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" To the Lord Bishop of Manchester. answer to yours I acknowledge that it is quite true I was taught to believe this doctrine from my . until lately of examining the Scriptures When, however, I was ordained a Bible was put into my hands, upon my mind. unless I am therefore, I that my teaching has of late altered, with respect to the doctrine of the of the soul. childhood, but never thought

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How can I preach

with its Divine contents? and 'preach the Word.'

help of God's grace, to study it, and to act upon the injunctions by appealing the Platonic soul. to the Law and to the Testimony. doctrine of the inherent, or natural,

I tried to support all my teachings In so doing I have immortality of the

found that that Testimony gives me no authority whatever for advocating On the contrary, I find it teaches me that-ill brought life and incorruptibility He only bath imto light through His

BISHOP

FRAZER

AND

CONDITIONAL
to the painful expulsion at Withnell, Lancashire. It

mortality who dwells in unapproachable Jesus the Christ

light (1 Tim, vi. 16); (2) That

IMMORTALITY.

IN our last issue,

of Mr. Albert amicable was, nevertheless, for embracing Christ,"

page 114, we drew attention Smith from his Curacy says;"

Gospel (2 Tim. i. 10); (3) That those who desire this inestimable boon must seek for it by patience in well-doing, according to the precepts of this Gospel (Rom. ii. 7); and (4) That God will reward such only with conit, and that at the revelation of His righteous judgment. " The papers to which you refer agree with the acknowledgment tained in your letter, that' the word' the word translated life'; sometimes merely the physical soul in the Scriptures is

(In a note to us Mr. Smith arrangement

I had made with the Vicar an from the Bishop. part.) of "Life Stating that, only in

to leave, before hearing on the Bishop's the Scripture

an expulsion

and teaching

doctrine

but they go further and prove that

he had been deprived of his license by the Bishop of Manchester, and ailing the strain of

soul' in the Scriptures is never used in its modern, technical, immortal,' undying,' &c. On the contrary, the

and thrown upon the world. That this had so sadly affected his wife (who was weak from. her late confinement), Also, that Mr. Smith With his permission that her reason failed under motherless. slowly, recovering. which has her anxiety for their six children,-now himself,

theological sense, and, moreover, is never prefaced by such adjectives as 'never-dying,' Scriptures again and again plainly affirm the mortality of the soul (see

Ezek. xviii. 4, 20; Ps. xxii. 29, and lxxviii. 50, &c.) in all its meanings; but I have not Jet discovered, and you failed to point out, that they ever use the term for' the spirit over which death has no power.' terms for' soul' (nephesh and psuche) are never once translated' Mal'ch 5, 1881. he can no what the but are always carefully Supposing, however, explain "But distinguished Hebrew and Greek equivalents for the latter term. may I ask how you would God would on this rejoicing in the hope that 'How can anyone explain I am spirit,' open to correction if I mistake, but as far as I have read, the Scripture from ruach. and pneuma,-the

sinking under his double sorrow, had the correspondence

been nigh unto death, but was then, happily, though we now publish passed between him and his diocesan ;" Manchester, " My dear Mr. Smith,-I longer

am very sorry to hear from Mr. Slyman that On my enquiring

your teaching has become so different from what it was, that allow you to 'occupy his pulpit.

it were otherwise,

the fact of the psalmist your Lordship asks

change in your teaching was, he has sent me some tracts which he says you are distributing soul. not to know that merely the' in the parish, which deny the immortality absurd 'soul' of the They seem to be based upon the most the word translated physical life ; , and sometimes ignorance, and

'redeem his soul from the power of the grave l (Ps. xlix. 15.) hypothesis our Lord's or His statement argument with the Sadducees in Mark xii. 27 ; With your permission I reply,-They on this hypothesis. The argument except in of the to the question of the immortality are not introduced, state.' related to the question

in Scripture is sometimes over which death

in l1Iatt. x. 28? and only

the spirit

can be explained easily; of the'

with the Sadducees does not relate our own imaginations. resurrection

has no power. " How can anyone with the Sadducees Bishop Pearson

explain on this hypothesis, (Mark

our Lord's argument in Matt. x. 28. a of the soul'

soul' or spirit' at all; the terms The argument

xii, 27), or His statement of the immortality great

calls the doctrine

alone, not to any intermediate

Seven men, and and the question

certain and necessary truth,' chapter of his Analogy. Church of England.

(Art. ' He descended into hell' Heb.) ; and I Butler's argument in the first of

one woman, who had been wife to them

all,' died;'

need hardly refer you to Bishop

asked was, not whose wife is she now in the world of spirits, but' in the RESURRECTION therefore, WHEN they shall be'? omitted the doctrine of the immortality Lord therefore RISE, whose wife shall she They had quoted Moses, who, as Gibbon remarks, (Vol. I., p. 530) of the soul from his law; our at issue, from the same they 1'ise, have ye not read refutes 'them, on the question

If you really hold the view of the mortality

the soul, I do not see how you can hold your place as a minister of the You certainly could not use the Burial Service,-Indeed, in But till I nor could I admit you to another Curacy in this diocese. that case, the sooner you give up a false position, the better. hear from yourself that possible. " Yours very truly, "J. MANCHESTER."
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source, saying, ' As touching the dead that in the Book of Moses, how in the bush They could not deny their own authority; 'Abraham is dead, and the prophets'

it is so, I shall withhold

my belief that it is

God spake unto him, saying, I they acknowledged, too, that (John viii. 53); they acknow-

am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

Rev. A. Smith."

ledged, too, tacitly, that God could not be the God of the dead, because

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with my Vicar to give

1 Cor. xv. 18); conclusion, that

up to our Lord's contained See the

notice,' or as much sooner as can

Abraham, Isaae, and Jacob must otherwise the Divine intimation never 'Rom. iv. 17. "Again, for teaching disciples only. could be realized.

be subsequently same

raised from the dead, enunciated in

in the words He had quoted principle

to say that I am already learning, from the under my notice, 'not to fear them which 'to the of

kill the body, and (as Luke explains it in xii. 4) after that have no more x, 28, our Lord was exhorting and warning His that them. should they should be' hated of all men' life in He also encouraged them to bope find it aqain. when councils, He came to said unto they can do;' Gehenna.' ' but I desire in this, as in every other matter, killed (see Isa. Ixvi. 16, 24) hath needful, for 'God In your exalted position, is eminently and responsibility, is no respecter He told them fear Him who after He hath cast into persons! holy fear, "I remain, my dear Bishop, yours sincerely, "ALBERT SMITH," " Manchester, " My deal' Sir,-I have no intention in your letter with you,-1 lIIa1'ch 9th, 1881. raised is an It There same exhortation power to

in Matt.

what He taught sake, they

that though they should v. 39) for His administer them, 'Fear His rewards not them

now lose their soul (psuche, translated (Matt. xvi. 25-27). He therefore

" Praying you may have grace given you to act in this wholesome and

(men, high-priests,

v, 17,) which kill

the body, but are not able to kill your soul or life,' (which shall be ' hid with Christ in God,' Col; iii, 3,) , but rather fear Him who' (if you deny Me before men, v. 33,) 'is psuche) its popular able to utterly destroy BOTH SOUL (or life, soul' in does not kill it; feared. supWould and body in Gehenna.' Even if we were here to take' men, or councils, that cannot

"1881, March 7th."

sense, which is not the true sense, the passage but only that

of discussing the questions prove ulmostanything.

teach its immortality,

know it would be hopeless.

while at the same time it clearly does teach But if the soul were immortal posed and taught, it not? "You have called my attention states that to Bishop and 'Holy this Divine

God can, and will, as commonly

ingenious method which can make Scripture is not a question of words, but of things. to be based upon the idea of the immortality

destroy both soul and body wheresoever he is not pre-eminently and indestructible, threat would lose all its force! Pearson,

The whole Bible seems to me of the soul (as Tillobon it). It has been held Look

says, it does not so much reveal it as assume at the picture of Hades tha souls under the altar; declared God;' your assent in Is. xiv. 9, following; about the spirits

almost without exception by all sections of the Church of Christ. and Lazarus ; the assertion "I need not concern myself Prasjer, and said that in prison;

who says the Our all things nor may be SUPPOSED, r o Se1'" Vol. 'As

the parable of Dives the vision of You have

doctrine of soul immortality 6th Article, however, neces$ary to salvation; TiIlotson, says, taken-for 1774. nephesh 'The than

is ' a certain

a necessary truth.'

Scripture containeth

the prayer of S. Stephen. with the 40th Article of 1552. be agreeableto in the Book of Common the Word of

so that

what is not read therein, of any man.' of the soul is rather says,

proved thereby, is not to be required immortality the granted, hath

And another Bishop,

to the doctrine set forth you believe it 'to for the Sick.

expressly revealed in the Bible.' great lexicographer, to signify I must for myself the spiritual

n.,

and I do not see how, with your views, you can UBi the Burial I will only add that ,till I heard 1 did not 'prejudge from you, I should your ease.' withhold my to you;

And Parkhurst,

a noun,

Office, or the Communion " In conclusion, I distinctly belief that said that

been supposed

part of man, or confess that I can (Hebrew you that

what is commonly called his soul; find no passage Lexicon,) where it hath

undoubtedly

this meaning.' I need not remind

it was possible'

that you held the views imputed

but that, 'if you really hold the doctrine of the mortality did not see how you could hold your place as a Minister of England, this diocese.' " I am, yours faithfully, nor could I (in that case) admit

of the soul, I of the Church

" Again, you refer me to Bishop Butler. Butler is candid enough to admit equal force to the proving May I respectfully "I support the doctrine of the immortality

that the same arguments,

adduced to

you to another Curacy in

of the soul of man, apply with of the souls of the brutes! conclusion? to which I subscribed,

the immortality

"J. MANCHESTER." From the foregoing letters our readers can draw their own conclusions as to the relative merits of the two witnesses, and the cause each espouses. For ourselves we cannot but express our painfully bitter disappoint. ment that such high-handed Church," action should be possible Bench. in the "Established boasting nation; and especially on the part of one deemed the most If, in a Church of the and freedom, eternity as the Church

ask, do you accept this inevitable

wish to know which of the 39 Articles,

affirms the doctrine in question? Allow me to remind your Lordship that in 1552 a code of 42 Articles was framed, one of which, the 40th, did teach the immortality the Church, ratified; liberately expunged of the soul, but in 1562 the whole Synod of revised the said Articles, and deThis alteration was, I believe, legally met in Convocation, Article 40,

and in the case of Wilson v. Fendall, tried in 1864, the Lord

liberal-minded

and generous on the Episcopal of which requires rationalists,

Chancellor gave judgment that the expunged Article was no longer the doctrine of the Church as by law established. "I don't, however, wish to tax your episcopal patience by any lengthy arguments in my own defence, especially since you have already passed judgment upon me by informing Curacy in your diocese! him?' 'guilty' was once nobly asked, me you cannot admit even by an adversary. that 'the life,
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its comprehensiveness not a single article and consequent

belief in the immortality suffering ; a Church yea, and deis needless to say its episcopal and universalists, amongst

of the soul,

of future

which finds room for ritualists, these are not curates-and

me to any other But I plead sinneth the

some who do not hold the immortality fenders men of breadth of thought what better treatment Truly the outlook painful thought; one, in their

of the soul-it and feeling;

' Doth our law judg~ any man before it hear soul that is the'

which includes

if in such a. Church religious is a

(?) to the ~charge of teaching

earnest study of and fidelity to the Word of God is followed by expulsion, can be expected from less comprehensive for honest, God-fearing, dealing with this Christian bodies, and less liberal religious leaders? ministers absorbing against topic of modern

it SHALL die,' and that eternal Messiah, intentional

immortality,

gift of God' you from any my case, by

to those only who believe the record, and obey His Son, Jesus At the same time I am willing to exonerate injustice towards a poor Curate in forejudging my doom,

declaring beforehand

And I hasten to relieve your anxiety

since, if they dare to revolt

a creed fashioned in a

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unending suffering of the great majority of the human race, they will be
met with a cry not much more merciful than that which greeted the ears of the early Christians, that was, "the represented Christians to the lions;" this is, " Cast him out of the synagogue." is the modern Christian-as and confessions-than We fail to see how much better by the stern janitors of creeds had not the

IF man was immortal;

God should threaten

him with death, if he disobeyed? he said, " Ye shall not surely die?" sin-should

Gen. ii. 17.

2. If man was immortal; how can the devil be said to have lied, when'

Gen. iii. 4; John viii. 44.

tbat God-after man's and a and place cherubims

the ancient heathen, wlio, at least,

3. If man was immortal; is it not strange drive him from the garden, flaming sword to prevent

light of the Holy Word and Spirit. But, though it be so, there -having that noblest will not lack victims, who will dare to it obey God rather than man, and to follow the high behest of conscience, courage, the courage of their convictions-for is the day of enquiry as to " What saith the Lord?" The consciences of men are being touched upon this terrible and all-important question of future punishment; and personal suffering for daring to deny the popular faith, will not deter them from doing what they believe to be right'in the sight of God. We ask the responsible meet the spirit by timely teachers? to them. of inquiry? themselves leaders of the Christian sects, not-Is it

right? for that, seemingly, has little weight, but-Is

Is it wise thus taught of God. pulpits, teachers ?-because

it prudent thus to

to cut off your truest Will you not rather, and thus retain of thought be "blind your and expresleaders of the

his re-entering? "Lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever." Gen. iii. 22. 4. If man is immortal; how can the fact be accounted for, viz., that men-good and bad-have been dying, and-according to the Scriptures -going into an unconscious state ever since the time of Adam? Ps, cxlvi. 4. 5. If man is immortal; how can he be in need of that "gift of God" which the Christ has to bestow upon him? Rom, vi. 23. 6. If man is already immortal; where is the necessity for the resurrection and the changing of the living (saints), referred to in the Scriptures of Truth? 1 Cor. xv, 52. But some may say, "the soul of man dwells." body? I recollect body is not the man; that is only the in which the , casket that contains the precious jewel'; 1. Who knows anything of a " soul" a beautiful the tabernacle,

concessions,

set free your

We ask, on their

behalf, for liberty either

Then, I would further inquire:living, or existing, apart from a of which I have of it for It was afterwards cut down, purposes-some apple tree, the fruit for various

sion, that led of God they may be true leaders of the flocks committed If you gag them they must blind','; teacher and taught alike going astray, or they must suffer for eyes have been opened and our hearts from them the helping hand? During has this that

tasted, but it died:-it became a dead tree. disentegrated or sawn asunder the purpose of firewood;

conscience sake. In the latter case, can we-whose touched; with others who thus

would it not have been absurd to continue

God breathed into

who, having ourselves suffered, have a keen feeling of sympathy suffer-withhold

calling it a " tree ? "

2. Please to observe, in reference to Gen. ii. 7, " man's nostrils-(not the nostrils of man's body)-the an immortal soul!) and man became "-was changed or dead soul, to a liv'ing man, 01',-" a living soul." that man became an immortal soul! How then, as passage prove that" man has an immortal soul" " 3. In the Scriptures of Truth, the term "soul"

For many years, in some cases twenty and thirty years, have we borne our testimony for the Scripture truth of "Life 'all that been purely personal. in Christ only." period we have founded no sect, our ministry of teaching But if the Churches are determined basis, a confederation

breath. of life (not

from a dead man. It does not state some say, can this

truth shall have no advocates in their midst, we may yet feel it our duty to form on some broad, liberal of Churches holding the life, that we may be able to take by the hand our suffering brethren, and find for them a free pulpit and a home. To Bishop Frazer himself, with all due deference to his episcopal position, we would venture to advise the study of His Master's spirit as recorded in Luke ix. 49, 50, and 55, 56; also of the following words assert that the taken from" The Promise of Life," page 11 :And, finally, those who would prevent inquiry, declarations self-appointed of Scripture are so plain, that for a doubt of their meaning. judges to remind opinion, but if this consideration

is applied to beasts, therefore, may

birds, fish, and other organized beings, dead or alive; we not conclude that they, as well as man, have"

there is no room or excuse

It ought to be a sufficient reply to such them of the men who are of different does not avail, we must urgently press

immortal souls J " 4. In the Scriptures we have many references to the dying, or the death of the soul; who then can prove it to be immortal, or. a " never-dying soul? " 5. When speaking of our d_ad, we often hear such expressions as ihe following: "He is dead," "He fell asleep in Jesus," or, "He is gone to heaven;" now, I reverently and respectfully inquire.e-df the latter phrase be correct,-if they are either dead or asleep in heaven?
6. We are aware that what is intended pressions is, that while the man or "his counterpart, the" man" or " his soul" by the use of the above exbody" is in the grave, his but, we ask what

the question.-:- Who are you, whose mere voice is to convict of ignorance or dishonesty many of the most learned and devout and earnest , ministers of Christendom? or, as St. Paul put it to a similar critic of his day, after showing that it cost Christ judge thy brother? As for Mr. Smith, death and resurrection to attain the right to judge the living and the dead :-' for we must all appear before the judgment But thou, why dost thou

is in heaven;

is " the soul" doing in heaven? golden streets" (as some say)?

Has it feet, with which to "walk the Has it hands, with which to "wave the the song of Moses and the hath not ascended into

palm of victory? " or, a tongue, to "sing Lamb?" 7. As the Scriptures testify that and that"

and thou, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? seat of Christ.''' we are wishful to be of some service to him, and

"David

heaven," but is in his grave;

no man" hath ascended there:

of

how can it be proved that departed saints are in heaven? 8. According to the Scriptures the wicked to be the antithesis of Truth, Is not the punishment of what is to be given to the righteousup root and branch," and" perish?" be cut off," "destroyed,"

will therefore gladly receive on his behalf any volunta7'y donations that may be entrusted to us, A list of which-initials only-will be given in July Bible Standard. It is Mr. Smith's wish that no formal invitation should be given, but he will thankfully receive any purely voluntary gifts, to enable him to found a new home, both social and religious. Kindlyaddress Gyrus E. Brooks, The Link, Malvern. should be drawn on Malvem Link Office. Postal Orders

death!

And that the wicked are to be "burnt away into smoke,""

"consumed

Or, will it be, as some say, "They

will be always dying, but never

dead! " [To be continued.]

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JOSEPH MAZZINI, ON THE WORK OF CHRIST.

SELEOTED BY

[We have received the following from the writer-Jas. :-it having been refused insertion in the Oanadian Ed. B.S.]

Lesslie, of Oanada Religious Papers.-

H.

BRITTAIN,

F.S.A.

WROTE you some time ago with order and remittance for your paper. I also wrote you with a brief copy of a few Bible facts relating to man's eternal future, which I was desirous to have inserted in your paper. I received no reply, and have not seen those facts published in your journal. I cannot but ask you, as in the sight of God, has He revealed to us important facts relating to our eternal welfare of which we may be ashamed? Has He given to us the light of those facts to be put "under a bushel?" Surely not! All the inspired writings are" profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, and for THAT discipline which is in righteousness; so that the man of God 'may be complete, thoroughly fitted for every good work." (Emphatic
Diaglott version.)

" WORKING-MEN! Brothers! when Christ came, and changed the face of the world, He spoke not of rights to the rich, who needed not to achieve them; nor to the poor, who would doubtless have abused them in imitation of the rich ;-He spoke not of utility nor of interest to a people whom utility and interest had corrupted ;-He spoke of Duty, of Love, of Sacrifice, and of Faith; and He said that
they should be first among all, who had contributed to the good of all." most by their labour

" And the words of Christ, 'breathed in the ear of a society in which all true life was extinct, recalled it to existence, conquered the millions, and conquered the world, and caused the education of the human race to ascend one degree in the scale of progress." " Working-men I we live in an epoch similar to that of Christ. We live in the midst of a society as corrupt as that of the Roman Empire, feeling in our inmost soul the need of reanimating and transforming it, and of uniting all its members in one sole faith, beneath one sole law, in one sole aim, the free and progressive development of all the faculties of which God has given the germ to His creatures. We seek the kingdom
of God on earth. as it i~ in heaven, preparation.
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The Roman Catholic Hierarchy seek to bury God's Revelation to man, lest its truths should enlighten the ignorant masses under their control; and it is a melancholy fact that Protestant sectarianism, with its conflicting creeds and traditions, is afraid to let them be tested by the Word of God. The facts therein unfolded, relating to the nature and future ofman, are for his good, and the honour and glory of God our Saviour, and are specially fitted to sap the foundations of Romanism with its purgatorial power. Yet they are virtually buried, lest the people should be enlightened beyond the stereotyped dogmas of the sect to which they belong. In our day we are happily delivered from the fear of the public executioner or the stake on account of our religious convictions, but we are not from the spirit of intolerance and immoral persecution. "The fear of man bringeth a snare," and l'esprit de corps of a hireling priesthood or niinistry, stands as a break-water to the progress of any truth not recognized in their INQUISITORIAL INDEX. The Apostle Paul's example should cover suchmen with shame and confusion. He told the Ephesian Bishops or Elders-" I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God: I kept nothing
back that was profitable you publicly and from unto you, but have showed you, and have taught house to house."

rather,

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fOI' heaven, and society an endeavour after the progressive

realization of the Divine Idea." But Christ's every act was the visible representation of the Faith He preached, and around Him stood apostles, who incarnated in their actions the faith they had accepted. Be you such, and you will conquer. Preach duty to the classes above you, and fulfil-as far as in you lies"': your own. Preach virtue, sacrifice, and love, and be yourselves virtuous, loving, and ready for self-sacrifice. Speak your thoughts boldly, and make known your wants courageously; but without anger, without re-action, and without threats. The strongest menace-if indeed there be those for whom threats are necessary-will be ths firmness, not the irritation, of your speech."-From "The Dupes 0 f
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The platitudes of sectarian pulpits might be sifted by house to house visitation, and the interchange of views in conversation with a free and intelligent people; but the Pulpit and Sectarian Press tend to enslave the masses to the dogmas of the sects. The rut of religious opinion begins with the catechism of early life, and is too frequently deepened by age, however antagonistic it may be to Divine Revelation. The services of such men as ANDREW MARVEL required now, as are in the dark and corrupt age in which he lived. The reputation of orthodoxy, and the living or income of the preacher are craftily linked together, so that a missing link in the one breaks down the other. So is it also with the orthodox Press whose wide circulation is supposed to be essential to its influence and power. As to the Ministry and the Press, I believe that a fearless, intelligent, and reverent attitude would in the end subserve the interest and usefulness of both. The martyr, Tyndal, the translator of the first English Bible, when at the stake for publishing the truth of God, prayed, "Lord, open the eyes of the King of England; " and the Astronomer Galilleo, who had been thrust into the dungeons of the Inquisition for teaching that the earth went round on its axis,-while the Pope affirmed the sun went round the earth,-when he was being released unhesitatingly declared
It moves still."

THE
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COMING
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delivered. in Mint-lane

Chapel, Lincoln.

MURRAY.

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So is it with the subject before us,-the [acte of the Gospel are facts still,-although denied a place in a public religious Journal-avowedly unsectarian ; and I can only, with Tyndal, offer up the prayer, " Lord, open the eyes" of the Editors of our Religious Papers to see the truth, and give them courage to make it known.

DO you remember Peter's confession of faith? You remember there had been a great talk amongst men as to who Jesus was, and whether He was the Messiah He represented Himself to be, or not; and one day our Lord calls His disciples around Him, and He asks of them, Whom do men say that I am?" and they said, "Some say Thou art John the Baptist, some, Elias; and others Jeremiah, or one of the Prophets." And the Lord turned to His disciples and said, " But whom say ye that I am?" and Peter said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." Now what did Peter mean by saying that he believed Jesus was the Christ 1 He could not have meant by that, that he meant Jesus was a Saviour, in the sense in which weknow Him as our Saviour (as one who has died for our sins upon the cross), for Peter was altogether opposed to the idea of Christ's dying, If Peter had had his way Christ would never have died at all. When Christ first began to speak to His disciples about His going up to Jerusalem to be killed, Peter began to rebuke Him, saying, "Be it far from Thee, Lord: this shall not be unto Thee." (Matt. xvi. 22,) And Peter was here expressing a feeling that was in the minds of all the Apostles. And before we proceed, I want you to note that the early disciples stated their belief differently to what we state ours. We say-" We believe in Jesus Christ." They said-" We believe Jesus IS the Christ," and there is a great difference in these two ways of putting it. Their confession of faith implied that
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He opened not His mouth; and you all know how at that sad scene, when the Son of God was arraigned before that earthly tribunal, He did not deign to reply-to the many insulting taunts and questions which were put to Him; but there was one great question, which the Lord did not let go unanswered, and that was when Pilate said to Him-" Art Thou the Kiug of the Jews?" and the Lord said unto him, "THOU SAYEST IT," which is equivalent to our English "I am." This is the good confession, which Paul praised Timothy for making, which Christ made, and which we shall make if taught by the Word. Now it cannot but occur to us that if God is a God of infinite power, -and by infinite ,power we mean, that He is fully able to carry out any purpose He may have at heart, and that there is no other power anywhere that can resist His will,-if He possesses infinite power, He must be able to bring about upon this earth a much happier state of things than now exists, and then again, if God is a God of infinite love, He must have the desire to see a happier state of things than the present. The question then arises, if God being Almighty has the power, and if being a God of infinite love He must have the desire, why does He not use His power to make His creatures more happy and blessed than they are? Well, dear friends, we say God will bring about a better condition of things. But how? We kuow the kingdom of God cannot come while men are allowed with impunity to blast and curse the fortunes and the happiness of their fellow-creatures. Before the Millennium can come on this earth the drink traffic must be stopped; the opium trade must cease; the governmental licensing of prostitution must be put a stop to; slavery must end; indeed, all evil practices must cease. God must and will sweep sin out of this world, and He has commissioned Christ to come and do it. The Christ is coming to cleanse the world of sin, and to bring in everlasting righteousness. Right will be might in the day of His coming. "The Lord shall be revealed from heaven in flaming fire, taking vengeance on those that will not know God, and will not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus the Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction . . when He shall come to be glorified in His saints." (2 These, i. 7.) The time is drawing near when the day of grace will close, and men must either give up their sins or be consumed with their sins. The earth is to be purified, and if we want to live in that heavenly kingdom we-must be purified too, for God cannot lie, and He has declared that He will destroy the wicked, and that sinners shall be consumed out of the earth. But God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should turn unto Him and live, and so for the last two thousand years a graciouscall to repentance has been made to men, and it is in keeping with the character of God that a call to repentance should always be preached with this Gospel of the Kingdom. The very first mention of the Gospel in the New Testament commences, "Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand." What is John the Baptist's grand argument for repentance? Is it that there is an eternal hell-fire into which men are liable to fall at any moment? No! Repent, for the kingdom is at hand, Christ is coming to judge the world, that is our testimony to-day: the King is coming, the kingdom is at hand, and it is on this ground that we beseech men to repent. (To be continued.)

they believed that this Jesus was destined to fill some particular position or office, which office was designated by the word "Christ." So the woman of Samaria went to her neighbours and said, " Come, see a Man which told me all things that ever I did, is not this the Christ t " So .in John i., we read that Andrew finds his brother Simon, and says unto him-" We have found the Messiah, which is being interpreted the Christ." And in this passage (John i. 41) you get the meaning of the word Christ, for in the margin you will see it is " The Anointed." Now what is the meaning of "the Anointed?" Why, this was the designation of the kings of Israel, they were "the anointed." You remember when Samuel was sent by God to Jesse, to choose a king for Israel, that when he looked upon Eliab, because Eliab was a fine-lookingstalwart man, Samuel said, "Surely the Lord's' anointed' is before Him." By this he meant, of course, surely this is the one whom God has chosen king for Israel. You remember that David would not stretch forth his hand against Saul because Saul was the Lord's "anointed." When David became King of Israel, this was then his title-" David, the son of Jesse, the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel." Thus when Peter said, "Thou art the Anointed," he meant, Thou art th~ King of Israel,-the same confession that Nathaniel made, "Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God: Thou art the King of Israel," Thus, instead of saying we believe in Jesus Christ, it would be more Scriptural for us to say-" We believe Jesus is the Christ;" and every time we utter the word Christ, we should remember its force, viz., that Jesus is yet to reign as Israel's King. Thus those Christians, who smile so superciliously when we speak of Christ's coming back to this earth, to be literally King of the Jews, do but display their ignorance of Scripture teaching; and, sad to say, they are (although perhaps unconsciously) actually denying the Christship of ~esus. I say they do it unconsciously, they would not do it willingly, but I affirm most solemnly, that every person who denies this teaching, of Christ one day literally reigning on this earth over the restored House of Israel-is denying the Christship of Jesus, and who is a liar (says John), but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? (1 John ii. 22.) Thus according to Scripture, true faith in Jesus is to recognize in Him the future King of Israel and the world. And this of course necessitates a belief in the second personal coming of Christ; for the prophecy is that He is to sit upon David's throne, and to do this Christ must return to earth, for David never occupied any throne in any celestial sphere. But some of our orthodox friends say, " Oh, Christ is on David's throne, now; it simply means that He is to reign in our hearts." Friends, this is a miserable shuffle. Christ is to sit on David's throne, and I don't know whether David ever had a throne in your heart, he never had in mine. No! David reigned on Mount Zion, and that is where Christ is to reign, " The moon shall be confounded and the sun ashamed, when the Lord of Hosts shall reign in Mount Zion, and in Jerusalem,' and before His ancients gloriously."-Isa. xxiv, 23. Thus we maintain, that any message which leaves out the doctrine of our Lord's second coming, cannot be a perfect Gospel. This is no , mere theory with us, we claim Scripture for what we assert. Do you want to see what was considered a good confession of faith in Apostolic times, see what Paul wrote to Timothy (1 T'im, vi. 12)-" Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life, whereunto than art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. I give thee charge in the sight of God who quiekeneth all things, and before our Lord Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession." Now notice, the Apostle praises Timothy because he had witnessed a good confession, and he says Jesus also witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate. Nowwhat was the good confessionwhich our Saviour made before Pilate? I read of Jesus that He was led as a lamb to the_slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers ~is dumb, so

THE ORIGINAL" APOSTLES' CREED." By W. LAING. PART II.

IV. REGARDING the Apostles' Creed, we have yet another thing to ' notice-namely, that it is the creed appointed by God for the whole world, Jew and Gentile alike. That is a strong assertion, and requires to be well substantiated, and the proof we have to offer is such as this: "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born (or begotten) of God." (1 John v. 1). The same writer, referring to his

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narrative of the works and words of the Lord Jesus, declares" These things were written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through His name." (John xx. 3]). Yet, strange to say, the creeds of the day give this one no distinct . utterance! Instead of the formula: "I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God," we have simply-" I believe in Jesus Christ." But is not that confession sufficient! Yes, if the person using these terms means thereby to declare that he helieves in Jesus, as the Christ of God-His King anointed to reign on Mount Zion, the hill of His holiness. But the formula-" I believe in Jesus Christ," does not distinctly express that belief; and we know that many use it with the idea that Jesus Christ is the name and surname of the Redeemer, without any reference to His kingly office; so that their confession is not really a confession of the creed that Jesus IS the Christ. But, it may be objected, Does not the Apostle Paul in (Romans x. 9) assure us: "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved!" Most assuredly; but that is not contrary to John's testimony that, by believing that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, we have life through His name; for that is the belief concerning the Lord Jesus, which we are to confess with the mouth. All who, in Apostolic times, confessed with the mouth the Lord Jesus, confessed that He was the Christ. As an illustration of this truth, we point to the statement in John ix. 22, that if any man did" confess that He (Jesus) was the Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue." The confessing of that about Jesus, which led to expulsion from the synagogue, is exactly the truth by believing what the Apostle John tells us, we perishing sinners may have life through the name of the Lord Jesus. Here, we fancy, some will exclaim: But is that all a sinner has to believe about Jesus in order to be saved? Is His death for our sins to be made no account of? By no means. As a necessary consequence, all who believe that Jesus is the Christ, must believe-the whole Apostolic testimony regarding Him. Try to fancy it otherwise! But believing all that is written of Him, this must be believed and confessed, " Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God." In illustration of this, consider the remarkable case of the three thousand who were added to the church in one day (Acts ii. 22-41). These terror-stricken ones believed that Jesus was the Christ; and because they so believed, they at first were alarmed, and cried out-" Men and brethren, what shall we do?" They had not then obtained peace in believing: they needed to know more about Jesus-to know that there was remission of sins in His name, and that by Him all that believe are justified. The Apostle Peter knew more about Jesus that day than wheu at Csesarea PhiIippi he declared his belief that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God; yet his confession was as genuine then as it was when he bore witness for the same truth on the day of Pentecost. But here, at Jerusalem, he believed in his heart, and confessed with his mouth, that God had made that same Jesus who had been crucified both Lord and Christ, having raised Him from the dead to sit on the Throne of David, a Prince and a Saviour, to give" repentance to Israel, and the remission of sins." Such was the testimony the Apostles gave of Jesus wherever they went; such was the creed of the first Christians. Brief, yet comprehensive of all that the Prophets and Apostles have spoken of God's beloved Son. All who wish to have a sure ground of hope of life eternal, require to make this good confession. To do so, as the confession of their own faith, they must know who Jesus is, and what Ho has done for their salvation; and what the Christ is, and what He is to do, in order to confess intelligently that they believe Jesus to be the Christ, the Son of

the living God. The faith in Jesus that comes short of that, comes so far short of the creed of the Apostles and their converts. The question: Will God accept or save none who believe less than this? may probably be started here; but to it we have no authorised reply to offer. The matter of saving sinners belongs to God, and His mercy is infinite. In that mercy we hope. The Saviour is very pitiful and of tender mercy; and, whatever others may feel at liberty to affirm, the writer of this paper is not prepared to sayhow little knowledge 0 God's Son, or belief about Him, may render a sinner acceptable for His name's sake; but of this we are confident, that what we have described is the only creed to be believed and confessed in order to salvation, according to the teaching of the Apostles. "These things are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God; and that believing ye might have life through His name." "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God." "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." And so we find it recorded that, at Thessalonica, the "Apostle Paul, as his manner was, went into a synagogue of the Jews, and for three Sabbath days reasoned with them out of the Scriptures, openiug and alleging that the Christ must needst have suffered, and risen from the dead, and (saying) that this Jesus whom I preach unto you is the Christ." The translators of the authorised version made a most important omission when they left out the article before the word Christ here. The Greek is not Christ simply, but the Christ. So also in 1 Cor. iii.ll," Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus the Christ." In these days of so called "Advanced Reiigious Thought." and " Higher Criticism," these representations of ours will appear foolishness to many; and some may impatiently and scornfully demand" Why should the Father of all men suspend their salvation on their belief and confession of any particular thing regarding Jesus of Nazareth?" We are not sure that God has revealed His reason for this; we simply call attention to the revealed fact. The purpose of God shall stand, cavil who may. If the reader will, however, look at Phil. ii. 6-11, he will see that the appointment of God that all men should believethat Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and that believing they might have life through His name, is in entire harmony with what is written there: "Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, He humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth: and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." God has set His heart on the Son of His love; and determined that He shall be acknowledgedand obeyed by all in the heavens and in the earth. Such was the love of that Son to His Father, that in obedience to His will, He who had glory with the Father before the world was," appeared in fashion as a man, "made Himself of no reputation." became a servant of men, and obedientunto death. Therefore God hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name above every other; seated Him at His own right hand in the highest heaven, till His enemies be made His footstool,-when, in the panoply of the Father's glory, and of His own glory, and the holy angels with Him, he rides forth in majesty, King of kings and Lord of lords, to receive the homage and submission of all nations, peoples, and languages. And just as then, all who will share the blessedness of His righteous reign, must bow to Him, and confess that He is Lord-even so now, God wills to have His Son thus honoured and acknowledged by us sinners of the human race. And

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but one issue, and that-their return to their own land, under the protection of some power whose head shall be the False Messiah. In South Russia especially they have been treated with great violence; their houses and factories wrecked and pillaged, and themselves compelled to fly for their lives. ~ France has once more proved that the snake of its warlike tendencies, "was not killed, but scotched." After a short, almost bloodless, and inglorious campaign, the Bey of Tunis has become subject to France. Turkey has thus been somewhat further consumed, or dried up, having lost one of its smallest, but most fertile and wealthy African dependencies. Tunis, as a department of France, cannot fail 'to secure material development; and its c~pital may, possibly, revive some of its ancient greatness as the once famous Carthage, the Queen of the Mediterranean. Prophetic expositors have long taught that Northern Africa, fringing the Great Sea between Egypt and Gibraltar, would be separated from Turkey and divided between the Roman-Earth powers. Here then we have the commencement of the process. Thus whilst French statesmen think they are advancing purely patriotic ends, they are being used to work out the fast-ripening purposes of the unseen God. England has no vital interest in this question. Better that Tunis should be held by France than Italy, who already-in Sicilypossesses the land on the one side of this Mediterranean channel.
t:3"' Prince Alexander of Bulgaria has taken a singularly unexpected and arbitrary step, by suspending the Constitution of the State, and placing his own nominees in office, thus holding power completely in his own hands. We shall watch, with interest, the re~uit of this act. The fact that the Russian papers have been notified that they must not write anything against him, seems to savour of Russian advice to the above end, and of Russian designs upon the Principality of Bulgaria. The Prince bears a notable name-A lexander-and rules over part' of the Roman-empire earth, but Ge~Illan blood flowing in his veins, instead of Greek or Jewish, seems to unfit him for the part of Daniel's " wilful king," and Paul's" man of sin." t:3"' The Greek question daily drifts nearer war. With the two Powers massing troops on their respective frontiers, it is not to be expected that they will keep the peace long. The opinion gains strength that Turkey, covertly assisted by Austria and Germany, is acting in bad faith: and if Greece is to gain again her ancient territory, she must take it. Trusting in so doing to have, at least, the moral support of the other Western Powers. We believe Greece will be victor in this struggle. Fifty years ago there was but one man in Europe, not a. Greek, who-apart from prophecy-believed in a restored Greek nation. Now, Byron has many like-minded with him, as they mark what Greece has done in that interval, since she 'shook 'herself free from Turkish domination. What she has done, she will yet excel.

well we may, since God has so loved us, that He hath sent His onlybegotten Son into the world to be a propitiation for our sins. Herein, indeed, is love, not that we loved God, but that He so loved us, that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Come, then, and adore Him; 0 bow at His feet, And give Him the glory, the praise tbat is meet,

He who loved us, and gave Himself for us is the Messiah-the King of Israel, the King of the world-for the kingdoms of this world shall indeed, one day, and for ever, be the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever. Amen. [May be had, in tract form, of W. LAlNG,51, Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh. Price 6d. per dozen, or 4s. per 100.J

A DISTINGUISHED
[A Correspondent, G. C_ Herrlein, sends the" Graphic."-En.
'Us

JEW.
the following
extract

from

B.8.J

THERE are Hebrews who can trace their pedigree unbroken for interminable generations, but there is only one caete=-the Sephardimwho can with justice boast that their ancestors were always gentle blood. Of those Sephardim almost the last unmingled representative was the E~rl of Beaconsfield. A recent writer, working on the basis of incidental revelation of his own personality made by the late Earl in the course of his various writings, has discovered that the family of which he was undoubtedly a cadet, is no other than the illustrious house of Mendizibal y Mendoza, which gave princes, archbishops, and bishops innumerable to Spain, and which traces its descent to that Meshezabeal, Prince of Judah, who, as recorded in Neh. x. 21, sealed the covenant after the return of the Jews from captivity. The notice may probably appear somewhat far-fetched, but it derives some countenance from the two facts, that the name of Disraeli was avowedly assumed by the grandfather of the late Earl, and that" Ben-Disraeli " is the Hebrew anagram of " Mendizibal."

"WHAT
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THE

NIGHT?"

By "WATCHMAN." THE month has not been without its warnings. In the United States, 1,500 persons have been rendered homeless by the almost total destruction by fire of the town of Buenaventura, on the Pacific coast. In the territory of Dakota, 7,000 persons have been driven from their homes by the overflow of the Missouri River. A later despatch adds:Hundreds of miles of fertile land are under water, and many towns are inundated. Much distress prevails, and railroad traffic is seriously interrupted. From Italy we have intelligence of a strong earthquakeshock. at Paola, in Calabria. No material damage was, however, done. In Hungary, about 12,000 acres of cultivated land are flooded near Szegedin. In Asiatic Turkey, Bagdad advices report that the plague has not extended beyond the sanitary cordon, but is terrible in its ravages in the districts affiicted. The disease has become of a most virulent character, the persons attacked dying in ten hours. Fiji, in the Pacific, has been swept by a hurricane, which, though it lasted only a few hours, caused terrible destruction. No lives, happily, were lost. The disaster most nearly affecting us at home is the loss of H.M.S. Doterel, which blew up in the Straits of Magellan, South America, on April 26. Only twelve lives were saved, as against 143 wrecked with the doomed vessel. ~ God's ancient people are learning over again the oft-taught lesson of persecution. This now, seeing that the time is ripe, can have

II!;~:W The onward march of Science-a special feature of the last days -has received a new illustration at Berlin. Messrs. Siemens and Halske have laid down a new electric railway, of 1~ mile in length, on which they are running a tramcar-solely worked by electricity-at a. maximum speed of 18 miles per hour, this being as fast as the authorities allow them to travel.
t:3"' A contributor to the May number of the Atlantic Monthly, who has the ill-grace to sneer at Thomas Carlyle, says: "It is quite time that we should cease minding Carlyle's rococo airs and affectations; his antiquated struts and heroics reminding us now of John Knox, and now of Don Quixote; and his owlish, obscene hootings at the endless divine day which is breaking over all the earth. of our degenerate natm'e." How blind the eyes which see in this groaning creation,-with the vice, cruelty, bloodshed, and oppression of its human lords=-an endless divine day!" It is true as ever that men see not and desire not earth's

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true Redeemer and King. We, who see otherwise, gladly grant that a " divine day" is about to break over all the earth; but apart from the prophetic word, and the signs which herald the fulfilment thereof, there is nothing in this Kosmos itself, animate or inanimate, to declare that day as likely to be realised by the unaided efforts of men, or even the workings in 'grace of the Holy Spirit. It is coming! It is near! Because Christ is coming! Be'cause Christ is near! ' "Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."-Kosmos, May 16,1881.

CORRE

SPONDENCE.

I am glad to say that our work is still progressing. Our congregations are still larger th an we can deal with comfortably, and we are. constantly having additions to our Church membership. WfJ are also, doing what we can in the regions beyond, but our great lack is men; we, need more help. My earnest prayer to God is that He will send UB" from some quarter, helpers pf the right stamp, We have sold a quantity of books, and I could do with some more of certain kinds, &c. I have not been able yet to organise an' Assoeiation ' in NewZealand, but hope to do so by and bye. Of course I should connect it with t4e English Association.-George A. Brown, Corresponding Member.
10, Lorrimore-road, S.E" May 11, 1881. I enclose a bill of discussion which I have had with a Unitarian Minister. The attendance and attention on all three nights were excellent, and the result will I hope be good. The Unitarian in his last speech discarded the Bible in favour of individual jndgment in the matter. "Why do ye not, of yourselves, judge what is right." The audience appeared able to judge, from such tactics, that his position W~8 not" right" with the Word we so highly esteem. The famous Dr. Joseph Cook, of Boston, lectured last night in the Metropolitan. Tabernacle on "Does Death End All." A number of bills were given away at the doors afterwards, announcing an examination of it next Tuesday in a humbler building by yours faithfully, H. H. Horsman.

[We insert portions of two letters received from Mr. Brown since date of last communication in May number.-En. B.S.]
Auckland, New Zealand, Feb. 26, 1881. T~e work in New Zealand is still progressing. Many are coming to see that Christ is the only source from whence Immortality can be obtained, and they are rejoicing in the wisdom of Our heavenly Father in not permitting our fallen parents to eat of the Tree of Life, and in thus putting a limit to the existence of evil, and pr?claiming to the world that man stands before God as a mortal. Thank God for the message we have to proclaim. A message of life from the dead; through Him who gave His life as a ransom for us. May we never grow tired in this great work; but may our zeal grow intenser, and our knowledge become greater, concerning the things pertaining to the revealed truth of man's redemption, ' ' , I have jU,streturned from Port Albert (see Ghurch News, this issue), a place about 70 miles from here, where I have delivered five lectures. As a result, we hope to have a small chapel erected for the district. We have a piece of land given us, and all the money is provided for, with the exception of a few pounds. We hope (D.V.) to have it built in about ten weeks. Our great want is men-men whose hearts are full of God's love and their heads filled with Divine truth.' The' harvest is great. I pray God to ~aise up men of the right stamp, 'If you know of any, don't fail to let me know, or put me into communication with them, I do not want to take from you, but perhaps the Lord has some hidden ones in England, who are feeling the pressure on their hearts. March 28, 1881. Grace, mercy, and peace through our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Yours is a grand and noble work, and though you may not s~e, or feel satisfied, with results, be assured that He who neither slumbers nor 'sle?ps watches over the precious seed, and will in His own time and way bring forth an abundant harvest. Then you will be rewarded with fulness of joy and life for evermore. We do not sufficiently realise the grandeur and nobility of our work. yte are being used 'as instruments to give the world its last message, before the Lord comes; and to bring out a people to meet Him. We are engaged in defending the truth against the culmination of the devil's great lie. And, as we look around us and see the many errors which are ripening for harvest, we have need to thank" Our Father" for having taken our feet out of the mire and net, and for having brought us to see the blessed truths which find their root and blossom and flower all growing out of the" root out of a dry ground." Christ Jesus our Lord becomes to us transcendantly greater, as we view him in the light of 'Conditional Immortality!' His mission and work grows more intensely interesting, as we gather round and gaze upon Him as " God's Gift," and see in Him our" Life," our" Resurrection," our future glory. And when we take our position with Him as Heir of All Things, we stagger, as the vision bursts upon our minds. 0 that we could always, with the Apostle Paul, reckon that the trials, difficulties, and sacrifice of the present, are not worthy to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed, when He shall come. May we draw our succour 'and support from this blessed hope.
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Q.-" What does Paul mean by the expression "Absent from the body, present with the Lord? " A.-The answer to 2 Cor v. 8 is a simple one, as we have only to read the passage in the light of its context, for in no other way can 'we get at the mind of the Holy Spirit as set forth in the Word. And that, surely, is our only purpose. We have nothing to do with creeds; our search is for truth alone. Read 2 Cor. v. 2, "Earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven." It is not a disembodied but a bodied state Paul longs for-" to be clothed upon" "with our house" "from heaven." Undoubtedly, the "house" and" clothed upon" referred to in 1 Cor. xv., namely, the resurrection or glorified body. In 2 Cor. v. 4. he expressly deprecates any desire for the deathstate, "Not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon." "That mortalitu might be swallowed up of life." Now read 2 Cor, v, 8, "We are confident "-in Christ's translation and resurrection power, as set forth in 1 Cor, xv, "and willing rather to' be absent from the body" -the mortal and corruptible flesh-" and to be present with the Lord,"-in the glorified flesh of the resurrection-state, The passage is not, as generally quoted, "absent from the body, present with the Lord," but '~willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." Willing to exchange the corruptible for the incorruptible, to be clothed upon with incorruptibility. Surely, as all must grant, this incorruptibility is that of the res~rrection I As a matter of fact, the Bible contains nq revelation of any intermediate state. It deals with men only in their conscious life, present or' future, corruptible or incorruptible, and treats them during sleep as though they were not, all references to them being whplly future, when the promised resurrection will restore them to conscious life. It is in such conscious resurrection,life only that they exist in the Sacred Word.v-as the record of the Divine Mind. Q.-" What authority have you for stating that the Iileaning of the parable of the Rich Man and Lalt rus is the Jews and Gentiles, seeing

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his soul from purgatory; and that the executors refused to pay the legacy until proof should be forthcoming that the soul of the dead merchant had been really delivered." e"' The Toronto Evening Globe reports the following :-" A SEOEDER FROMTHE METHODIST Bonr.c-Vlctorie, B.C., April 29.-Methodist circles are stirred by the secession from their communion of the Rev. A. H. Smith, Superintendent of the Missions and head of the Church in the Province. Mr. Smith has declared his disbelief in eternal punishment." ~ The Glasgow Christian News has admitted a few letters on the subject of Immortality. The Editor, however, professes amazement that his correspondent should object to men being both dead and alive at the same time. He makes the common mistake of treating soul and spirit as one and the same thing, and because the latter "returns to God, who gave it," he considers the man has gone. He ignores, however, the grave difficulty, that the Scriptures do not distinguish between the spirits of the just and unjust, all alike returning to God. Thus, if the spirit is the man, then the wicked as well as the just-go to heaven at death. He must either admit this, or give up his unscriptural theory that soul and spirit are one and the same in man. e"' We have received a very encouraging communication from Lieut.-Colonel E. Armstrong (Corresponding Member), by which we learn that the truth of "Life only in Christ" is winning several believers and supporters in India. Several additional subscribers have been secured for the Bible Standard; e"' We are happy to state that arrangements are being made whereby a helper-well qualified for the work-will (D.V.) sail for New Zealand in the Autumn, as a colleague for Mr. G. A. Brown.

orthodox Christians refer generally to that for their foundation for a real hell and everlasting punisment ? " A.-(l). Because it is one of a series of parables, all teaching the same truth-God's gracious purpose to receive the Gentile world into His Covenant of Grace. Thus in Luke xv, 1,2, "drew near unto Him all the publicans and sinners for to hear Him,"-the representatives of the Gentiles. "The Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them,"-here we have the representatives of the Jews. "And He spake this parable unto them,"-the Jews, in reply to their complaint. Then follows the sketch of the lost sheep-c-tha Gentile race. Then the lost piece of silver-teaching the same truth. Then the sketch of the prodigal son-again setting forth the fortunes of the Gentile race. In eh, xvi, our Saviour applies these parables to His Jewish hearers, by sketching the case of an unjust steward, and the wisdom he displayed in ingratiating himself with his lord's debtor's; inculcating thereby the importance of winning for themselves the favour of God's Gentile debtors, that when their turn of power and blessing came they might deal kindly with the unfaithful Jewish stewards of their Divine Creditor. After this lesson of prudence Christ turns upon His Jewish auditors (v. 11-13) and denounces their unfaithfulness and unworthiness, saying" Ye cannot serve God and Mammon," alluding to their past neglect of Divine claims. For though He is represented as speaking (v. 1) to His disciples, it is clear from v. 14 that it was chiefly intended for the ears of His Jewish auditors, who also personally applied it. "And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided Him." Christ then turns upon them and speaks direct to them again (verses 15, 16)-specially mark v. 16,-" The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it," clearly establishing the ingathering of the Gentiles. Then follows the sketch in dispute (verses 19 to 31), which proceeds upon the same line of thought. Thus it can contain no reference to a disembodied or intermediate state, much less can it be a real description of two men, as then existent, one enjoying the bliss of heaven, the other the agony of hell. The very expression (in v. 23), Lazarus in Abraham's bosom, shows the meaning to be, the Gentile received into the privileges of the Abrahamic covenant. (2). You will mark the sketch introduces bodied, not disembodied persons; persons with all the natural attributes of physical lire. It is therefore inconsistent with the whole drapery of the sketch placed before us by the great word-painter to suppose that He is speaking of unbodied souls or spirits in a state between death and resurrection. If our orthodox opponents claimed only for this parable that it represented the condition of men after the 1'esurrection, this second objection would not hold: but seeing that they invariably demand it to be accepted as a real sketch of hell and heaven at that time-when spoken-it is fatal to their pretensions, and shows how hardly they are run to support their them"!!. We hold over for a future issue our replies to some further questions by the last-noted correspondent.

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LAMBETH BATHS, ONDON.-A three nights' discussion has been held L here between the Rev. G. Wooler, Unitarian, and Mr. H. H. Horsman, the subject being: "Is Man Immortal?" The former affirmed, the latter denied. The result will be found in our Correspondence column. 101, NORTHGATE, HALIFU;-On April 3rd, the Church meeting here had the pleasure of immersing five young persons, as additions to the fellowship thereof, after confession of faith in Christ as their Law-giver and coming King. BRADFORD, YORKs.-The Church meeting in the Temperance Hall continues its issue of a Local Edition of 500 Bible Standards monthly. These have met with a very encouraging public sale, which speaks well for the spirit of religious enquiry in the town. On May 15th, the Annual Collection was taken in aid of the funds of the Association. CHELTENHAM BAPTISTFREE CHuRcH.-The Balance Sheet-March, 1880, to March, lS81-shows a total income of 504 4s. 7d. This includes the amount raised for the Building Fund of the New Chapel. A very creditable total. TORQUAY LIFE ANDADVENT FREE CHURCH.-A series of open-air services was commenced here on May 22nd, when Mr. E. H. Taylor, of Teignmouth, delivered the address. A Bible Class is being held weekly at Dartmouth, conducted by Mr. H. Matthews. BUCKBURN.-Mr. Albert Smith, late Curate of the Parish Church, Withnell, has commenced a series of Sunday Evening Lectures-on . important Bible Truths-and of Friday Evening Bible Lessons, at the Operative Spinners' Institute. The series commenced on May 8th, when upwards of a hundred persons gave earnest attention to the word spoken on " Christendom Deluded." PORTALBERT,NEW ZEALAND.-Five Lectures have been delivered here by Mr. G. A. Brown, of Auckland, with the most happy results. A small chapel is being erected, for which the site has been given, and nearly the whole cost subscribed. This will be a Branch of the Church

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