bible standard august 1881

8/3/2019 Bible Standard August 1881

1/12

....i\I11llII1lll"1-nlly fT~IVEO THtWORDWITH AL L REAIJI--NESS OF M IND ANDSEA fTCNEO THE SCRIP-~r(jRS DAILYWNfTf / [R77IOSETNldCS WE RE S Oil fEREFORE MANYOF THEM~UV;fr~!l

~bt M tontb ll1 < ia id tt o f th e H

No. 11. Vol. IV. AUGUST, 1881. PRICE ONE PENNY.TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE142143143144145146

Conditional Immortality ..."What of the Night?" .. ,Notes, News, and ReviewsQuestion and AnswerCorrespondenceChurch and Mission News

PAGE146147148149150150

Special Notes, &c. . .." Pauline Theology" v. John Robinson, Jun.Jerusalem and Constantinople. Part n.'l'he Rich Man and Lazarus .The Coming King. Part V .Adam

COND IT IONAL IMMORTALI TYASSOCIATION,

PUBLISHING AND EVANGELISTIC.

posted. All subscriptions (or donations) shouldbe sent to the Secretary, CYRUSE. BROOKS,TheLink, Malvern, England.ADVXR1'ISEMENTS.-hreepence per line ofsevenwords. Space, Is. 6d. per inch per column.The avemge Monthly Circulation is near ThreeThousaaui copies.Latest date for News, 15th j Advertisements,18th.

SUBSCRIBING CHURCHES.Christian Churches 'or Missions-of every sec-tion of the Great Protestant Family-at Home,in the Colonies, and Abroad, are invited to unitewith the Association in Unsectarian MissionaryEnterprise as SUBSCRIBINGHURCHES,y makingan annual collection, offertory, or grant in aidof the General Fund. Such Churches or Mis-sions appear in the Annual Report, with place

and times of Services.

IS?DUE SUBSORIPTIONS.-Those Membel'S, Associates, and Subscribers who receivethe present number in a COLORED wrapper,will kindly regard it as an intimation thattheir Annual Subscriptions are now duethey will gTeati:y oblige by foruiardinq, asea1'ly as convenient, to the SECRETARY.

HODle, Colonial, and Foreign.

CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP.The acceptance of the Sacred Scriptures as theInspired Word of God and Rule of Faith andLife: of the Truth that Immortality and EternalLife are only obtainable through personal unionwith the Lord Jesus Christ.-" The Wages ofSin

is Death, but the Gift of God is Eternal Life,through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Rom. vi. 23),together with a subscription as follow: LIFEMEMBERS, single subscription ofFive POUnds;MEMBERS,n annual subscription of Two Shil-lings and Sixpence upwards; SUBSCRtBERS,nannual subscription of One Shilling upwards.Each of these receive the Annual Report, &c.;and when the Subscription amounts to 3s. 6d.per annum upwards, one or more copies of theBible Standard (the Official Organ) are statedly

THE BIBLE STANDARD.The Monthly Gazette of the above,- Rates ofSubscription for twelvemonths (from any date)post-free. The United Kingdom, Canada, am d .the United States: One copy, Is. 6d. ; two copies,2s. 6d.; four copies, 4s. Australia, New Zealand;and South Africa : One copy, 2s.; two copies,48.; four copies, 7s. India: One copy, 2s. 6d. ;two copies, 3s. 6d.; four copies, 6s. Specialrates (on application) for quantities for sale ordistribution. Show bills supplied.

MONTHLYTATEMENT,rom June 1st to 30th,1881.-New Members and Subscribers, S.-Sub.eriptions : J. H., 5s.; T. C. (France), 5s.; J. EB., 10s. 6d.; T. J. H., 5s.; W. W., 5s.; F. C.5s. Donations: Nil. Church Collections: Torquay,Devon,lOs. Conference Donations: C.E.B 1.


2/12

142 THE BIBLESECOND LIST OF DONATIONS.SPECIAL NOTES.

Kindly note that all communications and orders are to be aent to the Secreta.ry :SOLE POSTAL ADDREss-Cyrus Ec Brooks, The Link, MALVERN. .The Association, as such, assumes no rasponaibifity for ~he views expressed by Itsliterary contributors. Of necessity its members differ widely on mmo! poiute, andare held personally responsible for their communications. The same 18 true of theworks published by the Association.MONTHLY SUMMARY OF "EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE."

JUNE CORRESPONDENCE MEETING.Resolved: (1) That Representative Members o~ Executive Committeebe in the proportion of one to each fifty Associauon Members and Sub-

scribers. Mr. W. H. Miller, of Liverpool, was added thereto.(2) The Secretary to issue to Members of Executive, with Mont~lyBalance Sheet, a digest of business. Votes to be. returned to him.

When the voting is practically unanimous such portions of digest to beentered and acted on as Resolutions; but otherwise to be held over forfurther consideration .. (3) That a suitable Monthly Summary of proceedings of Executive beprepared by the Secretary, and published in 1}ible Standard, for theinformation and interest of Members and Subsoribers.(4) That the Annual Appeal for Special Conference Donations, apI,learin the July and following issues of Bible Standard ; and that SIXtyPounds be asked for, so that the General Fund might be left at libertyto meet otber, and pressing, claims.(5) That 2~ per cent. be added to commission on Authors Publishing.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE APPEAL.The Executive Committee earnestly appeals to the Members,Subscribers, and Friends of the Association, for funds toenable it to meet the ex pense s of the

FOURTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE,To be held (D.V.) at

BRADFORD, YORKSHIRE,On TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY,

SEPT EM B ER 6th, 7th , a n d 8th, 1 881 .To organize the Conference on the scale of previous yearsthe sum ofSIXTY POUNDS,Will be required. Towards which prompt and generousdonations are invited. With the pressing claims made uponthe General Fund, it is imperative that the whole expense ofConference be ,-this year,-specially subscribed. Donationswill be thankfully received and acknowledged by :-

ROBERT J. HAMMOND, Treasurer,62, Maida Vale, London, W.andCYRUS E. BROOKS, Secretary,The Link, Malvern.MR. ALBERT SMITH.

We have received the following letter in reply to ours of June 23I'd:-36, Walsh Street, Blackburn, June 24th, 1881.

Dear Brother,I received this morning from you cheque value 16 4s. Od.I should be glad to have the addresses of those who have so kindlycontributed; I may not, however, be able to write soon to all individ-ually, and would thank them generally, yet sincerely. through you, oryuur columns. Their kindness is a testimony to me that love for thetruth, and sympathy for those called upon to suffer for it, are yet realities,even in this adulterous and sinful generation. I therefore thank Godand take courage; being more than ever determined to fight the goodfizht of faith, and to lay hold on eternal life, according to the goodc~nfession we made in the sight of many witnesses.Allow me also to thank you personally for having so kindly, andunsolicited, taken such an interest in my welfare. I don't doubt it has

given you sincere ple~sure; for whil~ it is sometimes blessed to receive,it is l1W1'e blessed to give thau to receive. .May the Lord preserve us faithful unto the coming of His Kingdom.

Yours in the blessed hope of immortality,A. SMITH.

In inserting the second list of donations, we further express our mosthearty thanks to those whose sympathy has been thus, practically,.shown.

STANDARD .

s. d.Previously acknowledged 21 4 0Mrs. M. H. L. 1 0 0Collected at LinCOln,}perW. Mortimer, G.1'. M., 2s. 6d.; Mr.H., 2s. e a., Mrs. G., 0 18 62s. ea., Mr. M., 2s.6d; Mr. W., 2s. 6d.;W. B., 2s. 6d.; Mr.R., 2s. 6d.; S. G., Is.

J.M ................Rev. R. T. H .MissE.M. L .......A.A ...........J. C...........Collected at MaberlyChapel, London, perJ. Langton and R. G.Lundy, A Friend, 2s.6d.; W.D. R., Is.;A. C. P., Is. : A. S.,5s.; W. R. G., 1;A. W., 2s. 6d.; Mr.

0760260500261 1 0

C., 5s.; H. G., 2s. 6d.;R.D.,3s.; Mr. H. 5s., ;A. C., 3s. 6d.; Mrs.G., 2s. Od.;W. J., 5s.;E. F., lOs.; J. V. S.,5s.; W. R., 2s.; R.G. L., 5s.; Anon., 2s.;Mr. H., 5s. sa ., B.O.,2s. 6d. ;H.W., 3s. 6d. ;O.B., 5s.; 1. 0., 2s.6d.; F. D. M., 5s.;A. W.,ls.; J. M., 2s.;C. J. H., 2 2s.; G.A. G., Is. 6d. ; T. K.,2s. 6d.; Mrs. M., 5s. ;Mr. C., 5s.; F. D., 5s.;Mr. B., 5s.; Mr. H.,5s.; Mr. H., 2s. 6d.;Mr. B., 2s. ea., Mr.A., 2s.; J. L., 5s.

TO MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS.18:'" WE are glad to announce the formation of a Branch AssocJamestown, for the Colony of South Australia. Though smabeginning (seven members) it is composed of earnest workers, alarge and untouched field of labour. In this work we see theGod. In 1879, a sincere disciple of the Truth (Mrs. Alice TuLiverpool,) sailed from London for the above colony; after sJamestown, prayerful enquiry led her into fellowship withkindred mind, and now, anxious to be scattering the seed oftruths, they have launched hopefully their ark of Divine Trutmuch blessing follow their endeavour. The Secretary is MrGlover, Jamestown, Belalie, South Australia. We hope, ere,have similar news to report for Queensland.

rg- We invite your special attention to the Conference Apbeing made in our columns, for means to enable the Executive Cto meet their share of the expenses, without trenching on theFund.r3" We are reprinting the paper which appeared in last issueDestiny of Mankind "-as a 16 page tract, demy 16mo. These

ready by 1st Aug., and may be had post-free at 8d. per doz.be glad to receive orders for the same.r3" The programme of next Conference will appear in

September issue, which will be published on or about August 25to reach our readers a full week before the Conference comVisitors desiring lodging arrangements to be made for them areto communicate with the LOCALSECRETARy-M1.Waiter Clark,street, Bradford, Yorkshire. Will friends having suggestionsfor the consideration of Conference, kindly forward them directMalvern, that they may be classified, and included in the dCommittee?Et'" Miss E. M. Leishman, 3, Queen's Crescent, Edinburgh,

"Should be so much indebted if you would bring beforeparents that I am quite prepared to receive pupils, and geducational advantage." We can cordially recommend Miss LeEstablishment to any of our friends desiring to place their chilsound, reliable Boarding-school.6" A Bath resident writes :-" Could you inform me if there

Christian friends living in this city, known to you as holdingof Life and Immortality, taught in the Scriptures, for I havdifficulty to meet with any person who is fully persuaded and iin these important doctrines?" We shall be' glad to put anycommunication with the writer, if they will kindly write to us d6" We deeply regret the delay in the issue of "Pauline Tand more especially as-in perfect confidence that it would bewe announced it in July issue as ready. We have now, howreason to expect any further delay, and therefore hope to havefor it executed by the time this reaches our readers.

I f ,W Our plan for enlarging The Bible Standard has notmuch favour on the part of the Committee; we therefore hdrawn it. Our friends, also, prefer the accustomed size of pageit enables them to preserve the paper for binding. We shallaim to give some increase of reading matter by the partial uscolumns, instead of two,-as per front page.S'" We greatly regret to have to hold over two articles

letters which are in type, but the pressure upon our space gioption. Other letters and articles shall appear as early as poss


3/12

THE BIBLE STANDARD . 143PAU LIN E TH EO LOG Y v. JO HN R OB IN SO N, JUN .

TO continue our review: On page 15, J.R.J. says, on Ra/n. vi. 23, "Forthe wages of sin is death,"-" Wages are never paid to a dead

man, nor can they be to a person annihilated: but invariably to a livingintelligence. The meaning is Death may be wrought for, and aswages, is earned; but the nature of the death so earned is not evenhinted at ever so remotely." True, wages are "invariably paid to aliving intelligence," and it is as a living, bodied intelligence that manstands before God in judgment to receive his wage, and that wage (ofsin) is DEATH. When, however, such wage is received, life and intelli-gence ceases-death follows. It is not necessary that its nature shouldbe "hinted at." It is self-evident. The word conveys its own meaning.A meaning with which men from Adam downwards have been perfectlyfamiliar. We light candles in the dark, not light. We need meaningsgiven for parable and allegory, but not for simple lexical teaching.Death here is clearly the antithesis of life-ceasing to be.On page 16, J.R.J. remarks, on 2 Cor. ii. 15: "We are unto God a

sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;to the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other thesavour of life nnto life." "Those who are saved pass from lower tohigher degrees of life, and the inference is, forever; while those whoperish, sink from death to death, with the same inference, eternally. Nothing can more clearly indicate the utter dissolution of thattie which would otherwise have bound them eternally to the fountain oflife and felicity; but which being dissolved, permits them to drift offinto a starless eternity of unrelieved sorrow and anguish, than this oft-repeated declaration-they shall die!" J.R.J. will suffer us to remindhim that the Word of God knows only two lives-soulical and spiritual-the (present) natural, the (future) spiritual: his inference of aneternal succession of lives is therefore his, not God's. Also that it knowsonly two deaths (except the figurative one of the present state of thewicked). The first death (natural), and the "second death" (at thejudgment); his inference of an eternal succession of deaths is also, there-fore, his, not God's. As a gospel of J.R.J. we may recognize his teach-ings, but not as "the Gospel of the Blessed God." The words abovecited read: thanatou eis thanaton (of death into death) zoes eis zoen (oflife into life). They need no comment-such as that supplied above byJ.R.J.-to the wicked (the Apostle declares) the Gospel-ministry is as asavour of death here to death hereafter; to the righteous, of life hereunto life hereafter,-the death figurative to the death real; and thezo e of promise unto the so e of fulfilment; the life of the sanctifiedflesh into the life of the glorified flesh.On the same page a quotation-as follows-is given from" Pauline

Theology"-" Oh what shall that life be, which shall know neithergrief nor gloom; and which shall be interminable as the years of God!And what shall that death be whose darkness shall be unbrokenthroughont the mighty roll of everlasting ages!" J.R.J. irrationallyand rudely says-" To which sublime twaddle, we reply, 'Nothing,literally nothing, since annihilation is meant thereby; nothing but theblank, empty, much-to-be-coveted Paradise of every defiant rebel againstthe sovereignty of the King of kings! ' The mighty roll of everlastingages,' may be a very poetic phrase, but it conspicuously fails to educe a,something out of nothing." We almost feel it a degradation to put pento paper to answer such a flippant writer, but since good may come tothe cause we espouse, we proceed.According to J.R.J. the destruction of the wicked is "nothing, literally

nothing." How different to Milton's conception thereof (book ii. 140.)To be no more; sad cure! for who would lose, though full of pain, thisintellectual being, these thoughts that wander through eternity? ' Howdwarfed becomes the believers reward, if to lose it is "nothing"? How

unworthy our attention becomes the Gospel of "good tidings," if to losit is "nothing?" How puny the love of God" God so loved the world,'since to lose that love is "nothing." How worthless the gift of Christ" He poured out His soul unto death," since the loss of what His deathpurchased is "nothing?" How undesirable hecomes the proffered gift o"eternal life," "I give unto My sbeep eternal life," since to miss tbatlife is "nothing, literally nothing?" But who is it that thus aspersesour most cherished convictions, and robs us of our hope? It is JohnRobinson, jun., the accepted champion of Methodist Theology; whothus takes from the Christian his reward-spoils the Gospel of its"good tidings."-the love of God of its power-the gift of Christ of itsvital charms-the possession of "eternal life" of its value! But did hemean this? Certainly not. His hatred of Scripture. truth-because itcontradicted Methodist-tradition-e-led him into the use of an expressionwhich means more, much more than he had thought. But which alsoserves to advance the cause of the truth-he kicked against-by showinghow terrible is the loss of the sinner, involved in his future destruction;so that it is, indeed, the reverse of J.R.J's. flippant" nothing, literallynothing." Moreover, J.R.J. is thereby placed in the position of contradicting himself! On the same page, he says, in response to thequestion-"What shall that life be, which shall know neither grief norgloom; and which shall be interminable as the years of God! "-"glorious and happy beyond conception." So do we say a180,but clearly,to forfeit that life, is something more than J.RJ. has thoughtlesslydescribed it! Something other than a "much to be coveted Paradise."To be eternally cut off, by the Divine sentence of Capital Punishment,from a life" glorious and happy beyond conception," is not to "educe asomething out of nothing."We purpose to continue the consideration of this subject in our next

issue. JERUSA LEM AND CONSTANTINOPLE. PART n.

By ALLANB. MAGRUDER.THE Turk utterly fails to comprehend, far less to move, in the march ofWestern civilization, or in those ideas ofunion and co-operation of racesand nationalities which impel modern nations to unity and consolidationfor common defence and protection. A gloomy, irresponsible, station-ary despotism, holding by a long-tolerated usurpation the gatewaybetween two continents, and controlling that high-road of the commerceof the world, they have desolated and destroyed where other nationswould have built up and blessed. Stern and intractable in nature, liketheir kinsmen, the Jews of old, they remain" uncircumcised in heartand ear." The whole world has witnessed a recent illustration of theirstubborn resistance alike to argument, persuasion and remonstrance,addressed to them by the great Powers of Europe, before the breakingout of their late war with Russia. These warned her of her utterdefeat, if she rejected the terms of peace offered-a result now realized,and to be charged to her own persistent obstinacy and folly.That the march of events and the progress of civilization is now drift-

ing eastwardly is daily becoming the confident discernment and thecertain conclusion of those whose opportunities best enable them tostudy, with advantage, the several phases of political, social and inter-national movements as they appear in the unfolding panorama ocurrent history.The long bondage and the cruel persecution of the children of Israel,

their banishment from the land of their fathers, their dispersion amongall nations, their singular preservation and their peculiar isolation, withtheir distinctive habits and even their personal and physical dissimilarity to all other people, is now and has been for centuries past,marvel, a miracle explicable only on the conceded exercise of omnipo


4/12

144 THE BIBLE STANDARD .tent power. It is the Divinewillwhiohhas brought about such unusualresults, and it is only when weturn awayfrom the impotence of humanlearning to the sure word of prophecy in the Bible, the only sourceofinfallible truth and wisdom, that we are able to solve the mystery.What" Moses in the law and the prophets did write," history recordsas true, and we Gentiles, as well as the descendants of Abraham, arewitnesses, however involuntary, of its verity.Look, too, at the land and country of this wonderful people. Where

else on the faceo f the wholeearth, do we behold a land dispeopled ofits native inhabitants? Onoe the glory of all lands, teeming with allthe elements of fertility and wealth, the birth-place and the cradle-landof the human race, sustaining in the prodigal abundance of the fruitsof the earth, the densest population on any soil, the scene and theatreof the grandest events iu human history and the home of the mostrenownedrace ofwhomtradition gives us any record, this land is now,and for more' than eighteen centuries past has been, a desolatewilderness, an arid desert, a blasted monument of Divine wrath, awreckand ruin, unfit for human habitation. Yet, history tells us thatthis wasted land, by reasou of its holy memories, its sacred assooiations,its marvellous history, has been covetedas a prize, and its reooveryandconquest ardently desired bymighty kings and imperial monarchs, who,during its long desolations have sent forth numerous well-appointedarmies, inspired by the most earnest oourage and the most fervidsuperstitions, commanded by the most renowned kings and oonquerors,to rescue its possession from the Saracens and Turks, and to restore itto something of the fame and grandeur of its ancient glory. Yet allthese almost superhuman efforts have failed deplorably,ending in signaldisaster and overthrow, with the loss of millions of treasure and thesacrifice of hecatombs of human viotims to those who have attemptedthe vain task ofits recovery.To the student of Divine Prophecy the failure of the crusaders to

recover the Holy Sepulchre and to achieve the rescue of Jerusalem fromthe infidel Moslem is no mystery. Success in such an enterprisewould have been a clear and open contradiction of God's word,declared in prophecy, that thus it should be. Had the lion-heartedKing of England with his allies of France, Germany, Spain and Italy,been duly informed of this prophetio word, Europe might, at that day,have turned a deaf ear to the fanatical appeals of ambitious Popes, tothe ardent harangues of Peter the Hermit, and to the superstitiousexhortations of the grossly ignorant clergy, and thus have saved theirunhappy subjects and soldiers from the impoverishing exactions andthe wide-spread sufferings of these destructive crusades. Such, how-ever, was not the Divine programme, and such have ever been, to kingsand peoples, the sad consequences of ignorance of the Holy Scriptures.As they wouldnot be fore-warned, howcould they be fore-armed?Thus weseethe cause of the failure of the crusades. It is found in

the Biblefact that the time for the emancipation of Jerusalem and therestoration of the scattered people of Israel had not come. But as thetime is nowcome,according tothe surewordofprophecywhich declaredthat "Jerusalem should be trodden down of the Gentiles until thetimes of the Gentiles be fulfilled; "-that "if the casting awayof Israelbe the reconciling of the Gentile world, what shall the receiving(restoration) of them be but life from the dead?" the era of herredemption and rescue, long foretoldin prophecy, is nowat hand. Thesecond crusade, inaugurated by the pending downfall of ~Turkey inEurope, will be crownedwith success, for the mouth of the Lord hathspoken it. It is at Constantinople that Jerusalem is to be delivered.The expulsion of the Turks from Europe, the pending mission ofmodern diplomacy, or the stern arhitrament and mandate of war, nowalmost in process of execution, means the release of Palestine from theMoslemyoke, and the consequent restoration of the peopleof Israel to

the land of their fathers, for we are nowon the eve of that pewhich is the set time to build up Zion," and to restore" the wplaces ofmany generations."It is not, however,with reference to this special result,-desira

as that is,-that we advertto the subject here. It is i n connectiongreat and world-wideevents, associated with the comingdownfalloMoslemdespotism as a part of the European system of internatipolity, that we are chiefly concerned at present. This event isinitial blowwhich breaks in pieces that system, and in its consequeinvolvesthe grand finale of the times of the Gentiles, and will endgreat epoch in history and prophetic chronology,and thus closeupand introduce another Bibleera.Thus the fall of Turkey forms the seoond stage of the ope

Eastern Question, and necessarily works the liberation of PalesJerusalem, and God's ancient people, the Jews, from the Moslemand effects ultimately the emancipation and enfranchisement owholeEastern World. It is this that gives it supreme significanthe eyesofenlightened men, and invests the subjeot with deep inteto all intelligent observers of events nowlooming up in the Orihol'izon-events which,interpreted in the light ofprophecyand histbecomethe harbingers of the speedy solution of the great problethe destiny ofnations.It is not to be supposed that these stupendous results of the fuabout todawnonus-this newGenesisof organization-is to occurwout due notice and warning in the Divine Reoord. Thus to concwould be to ignore that solemn assurance in prophecy, "SurelyLord will donothing, but He revealeth His secrets to His servantsprophets," and that other admonition of the New Testament, eqexplicit: "You have a more sure word of prophecy to which youwell that you take heed, as unto alight that shineth in a dark puntil the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts." Accordweare not surprised to findthe comingfate of these children of Ishmand Esau, the modern Turks, and of the country whose dominion'have so long usurped, prefigured to us in prophecy, nowtranslaitself into history.The recent tragic death ofAlexandern,Czar of Russia, removeobstruction in the path to the speedy culmination of the Eas

Question; and the accession of the Emperor Alexander Ill, who,well known,is both aggressive and belligerent, will rapidly hastenend. Meantime wewatch and wait.

Virginia, U.S., America. THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.

By R. PHILLIPS.N0W that the word Hades is imported bodily into the text of

RevisedEnglish Version in everyinstance of its occurrence inGreek, the ordinary English reader will be better able to form a coidea in regard to the state of the dead between death and resurrecIf the Revisers of the OldTestament followthe samerule with regaSheol as those of the Newhave donewith Hades, or even if they noin the margin wherever they do not insert it in the text, the evidfor forming a judgment willbe complete."What's the meaning of the word Hades?" will now be

question, My answer will be-a poetical term for the grave. Bwill naturally be objected," it is spoken of as a place of life."doubtedly, but speaking of it thus does not make it so. All the natof antiquity-both Jews and Greeks and barbarians, spoke of itpopulous underworld, and no doubt came to believe this. It wfavouritesubjectwiththe-poets,being indeedacreation ofthe poeticmAnd yet it is quite the exception in Scripture to find it spoken of


5/12

THE BIBLE STANDARD. 14place of life. There is only one such use of it in the NewTestament,Luke xvi. 23. And howmany in the Old? About two. And that is,and let us mark the significanceof the fact, out of about 73 instancesin which the words Sheol and Hades occur,-(62 in the Oldand 11inthe NewTestament). In onlythree or four instances is it spoken of asa place of life of any sort. It is quite true that there are instances inwhich a sort of life is attributed to the dead, but such language isplainly poetical andrhetorical, as I think can be easily shown. Thus:-Isaiah xiv. 9-11, "Hell (margin the grave) from beneath is moved

for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee,even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from theirthrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak and say untothee, art thou alsobecomeweak as we? art thou become like unto us?Thy pompis brought downto the grave, and the noise of thy viols: THEWORMS SPREADNDERTHEE,ANDTHEWORMSOVERHEE."(15.) "Thou shalt be brought down to hell to the SIDESOFTHEPIT."The wordhell, in the 9th and 15th verses, and the grave, in the 11thare the same in Hebrew, Sheole-Hades.c=by whichit is represented inthe Septuagint. Again:-

Ezek. xxxi. 15-16, "Thus saith the Lord God; in the day when hewent down to the grave . I made the nations to shake at theBoundof his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descendinto the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon,all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of theearth." xxxii, 21, "The strong among the mighty shall speak tohim out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gonedown, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword." (27)" And theyshall not lie with the mighty that are fallen ofthe uncircumcised, whichare GONEDOWNOHELLWITHTHEIRWEAPONSFWAR:ANDTHEYHAVELAIDTHEIRSWORDSNDERTHEIRHEADS,ut their iniquities shall beupon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in theland of the living." In these verses also the word Sheole-Hadee-c-istranslated the grave and hell. Can anything be more plain than thatthis is poetry? The great fact of the overthrow of these kings andnations has been thrown into this solemn, and startling form, in orderto make it more terrible and impressive: and to carry it home tomen's minds and imaginations in a way that sober languagewould failto do. The wordswhich have been printed in capitals ought to preventany misconception on our part, as to the nature of Hades.Nowthis Old Testament use of this kind of language has a most

important bearing on the story of Dives and Lazarus. I say story,because I do not consider it a parable anymore than a narrative offacts, but a pictorial representation of solemn truths; the imagery beingborrowed from descriptions of the world of the dead, common amongthe Jews at this period. "But," it willbe said, "if it is as you say,such languag1 is very misleading." I answer: so is all language onsuch subjects, more or less. God follows men into all the errors inwhich they have gone astray, and treats with them,-where they areand as they are. Christ found men holding this belief, and left themholding it. He did not lead them at all in the matter, either into it orout of it. Moreover,have not the words "This is my body" misledmillions? But," it may be said," If the language is not mislead-ing, it tends to confirm the hearers in, what you consider, a super-stition," undoubtedly, if they misconceived the object and purposeof it. But what is to guarantee us against misconception if weare taken up with the sign, rather than the thing signified; theframe, rather than the picture; the human garniture of language,rather that the divine body of thought? "But there is nothingin this story to guard us against taking it literally, such as onefinds in the passages cited from the Old Testament." This is not so.In the latter the slain multitudes are represented as going down

bodily into Hades, whole and armed; nothing is said about souls anspirits; and it is the same in Luke, nothing is there said about thsoul or spirit of either the rich man or Lazarus. How can this bexplained if Christ is here drawing aside the veil from the unseeworld, as some suppose? Howmuch more reasonable it is to undestand that our Lord is here appealing to men's fear of the futurthrough their imagination, in the only way in which it was possibunder the circumstances, to give His audience adequate conceptionsthe gravity and solemnity ofthe truths to be taught?Let us turn to Rev. xx. 13, " The sea gave np the deadwhich werei

it; and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them.What can be plainer than this, that Hades is simply the realm of thburied dead! If it were the world of departed spirits, as some vainsuppose, would not all the dead come from thence? But here Hadecontains a part only of the dead; that is those who have been burieunder the ground. Thosewhohavebeendrownedorburied inthe sea anot in Hades; and those who have neither been buried nor drownebut burnt to death or devoured bywild beasts, are represented, notcoming from any locality, but as given up by a power that has hethem in secret captivity.-Bristol.

THE COMING KIN G. No. V.A Lecture delivered. in Mint-lane Chapel, Lincoln.By REV. H. B. MURRAY.BUTthen there is another wordused inGreekforLord, the wordKurioand Liddell and Scott give the meaning of this as one "havinpower and authority over men, one who is principal, or chief," henkuriotes, signifying power, rule, dominion. Sothe word Lord, as applito Christ, points Him out as the principal or chief ruler, the one whosoon. to take up and exercise supreme power and authority overmeHe IS to be the "Lord" of the whole earth, for "God hath highexalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name; that the Dameof Jesus everyknee should bow, of things in heaven, athings in earth, and things under the earth; and that everytongshould confess that Jesus the Christ is LORD(kurios), to the gloryGod the Father."But He is not only our Lord; He is our Lord Jesus; our despoMaster died for us; He loves us intensely. If Heweremerely a mighdespotic sovereign, wemight dread Him, but when our Lord is also oSaviour, we learn to loveHim. Youall knowthe meaning of the wo"Jesus." It means" Saviour." When Gabriel came to Mary, he sa" Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people frotheir sins." So, to confesswe believe in Jesus, means we confessbelievein a Saviour, and that implies that wehave realized ourselvescondemned sinners beforeGod, forif wehavenot fully realized our guand condemnation before God, wecannot intelligently be looking to tLord as our Saviour, for it is evident that none but sinners needSaviour. To own the Lord, then, as "Jesus," is an evidence thatare looking to Him, and trusting in His precions blood for eternal aeverlasting redemption; thus He is Lord, and Jesus, and the Christ.The meaning of the word Christ we have already considered; thweseethat there is a completeround of truth in the very name of tSaviour. To clearly grasp and act upon all that is contained in thgreat name, willmake us earnest, activeChristians. We shall obeyaserveHim as our Lord. We shall lovinglyconfide and trust in Himour Saviour. And we shall watch and wait for His coming again, whHe shall be manifested as "the Christ," the anointed King of Israand of the world. These are the things concerning the name, LorJesus 1 Tbe Christ 1 This is the grand confession of the Christireligion, and if, clearly grasping" the things concerning the name,"can sayfrom our hearts, I believe in the Lord, Jesus, the Christ-thais saving faith.And now, dear friends, there is a great honour and a great responbility laid upon us. We are calledupon to be witnesses ofthese truthand weought to delight to seek to spread them, for wehave a messaof joy and hope for the world. The night is dark, but as the Lorwatchmen wecry, "The morning cometh," when the beams of holinfrom the morning sun shall scatter and disperse the night mistsiniquity and sin. All true men will delight in the message. There asome Christians, I know,who seemto be just a little timid about tLord's coming; bow strange l=-timid about the rising of the sun; timto think that faint beams of light are already streaking the eastehorizon, and that soonthe daywillbreak, and tbe worldwill be floowith light from on high. Why, 'tis only the bats, tbe night-owls,


6/12

1 4 6 THE BIBLE STANDARD .night-hawks, that dread the return of light 1 The flowers lift up theirheads, the birds sing, and all nature seems to laugh when the sunrises,-" Weeping may endure in the night, but joy cometh in themorning." "My beloved is mine and I am His, until the daybreak andthe shadows flyaway."Dear friends, in connection with the truths we have been consideringwe may see a very blessed sign of the times. You know our Lord said-

" This Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for awitness, and then shall the end come." Now our orthodox friends whenthey send out missionaries -preaching " eternal hell- fire and the love ofGod for men," think that they are fulfilling that Scripture. Brethren,they are doing nothing of the sort. The Gospel which they preach isnot the Gospel of the kingdom, and it was the Gospel of the kingdomwhich our Lord said was to be preached in all the world, for a witness,before the end could come. That, Gospel, has not yet been universallypreached. But blessed be God! the sound is now going out unto theends of the earth, and that is a sign that the end is near. We have abrother-dear to many of us-who is busy over in New Zealand preach.ing this Gospel. We have brethren in Australia, brethren in India,brethren in Canada, all proclaiming it. God is raising up men todeclare it in our own beloved island. In America there are tens ofthousands of brethren proclaiming with one heart and voice the comingof the King to set up His kingdom. They are uttering the dsar oldapostolic cry-" Repent, for the kingdom is at hand."But Christ will not come until all the nations have been warned thatHe is coming. "This Gospel of the kiugdom must be preached in allnations for a witness, then shall the end come." Thus, dear friends,there is a grand work for us to do, for inasmuch as we seek to spreadabroad the knowledge of His coming, we are really helping to bring thatcoming nearer: and surely every true-hearted man, who feels the sad.ness and suffering of the world, will delight to think that he may bedoing his part to hasten on the coming and kingdom of the Lord.Just one word, brethren, don't forget that this Gospel is only to be

preached for a witness. You must not expect everybody to believeyour testimony, they will not; therefore do not get downhearted if youdo not see large results from your witness; do not think because thereare not immediate results that there will not be ultimate results; wehave nothing to do with results, we have only to sow the seed. Youknow, brethren, the farmer sows his seed in faith of a future rising up.Tbe seed is lost to sight, the wintry winds pass over it, the storms andfloods beat down upon it. All seems bleak, barren, and hopeless, butthe farmer waits on, and hopes on, and bye and bye the sun shines out,and at last the glorious golden harvest comes.So it is with us, let us sow our seed in faith, nothing doubting, andbye and bye the winter will be over and past, the time of the singing ofbirds will have come, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healingin His wings, and the seed so long sown and buried He will cause togerminate and fructify, and fill the world with its fruit: and thenGod's promise shall be fulfilled, " the world shall be filled with the gloryof the Lord, as the waters cover the bed of the sea."

ADAM.By S. BARIKG GOULD.

WHEN God made Adam of the dust of the earth, Adam lay on theground without life and motion. There were the eyes, but they

saw not; the ears, but they heard not; the feet, but they walked not;the hands, but they handled not.Then God breathed into him the breath of life, and all at once man

lived and moved; the eyes looked about and saw things plainly; theears heard the sound of the birds, and the wind rustling the leaves;Adam started to his feet and walked; put forth his hand and grasped thefruit and the flowers of Eden.Years passed away. One day Adam lay down on the earth, his eyes

closed, his hands and feet became motionless, he ceased to hear. Thebeautiful machinery of his body had ceased to act; the breath of lifehad been withdrawn. He was dead.What was it that made Adam live, and move, and think, and see, and

hear, and act?It was the breath of God in him; and that breath was his life,-

without it he was a mere piece of beautiful clock- work, put skilfullytogether. The breath of life was that which set him in motion andkept him in activity, and made all his members perform their allottedparts.-From S. Baring Gould's "Village Conferences on the Creed."Selected by H. Brittain.

"CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY."[From the Chorley Standard.]

SIR,-In your issue of June 4th you published two letters from thBishop of Manchester, addressed to me, on " The Immortality

the Soul," and in your issue of June 18th, you were candid enoughpublish my reply to the Bishop's first letter. Sickness and other causeprevented me replying at the time to the Bishop's second letter; bnow, with your permission I gladly do so, through the medium of youcolumns, that my reply may have the same publicity as his letter.First, then, I would remind his Lordship that he has not met any

the arguments of my first letter, except with the very general, andmy mind, very wicked charge that the Bible can be made to " provalmost anything." If the Bible were such a book it would be unworthof our confidence; and if so, why did not the Bishop with his ' ingenioumethod,' and all his learning too, try to prove my position unscripturaAnd how is it, too, that though 100 reward was offered publicly, at oof my lectures in Blackburn, to anyone who could prove the immotality of the soul from the Scriptures, no one has yet appearedchallenge this reward, by trying this 'ingenious method.' Thisstrange, to say the least, since the clergy are notoriously like tPharisees of old (Luke xvi. 14, new version), 'lovers of money,' annearly always begging; yet, though his Lordship charges us who hoimmortality to be conditional, with 'absurd ignorance,' none of theventures to meet us, either to do battle for the truth, or to make goodclaim for the money they evidently stand in need of so much! Ispossible the special ignorance mentioned may be found on the othside? Let' us see. The Bishop, with wonderful naivete, seemsthink it sufficient for his argument (? ) to say' Look,' at such and sutexts I And yet he indirectly admits that the doctrine for whichcontends has NOT been held' by all sections of the Church of ChrisThis is an important admission; and implies that we may belong, The Church of Christ,' in the estimation of a bishop even, and yet nbelieve in the natural immortality of the soul. I sincerely thank hLordship for this admission, even ifit were unwittingly made; I belieit to be true, though I cannot say so of the converse of the propositionor vice versa. Well, suppose we now look at texts adduced. The figiven is ' the picture of hades' in Isaiah xiv. The marginal readingv. 9 shows that' hell,' or sheol, simply means 'the grave;' and bybeautiful figure of speech the prophet pictures the dead' (v. 9)rising to welcome the reception of the fallen king of Baby Ion. Therenot the shadow, or shade, of a soul, or of a ghost, in the whole' picturemuch less of an undying, or an immortal one. The testimony declarthat the whole account was a 'proverb,' or a parable (v. 4) ; andshows, also, that it was uttered some time before the death of the kinYet a bishop quotes this in support of the Egyptian dogma of immortashades, or disembodied ghosts! If there were such, they must habeen of a different kind from his; for they became 'weak,' and hadlie in 'the grave,' with' worms' spread under them! (v. 11). Next,are asked to ' look' at the' parable' of Dives and 'Lazarus,' in Luxvi. Well, we have looked, and looked again, but we fail to see a woabout disembodied souls, or unclothed spirits, either of a mortal oran immortal nature. Perhaps this is owing to the fact that we hacast aside our theological spectacles, for there is no doubt they are toseen, and sincerely seen, by those who wear episcopal ones ! But heagain we have a parable. The Bishop admits it is a parable. Accoing to Whitby the same parable was contained in the 'GemarBabylonicum.' In the new version, the word 'hell' is properly sustituted by the word' hades,' from a not and ideir to see; meaning tunseen or covered receptacle of the dead, i.e., the grave. The samwriter who gives this parable says that when the town of Oapemau


7/12

THE BIBLE STANDARD . 147should lie buried in ruins it would be in hell, or hades (x. 15). Nowthe rich man 'died' and he (not his body merely) was 'buried;' andthe beggar, too, ' died,' and he (not his soul merely) was carried awayinto Abraham's bosom, &c. Now what does this mean? A parable. teaches something besides and different from itself. The parable ofJotham (Judges ix. 8) represents trees as talking; this represents twodead men as speaking; is one more incongruous than the other?Parables are not always based on facts, no more than lEsop's fables are;we have to look to the lesson, or the moral, inculcated. Dives repre-sents the Pharisees, who were covetous (v. 14). Lazsrus represents theclass who are poor in spirit, and who shall be in Abraham's bosom, i.e.,shall possess the Kingdom, when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to buildit up again (Acts xv. 16). When the kingdom was taken from therebellious Jews they suffered a national death; and Paul using the samefigurative language, says that the restoration of the Jews will be anational reviving from this political death state (Rom. xi. 15). Theywere 'buried' by being scattered and lost amongst the nations;

-i'olitically in the unseen. In this state they were to be tormented fortheir national sin of rejecting their King. Moses, describing theirtorment, (which nowhere is said to be ' eternal torment,') uses similarlyfigurative language, calling it an 'inflamation,' an 'extreme burning,'&c. (Deut. xxviii. 22), and also uses the singular number, one man againrepresenting the whole class. But want of space will not allow me togo into minute details; let it suffice to say that every point of theparable can be explained in harmony with the direct teaching ofScripture which affirms that 'the Soul that sinneth it Shall Die,'(Ezek. xviii. 4.) And to this testimony of the prophet I stand againstall the chief priests, Scribes or Pharisees in the Church. The bitterestopponents of the doctrine of the Messiah were always great professorsof religion; nevertheless He taught that "he that believeth not theSon shall Not see Life," (John iii.36.) But we must pass on to glanceat the' spirits in prison.' (1 Pet. iii. 18,21.) Here again we fail tosee that they were immortal spirits, or even disembodied spirits. Tobe apposite, Peter should have stated they were immortal or undying;but he does not-he knew better. (1 Pet. i. 24.) Spirits of the moderntype are supposed to be immaterial and intangible; how could spiritsof this kind be kept ' in prison,' since they are supposed to be able to passtbrough stone walls, key-holes, &c., with the greatest ease. But the term, spirits,' as scripturally used, refers to men in the flesh, prophets, false.teachers, &c. (See 1 John iv. 1, 3.) Peter uses it in this sense, of themen who lived in the days of Noah. Christ by His spirit, in Noah, 'apreacher of righteousness' (2 Peter ii. 5.) went and preached to them;but when did He go? Let Peter himself tell us. 'When once the long.suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was preparing.'(v 20) It has no reference whatever to the supposed journey of Christto the 'spirit world,' when He died on the cross. I need not remindBishop Eraser that there have been English bishops who advocate thissame view of Peter's language. But Iam commanded next to 'look atthe vision of the souls under the altar,' (Rev. vi. 9, 12) I readily andcheerfully obey this episcopal injunction; but I strain my eyes in vainwhen I look for anything about their immortality. Not one word do Isee on the question at issue in favour of immortal-soulism, But thereverse. These souls had been' killed,' had been' slain,' like thosementioned in Joshua x. 35. and xi. 11. How then could they beimmortal or deathless? Will the Bishop kindly condescend to explainthis difficulty to us; for the removing at least, of that part of ourignorance which he calls' absurd'? If he decline tbe attempt, will he betrue to his vow of being ever ready to drive away and banish falsedoctrine? He has rightly called the whole affair a 'vision.' Now this'vision' had no existence in fact, at the time of John's writing (chap. iv.1.) But the term' souls' is frequently used in the Bible as a synonym

for the word' persons.' (1 Peter iii. 20. and Exo. i. : > . ) Now these soulsare said to be 'slain' souls, and therefore they were dead souls, orpersons; and they are apocalyptically said to" cry to God to avenge theirblood," just in the same way as Abel's blood is said to cry to God forvengeance. (Gen. iv. 10.) But because 'blood' is said to cry, and tospeak (Heb. xii. 24), is anyone so 'absurdly ignorant' as to suppose His anything more than a beautiful and forcible metaphor, 0 tempora!o mores. Weak and tottering must be the theory that requires suchquestionable supports I But I must hasten on to notice, lastly, 'Theprayer of S. Stephen.' I suppose the Bishop refers to Acts vii. 59.,though I find nothing here about any S. Stephen; the historian simplydenominates him plain' Stephen.' Now when this good man prayed, hesaid nothing whatever about his supposed immortal spirit. This israther unfortunate for the episcopal position, since the question is not oneabout the existence of spi rit, but about the immortality of this supposedentity. Surely Stephen's spirit was of the same nature as Job's; andJob says (xxvii. 3.) that his was located in his nostrils I Contained inthe breath he breathed. The lower animals have this same spirit,(' ruach ' which is often translated' breath,') (Eccles. iii. 19,21.); andJob says if God gather it back to His own' all flesh perishes,' (xxxiv.14, 15.) It was so at the flood. See Gen. vii. 21, 22, margin. NowStep hen was in the agony of death, and he naturally wanted the Lord totake away his breath, or spirit (pneuma.) The Lord mercifully heardhis prayer; for the historian immediately adds, 'when he had said thishe (Stephen, himself, not his body merely) 'he fell asleep,' This agreeswith the teaching of the Deity by the Psalmist (clxvi. 4.) who says, thatwhen man's breath (ruach) goeth forth, (not as an individual andimmortal entity) 'he' (the man) 'REturnethto his earth;' and 'inthat very day his thoughts perish.' Daniel teaches the same importanttruth when he says' Many of them which sleep in the dust of the earthshall awake' at the' Resurrection of the dead.' (Dan. xii, 2.)Thus, then, not one of the Bishop's passages S/Iys a word about

immortal souls or spirits; but the reverse. I stated in my first letterthat the original terms for' soul' and' spirit' are never used loosely orindisoriminately; yet the Bishop without contradioting my statement,quibbles upon the terms as if they were identically the same. Thereis, however, a doctrine of immortality in the Bible, and I thank God forit. But the Bible teaches that this immortality will, after the resur-rection, be manifested, not in disembodied' souls' or 'spirits,' but inuncorruptible and deathless bodies (1 Cor. xv. 53.) And only in case ofapproval at the judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. v. 10., comp. withGal. vi. 8.) Immortality is therefore conditional; for this unendinglife is the gift of God through Jesus Christ our Lord only to those thatbelieve and obey His Word (1 John v. 2.)The Bishop of Manchester did condemn me unheard, but I am

thankful there are now impartial editors, who like yourself, are willing toact upon the proverb Audi alterani parte11l.-Believe me, yours sincerely,

Albert Smith.BlackbuTn, 1881, June 27th.

"WHAT OF THE NIGHT?"BY "WATOHlI1AN."T IME flies, and with its flight signs multiply of its nearing end. AnAssociation-the

ANGLOISRAF.L SOCIETY-has be.en formed, with .the object of furthering the re-population ofPalestine. Some prominent M.P.'s are stated to be identified there.with. If indeed the set time to favour Zion has come this effort wilsucceed, otherwise it will fail, as all previous efforts have failed Apartial colonisation of Palestine by Europeans would secure for the Iandthe protection of one or m?re ~f the Gr?at Powers, and thus providethat government and security without which the scattered Jewish familycannot return.


8/12

148 THE BIBLE STANDARD .A MODERN AUTOCRAT,

the newest of the race, has risen in Bulgaria. Prince Alexander nowrules supreme in that lately-emancipated country, whose inhabitantshave exchanged the tyranny of the Turk for that of the Buss : for it isb~ ih? aid of Russia that the Prince has been able to destroy the Con- .stitution, and trample the sacred rights of the people under his haughtyfeet. We shall expect shortly to find some ingenious body discoveringthe fatal figures 666 in the name of the man who has grasped at, andwon supreme power for seven years, in an important part of South-Eastern Europe, formerly incorporated with the Grecian and Romankingdoms. Is he the man? Time will show! He seems unscrupulousenough.

A LONG HISTORYhas been gr~nted to tbe Grimaldi dynasty of the little Principality ofM~nac?, ,,:hlch has recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of itsPrince s reign. Tbat dynasty has now reigned over Monaco for 1 000~e~rs. W~take little interest in that fact-though unique-our int~restIS mthe rise to power of another, the Davidie dynasty, which in theperson of its illustrious living member who now shares His Father'sthrone in heaven, will be revived, never to cease. Our prayer is " Evenso, come, Lord Jesus."We cull the following from a secular print :-" A curious wave of re-

action seems spreading all over Europe. In almost every Europeancountry at the present time we see the same kind of struggle going onbetween the force which calls itself authority and the force which isdescribed as

REVOLUTION.Not since the sudden season of terrible political reaction that set inafter the wild revolutionary outbursts of 1848 has Europe seen a similarstate of things prevailing."We see in Northern Africa the long-expected contest between the seedof Jac?b and Ishmael, for supremacy. Tunis and Algeria are at open

war with France, and Tripoli threatens, whilst with the efforts of theireo-religionists ofALGERIA, TUNIS, AND TRIPOLI,

Morocco may well be expected to sympathise. Difficult indeed is thework at present, for Fra~ce, which has precipitated this struggle, butthere can be but one ultimate result-the supremacy of the Westernnations, and the partition of Northern Africa, from the Atlantic toEgypt, amongst Spain, France, and Italy.

THE' SICK MANof Turkey grows more sick. Greece-as yet without force-has re-~eived the ~rst portion of her territory. Armenia is persistently assert-ing her claim to some measure of liberty. Tunis has been completelysevered from the Turkish dominions; whilst Austria is credited with thepurpose of an early forward move in the direction of Salonica. Shouldright triumph over might in Bulgaria, or even otherwise, the nnion ofBulgaria and Eastern Roumelia cannot be long delayed. Thus surelythough slowly the Eastern Antichrist is being consumed and thesituation is preparing for the development and manifestation of the. literal and true, or

}'UTURE ANTICHRIST,who shall be destroyed by the appearing of Christ.The month has not been wanting in other, though minor, signs of the

phenomena which speak of the nearness of the end, Fiji has witnesseda most horrible

RELIGIOUS MASSACRE.One Kabu, a native missionary at Tapitawa, succeeded in proselytisingthe entire community, when he induced them to give all their weaponsinto his care. Lately, a section of the people apostatized. Kabu thenarmed his followers, and led them, with shouts of " Kill! kill!" againstthe defenceless rebels. In the carnage which followed a thousand menwomen, and children were massacred. The wounded were then collectedtogether into a heap, over which was placed the roof of a house, andthen fired. A more diabolical chapter cannot be found in the annals ofmankind; and this in the latter half of the nineteenth century.Advices from the Sandwich Islands report that a lava stream from theMaunaloa appears likely to destroy a portion of the harbour ofHonolulu. A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO,has nearly destroyed the town of New VIm, Minnesota, V.S. In Italyfoot and mouth disease is rapidly spreading in the Marches, Umbria,and the Abruzzi Vlteriore. In the last named province alone 12,585cases were reported in a single week. In Mexico, by the fall of achurch roof 50 persons have been killed; and 266 lives lost by the fallof a railway bridge. Switzerland bas a moving landslip, at Rothbuehl,which is steadily moving towards Lake Tbun, at the rate of three metresdaily. It is three miles long, one broad, and of unknown depth.Iserable, a village in the Valais, has been set on fire by lightningand utterly destroyed. It contained about 300 houses. Aarberg, also alarge village in Berne, has been burnt down. Great distress exists inAlgeria from the phenomenal drought, causing the utter failure of thecrops over a wide area. The heat of mid July has been generally

intense. In England 98 in the shade is very unusual, but in the104 has been registered. Cincinnati recorded no less than 40 deaa single day from sunstroke. At Oran, in Algeria, it is estimated1,700 Spanish Colonists were massacred by the Arabs. In Galiciatown of Oswiecim has been half destroyed by fire. In Russia, theof Minsk, has seriously suffered in the same way. Agram, in Aurecords renewed earthquakes.

ANOTHER COMET.We have scarcely lost sight of the comet, so long visible, beforereaches us of the discovery of another. The Astronomer-Royal, writ" a brilliant comet observed by Schaberli in America and at Vienna,Capella, is moving towards the north-west." Surely two such cevisitors, within a few weeks, is a most unusual phenomenon, and maccepted as Divine indications that the Lord is at hand." " Evecome, Lord Jesus."

NOTES, NEWS, AND REVIEWS.f.$" According to the Globe of June 28, we have at last an answ

the long-debated question "What is the soul?" A German pro(Herr Jceger ) has discovered that the soul is located in the olfaorgans, the nerves of which remain in perpetual and close connewith it. He is said to have satisfactorily demonstrated it to an atteaudience, which expressed itself both charmed and convinced bdiscourse. If the Globe was not joking, we have another addedmany definitions of soul. We have already the "immortal soul"immaterial soul," we have now also the" olfactory soul." Probhowever, the Professor had fallen upon a book not much esteemGermany, the Bible, and had been reading Gen. ii. 7, and Lsa , ii. 22mistook spirit for soul, ruach for psyche.~ We copy the following from the pages of the Bradford 'I'im

June 18. "There are not perhaps many readers of the Bradfordaware that in this town there is a flourishing branch of the CondiImmortality Association. What the particular tenets are of the memof this association, I am not prepared to state. Suffice it for ppurposes to mention that the next annual conference of the sowhich is fixed for the first week in September, is to be held in BradLast year the conference was held at Liverpool, and delegates froparts of the kingdom attended, there being I am told, forty presentAs the name implies, it may be taken for granted that the associhas something to do with making arrangements for the comfortmembers hereafter; the papers to be read at the forthcoming confewill, therefore, be of especial interest to those who like myself, rthe phrase' conditional immortality' with some amount of suspicionf.$" Mr. Henry Varley has been preaching on what he is pleas

term" Eternal sin." In a letter to the Christian World he thus explai"The exact words are, 'eternal sin,' 80 stated because the phraScriptural. The words are found in Mark iii. 29. 'Whosoeverblaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, butdanger of eternal damnation' (or more accurately given in the ReVersion, is guilty of an eternal sin, 'because they said he hath anclean spirit.') I notice that Dean Alford and 'The AmericanVnion ' both translate the passage' guilty of eternal sin.' Again, inxii. 32, our Lord says, 'Whosoever shall speak against the Holy Git shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that whto come.' I understand these words to affirm that there arewhich, if committed, are beyond forgiveness; sins for which therefuture possibility of remission for ever. I need hardly say thatdeeply the weight of these momentous words, for they are intimassociated with 'eternal punishment,' even' the vengeance of efire' (Matt. xxv. 46, Jude 7). I understand that they teachsin will remain for ever in the character and being of thosehaving heard the Gospel of the grace of God, die, rejectingLord Jesus Christ. It is this that increases my hatred of sinintensifies the desire to lead our fellow sinners to the infinitelySaviour who' once in the end of the world hath appeared to putsin by the sacrifice of Himself.' Heb. ix. 26."-Mr. Varley is eviblind to the difference between "an eternal sin," as given bRevised Version, and an etemal sinning, as rendered by himself.came" to put away- sin by the sacrifice of Himself," thus the wwill be "burnt up" "root and branch," that sin may cease oGod's universe. The act of sin is, however, strictly eternal; so aguilt, because unforgiven ; so also its result, " hath never forgivenbut the process o f sin ceases, or Christ could not" put it away."shudder at the vindictiveness manifested by some-otherwise goo-who against the clearest light persist in perpetuating sin and suff~ A good man and a great has" fallen on sleep," waiting

trumpet-call. Dr. John Cumming, after a long, honoured, andlife of witness-bearing, waits his reward. His ministry at Crown-London, which commenced in 1833, was only closed last year, sohis earthly rest was very brief. Few men have made themselves


9/12

THE BIBLE STANDARD . 1 4 9felt during this century, few have been more honoured or faithfulthanhe whose now silent lips will speak again in the glories of the FirstResurrection.SFather Curci has been teaching the dignitaries of the RomishChurch some important home truths in his latest work which theBomish Cardinals have honoured by forbidding its perusal to the faithful-i.e., the priest-ridden. He calls upon the Church to follow the ex-ample of her Divine Lord, who "was ever aus tere towards the rich. Hedwelt among the people, held aloof from the great men of the earth, onlyappearing in the Court of a King to be derided, and in the Tribunal ofthe Roman President to be scourged." Further, he says, It is not wellto see the ministers of Christ paying court to rich men, still less richwomen, for their money, meriting the rebuke of Christ to the Pharisees,that they devour widow's houses." Others than Romanists may profit bythese pointed exhortations.~ A census of the churches in the City of London has been taken bya London paper, with the result that on May 1st last, at 57 churches, allsituate within one square mile, with 31,055 sittings, there were only6,731 present. Of these 571 were the officials of the church, togetherwith their families; 706 choristers (mostly paid); 227 were paupersfor alms; and 1,374 were school children, leaving, as the ordinary generalcongregation, 3,853 persons. The annual income of these churches is40,226. What a crying sin and shame is here revealed! And howfearful the Laodicean state of those who are content to receive pay forsuch work I Verily Christ is again needed with His whip of small cordsto drive the money makers out of His temple.~ The population of the United Kingdom has increased about 3i

millions since 1871. It behoves those who hold a pure faith, to enquirewhat they are doing, as witness bearers, to two grandly important truths,and to consider the propriety of more liberal gifts and faithful witness tomeet the wants of this rapidly growing home population. Surely, by aneffort, our Association income may be doubled! Brethren, let us try.I6r' Rome is at last reaping the fruits of centuries of cruel misgovern-ment. We speak of the Church of that name, in the city thereof. Thececent removal of Pio Nono's "ashes" from St. Peter's to San Lorenzohas occasioned most deplorable riots. The cortege was met with criesof "To the river," "Down with the clericals," "Viva Garibaldi." Fromcries the populace proceeded to blows, until the procession became arunning fight, which was renewed at the gates of the Basilica. Anti-clerical clubs are-now being formed to promote the perpetual expulsionof the Papacy from Rome. The harlot is but reaping what she hassown. Judgment-long deferred=-is at length meting out that con-sumption" and" wasting" decreed upon her for her sins.r:3'"' Our opponents are put to sore straits to discredit our testimony,and, at times, stoop to the use of very unworthy weapons. As a case inpoint, we mention the Protestant Standard, in the pages of which apaper has been running, entitled, "GREAT CONFERENCEOF DEVILS."No. 7, in the issue of July 2, introduces" Conditional Immortality" asone of the themes of the Conference presided over by Prince Diabolus.We quote a few only of the choice expressions applied to us-" The up-holders of the no eternal hell the01'Y "-" The no hell men "-" It wasquite amusing to hear those wbo had recently come amongst them, * asking, in screeching and howling accents, when the timewould arrive for them to be annihilated. When told never, they com-menced to curse and to swear," &c. But here we stay our hand, un-willing to sully our pages with such doggrel and offensive literature.These are the scurrilous weapons to which religious papers stoop to fightwith! To mention such a mode of attack is to condemn it. Doubtless,the unthinking (to whom, chiefly, the Protestant Standard caters)imagine such a style of fighting very clever. We, however, cannotimitate it. We are willing to fight with" the sword of the Spirit, whichis the Word of God;" but we find our opponents prefer force, fraud,and folly. Those who use their eyes, will, however, not fail to see theweakness of the cause which needs, and therefore resorts to, suchweapons.E


10/12

150 THE BIBLE STANDARD .istence, perhaps reserved in some giganticphonograph, waitingfor thegreat Alchemist-by Somepotent andmystericus electricalforce,of whichthe mindofman has not asyet formedany conception,todisintegrate andrestore to its original form.' How wonderfully grand, yet how awfulisthis conception! Perhaps memory is reserved in some such wonderfulway."A.-We have preferred to giveyour remarks in full, hoping that itmight prompt someof our veteran thinkers to giveus the result of theirthoug:hts.thereon. Wewill gladly give a li.ttle space to any (worthy)contributions that may reach us on that point. Wecannot think that

memoryis lost. But weknow80 little of that strange receptivity, thatwondrousphysiologicalforce-perhaps weshouldhave saidpsychological?though it is also certainly dependent or matter, or brain cells, for itsmanifestation, still, wewill mend our sentence, and say, that wondrouspsychological.physiological force-which we call memory, that we areat a loss to reply. Again, too, weare equally ignorant touching life:savethat-like memory-it is an effectmanifestedby the union ofspiritand organism. As, however, both memory and life are possessed, inC?mmonwithman, by the brute creation, it is clear that memory andlife are not separable and immortal entities, but the result of organisedmechanism, when acted onby that Godin whose hands are the lives ofboth man and beast. Asto the thought you quote, touching sound, wehavemet-in a little workon astronomy, edited by Procter-somethingvery similar, as it regards sight. Namely, that all life's deeds andactions are treasured in the ether of space, as a wonderful panorama,preserved intact and ever ascending towards the central orb which en-shrines the Great Creator. So that an angel, starting from earth to-day,might read in his ascending flight, 6,000 years of human history,beginning with the latest events of 1881,and goingbackwardin history,until Eden and its happy pair werereached.

CORRE SPONDENCE.THE HADEA.c~ DISPENSATION.

Gateshead, July 12, 1881.Dear Sir-For your notice of my book, "Everlasting Kingdom," &c.,you are entitled tomy thanks, and especiallyasyougaveme opportunityin my own words of expressing my view of the case. I know thestrong Protestant prejudice existing against the more liberal and genialviews of the Hadean dispensation which prevailed, with very few ex-ceptions, during the first fifteen centuries of the Christian era. And,speaking historically, the modern view(the absolute termination of themercyof God with the present life, and the impossibility of salvationbeing attained at any subsequent period,) was first formulated princi-cipallyby Calvin and Beza in the 16th century. Historically this is afact generally admitted by educated men. The worst effect of theo-logicalformulas is, that they whomake them never concern themselvesabout the practical consequencescertain to arise out of them. Theymay imply the certain and the utter destruction of millions and billionsof the human race! What cares a theologian about that! Do youthink he wouldspoil his syllogism for a trifle of that kind? Godsoloved the world, as I told one of the heads of one of our EnglishUniversities, that He would not trust its interests in the hands oftheologians for a day, or for an hour! Grant the remedial character ofthe Hadean dispensations: The glorious coming and reign, and thebenign and glorious manifestation of the Father's goodness,and mercyand love, and all the promises may be fulfilled. And they must befulfilled. All the promises are Yea and Amen. The gifts and thecalling are without repentance. They are absolute. Are not thethreatenings the same? They are not. Jiuiqmen: i.His stmnge work.He never fulfills unless, like ourselves,He cannot help it.But I must ask, Why is the Rainbow and the Standard the last in therace, while the whole army of God in England and in Scotland aremarching forward? Why do we find you as you were 30 years ago?Canyounot open your pages to a more broad and comprehensive dis-cussion of the question?-Yours truly, Jas. Harrison.[Wehave allowed Mr. Harrison to speak for himself, in answer toour reviewofhis workin July issue, as a simplematter ofjustice, butwe cannot open our columns-as suggested, to controversy thereon.Weare too cramped for space-too deeplyinterested in matters ofmore,and vital, moment-and too heavily pressedwith more useful contribu-tions, to meet his wishes in this respect. Moreover,the subject, itself,is one so purelyspeculative=-as presented by Mr. Harrison-that littleprofit couldaccrue therefrom. As for the Rainbow, weneed not under-take its defence: its veteran and talented Editor might well feelaggrievedwith us should we attempt so gratuitous and superfluous atask.]

PAULINE THEOLOGY. Nottingham, July 5, 1881.Dear Sir,-Referring to the article on "Pauline Theology v. J.Robinson," in the Bible Standard for tbis month, I beg to say thatpamphlet was circulated amongthe Wesleyans in this town a year ago.

I was informed of it by two Wesleyan local preachers, who had prfessed to be fully convinced that the endless torment doctrine ~as .nthe truth. They each accepted J. R.'s teaching. I therefore invitthem, and as many as they could influence, to attend a meeting,which I would showthe unscriptural and illogical character ofMr. Rpamphlet. They thought they could influence 20or 30,but only abofour came from Methodist Society,with the two,-a fewothers makinin all, a total of 18. .I told the company I had committed to writing the lecture, anwouldread it. so that should I not be understood in any matter, cocould be refeired to.I invited them to a second meeting to finish the subject, or I wougivean opportunity foranyobjectorto questionme, orevento adva~cehviews. However,none ofthem came, and the twotoldme they still hetothe Wesleyan view,and didnot seebut that J. Robinsonwas oorre-Yours respectfully, Geo, W. Barber.

(EXTRACT FROM CORRESPONDENCE.)Auckland, New Zealand, May 23, 1881

Youwill soon be making preparations for your next Conference.supposethat due notice will be given in the Standard, so that I shknowwhereyou are to meet. I should somuch liketo be with you, bofcourseit is out of the question at present. There is somuch workbe done here that I dare not think of pulling up my stakes. Myowfeelings wouldlead me where I could seemy fellow-labourers,and fisweet fellowshipwith those of like precious faith, but the harvest isgreat in this part of the world, and the labourers are so few. Mconstant prayer to Godis, that He will sendmen into the gre!1tharvefield. But it needs God-sent men. Men who are not afraid to figMen who can afford to lose reputation, and all they have, for tMaster's sake. Men who will not flinch at Satan's darts, nor growearyin the burning heat of hot persecut!on. Men ~ith l~rge ~earwith warmhearts. Menwho can lovetheir fellows,WithoutIts bemgrturned. Menwhose creedIs not toonarrow, and whoseminds haveepansion enough to recognize a child of God who may not see justthey see. Men whocan be clear and defined in their views,and stillkind. This work needs men who are not stunted in their growthsomepet hobby: but men who have a full grasp of all God's reveawill, and possessed with the spirit of their Lord and ~aster .. Do yknow such men? if you do, send them out, and wewillpromise thebread and water and !Iplace to lay their heads.Since I last wrote you I have been North to open a newChapel,-thfirstbuilt in New Zealand for the advocacyof the truth: indeed, itthe first of any kind in that settlement. We had goodmeetings. Othe Tuesday night about 200 sat downto tea. Youwouldwonderwhthe people came from could you have seen the district, with a houscattered here and there. The chapel holds about 160 people, hutcrowdedmore in at the opening services. Our Bro. Lush and his famhave settled there. They came out about twelve month's since fromodear Bro. Leask's church.Our work in Auckland is still on the increase. Wehave moved intolarger hall for our Sunday night lectures. It is the largest and bhall in Auckland. We still continue our SundayMorning ServiceaSunday Schoolat the TemperanceHall. The expensesof the two hacome rather heavy-about four pounds per week-but I am thankfulsay they are well met by the people.-Geo. A. Brown, CorrespondMember.

CHURCH AND MISSION NEWS.JAMESTOWN, SOUTH AUSTRA.LIA.

OnMay 5th last, a few friends of the truth met here, and decidedform an Associationfor South Australia. The Secretary (Mr.GeorgeGlover)writes :-" A few in this place have united for the purposespreading the doctrine of ' Life only in Christ.' We held our first meing on Thursday, May 5th, seven being present. Several more willadded at our next meeting. We have no lecturers or preacherson tsubject, but we intend doing the best we can. We purpose, first,circulate books and tracts advertisedin the Bible Standard; some ofhave several works, but none of the new ones; will you please sendtfollowing,"&c. Wehave forwardeda parcel of literature, forwhich fishilliugs wassubscribedat the abovemeeting.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND.The meetings at the Choral Hall have been very successful,somuso that we have decided to continue our Sundaynight lectures thereanother month. Wecommencedon Sunday night, May 22nd,a serof lectures on the 17th chapter of Revelation, byrequest. We are shaving additions to our Churchmembership, and the friends feelgreaencouragedto do all in their power to spread the truth. It is verysirable that every effort should be put forth to spread the literatuespeciallythe Bible Standard; in this waywe are scattering seedwh


11/12


12/12

152 T H E - ,BIBLEPAULINE THEOLOGY.ORD BEACONSFIELD

ON""W"HATS DUTY?AND-W-HATIS FAITH?

SET FORTH BYHENRY J3RITTAIN~PRICE FOURPENCE.

,:; ' .s.AMALVERN: CY RU SE. BROOKS,THE LINK ;

[of whom copies can be had post-free at published price.]LONDON : F. SOUTHWELL ,9 , P ATERNOSTERow;[of whom copies can be had throuqh. any Bookseller.i

"HAS MAN AN IMMORTAL SOUL?"AND

"ETERN AL TORTURE,"Two LECTURESy J. C. AKEBTER. Twopence each.The Two, po st-f ree , for four penny stamps, from

CYRUB E. BROOKS, The Link, Malvern.

TWELVE DISCUSSIONS PROVING THE EX-TINCTION OF EVIL PERSONS ANDTHINGS.By H. S. WARLEIGH.

338pages. Cloth gilt, 2s. 6d. A most .valuableHand-book of Life inChrist Theology. Post-free at stated price fromCYRUS E. BROOKS, The Link, Malvern.LONDON:. SOUTHWELL, 19, Paternoster Row.THE EMPHATIC DIAGLOTT.

By B . WILSON , of New York. Conta ining th e O riginalGreekText of the NewTestament, (accordingto the RecensionofDr. J. J. Griesbach,) with an interlineary Word-for-WordEnglishTranslation and a NewEmphatic Version, basedon the renderingsof eminent critics, and on the various readings of the VaticanManuscript. Published at Four Dollars. Sent Post-free for 16s.CYRUS E. BROOKS, The Link, Malvern.

A SCRIPTURAL HYMNOLOGY.LIFE AND ADVENT HYMNS.

FIRST EDITION , ONE PENNY . Pos t-free H d., or10 d. pe r do ze n.

SECOND EDITION-ENLARGED.Pape r C ove rs, 2d.; Cloth , g ilt, 6d . Post -fr e e 2t d. , and 6d.

A lib e ra l re d uct ion on q ua nt it ie s.MALVERN:

CYRUSE. BROOKS,THE LINK;[to whom all post and rail orders should be sent.]

LONDON:F. SOUTHWELL,9, PATER NOSTERow;

[of whom copies can be had through any Bookseller.]

STANDARb.

SECOND EDITION. NOW READY.WITH PREFACE BY THE REV . W . LEASK, D .D .

P ape r C ove rs, 1s.; C lo th , gilt , 2s.; post -fre e .MALVERN:

CYRUSE. BROOKS,THE LINK;[to whom all post and Tail orders should be sent.]

LONDON :F. S OUTHWELL ,9 , P ATERNOSTERow;

[of whom copies can be had throuqb. any Bookseller.]

MAN'S ONLY HOPE OF IMMORTALITY;An Exposit ion of

CHRIST 'SARGUMENTAGAINSTHE SADDUOEES .By W. G. MONCRIEFF, of Canada

Is. 2d. (Stamps.)Only of CYRUS E. BROOKS, Th e Link, MALVERN.

109 pages.An Invaluable Pamphlet on the Death-state.

RAINBOW TRACTS.1. "THE M INISTRY OF EVIL ." O ne Pe nny.4 . "R ESPONSIB IL ITY OF CHRISTIAN TEACHERS."One Pe nny.5. "THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS." Th re e H alfpence .6. "SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE OF A FUTURE LIFE."One Pe nny. 7." THE D ISPENSATION OF THEMYSTERY ." O ne P enny .Six copiespost-freeat stated price from

CYRUS E. BROOKS, The Link, Malvern.London Agent: F. SOUTHWELL, 19,Paternoster Row.

"THE MESSENGER."A TwopennyMonthly Magazine, advocating the Ooming'[KingdomGod, the Return of the Lord Jesus, and the Hope of Eternal Life.2/6 perAnnum,post-free,fromCYRUS E. BROOKS, Malvern.

TRUTH SET FREEA concise view of the Scripture Doctrines of Immortality and FuturPunishment. By SILAS HENN.Third Edition, Revisedand Enlarged. PRICEEIGHTPENCE.

London: F. SOUTHWELL, 19, Paternoster Row. Post-freefor value in Stamps from C. E. BROOKS, The Link, Malvern,Printed by CHARLES AKRILL, Silver Street, Lincoln; and publishfor the "Conditional Immortality Association," by CYRUS EBROOKS, THE LINK, MALVERN,to whomall postal commucations, orders, 'and advertisements should be addressed. LondAgent: F. SOUTHWELL, 19, PATERNOSTER ROW. N.B.ordering through your local bookselleror news-agent,youarerequestto givethe address only of the LondonAgent.

bible standard august 1881

Documents