," said the expert who

had come to see what was wrong with the kitchen range.

"A stove has, of course, no draught in itself; it is only

its connection with the flue that makes the fire bum,

and the higher the chimney the stronger the draught.

At shops and foundries, where fierce fires are needed,

they run their stacks up to a great height. Y our stove

clogs, chokes, and smokes because your chimney is too

low. You must build higher."

His word reminded us of other fires that burn low and

choke too easily; 'Of love and aspiration, so often clogged

by life's daily worry and fret; of faith that only smoul-

ders instead of flaming bright and bearing away thepetty troubles and worries which seek to smoulder it;

of hearts and lives that grow cold and dull because their

up-reach is not high enough. 'I'he upward drawing is

not strong enough to give vigour to the flame and to

whirl away the refuse. We must build higher.-

Wellsp·ring.

•• •

"There is no reason to think that the judgment will

accept a correct philosophy in lieu of a right practice."

No duty, however hard and perilous, should be feared

one-half so much as failure in duty. People sometimes

shrink from responsibility, saying they dare not accept

it because it is so great; but in shrinking from dutythey are really encountering a far more serious condi-

tion than that which they evade. It is a great deal

easier to do that which God gives us to do, no matter

how hard it is, than to face the responsibility of not

doing it. We have abundant assurance that we shall

receive all the strength we need to perform any duty

God allots to us, but if we fall out of line of obedience

and refuse to do anything which we ought to do, we find

ourselves at once out of harmony with God's law and

God's providence, and we cannot escape the consequences

of OUl' failure.-J. R. Miller.



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asscctanon · 1 I ~o t e5 .

"JDdlOC::;Irom West Street" arc omitted this month,

in order to allow 01 the appearance of matter which has

been standing in type for some time.

The )[id-wintcr Social 01 the Association was held on

the evening 01 Wednesday, August 14. The Committee

appointed to arrangc for this worked energetically, and

their labours led to the enjoymont of a vcry pleasant

evening. The auditorium \\'CUi made to look as attrac-

tive as possible. Tables were placed for books, pictures,and table-games. Flags were tastefully hung about the

building, making it look quite gay with colour. A short

musical programme was provided, and then Bro. Jen-

kins was invited to give a brief account of his recent

experiences in his country work. This was listened to

with interest and satisfaction, as it show cd that the

efforts recently made to put our mcssage before the

people have met with a gratifying success. At nine

o'clock refreshments were handed round, and those who

were assem bled had the opportunity of conversation

with each other. At ten o'clock the President announced

the close of the meeting, and all present joined in sing-

ing "Blest Be tile Tic That Binds." We separated Iccl-ing that the evening had not onlv been pleasantly spent,

hut that we had derived present good, and no little en-

couragcllll'nt to pursuc our labours for the further spread

of the truths \\'C' love.

No . 123 of the F 'ai ilt L-ibm 1 '!I is to 11an(1.It is devoted

to the serious inquiry as to what constitutes "T'hc Loss

of the Soul." 'I'hc writer presents evidence to show

that "the soul cannot be regarded a" a separate entity,

or < 1 1 :; constituting the real and independent man," and

then proceeds to show that the Scripture clearly enough

SEPTE~lBER, 190 I.

indicates what the nature of the doom will be that is to

be passed upon those who have refused salvation on

God's terms. Incidentally, he examines certain pas-

sages popularly supposed to uphold the current vicw.

This tract may be had from the Faith Press Co., Colston

IV orks, Malvern Link, price twopence.

Prom the o ff ice of th e C eflon. J!]uangel'iljt, Colombo, wc

have received for review a copy o l a work by Wells Jau»,

entitled "The Metropolitan of Jndia and ilis Baseless

Dogmas." 'I'he work ill a critique of a charge delivered

by Dr. Coplcston (Metropolitan of India}, which was

specially intended to serve as a guide to the clergy "who

may be called upon to deal with difficulties or errors in

rezard to the immortality of the human soul and the

continuance of the eternal punishment of the wicked."

: \ 1 1 '. Wells Jam 10110wsthe charge with the ability 01 H

close student of Scripture, and conclusi vcly shows that

the "Metropolitau of India" is au unsa.Ie guide in Bible

excacsis. 'I'he book contains a tuass or information Oil

the bquestion of man's nature, and would be useful Ior

those who are beginncrs in the study or this great sub-

ject. Appendices contain a list of Scripture textsreferred to, and another of authors, books and magazines

quoted. 'I'ho book contains 256 pp., and is published

in paper covers at three shillings. It cun be had from

the author, Scriptural Publication Society, Colombo.

11', after a visit from our colporteur, any friend in the

country should receive a copy of the S'l'AXDAUJ)by post,

it will be understood that it is not sent Irom the Asso-

ciation, but is forwarded gratis by a friend.

\\"o beg to acknowledge receipt of 7s. Gd. Irom A.A.

for the Edgehill Fund.

Wc arc in receipt of' C l long letter from a correspondent

who signs himscl ["Truth." As u rule we do not print

letters unless the writer puts his name to his communi-

cation. 'In this instance, we have to add that the letter

is obscure, and no apparent good purpose would be served

by its publication. 'I'hcrc arc some statements of

obvious truths, and there arc others which show that the

writer has yet to learn the full ignifieanee of his con-

tcntion for a literal reading of the Word. Onc passage

in the letter reads: "All article in the STANDARDon the

subject o l Anti-Christ is,in my humble opinion, only a

waste 0 " time in tn'ing to fathom what is unsolvable.

Lnther, the undaunted hero, hurled upon the then reign-

ing Pope the title of .xnti-Ohrist, and Paul's description

of the saruo points to the pernicious Pope." On this

wc remark that this is a Bible theme, and occupies inthat Book a position of importance. J t is therefore

opcn to investigation. That any should judge such i11-

vcstigation C l "waste of ti mc" does not alter the fact that

the subject is important. Hut ovidcntlv this writer is

prepared to accept Luthcr's opinion HS il;ll'ing solved the

prohlom, and nnv finding which do('~ not ;lgTCCwith that

i~ "waste 0 r +irnc." 'rh i;; is a (1ictum \1'(' (10 not accept,

for, with Lu th Cl', webel icve that II'Cmust accept what

the ~criptllrc says, and the Papal thcorv, even though

supported bv great names, is inference 011 lv.



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~ be [JJ)oeate R ecount of tbe crcat ton.

(Continued Iroiu Page u;q

E have al rcady considered the orisrin and commence-

cnt o f the heaven and the earth. ' Out 01 nothing-s-

told age::>ago-they were created UI' the Omnipotent

od. We .have marked the oyerthrol;' of the earth by

ater and its reduction to a state or chaos and darkness.

e Hall', also, that the ~pirit 01 God was "movirur.' and

at active operations of importance eridentl;' were

pending. Anc1 this brings us to tile commencement

"the six days in which tile Lord iuude heaven and

rth, the sea, and all that in them i .."

Let us pause here a moment to note 11011' carefully

:lcr.lpture speaks. The Bible never sajs that God

eated heaven and earth in six (lays, and it does not ::;ay

at God made theworld ill tile beginning. There is a

lark?d clill'crcncc. The word "create," in its primary

leanmg, means to make without any pro-existent

aterials. (All th ings were brought into beinz by

lim ; thev began-or, rather, "were caused to be"~bv

i Ill.) 1\ot that the word alwavs means created out ~ fhing. It is the word for this, but not for this only.

ile word has a sceondarv meaning. ] lence it is appli~d

the filth day's work. the first production of animal

e for the Adam ic world (verse 21), and still more

phatically to the latest task of the sixth day (verse

7), when Uod brought into existence the lIla~ Adarn,

ho was to have dominion over all. \\'Iwre it is said He

eated the sea-animals and man it i,.; evident that in

ither case does it mean without pro-existent materials

r out of the water and out of tile earth were these

eated. : '. . 8 matter of fact, there arc four Hebrew

ords used in (iencsi~ i. and ii. by which is expressede creative work of God, viz., bara, i, 1 (create); asah,

10,23, etc. (makc) ; .'"'lbmr,ii. ID (form); banah,

. 22 (huild). in Isaiah xl iii. 7 three of these verbs

ur together, "I hnvc created h iiu I'ur IlIVgloJ.'\', 1 have

ruied hi 111, vca, l have uuulc him." \Vc repeat-s-when

od eXI)['e::iiOe,;ill' fir~t ol'i~'iIlHtion o l till' Universe lie

eaks or it at! created, lI~illg the word in the vcrv es-

cc of' its mcaniug : hut, or the constitutina of the~ 'b

rth as an abode for 1I1,11l,t i,.; :;aid-in the words of:

e lourtf commandment=-vthat in six <lavs the Lord

ade heaven and. earth." The 1\'0 I'lI "llla~le" has not

ch nobility of meaning a,.; the word "created" in its

gheRt and fullest sense.,rhat are we to understand bv the period called "six

vs" during which the Almightv Cod cnlizhtened the'- . u

arkncss, opened an expanse between the waters above

d below, can sed the drv land to appear, substituted

der Ior chaos, and endowed the earth with life ? 'I'here

c those' who sav that these clays mean vast geological

iorls, ";0 that six "ages," rather than six "days," would

a truermeaning of the inspired writer. Undoubtedlv

y urav Iw used, a:; it often I:;, in a figurative sense. Bu't

O solid reason whatever appears w hy it should be so

ed here. 'I'here is not the slightest nccessitv -[01' it.

'I'he vast geologi(;al' period", during w hich a long series

o l successive Iurrns 01 li.lc whosc appeanlll(;e::; and dis-

appearances have taken place at intervals during an

uumensc lapse 01 ages, conic in between verses ouc and

two 01 this first chapter of Genesis, and thus the claims

o f tile geologists in connection w ith Iossi liscd reuiains

and disturbed strata of the earth arc Iul lv met . The

truth is that geologists, failing to recognise the iuuucnscintcrva I 0[ time stretching between the crca tion and

the re-construction of the earth, impressed upon theolo-

gians tile impossibility of six literal (lays bcinsr the time. 0

during which the earth internally could become sueh as

we know it to be. The coal bec1s, the IIIines of diamonds,

the gold fields, the mineral wealth - these were not

formed in C l day! And the vast upheavals, the general

disorder manifest beneath, as upon the earth's surfucc->

all so tossed and tumbled-and the giganLic Iossils of

Jar-gone age:;, demand more than C l six days' creation

at a date of about 6000 yeal's ago. And so tile theolo-

gian, through a wrong apprehension 01' tile opening

verses 01 Genesis, and bowing to the facts of geology,winch no sane man will gainsay, agreed that the six

days of Genesis must necessarily be six periods of inde-

finite duration. But if the req uiremcnts 0f science are

Iully met by the Mosaic assertion that it was "in the be-

ginning" Goel created the earth, anc1 that 6000 vcars azo. _ ~ 0

It was merely the re-arranging aml refurnishing the

surface of an earth (that had gone through convulsions

ur Lire and water) that exercised .thc .\llIlighLy power,

then there is 110 reason to be urged <lgainst the belief

that in six literal days the work W<\iOccomplished. 1::l0

Iar < H i God'8 p()II'er is concerned, 11c can as readily work

His purpo:oe in 2':1·hours as in 2'J,Olll) vcurs, He has but

to speak, and it is done. 1::leean illustration of this in

the cures which Christ wrought. Ph vsicians need time

in which to cure patients, Christ spake the word, and

.. immediately the man was made whole." Let the Bible

speak Ior itscl r . It was the even iIW <111(1he morninsrl -, /:)

that then constituted the "dav," Il'hi('il l~ tile same mode

o I measurement as is in vogue 11011', i.e .. 12 hours. And

if the seventh day which J ohovah hallowed 11'<11:;a 12-11OUI'

da v (John xi, ~)) it follows as matter of course that the

prt-vio ns six days must have been of' the same climen-

sions. So long a,.; the fourth conunaud shall stand in

tile Dccalogue, it is irnpossi hie that the "six days of

creation," with their evenings and mornings, can mean

anything but literal periocls of twelve hours.

\rhen God commenced His six dell'S' work there was

no earth that could be seen by any passing angelic eye.

S'othing but a mass of vaporous waters indicated the

whereabouts of the rolling globe. What stupendous

power must have been put forth in order to fit a water-

loggecl earth for habitation by air-breathing creatures!

And it was the exercise 0f this power that constituted

the six days' work. A ::;mnIlHl.l'}of this marvellous

working is as follows: (1) Light tlppears; (2) a firma-

ment is formed; (3) earth and sea arc separated, and

grass, herbs and trees spring forth; ( L J ) appointment of



THE BIBLE STANDARD. SEPTEMBER, 1907.

bUD, moon and stars; (5) fish and fowl are generated

from L I lO waters; (G ) beasts and man arc formed from

the d ust.

First Dc~ y.-"A l1ll God said, Let there be light: and

there was light." 'I'his is most remarkable. M:oses-

uninapirod-c-woulrl never have written such a statement.

He would never have introduced the mention or lizhtb

apart from and before all distinct notice or the heavenlv

orbs. Sun, moon and stars would most certainly hav~been first introduced. 'I'he Spirit or God acted other-

wise, and revealed to His servant a truth, which, un-

revealed, could never have been discovered a truth ,moreover, which is scouted by many as being absurd, or

worse. There are two views that can be taken of this

passage. One is that this primeval light was quite un-

connected with the sun, that light was formed before

the sun and other luminous bodies-a light which was

caused by vibration, produced by undulations or ether,

fluid rays or light flashing through the darkness by the

creative fiat of God, and not proceeding from any foun-

tain or light, such as is our sun. There is no mention

or any material thing being made which would producelight. The other view is that the creation or the sun

and the celestial luminaries is related in verse 1, where

under the word "heaven" is to be comprehended the

whole visible celestial uni verse of sun, moon and stars.

If so, seeing that the light or our system is the sun, the

creation or that sun was ages before the period of these

six days. In this case the thick darkness was paTtially

dispelled by the word or Goel, and the light separated

from the darkness, so that the regular succession or day

and night was established; but, in consequence or a still

clouded atmosphere, there was no visible appearance or

the sun till the fourth day. This second view seems the

more feasible and probable. We next read that "God

divided the light from the darkness." He set bounds

to both or them, calling thc light Yom (day) and the

darkness Lahyelah (night). 'I'hese names were not

given at haphazard, but because they were appropriate.

Yam. in its root idea, means commotion, or those noises

in the air which arise from the bustle and operations 0rthe day; and thus it is applied to the time of work, 0 1 '

activity. Yam (the sea) comes from the same root, and

the sea is so called because it is always in commotion.

Lahyelah is from the unused root, lahel, the idea of

which is to deviate; and la hr fe la h. means that which is

different from the clay-a period in which there WO L1kl

be no bustle of work, but rest and repose. How signifi-

cant are both names-day for work, night for repose l

Thus these names taught the Hebrews the duty of

labouring by day as Elohim (God) did, and of suspend-

ing work when darkness came, as also Elohim did, the

latter as much a duty as the ronnel'. This alternation

of day and night together make a period of twenty-four

hours. It is evident, then, that this fifth verse of

Genesis refers to a literal day and a literal night of

twelve hours each, and not to an indefinite geologioal

period. And so with each of the six days.

Second Day.-"And God said, Let there be a flruia-

incnt in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the

waters from the waters. And God called the firmament

Heaven." This is the first step towards the resurrection

of the earth from its watery grave. The clouds and

mists that during the period of the earth's desolation

and darkness had been one with the waters of the all-

embracing ocean were raised up, and a space placed

between them. The Hebrew word rakia, translated"firmament," signifies an expansion, a spreading out like

a sheet spread, or a curtain drawn out. This space

which divides the waters which are above from those

which are beneath constitutes our atmosphere, and is

called Heaven. Hence we speak of the birds of heaven,

the clouds of heaven, the heaven being darkened, etc.

But here is a difficulty that meets us: In the first verse

we read or the creation of heaven, and here we are told

of heaven again. Is not this a contradiction? By no

means; only another heaven-that is all. Man was

about to be made. 'I'he circumambient atmosphere ex-

tending upwards was essential, not only to man's exist-

ence, but to vegetable life, to the due activities of light

and heat, as well as to all forms of animated existence.

Paul says he was caught up to the th'iTd heaven. We

can easily understand that at the beginning God made

two heavens (the Hebrew word for heaven is always in

the plural), and that in this case He made the lowest

one. 'I'here is the heaven or God's presence, where the

angels arc; the heaven of the stars, planets and other

astronomical objects; and the atmospheric heaven neces-

sary for man and living things here below.

Tliirtl Day.-"And God said, Let the waters under

the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let

the dry land appear. And God called the dry land

Earth, and the gathering together or the water called He

Seas." 'I'he re-appearance of the earth after its long

submersion, and "the closing up with doors the sea"

(J ob xxxviii. 8) was the first work of the third day. "The

sea is His, and He made it; and His hands formed the

dry land" C P ,; . xcv. 5). 'I'his was followed by a second

act of Divine power. The earth, which for so long was

"void and waste," was now to produce maintenance and

support for the living creatures which God would make.

In obedience to His command, "the earth brought forth

grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing

fruit after its kind" -all three so ordained that their

seed should be in themselves, thus possessing a power of

fertility whereby the race of man and the lower animals

should be perpetuated from generation to generation.At last the earth is freed from its bondage, and fitted

once again to become the home of the living creatures

who almost directly shall appear.

(To be Continued.)

Rotorua. C. CRISP BROWN.

• • •

"N 0 really true heart ever ceased to 10 ve till it ceased

to live."



THE BIBLE STANDARD.EPTEMBER, 1901.

1!be Jo}] fu l arre.

"Restore unto me the joy of Thy sal vation ; and up-

hold me w it h Thy free SpiriL"-l'o;Cl. 11 . 12.

S_I.LVA'l'lONwithout a joy in it it> as useless as a bell

without a tongue in it. 1£ all the bells 0 1 ' a town should

suddenly lose their tongues the people would wonder

what in the world the matter was-if they had not madeu mistake in tile calendar, especially i E it was Sunday.

But their wonderment would be perhaps no more in-

tense than that of their own minister is at their church

when prayer-meeting night comes around. J t is his

business to visit the sick, the dying, and to officiate over

the dead, but he should have Clhelpful change once -i n a

while. He should have a study, but his people should

not be his study; they should be his help and inspira-

tion.

'I'here is C l city to which wc arc all hastening, where

the lots are small and the tenements, with marble Blabs

at the front, arc vcr} near each other ; yet the tenants

never speak, nor make any noise. That city is not theNell' Jerusalem, nOT the old one, for even the latter had

its hosannas to the Highest-that city of the dead is a

good place to keep out 01' as long as one can. Let not

our churches and prayer-meetings seem like it. It has

been said that this is the stillcst world wc will ever sec,

and that is doubtless true as far as the expression of joy

is concerned.

1'\0 one who has ever tasted the joys or redeeming love

w i ll be satisfied without it, even in this world. He it;

like a homesick chi III in a foreign land. Nothing long

pacifies him. Cunningly contri led and gaudily painted

toys dangled and danced before him may take up his

attention for a time; candy may assuage his grief briefly,while the sweet taste lasts; things that glitter may mo-

mcntarily break the spell; but anon the olel grief and

the longing for home and father and mother and their

precious cOlllpan} comes back, intensified rather than

diminished, until the tears flow freely.

But at last absent relationships arc 011cemore cstab-

lished, and then even the tears of joy at the meeting

will dry up, and tlu- old twinkle and brightness of the

eye return, and satisfaction and joy pervade the coun-

tenance and break fOl,thintolauglitel' and singing. H

that child ever gets separated from its parents again it

will not be its fault.

So the joy of the Lord is the COJllort and strength 01'

His people (Neh. vii i. 10). 'I'hey cannot realise their

acceptance in B im without it; they cannot be effectual

workers in His service and he destitute of it.

The Lord, before He left the world, left His peace

with His disciples, and spake words to make their joy

'full. He left no legacy of real estate except an heirship

ill the .vbrahamic p ro rn ise ; He left no jewels save the

priceless ornament of a meek ami quiet spirit; but He

left a name above every name, and the example of a life

worthy of all 0111"ollowing, and a hope and.a joy and a

crown of rejoicing that excel all others.

I39

IL is disciples in all ages have enjoyed all this until

llcaUI, and passed it along to UB; and if wc arc not eu-

joying it, too, it is our fault and not His nor theirs. It

i" because sin hath yet the dominion with us; and the

joy of the Lord will not take up a joint reign with that,

and you can depend 1lpon it.

So in order Jar the restoration or the joys or sal vatiou

OIKe enjoyed, and the glorious upholding or His free

:-Spirit once experienced, a purging and a cleansing may

be ucccssarv, as was the case with David. He wanted it,

he prayed for it (Psa. Ji. 7). May wc be as humble and

desirous of all the Lord has Jor us as was he, and then

we shall be useful and effectual servants in His Word

and work, and we can teach transgressors His way and

sinners shall be converted unto Him (Psa. li. 13). ,Ve

wi]! JH11'ecm influence that a joyless lic does not have,

and that perhaps wc never had before.

But (10 not mistake human jingle for this joy. 'I'hat

w i Il mix in w i th sin or anything else. Heavenly joy

harmonises only with heavenly things. 'I'uncs that

move the foot (10 not always affect the heart profitably.

John, in his Book of Revelation, said of that great coui-pany of the redeemed that "they sung a new song." If

he had heard some of the modern tunes as "rendered":

in churches nowadays there would be additional pertin-

once in his words. Let us have the spirit of that new

,",ong here, if wc cannot quite catch the key ancl the

words until we reach the deathless shore.-O. E. Oopp,

in "Our Hope ."

• • •

1Regu latt n g tbe jL tqnor ~rafftc.

"REGULA'l'Bby license." God save the mark! Regulate

the bolt of lightning hurled from the sky by sprinklingwizard oil on the ragged edges of the cloven cloud.

Hegulate a cyclone with a palm leaf. Regulate the

surging tide 0 1 ' the old ocean by placing another spot on

the moon. Regulate the hoarseness of the north wind

by putting a cough drop out of the window. Regulate

the snapping of a mad clog by putting a revenue stamp

on the head of the worthless cur. Regulate a gun by

shooting it off an inch at a time. Regulate the colour

1)[ the Ethiopian'::; skin by sprinkling him with corn-

starch. Regulate a powder magazine by thrusting a

red-hot poker into it.

It is as rational to attempt to accomplish each and all

o I' these impracticable and impossible things, as to hope

to lessen the consumption, or mitigate the horrors of the

traffic in rum by license. Licensing the liquor traffic is

the li quor dealer's strategy and the politician's moral

whitewash to cheat the people.-O.O.A.

• • •

: N aturc wi II not willingly (lie, nOT be kept down, nor

1)('OH'TeOIllC,nor he subject to any, nor be subdued. But

grace studieth self-mortification, resisteth sensuality,

scekcth to be subject, is willing to be kept under, and

will not use her own liberty.-K em .pis.



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Cb~f i o m ~ £ird~.~±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±±••••• 4 .••••.• ' ••.••••••••• V4."~

Talks on Eternal L ife .

No. VH.-Cont·im,ed.

You have roused my interest in this

quest.ion, and 1 promise you that I will

follow closely any evidence you may ad-

duce. 1 have my Bible with me, and am

ready for your propositions and proof-

texts.

Wel l, allow me first to centre your at-

tention upon the fact that ere our

~"viour's public ministry began, John

was "sent" before Him, to announce the

sturt Iing' message, "Repent ye, for thc

kingdom of heaven is at hand." This is

declared by the evangelist Matthew to

be in fulfilment of a prophecy by Isaiah:

"The voice of one crying in the wilder-

ness,

Make ye ready the way of the Lord,

Make His path straight."

If IaSI( you to note the nature of the

message procla.imed, it is that you may

rightly lay hold upon the reference which

ba.pti sm had to it. This message at

John's was to Jews only. He was not

"sent" to any people but those of his OWll

race. The theme which he declared had

a meaning to them, which it could not

have had to allY other peoples. Tle lmd

in view no church organisation. 1101' is

there any evidence that he contomplutcd

repentance and baptism as preparations

for a life beyond the gra\·e. H(, heralded

the auvent of 'Messiun, with whom should

come the kingdom; but as requisite pre-parations the people must become ready

ind ivid.ually, and as a State, to receive

Hi m. '1'0 thi« «nd .)01111 \\'a" "s(,lIt," and

the baptism of repentance was the act

on the part of tile ind ividuu l by which he

a vowed his desire and readiness to re-

ceive the kingdom of God on the Divine

terms. On the other side, it was the act

that made the dividing line between the

kingdom participant and he who, by re-

fusal to agree to the terms, shut him-

self out of that kingdom when it sh uld

come.But let me nndetstund you just here.

])0 vou mean t hat this baptism had to

do \;.ith a national JIllessage?

Most certa.iu ly, The "llles~e]lger" sent

before the Lord's presence was to "pre-pare His wav" and He 'whose \va.y was

thus to be l;l:epared was the appointed

Heir to Davi.I's throne, the Restorer of

the kingdom which had been "removed"

(,[i;zek. xxi, 26, 2'7). For th is kingdom

ami this King the nation was waiting.

I ts readiness for both would be tested

by the words and deeds of tile messenger.

Now not.ice whu.t happened. Two verses

in the Gospel of Luke put the case ex-

:tdly:-

"Aml all the people when they hea.rd ,

and the publicans, justified God, being

bnptised witl: the bapt ism of John. But

the Pharisees and the lawyers m';JECTElJ

THE BIBLE STANDARD.

FOR THEMSELVES THE COUNSEL OF GOD,

BEING NOT BAPTISED OF HIM" (Luke vii.

2!J, :30).

The rejection by the Pharisees and

lawyers "for themselves" of God's coun-

sel c.uricd with it also the rejection for

the nation, as the after events showed.

Let us note at this stage that baptism

was attached to the proclamation of a

message which announced the near ap-

proach of the promised kingdom-akingdom which, according to covenant

and prophecy, should be set up in the

land of promise, should belong to Israel,

and should be ruled over by a descendant

of David, That message also insisted

upon a present readiness of heart, and

submission to the will of God, to bc

testified in the rite of baptism, the

Divine promise assuring to' ali who t.hux

prepared themselves the "remission of

sins." There is no thought of the pre-

sent dispensation and the curren t offer

of mercy which reaches to all irrespective

of race or clime, and which has for its

immediate result union with Christ, and

the certaintv of eternal life ut His re-turn. .,

Then, if I unum' stand you aright, you

would exclude this John's baptism from

<l,nydiscussion as to the position baptism

may have in relation to the Church of

the present?

Quite so. The fn.i lure to note Limes,

persons, and design of the teachings has

resulted in the present confusion which

1110st assuredly provu.ils in the churches

on this and other important topics.

Was there any change when the Lord

commenced His message?

No, his preaching related to the same

subject as that of .Iolm, and He taught

that the faithful Lsrael ite must submi t

to th is accompanying rite of baptism,

which secured the remission of sins.

"Now after that John was delivered

Hp, Jesus came into Galilee, preachingtile gospel of God, and saying, ·.rUETIME

is FlILFILLIW, ANn 'l'UE KINGDOMOF GOD

J ~ AT HAND; HEPEN'l' YE AND BELTEVE 'rHE

(JOSPEL" (Mark i. 14, 15).

"After these th ings came Jesus and

His disci pies into the land of .Iudea , and

there He tarried with them and bap-

tized" (John iii. 22).

"Wh en therefore tile Lord knew how

that the Pharisees had heard that .Iesus

was making and bn,pti7.ing more disciple.

than John (although Jeslls Hi IIIself bap-

tized not, but His disciples), He left

.Iudea and departed into Sa.mariu." (Jolm

iv. 1-3).

A careful comparison of these and the

other passages in the Gospels will give a

clear understanding of all the facts, andwill show that there was no change in

the nature of the message. nor at any

time did this Gospel-preaching and the

accompanying act go outside of Israel.

Up to the crucifixion of the Lord oc-

curred no change, and from the whole of

the history nothing can be drawn which

would show that a eh urch relationship

such as now exists was intended to be

instituted.

But tms is a rigid method of exami n

a.tion, which, I fear, .will meet with but

little acceptance.

Perhaps so, but if we would arrive at

truth it is obvious that this is the only

SEPT8MBER, ID07.

safe way. Make sure of each step before

the next is taken. Once more, let nu-

,;ay that during the course of the history

within the four Gospels, baptism is irn-

ruersron 111 water, guarantceiug remission

of sins, consequent upon the reception by

the .Iew of a message relating to a prof-

fered establishment of a kingdom. 'I'hosc

who accepted the message obeyed God's

counsel, and ranged themselves in readi-

ness for the restoru.tion of Divine rule ii:Israel,

Did the resurrection of Christ ruu.ke

any change?

That question introduces to the second

division of this subject. 1 have said

that new conditions were brought in by

His resurrection, and now Iwill try to

put these before you, asking you to note

the evidence that lies in the history of

the times, and the exact language em-

ployed to record it. The first statement

to be considered is, of course, that whichis contained in what is generally called

the Great Commission:

"And Jesus came to them and spuke

unto them saying, ALL AUTIIOHITYllATH

BEEN GIVENUNTOME IN HEAVENANJ) ON

EAHT.lI. Go YE THEREFOREANJ) :MAKE

IllSCll'LES OF ALL THE NATlO:\'S, BAP-

TIZING 'l'llEM lNTO THE NAME OF 'I'll;';

l'-'A'l'llEH" AND OF THE SON, AND or TJ1E

HOLY SPUUT; teaching them to observe

all thillgs whatsoever 1ave commanded

YOu; and, 10, I am with you unto tilt)

end of the age" (Matt. xxviii. 18, 20).

There is no difference indica.tcd in th«

ad itself-it is still immersion-but

there are important things here given

which diff'ereutiate it from the baptisn

of .Iohn. Let us note them:

(1) The source of autbority is

changed. John was "sent" from God,

",cnt to baptize;" but now the Lord is-

sues the marching orders upon a basi-

which has come into existence by theJewish rejection of His Messianic claims

,wu His obedience uuto death. He corn-

ru.uids, and these cornruauds the disciples

a.re to hand on to those who become

obedieru. to His will and submit to bap-

tism, "teaching them to observe."

(2) Mark the ground of "authOl'ity."

He does not command as the Saviour of

'len who died to save them from sin and

death, n01' does He speak to those dis-

ciples as tile Head of the Church. He

claims unquestioned a.uthori ty over hea-

ven and earth, and as the Possessor of

an authority now sends forth His am-

bassadors.

('1'0 bc continued.)

"Memory is the only clock that can

strike again the dear, dead hours of the

past."

Here is a loos mg-glass to show you

your spots, and a laver to wash them

off; here is a casket full of jewels, a

heaven full of stars, a book full of God.

Look in that glass, wash in that lavor,

claim that casket, gaze on that firma-

ment so fuIJ of the stars of promise and

prophecy; and love that God who hath

exa.Ited His word above all His name;

that it may be well with you for ever.-

lee», John Cox.



flEPTEMflER, 1907. THE BIBLE STANDARD.

letters to a Y oung Friend on

the S tud y of P r o p h e c y .

LETTER'i'll.

TITJ;j~nLUijN)l"TU~[-'rlI~:\,?

:'Ill' DI':AH FBlEXD,

It is most important to have clen r

I'i('''-S ('onC'erning the t im c of the mil-11'11111111. (The English word "millcn-

Ilium" means a thousand voars. and is

dr-ri vr d from two La tin "-~rds. mille, a

thousn nd, and 01111 ue. a vea r.) For n~il-

lon niu l truth is the key that opens up

1'(,1'.1'much of God's Word; without that

key it is impossible for vou or anyone

to understand unfu lfll led prophecy. Ac-

cord ing lo your belief as to the time of

the millennium will be your understand-

ing of the prophetic Scri p turos. We can-

not have a right conception of the drift

of the Scriptures wi thout an enlightened

apprehension of this great truth. so the

necessity of a thorough studv and in-

vcstig» Lion of this subject iuust he ad-

mittcd by every unprejud iccd mind. Be-

Lake yourself. therefore. to the diligent

study of the Divine 'Yord, and prayer-

f'ullv examine its teaching on this point.

'I~ if you had never done so before, that

is. wn.nout any preconceived theory of

\'0111' 0"-11. or of anvone else. The man~)f Lhe- world wi ll tell \'011 that huma r

invcntions, man's OW11" over-progressinp

wisdom and skill. wi ll hring about the

gol,l('n age; the membe-r of the Church

dre-ams of theworld's gradual emancipa-

tion bv the laborious zeal and mu ni ficen t

Illwraiilv of the Church. But wha t sa iththe R('riptures? Take pen and paper a nd

write- down all the passages you can finr

in the New Testament that heal' upon

this qnostion. and then-after ponderinu

then' in vour heart-give answer as to

ulicn Lhe Millennium shall bc. -And I

Hill I)('rsll<,ded YOll will arrive at the con-cluxion to which [ came years ago, i.e.,

that not till al t er the return of 0111'

hlcsserl LOI'(I is there ,1l1,V hope of tlu-

uplifting of Lhl' uuman ruco, and that

thc ideas of the wo rlrl lv mu n and the

bulk of Christian folk a re u liko unscri p-

tura I and doluai ve.

"Christ's system is slowlv but gradu

ally a dva ncing. \"I1<'n the work is at-

r-om pl iahr-d 11e- wi ll come again, but not

before. Prc-mi l lcnnia.lism is a d re.un."

So writes the learned editor of ,t leading

religious paper. Hut the controversy

cannot be settled offhand after Lhis.

fashion. \Ve ca ll upon our opponents to

submit themselves to the same- test wh icl

WP I'igorollsly apply to ourselves, W(

must 1",1'(' an explicit "Thus sa ith thr-T ord" for everv doctrine we hold in re-

;1 rd to the fut~re_H is asserted by those who are ex-

pectin" the ne-ar advent of a milcnn iuru

Ill' 111('';;.nsof human agencies: (1) That

Christ has been reigning in Zion (by

II'I,i(,\, thov mean the Christian Church)

and sea leA on David's throne for the last

2,000 F"rs, This is astounding iuf'or

mation; for Zion is not the Church, and

DHvirl's throne was never situate in hea-

I'en: a nd it is Satan, not Christ, who, up

to this hour, has been "the prince of this

1I'0rld" (1 Cor. iI'. 4; John xiv. 30),

Jesus is in heaven on His Father's throne

(Rev. ii. 21), waiting the appointed time

when He shu II ascend His own. (:2)

They quote the Old Testament prophecie

concerning the ~'lillennium. a nd trium-

phantly point to the fact (hat no second

('ollling is hinted at there. The correct-

ness of this may be challenged. but f01

present purposes all we need to say is

that the Cluist.ia n dispensation now run-

ning it.s course- between the rejection of

the .Ir-wish nation and their being re-

store-d to God's [avour was quite un-

known to the Old Testament prophets.

] t was a secret h idden ti 11 revea led to

the Apostle- Paul (Eph. iii. 1-(2). And

consequent lv. in their prophecies, there

is no reference to, or hint of, the rise,

decline and fall of the Christian Church.

Likewise the roturn of the Messiah to

heaven, her-auso of Hi. rejection by tile'

Jews, Hnd His second coming to earth.

I\"HS n truth unknown to the ancien'

suiu ts. How, then, could they speak of H

second Advent 11'11<'11h!'.I' were in ignor-

,In('0 of till' d isn at rous outcorn« of th«

nrst. and the long intorvu l of time that

should follow oro D,II-id'" throne should

he ro-extn hl ishcd and :'IlC'ssiah he Kin" ai

.Ic rusa lvm ? (3) Th!'n 11-1'hal-e a CJI~t"-

tion from the second Psa l m, "Thou shalt

break t hem wi Ll: n rod of iron. and dasl.

them in pieces like n potter's vessel."

.vnr! II-e-arc gra.l-ely told. ,·[ t is a mixta l«

to suppose- th.i t such predictions refer tc

,In.l' one- .u-t completod at once at the end

of this Hge. They rather foretell 'I

spi rituu l pl'oe-e"s which has hor-n O'oiu"

on for ccnturies. h.l- which God io 1;7eHt

illg' wickcdncs= and nUlking all end of

sin. Slowl« and gradually and iwn rd ly,

and not hy 11n5' outward. sudden, violent,Rtmk!', i, tbl' I":ingdolll of Christ to 1)('

ostahlishod." So Christ is reigning to-

rlay in the hearts and l ives of men, and

that reign-c-which is one of spiritual con-

quest and moral subjugation only-is

rupid ly to spread unti 1 the final victor."is g'ainr'd, a[ter ioliict: Christ shall ro

turn, judge the quick 'lIU] the dead, a nd

destroy tile earth by fire.

These arc specimen s of tile way ill

wbich is bolstered lip the idea of a corn-

ing m ilcun iu m, conspicuous bv the ab,

"1'1\('e- of the Lord and Mnstcs. A well-

k nowu Lo nrlo n prcachor, a short wh i.

ag'o. (IC'(,I:l! '(1 "There is not " sol iarv

passage in tho New Testament which

teaches that Christ will return to per-

sonally reign on the earth. Not a tittle

of evidence in proof of it can be adduced

from tile Old 01' New Testaments." It

takc- a wa.v one's hroa th to read such a

statement. and we- can but deplore the

metropolitan preacher's lack a . Scrip-

tura I knowledge. Do we not read ofsome- who "waited for the Kingdom of

(iod" (Luke x xii. 51),. of others who

"sllpposed thu t the Ki ngdom of God was

iuuued in telv to 'lpp('ar" (Luke x ix. 11) ?

Nllreiv the-ir bo liof wax that the heaven-

sent iCing \I-as about to bo revealed ami

to set IIp God's l(ingrlonl. which p rimnr-

iv would consist of thr- uation of Israel

a;,(1 then expand till all the nations of

('arth should own II is glorious sway!

"Whe-n tho Son of Man shall sit on His

throne, YC ' also shall sit on twelve

thrones'" (Matt.. xix. 2R) _ What can this

me'ln except that -,[(' lI'i 11 reigll, and the

apostles he associated with Him? "I ap-

point you a kingdom, as ]\[y Father hath

appoinlerl ~le, that y(' maJ7 eat and drink

at ~I,I- table in 1\ly kingdom" (Luke xxi i,

2!)-30). Does not this speak of a time

when Christ shall reign and keep a table

like it prince. at which His friends shall

fre!'ly eilt and drink (see Isaiah xxv. 6) ?

These' and like passages have nothing to

do wi t.h Il i spiritual kingdom (Rom.xiv. J7). which is now to be found in the

hen rb of His people. but refer to the

e-;1rthly kingdom. of which the roval cen-

tre wi l l he }follnt Zion and .Ternsa Iem

([saiah ii. i-n.But the plainest and most explicit of

all the Bible (leclarations as to the re

turn of Christ beiore the tri umph of

truth alHi righteousness on this sin-

stained ea rt.h is in the words of Arts iii

20-21_ I t is at "the times of restoration

of all things" that God will "send back

the Cluist. even .Iesus.' This cannot be

»t (1I'llat is commonly called) "the last

d.iv.' been use that awfnl day will bp a

day of desolation and destruction of

nli;ny things. Xloreover, these times of

r(,,,torH t ion W('re- "spoken of by tho month

of (11(' holv prophets." E\'en our oppon-

ents admi t that the writinzs of the 01(1

TC',ta mcnt prophets a re full of descrip-

tions of the millennial age. And it is at

the (,OlJlme11reI11PllI of the times of restor-

ation tha t thc inspired apostle Peter i:

!1iR sorruou rlC'rlHlw1 that tl1f' Christ wa «

to return.

Rtudenls of prophecy divide into two

-c-hool-, of though], as regards the 1[illen-

n ium. The- one hold wha t is called pre-

m illen nia l views, and the other post-mil-

lonniul views. (Prae. beforo , post, after

-Latin p refixes.) The dispute is as to

whether ou r Lord returns before or after

the V l il lcnn ium. Most ministers and

mission.uir-, ho ld tho latter view. because

tile." doclu rr- the-ir mission is to convert

the 1I'01'Id and bring in the- grand mi llen-

lll:l 1 ag<, beiorc Christ returns. I can"elnclnlll'r-as a hov sea ted in a pew at(11(' 'I"ILJcrllaell'-llcaring the- Jute C_ H.

Spurg('on dccl.uc that nothing less than

"London for Christ" should he the aim

of the- associated churches. Hut even in

those early days I mcn tu.l lv fought him,

for r had lc.uncd from the writings of

tha t 111n of God and mnxtor of the Scrip-

Lures, tile la to Dr. Lcusk, the teachinrr of

('hl'i,( n nd :llis apostles HS to the mis~ion

and destiny of the Church. GrifTith

.Jolm. the- cm incnt Chinese missionary.

h:l~ just made an appeal to the English

rh urches to make a stupendous effort, for

('hina is waiting for the Gospel, and can

he- Clnist ianised in one generation. A

movement is afoot in the American

Churches to send thousands of mission-aries abroad, so that within half a con-

t:Ll',Y the world shall be evangelised.

};eedletis to sav. these good, earnest me-n

hold poxt-m il lcu.uian views. Hut \\'('

are none the less convinced that they hav-

mistnkon the mission of the Church and

the intentions of its Founder. The Scrip

tures all through teach the pre-rn il lennin l

return of our Lord and Master, for Tl i-

personal presence is sorely need eel. ;Ind

is alone adequate for dealing with tile

woes and 'orroll's of mankind_

The Millennium is the golden 'tgc for

'I'hich the I,"orld-in a,1I past ages-l)'ls



been looking, desiring, expecting. Men

of high and low degree hRH', in diIfcrcn t

wa.rs, striven to hustcn this gtoiious

time. BuL in vain. The remova l of Sill

and suff'ering From the world is beyond

mortal power. Xothing less than the

personal presence and manifested pOII'er

of the Immorta l Son of Gael can bring

about this wondrous change. When our

Lord returns from heaven-e-and not till

then-will dawn the Jong-wa ited-f'or mi l-lcnnia l age.-Your friend.

CAHPUS.

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C h u r e b a n d M i s s i o n N e w s .

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AUCKLAND.-The inclement weather

that prevailed during the la.st few weeks

die! not, with the exception of one Sun-

dav, materially aff'eci the aLtendances at

Lhe evening services. The subjects towhich attention was directed,' proved

v.er.\" a ttract ive. and we hope th exposi-

tions wil! ha ve a beneficial ofl'ect. and in-

duce some to seck after God.

,'t~nda~·. 2.8th .Julv. Bro. C. B. King

presided this morning in place of Bra.

'Vild. who. olying to the boisterous

weather. could not cross t hr- harbour.

'Ye la d a good address and cxho rtn Lion

bv Bro. Wllcoe k from Romans vi. 23.

With us in fellowship w('r(' Rro.

Williarns and ~is. Battson of the Thames.

In the evening the second of a series

of add rcssr-s (r(,I'i('l\-ing tho ~('\I Thoo-

logv) was delivered. ont itlod "The ,)ivin-

itv of Cln-ist." Manv passages from

.John's Gospel were read, which indicated

the claims made by Christ of His rela-tionship to Gor1. o'thrr passages wen'

cited. which showed the noccssi ty for

that relationship.

Sunday. 4th August: Bro. Aldridge

presidc(l, arid gnl'p an fl(lrl]'P~s frorn 2nd

COl'. 8th cha ptr-r.

In the evening tile audience was edi-

fied bv a grand discourse on the subject

of "A • inless Christ,"

Sunday, 11th August: Bro, Dixon pre-

sided, and spoke from Romans x ii.'Vi1 h u in fr-llowsh ip th is morn ing-.

Bra. and Sis. }IcDell and Bro. Cliffe.

Tn the evening the subject spoken to

was, "The Death of Christ: It s }Ir-an ing

to the Race."

Sunday, J8th: Bro. C. B. King presid-

ed, and Bra. Page gave an excellent ad-dress, basing his remarks on Colossians

i. 21 to 23.

IVith us in fr-llowsh ip. Bro. Shr-ldon of

'I'uakau.

In the evening Bro. C. B. King con-

ducted the serv ice. and del ivered ,l. ~o,)(l

address from Luke's Gospel xxiii, I to ~,5.

the title being, "A Bad Man's Test.imonv

Concerning Christ."

Sunday, 25th: Bro, White presided

and spoke from the Epistle of .Iude,

In the evening the subject of discourse

was based upon Acts xxvii i. 28: "God's

Salvation," Salvation - Saved from

destruction through faith, See Romans

THE BIBLE STANDARD.

x. 2, This salvation of God was COH'

if:iSi,cd ,,'jUL the sal va tio n as taueh:

in the New Theology. "

At the Bible Class on Wednesday even-

ing, July 24th, a series of addresses on

Paul's Epistle to the Thessalonians was

commenced,

Bro. Aldridge pointed out the seven

Epistles which apply to the Church of

the present dispensation, especially di-

recting attention to Romans, the Salva-

tion 1'jpistle. Ephesia ns gives the posl-

tiou and standing of the Church, and

Thessalonians the practical Epistle-the

Epistle of Hope.

Wednesday evenings, 31st, and August

7th, the subjects spoken to in continua-

tion of the readings, were deeply inter-

esting.

On the 14tll, the Association held its

Annual Social, an account of which ap-

1)( ';1) '; elsewher«.

zlst : The Bible Class was resumed

and readings in 'I'hcssaloniaus continued,

The first chapter ill the znd I';pistlf'

was the topic. This called forth many

questions, which were sa.tisfactorilv

answered.W.G.

GEOHGETOWl<:(B.G.).-Thf' Xell' 'The-

otogy is spreading even to our shores,

nnd there are many persons here who

seem to be glad to hear that the Old

Book is untrustworthy. 'Ve ha ve be-

licved that the Bible is the friend of all,

high or loll', rich or poor, and that in

our troubles we can find sympathy in its

pages. Some are saying that Christ was

a historical personage and a good man,

and the greatest teacher the world ever

saw. These are matters we IU\I'e to

meet, and 1 am endeavouring to show

where they oppose or fall short of the

truth. I have presented the testimoniesfrom the Gospels showing the claims and

assertions made by Christ concerning

Ilis real position, and then have said,

"These present-day critics declare that

Christ was a good mall, and we believe

it; but a. good man does not tell lies

and deceive the people-as .Jesus did if

these sta.temen ts of His are nth true!

The fact is that there is a good deal

more in this ma.tter than appears on the

surface. The Bible is the book of the

Tlebrew race; it records their history.

and it contains many predictions relat-

ing to thei I' future history. In the past

there wen' prophecies that passed into

fulfilment, and the condition of that

people to-day is a living testimonylto

the truth of prophecy. Connected withtheir past history, and wrought into

their very existence, are the covenants

and promises which demand the advent

of the Deliverer, the Messiah. Jesus is

the only Person the prophetic garment

will fit. He claims to be that Person

who was predicted. All New Testament

writers agree that He is the Seed of

Abraham, and the Son of David; and

Paul's Gospel affirms Him to be the pro-

mised Second Man - the Seed of the

\Voman. These things will stand. Men

who are but of yesterday talk of the

. New Theology, and do not know that

they are but setting forth the old 'oppo-

SEPTEMBER, 1907.

aitions of science, fa.lsely so-called,' the

old lI'eapolls which Satan has employed

lrom the begiuuing, ill the uttcrnpt to

hinder the progress of God's plan fur

IlIan's redcmpuou." This was lily theme

at our meeting 'on Sunday last, and I

trust it wi 11 be strengtheni ng to Lhos»

who lstcned to it.s--Yours in 101'e,

\Y. S, E])GEHILI~.

~ C H R IS T I A N B A N D .I~~~~

.Iu ly 22.-The theme for this meeting

was, "Our Need." It was divided into

th ree hea<!s-"Prayer," "Guidance," and

"Strength" - "Prayer" being the part

deal t wit h by Sister A. Phipps, who

,howed prayer is the heart's sincere de-

~ire to. make known our requosts with

thanksgiving. 80 that we may keep in

touch with our Heavenly Father, and

tnus obtain strength for present need.

"(]uidancp" occupied Sister K Battsonsthoughts, ,he emphasised the fact of

our need of Di vino guidance, so that w«

IIIight come off more than conque-ror

th rough TIiIII thn t loved us. "Strength ,.

\I':1S next dca It with In' Rister )l'. Green.

who oxhortr-d us to be 'strong in the Lord

and t rust 11 is power, because He givcth

strength to His children, so that we Illay

hring forth much fruit to His glory.

.Iuly 29 was Question Xight, and, ns

was expected, the members came bur-

dened with such questions as are sure

to accumulate in the minds of the young

Bible student and cause shadows and

darkness, but with the searchlight of

Truth, and by rightly dividing the word.

the difficul ties were soon dispelled, Bra .

U. Aldridge answered these to the gen-eral satisfaction of the Band.

August 5 (Roll Call Night) ,-"Christ

as Prophet," a paper written by Bro,

Webbcr, who spoke of the prophet whom

the Lord would raise np like unto Moses.

Spite of the unbclicf of the Jews and the

rejection of the Christ, He wi II C0111(,

Hgain to ostabtish the Kingdom of God,

An interesting letter was read from Bra.

Bradbu m, who warned us agn inst tho

subtlety of evi l, that unless we are

watchful tile tendrils of sin will gradu-

n.lly entwine themselves around us and

cause us to become barren und un Iru it-fn l.

August 12.-Debate, "Should a Chris-

tian be a Soldier?" Bro.A. Smith took up

the affirma.tive, and said that the soldierwas necessary for our well-being as :1

nation, that we might maintain the great

heritage which our forefathers have be-

queathed to us, giving passages of

Scripture showing that to fight is al-

lowed by God. He instanced the

names of Christians who have been sol-

diers and fought the na tion's battles.

and pointed out that this occupa.tion often

hrings ont the best qualities of tho mn n

who, because he is a Christian, is more

Ill/mane and noble. Bra. C. B. King took

lip the negative, and showed that Isaiah

represented Christ as n Lamb, and conse-

quently not of a warlike nature. His



SEPTEMBER, 1907. THE BIBLE STANDARD. 143

SOMETHING TO BE THANKFUL

FOR.

kingdom is not of this world. As Chris-

ti.ms, wc must follow His example. Peter

wus told to put his sword into its sheath.

Soldiers now have to fight to satisfy the

greed and avarice of ungodly men, and

outrage the name of Christianity by

(h'''il'o~-ing ilfe and deluging the earth

wil.l: innocent blood.

WHEN NIAGARA FALLS RAN

DRY.

In the early spring of 1848 occurred

n natural phenomenon so strange, so

sudden, and so stupendous, that the

older inhabitant's of western New York

sti ll speak of it with awe and wonder.

This phenomenon was nothing less than

the running dry of Niagara Falls. The

story is seldom recounted now; but it

was a nine-days' wonder for the whole

country when it appeared in the news-

papers. For the first time in history

the roar of the grandest cntarnct in

America was hushed.

In the early morning of March 31,

1848, people living in the vicini ty of thefalls were awakened by a peculiar hush,

as startling in its suddenness and in-

tcnsity as the most th underous explo-

sion could have been. Manv dressed and

hastened outdoors, urged 'by a convic-

tion that something appn lling had hap-

pened, or was about to happen. Some

thought the end of tho world was at

hand. Others imagined that they had

grown suddenly deaf. Still others

thought that the hush preceding a ter-

rific hurricane had f'a.llen upon thc air.

A11 were oppressed with a feeling 01"

profound awe and dread.

It was soon discovered, however, that

thc eossation of the roar of the falls was

the sole causo of this common panic. As

the dim light of earlv morning grew

stronger, the people wore uble to see the

now almost bare precipice of the falls,

over which but a short time before thou-

sands of tons of water had been pouring.

Only here and there small streams, con-

stantly growing smaller, now trickled

down the face of the towering wall.

Above the falls, instead of the rushing,

foaming river, only a naked channel,

studded with black and jagged rocks, ap-

peared. The bed of thc river was prac-

tically exposed from shore to shore, ex-

cept for small streams, like mountain

brooks, running slowly to the verge of

the precipice. The spectators could

hardly believe their cyes.

Some remarkable feats were performed

on that day when Niagara ran dry.

People walked from the Canadian sideof the river, along the edge of the fright-

ful precipice, nearly as far as Goat Is-

land on the American "side, and never

ovenwe.t their feet. Some went exploring

in the river bed above the falls, and dis-

covered a number of ancient gun barrels,

lost, probably, by sportsmen up the river

in long-gone days, and still, after the

rotting away of the stocks, slowly forced

down stream by the current. Caves a~d

curious formations in the rock were dIS-

covered the existence of which had never

been su'spected before.

All that day, March 31, 1848, Niagara

Falls remained dry; and people who re-

rnained up until late at night, expecting

to see a cktnge, went to bed without wit-

nessing it. But in the early morning of

April 1 the familiar thunder of the great

cataract was once more heard, and every

one knew that the mysteriously drained

river bed was again pouring its flood

over the falls.

Now for the explanation of this

strange phenomenon. It proved to be,after all, very simple. The winter of

1847 and 1848 had been one of extreme

severity. Ice of such thickness had never

been known as formed on Lake Erie that

season. When the break-up came, to-

ward the end of March, a strong north-

east wind was blowing, which piled the

zreat fields of ice in floes, and tben in

hanks as high as miniature icebergs.

Towa;'d night on March 30, ~he ,;ind

suddenly changed to the 0pposl.te direc-

tion and increased to a tcr rific gale.

which hurled back the piled-up ice, and

drove it into the entrance of Niagara

River with such force that a huge and

almost impenetrable dam was formed.

For a whole dav the source of the river

was stopped up, an (1 the stream wasdr-ained of its supply.

By the morning of the 31st the river

was practically dry, and thu~ for twenty-

four hours the roar of Niagara Falls

was stilled. Then, in the early morning

of April 1, the ice-pack gaye way under

the tremendous pressure from above, and

the long-restrained volume of water

rushed down and reclaimed its own,-

Young People.

SPRING SONG.

Old Xlother Earth woke up Irom ,;Ieep.

Ana found she was cold and bare;

The winter was OH'r, the spring was

near,And she had not a dress to wear!

"Alas!" she sighed wi tit great dismay,

"Oh, where shall 1 get my clothes?

There's not a place to buy a suit,

And a dressmaker no one knows."

"1 '11 make YOlla dress," said the spring-

ing grass,

. Just looking above the gro~ll1d;

"A dress of green of the loveliest sheen.

To cover you all around."

"And we," said the dandelions gay,

"Will dot it with yellow bright;"

"1'.11 make it a fringe," said forget-me-

not,

"Of blue, very soft and light."

"\\'e']] embroider thc front," said the

violets.

"With a lovely purple hue;"

"And we," said the roses, "will make

you a crown

Of red, jewelled over with dew."

"And we'll be your gems," said a voie •..

from the shade,

Where the ladies' ear-drops live-

"Oranzo is a colour for any queen.

Anl'the best we have to give."

Old Mother Earth was thankful and

glad,

And she put on her dress so gay;

And that is the reason, my little ones,

She is looking so lovely to-dnv.

Lucy " I V iieeloclc.

Jt was it very dismal d'LY at the

Bonds, until Craig Dennison came and

brightened up the whole house. He

made the change by getting Clarenee outof "the dumps." Cla rence had a sore

throat and felt very blue.

"Well," said Craig, "you've one thing

to be thankful Ior. Aren't yon thankful

you're not a giraffe?" asked Craig.

"Think how much more miserable you'll

be with two yards of throat to be sore!"

Clarence had to laugh then, and that

broke up the blues.

The wet weather which has prevailed

in the North Island has contributed not

a little to the feeling of depression felt

by \'ery many. But springtime is upon

us now, and every bird that twitters in

the early morning is bidding us to cheer

nI', and the budding flowers remind us

of the beautv wi th which God has sur-

rounded us.' Away witl: the "blues."

Sing and shine"

WITH HEART AND VOICE.

The very rare spectacle of a paid

professiona 1 singer, such as Miss Lucio

.Iohnstone, of the City Temple, resigning

her appointment on conscientious

zrounds bring'S to the front a question

~f the deepest importance.

"How IlI'ln I sing with all my heart"

(she says) "'He was Despised,' after a

sermon in which all the views of Christ

which tha.t anthem conveys arc re-

versed ?"

The whole of the cthics of sacred sing-

ing are contained in that sentence. But

it is pertincnt to ask, how many singers

of "Sacred Solos" are bound by SU~l

high principles? How many regard then'

song as a sacred trust, to be sacredly

discharged? And how many sing with

all their hearts words of the deepest

meaning t=-T'h» Ohristian.

BEARING THE BURDEN: A

FABLE.

A poor mall, that, by casting his eyes

and wishes on the circumstances of

others, grew uneasy with his own, and

wearied Heaven with his cornpla.ints,

Jupiter, to content him, took up to his

storehouse, where the fortunes of all

mankind stood sealed up in bags, and

bid him choose among them all. The

man, with all his strength, lifted up the

first, that of supreme command, in

which were concealed tormenting cares,

but could not support the burden. He

tried a second and third, but all were

too ponderous for his shoulders. At last

he laid hold of one lighter than the

rest, and desired he might have that,

Take it, said Jupiter, and enjoy it, for

indeed it is thine own, and learn from

hence never to complain of Providence,

"He that is slow to wrath is of great

understanding , but he that is hasty of

spirit exalteth folly."



144 THE BIBLE STANDARD. SEPTEMBER, 1!J07.

lI )o tllts for Jjlo ung ~astors. ~be :JBible Stant)art).

New brooms sweep clean, and the noisiest welcome is

not the most continuous cheer.

One man cannot always keep both sides of the COD-tract.

A thoughtful usher is a means of grace. Repair all

roads that lead to the church.

Sabbath sickness is healed only by the unction of the

Holy One.

Perfection is never in the pulpit, and is seldom in the

pews.

The congregation is often tired with the pastor.

pastor is often tired with the congregation. And

two are equal.

Harvests come Dot every two months. Church work

is slow work, but that is no reason for sloth.

If Aaron and H ur are not on the church roll, you

may as well burn the books.

Hear with both your ears. Hear with your own ears.

The benediction is not an official order for overcoats.

Drink water out of thine own cistern, and eat thatwhich thine own larder provideth.

As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is he that

tasteth of all pulpits.

Flu-off fields look green, and the other church hath

also its disappointments. He who belongeth to all

churches is of no use to am' of them. Free lances never

win battles.

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but that is no

reason for sharpening the tongue whenever the pastor

appears.-S elected.--------

The

these

• • •

Every day that dawns brings something to clo, which

can never be clone as well again. We should, therefore,

try to do it ungruclgingly and cheerfully. It is the

Lord's own work, which He has given us as surely as He

gives claily bread. We should thank Him for it with fill

our hearts, as much as for anv other gift. It was cle-

signed to be our life, our happiness. Insteacl of shirking

it or hurrying over it, we should put our whole heart and

soul into it.-Sel.--__ ••.•A--

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