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

No. 12. Val. V. SEPTEMBER, 1882. ONE PENNY.TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE

Salisbury Conference Programme 145The Resurrection and the Life.Part VIII. 150Berean Criticism ... 151Notes, News, and Reviews 153Correspondence 154Work and Witness 155Thoughts in Verse 156Special Notes... 156

C O N D I T I O N A L I M M O R T A L I T Y A S S O C I A T I O N .HOME, COLONIAL. and FOREIGN.

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P r o g r a m m e o f F o r t h c o m in g C o n f e r e n c e .ROBERT J. HAMMOND, Esq.,

Of LONDON, (Treasurer).COUNCILLOR A. WATSON, Esq.,

Of SALISBURY.

THE FIFTHA N N U A L ~ C O N - F E R E N C Eust Published, Crown 8vo., Cloth, Gilt-

lettered, pp. 346, price 3s. 6d., Of the above will (D.V.) be held atS a l i s b u r y , W i l t s h ir e ,On'WEDNESDAY - & THURSDAY,.AUGUST 30th & 31st, 1882,The

Rev. BURLINGTON B. WALE,Of MALVERN,(Author of "The Closing Days ofChristendom.")

Rev. GEORGE P. MACKAY,Of Mint Lane Baptist Church, LINCOLN.

Mr. (Rev.) ALBERT SMITH,have Of BLACKBURN,(Late Curate of the ParishChurch, Withnell, Lancashire).

Rev. THOMAS VASEY,Of the Baptist Mission, BACUP.

T H E K I N G D O M A N D T H ER E S T O R A T 1 0 N ;Or, A Scriptural View of the SecondComing of Christ, with the Wonder-ful Signs that will precede it, andthe still moreWonderful Things that

will follow it.BY A STUDENT OF PROPHECY.

(By invitation of the H.I.RCOURTBAPTISTCHURCH.)following Ministers and Gentlemenkindly consented to take part :-

HENRY J. WARD, Esq.,Of LIVEBPOOL,(President).

Rev. WILLIAM LEASK, D.D.,Of Maberly Congregational Church, LONDON,(Editor of The Rainbow.)

GENERAL.H. GOODWYN,Of READING,(Author of" Antitypical Parallels.")

Mr. JOHN J. HOBBS,Of BLANDFORD,(Author of " The Great Questionof the Day.")

Mr. WILLIAM R. MOORE,Of SALISBURY,(Local Secretary.)

London: ELLIOT STOCl(, 62, Paternoster Row,and, by order, of all Booksellers.Post-free, for the price in stamps, from GEORGEWHITFIELD, 38, Dudley Road, Tipton, Stafford-h.ire.


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Other gentlemen have also expressed theirhope of being present to render assistance.Among them :-

CAPTAIN J. E. DUTTON,Of LIVERPOOL,Commodore of the" Allan Line.")

NAT~NIEL STARKEY. Esq.,Of LONDON,(Author of "Things which mustShortly Come to Pass ").

Pub lic P rog r amme .OnWEDNESDAY,AUGUST 30th.

SE RMON,At 3 p.m., in the

HARCOURTBAPTIST CHURCH,By the

Rev. BURLINGTON B. WALE.Subject:

"Life only in Christ; or Wages and Gift."The Devotional Exercises will be Conducted bythe Rev. THOMASVASEY.

The following hymns will be sung.FIRST HYMN. C.M.

1 WE offer praise to Thee, 0 God IFor what Thyself Thou art;All perfect in Thine attributes,All loving in Thy heart!

2 We praise Thee for Thy Word of light,That shines upon our way.

Whilst, through the pilgrimage of faith,We seek the perfect day.

3 We praise Thee for Thy priceless gift,Thy Christ the loving Lord.

Who came to do Thy loving will,In thought, and deed, and word.4 We praise Thee for the plan profound,

That chose Him as our Head,That gives us life in Him who roseIn triumph from the dead!

5 0 God most wonderful IThy praiseWe sing with grateful tongue:And in the resurrection joyWe shall resume the song.

W. Leask, D.D.SECOND HYMN. 10s.

1"I GIVE unto My sheep eternal life,"Thus spake the Saviour, words withimport rife,

'Are we His sheep? that thus we life may win ?And, when the sheep-fold opens, enter in? '

2 "I give unto My sheep eternal life "- .'Be wise in time, and quickly turn from strife!For here, within thy reach. is precious boon,Worth more than sceptre.diadem, and crown.'"I give unto My sheep eternallife"-Oh, Saviour blest, our way and truth, and life IAs mortal men, low at Thy feet we bow,And pleading cry , On us Thy life bestow I'

4 He hears our cry; He bends with gracioussmile;He sweetly speaks-' I do-have faith awhile :Faith till I come in resurrection-power,-Reveal Thy life eternal in that hour.'

5 Thus, Lord, we patient wait; Thou can'stnot fail;

Thy Word is mighty, and it must prevail;Upon the morning of that day Thou'lt showOur life eternal, here begun below.

O. E. Brooks.

THE BIBLE STANDARD.Rev. GEORGE P. MACKAY.

"Reasons for Faith in Immortality upon Cditions."Mr. (Rev.) ALBERT SMITH.

"Man and the 'Soul' Philosophically and Scturally Considered."Capt. J. E. DUTTON

Will move the following Resolution :-"That this Meeting-whilst resel'ving itsdividual judgment 1tpOn the points at issutenders its thanks to the Association for0ppoltunity afforded by the Conference of hearthe subject of' Conditional Immortality' publiadvocated, and declares its entire sympathy wfree, fair, and reverent enquiry thereon."

Mr. J. J. HOBBSWill second the above Resolution.

Mr. W. R. MOOREWill, on behalf of the Committee, move tha"The thanks of the Meeting be given toChairmen and Speakers of the Day's MeetingTo be seconded by the General Secretary.

The following hymns will he sung.

THIRD HYMN. 7 s.1 LIFE and ImmortalityOnly can be found in HimWho, in God's appointed way,Came the sinful to redeem.

Jesus Christ alone can giveUnto us who mortal are

Power eternally to live,And the joy of heaven to share.2 We have sinned against our God,And the doom of sin is death;

But the Saviour shed His blood,Sacrificing life and breath,

That believing ones might beRansomed from the dismal tomb,And ascend to life when He,As the Lord of life, shall come.

3 He by death abolished death,And arose from out the strife

More than victor, thus He hathWon for us eternal life.

Glad Hosannas then begin!Sing aloud with heart and might!Immortality hath been,Through the Gospel brought to light I

G. P. Mackay.

FOURTH HYMN. 6.8 s.1 MY hope is built on nothing lessThan Jesus' Blood and Righteousness;I dare not trust the sweetest frame,But wholly lean on Jesu's Name:On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand,

All other ground is sinking sand.2 When darkness veils His glorious Face,I rest on His unchanging grace:In every high and stormy gale,My anchor holds within the veil:

On Christ, &c.3 His Oath, His Covenant, His Blood,Support me in the 'whelming flood;When all around my soul gives way,He then is all my hope and stay:

On Christ, &c.4 When He shall come with trumpet sound,Oh, may I then in Him be found;Clothed in His Righteousness alone,Faultless to stand before the throne.

On Christ, &c.

MEETING FOR DISCUSSION,At 6-30 p.m., in theHAMILTON HALL.

Chairman:ROBERT J. HAMMOND, Esq.PAP ERA N D REP L Y, byCOUNCILLOR A. WATSON.

Subject:" The Moral and Spiritual Influence of a Belief

in Eternal Punishment."Discussion opened by the Rev. BURLINGTONB.WALE.

FIRST HYMN. C1 ETERNAL life Ieternal life IHow glorious is the sound IIn Christ alone, the Son of God,

Eternal life is found.2 To Him we come, He bids us come,

To get this wond'rous wealth;With grateful hearts we take the boon,Which brings eternal health.

3 When He in majesty sublime,Returns to claim His bride,

We living in His life, shall standIn honour by His side.

4 Immortal as our deathless Lord,Because in Him we meet,No pain or sin shall ever marOur happiness complete.

W. Leask, DSECOND HYMN. 6.5,6.5

1 0 SWEET Anthem olden," God is Light and Love! "Blessed words and golden,Coming from above!

We will never doubt them,Though they veil Thy Light;What were we without them,Walking through this Night?

2 Yes! Thy Mercy streamethOver all the World;Soon its Banner gleamethEverywhere unfurled!

Broad, and deep, and glorious,As the Heavens above,Shines at last victorious," God is Light and Love" I

THIRD HYM~. C1 ALL hail the power of Jesn's Name!Let Augels prostrate fall,Bring forth the Royal Diadem,

And crown Him Lord of All I2 And when a ransomed World's glad thronOn His great Name shall call,We'll join the Everlasting Song,And crown Him Lord of all !

FOURTH HYMN. 8.7.8.71 WE may sleep, but not for ever,There will be a glorious dawn!We shall meet to part-no, never,

On the Resurrection Morn I

MEETING FOR ADDRESSES,At 7-30 p.m., in theHAMILTON HALL.

Ohairman:Rev. WILLIAM LEASK, D.D.

Speakers and Subjects:Rev. THOMAS VASEY.

"Eternal Life in Christ only: Its Importanceand Practical Influence."

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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 147From the deepest caves of ocean,From the desert and the plain,From the valley and the mountain,Countless throngs shall rise again.

We may sleep, but not for ever,There will be a glorious dawn!We shall meet to part-no, never,On the Resurrection Morn I2 We may sleep, but not for ever,In the lone and silent grave;Blessed be the Lord that taketh,Blessed be the Lord that gave.In the bright eternal cityDeath can never, never come;In His own good time He'll call usTo our Rest in His blessed Home.

We may sleep, &c.On THURSDAY, A.UGUST 31st.SE RMON,

At 3 p.m., in theHABOOUBTBAPTISTCHUBCH,

By theRev. WILLIAM LE ASK, D.D.

Subject:"The Design of the Incarnation."

The Devotional Exercises will be Conducted bythe Rev. GEOBGEP. MAOKAY.The following hymns will be sung.

FIRST HYMN. L.M.1 0 LORD! my heart adoring glows,For Thine exceeding grace,A pure perennial river flows,For men of every race.2 Nor clime nor country bars Thy love,Nor sin of darkest hue;It comes through Jesus from above,It blesses Greek and Jew.3 Its tender tones have won the heart,That nothing else could win,And made it choose the better partThat turns away from sin.4 But higher still Thy grand designThan scenes of fragrant grace;Celestial splendour yet will shineFrom Thy most holy place.

5 The Saviour comes, the Life, the Light,To crown Thy wondrous plan,Then earth with glory shall be bright,For He will dwell with man.W. Leask, D.D.SECOND HYMN. 7.6.

1 I'M waiting for the kingdomI daily pray to come,The Father's cov'nant promiseDeclares our future home.The King is Christ my Saviour,A mighty Saviour He ;And oh Ihow condescendingTo think of one like me.

2 Oh IThou who once for sinners,On earth didst bleed in shame,Now gone a distant journeyEstablishing Thy claim IWhen coming to the kingdomWhich waits, still void, for Thee,Enthroned on earth in glory,Good Lord, remember me.3 Fear not ye flock, though little,Though scattered, torn and peel'd,The Father's own good pleasureShall be both sword and shield IThe time to favour ZionIs drawing very near IHer Prince is true and faithful,

Then what hast thou to fear I

4 Uplift your heads, ye arches IYe gates of pearl unfold!Swing open wide for everThe street all bright with gold!The Conqueror of Satan,Of Hades, Death, and Sin!The King of glory eometh,Prepare to let Him in ! Albert Smith.

THIRD HYMN."Lord, I hear of showers of blessing." 8.7.6.1HERE we offer hymn of pleading!Pleading Him who reigns on high;From our hearts and lips ascendingUnto Him, we raise this cry-Jesus come! Jesus come!

Lord come quickly! Jesus come.2 Here we offer hymn of yearning!

Yearning for the Perfect Man;For the bliss His presence bringing,When His beauteous face we'll scan.Jesus come, &c.

3 Yes, Lord Jesus! we are longing!Longing for Thy swift return;Heart, and voice, and mind uniting,All in glowing passion burn.

Jesus come, &c"4 Soon, Lord Jesus! we'll be singing!As we lift our eyes above;See-thro' parted clouds appearing-" Son of Man Iand Son of God "-Jesus comes! Jesus comes!He comes quickly! Jesus comes!O. E. B100ks.

FOURTH HYMN. L.M.i OH spread the joyful news aroundThat Christ the Lord will come again;That He for whom no home was foundIs worthy over all to reign.2 And lo! the time is drawing near

When He will exercise His power;When on this earth He will appear,And blessings all around Him shower.3 Although a scoffing crowd may say-" Where is the promise of your Lord? "And e'en the Church forget to prayFor the fulfilment of His word.

4 Yet shall we doubt His power or love?Or think the angels said in vain,-" This Jesus whom ye see aboveShall so return to you again? "

5 Filled with this comfort from on high,Oh, let us labour, watch and pray!And" Lo! the Bridegroom cometh;" cry,For thus we'll hasten on the day.G. P. Mackay.

MEETING FOR DISCUSSION,At 6-30 p.m., in theHAMILTON HALL.

Ohairman:Mr. JOHN J. HOBBS.

PAP ERA ND REP L Y, byMr. (Rev.) ALBERT SMITH.Subject:

"The Second Personal Coming and Reign ofthe Saviour: Is it Scriptural, Practical, andImminent? "Discussion opened by the Rev. GEO.F. MAcKAY.MEETING FOR ADDRESSES,

At 7-30 p.m., in theHAMILTON. HALL.

Chairman:HENRY J. WARD, Esq.

Speakers and Subjects:GENERAL H. GOODWYN.

" The relative Position and Occupation of theChurch-the Body of Christ=amd, the Nation ofIsrael in the Millennial Kingdom."Rev. BURLINGTON B. WALE.

"The Recent Reliqious Census; and its Lessons."NATHANffiL STARKEY, Esq.

" The Coming King(loms and the Coming Kings."Mr. (Rev.) ALBERT SMITH

Will move the following Resolution :-"That this Meeting-whilst res eruimq its in-dividual judgment upon the points at issue-tenders its thanks to the Association f01' theopportunity afforded by the Conferenc e of hearingthe subject of The Second Personal Coming andReign of the Saviour' publicly advocated, n m d.declares its entire sympathy with free, fair, andreverent enquiry there on. "

Rev. 'v Y . LEASK, D.D.Will second the above Resolution.ROBERT J. HAMMOND, Esq.

Will, on behalf of the Committee, move :-" The Thanks of the Meeting to (1) The Chair-men and Speakers of the Day's Meetings; (2)The Officers and Members of the HarcourtBaptist Church; and (3) The Residents ofSalisbury who have entertained the Members ofthe Conference."

To be seconded by the General Secretary.The following hymns will be sung.

FIRST HYMN. 7.6. D.1 HAIL to the Lord's Anointed!Great David's greater Son!When to the time appointed,The rolling years have run.He comes to break oppression,To set the captive free;To take away transgression,And rule in equity.2 The Heavens-which now conceal HimIn councils deep and wise,-I~ Glory shall reveal HimTo our rej oicing eyes;He who with hands uplifted,

Went from this Earth below,Shall come again all gifted,His blessing to bestow.

3 Kings shall fall down before Him,And gold and incense bring;All nations shall adore Him,His-praise all people sing;Outstretched His wide dominionO'er river, sea, and shore,Far as the eagle's pinion,Or dove's light wing can soar.

4 For Him shall praise unceasing,And daily vows ascend;His Kingdom still increasing-A Kingdom without end.The tide of Time shall neverHis Covenant remove;His Name shall stand for Ever,His great best name of Love!SECOND HYMN. 8.7.8.7.

1 ONLY waiting till the dawningIs a little brighter grown ;Only waiting till the shadowsOf the World's dark Night are flown;Till the shadows all shall vanishIn the blessed, blessed Day;For the morn, at last, is breakingThrough the twilight, soft and gray.


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148 THE BIBLE STANDARD.2 Waiting for a Day of gladness,Such as earth has never known,When in equity and glory,Christ shall reign on David's Throne.Now is Earth's dark Night of weeping,Wrong and Evil win the day;Then, this age, far gone, shall vanish,And its sadness f lee away.3 Waiting for the Restitution,-Promised in His Holy Word,Ratified by blood most precious,-When all things shall be restored:When each one shall know their Saviour,Love their fellows, great and small,Live the truth, and be like Jesus,He in them, and All in all.

THIRD HYMN. 8.7.8.7.4.7.1 LO IHe comes with clouds descending,Once for favoured sinners slain;Thousand, thousand saints attending,Swell the triumph of His train:Halleujah!Godfappears on earth to reign.2 Yea, Amen, let all adore Thee,High on Thine eternal throne ISaviour, take the power and glory;Claim the kingdom for Thine own:

0, come quickly!Hallelujah, come, Lord, come I

FOURTH HYMN. L.M.1 FROM all that dwell below the skiesSweet praise to God shall yet arise,And the Redeemer's Name be sung,Through every land; by every tongue.2 Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord,Eternal Truth attends Thy Word;Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore,Till Light shall rise and set no more.N.B.-The Harcourt Choir will conduct theSinging of the Selected Hymns at the Servicesand Meetings. The Attendance of the Public ismost Earnestly Invited. No Collections will betaken, but Voluntary Offerings in aid of theConference Expenses will be gratefully receivedat the Platform or the Doors.This Programme, with the Selected Hymnsand the Catalogue of Publications on Sale atConference, free by post from the office forpenny stamp. Free on application in pe rson .to the Local Secretary, 17, Fisherton-street,Salisbury.

- - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - -C o nfe rence B o ok -Sta ll,Hamilton' Hall.

The following Selection of Works from theCatalogue of the Association will be on sale eachEvening. CLASS A. BD. PER 100.A MODERN PARABLE,or the Intelligent Plough-man.SCRIPTURE SEARCHERSERIES: 1. The Destinyof the Wicked. 2. The State of the Dead.3. The Coming of Jesus Christ. 4. TheJudgment to come.GOSPEL LEAFLET SERIES: 1. Repentance untoLife. 2. Beware.Specimen packet containing 2 copies of each, Id.

CLASS B. Is. PER 100.LIFE AND ADVENT TRACT SERIES: 1. An Im-pertinent Question. 2. Man in Death. 3. TheVictory over Death.LETTER TRACT SERIES: 1. Life and Death. 2.A Pastor's Reflections.Specimen packet containing 2 copies of each, Id.CLASS C. Is. e a , per 100.BIBLE STANDARDSERIES: 1. What is Truth?2. Man; his Origin and Nature. 3. BibleTruths that few believe.

MONTHLYTRACT-PAPERS: 1. The End Near, or,The Close of the Dispensation at Hand.2. Divine Immortality, or The" Overcomer's "Reward.Specimen packet containing 2 copies of each, Id.CLASS D. 3D. PER DOZ., 2s. PER 100.BIBLE STANDARDREPRINTS: 1. What is Death ?as certified by a "Cloud of Witnesses." 2.The Gospel Charter, or The True Mission of

the Church.Specimen packet containing 2 copies of each, Id.CLASS E. 6D. PER DOZ.CONVERSATIONALTRACT BOOKS: 1. Soul a'common term in the Bible for all flesh.2. Significations of soul, remote, immediate,metonymical, and causative.

CLASS F. 8D. PER DOZ.RAINBOWTRACTS,'by the Rev. W. Leask, D.D.:2. The Life the Light. 3. Life Everlasting.LIFE ANDADVENTLECTURE TRACTS: 1. A GreatTheological Fiction, by J. J. Hobbs. 2. TheDestiny of Mankind, by Wm. Brookman, Can-ada. 3. Unconditional Immortality Ex-amined, by G. P. Maekay, 4. Christ isComing Again, by C. E. Brooks.CLASS G. ID. EACH.RAINBOWTRACTS,'by the Rev. W. Le ask, D.D.:1. The Ministry of Evil. 4. Responsibility of

Christian Teachers. 6. Scripture Doctrine of aFuture Life. 7. The Dispensation of theMystery.GERSHOM TRACTS, by Geu. H. Goodwyn: 1. TheMorning Star. 2. Daybreak. 3. Sunrise.SALVATIONPREFIGURED i n the Baptism of theSon of God. By the above.THE BIBLE STANDARD. A Monthly Periodical.CLASS H. 2D. EACH.THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; or, a Sketch ofComing Events. By Cyrus E. Brooks. 32columns, tinted .THE RICH MAN ANDLAZARUS, or an Expositionof Lulce xvi. 23. By the Rev. W. Leask, D.D.THE PARABLEOF THE TEN VIRGINs. By Gen.H. Goodwyn. 'AN ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE OF MAN-Body,Soul, and Spirit. By the above.THE HIGH PRIESTHOODOF THE SON OF GOD. Bythe above.

THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST. By the above.LIFE AND ADVENT HYMNS. By the Rev. W.Leask, D,D.; Rev. G. P. Mackay; Chas. F.Deems, D.D.; R. Phillips; E. Masterman;A. D. Goody; G. Gillson; L. L. Wadeson;H. Matthews; Albert Smith; E. Hobbs ; andCyrus E. Brooks. 96 hymns, cloth , gilt, 6d.CLASS J. 6d. EACH.THE RESTITUTIONOF ALL THINGS. By the Rev.H. Constable, M.A. Second Edition, 56 pages.A Summary of his larger work, "Nature andDuration of Future Punishment."IMMORTALLIFE: The Golden Thread and SpecialTeaching of St. John's Gospel, according tothe Revised Version. The Inmost Truth ofChristianity. By the Rev. W. Griffith. 54 pages.PAULINE THEOLOGY; or the Christian Doctrineof Future Punishment, as taught in theEpistles of Paul the Apostle: and The Des-tiny of the Wicked. Second Edit ion, 95

pages, cloth, gilt, Is. 3d.TWELVEDISCUSSIONS,proving the Extinction ofEvil Persons and Things. By the Rev. H. S.Warleigh. 338 pages, cloth, gilt, Is. 3d.BIBLE DOCTRINE OF THE SOUL. By Chas. L.Ives, A.M., M.D" late Professor of Theory andPractice of Medicine in Yale College. Beingan Answer to the Question: Is the PopularConception of the Soul that of Holy Scripture?130 pages, cloth, gilt, Is. 6d.CLASS K. NINEPENCE EACH,POST-FREE.TRUTH AND TRADITION: In relation tothe Constitution of Man, and his coursethrough the world under the permissiveagency of sin. With a demonstration of God's

purpose to abolish sin and all evil. By GeH. Goodwyn. Second Edition. 127 pagecloth, gilt, Is. od.THE SUBSTANCEOFTHINGSHOPEDFOR: A contrasto the Immaterial and Speculative SystemAnti-Millennarianism, By the above. Cotents: The Governmental Ways and ActsGod in their Dispensational Aspect-Covenantwith Abraham and Israel, and the Hopethe Church, the Bride of the Lamb-Distinc-t ion between the Mediatorial and IntercessoryOffices of the Lord Jesus-Discrimination btween the Aaronic High Priesthood of thSon of God, and that after the OrderMelchizedec-Diversity of the Several Sceneof Judgment under the Administration of thLord Jesus, as the Christ, and as the SonMan-Doctrine of the First Resurrection-Character, Place, Time, 'and Object of thMillennial, or Dispensational KingdomHeaven, or of the Glorified Son of Man.pages.USimply on the gronnd of its merits dowe courteousask our readers to give it a large circulation, assured ththey will vaJue it much."-The Rainbow.

CLASS L. ONE SHILLINGEACH.THE LAST ADAM. By Gen. H. Goodwyn. Cotents: What is meant by the Term "TheKingdom of God" in the Present Dispensa-tion ?-lVIeaning of the Terms HThe Kingdomof Heaven" and H The Kingdom of God"-Evidence that the Kingdom is not the Churchbut the Eve of the New Creation-Synopsisof the Book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ-Seven Typical Phases of the Coming Kingdom-Peril of not receiving the Kingdom of Goas a little Child-Is the Gospel of "TheKingdom of God," in connection with " thName of Jesus," Preached now ?_H Thy Kingdom Come "-Suggestive Thoughts on thLord's Prayer. 226 pages. , Cloth, gilt, Is. 9THE STRUGGLEFOR ETERNAL LIFE, or the Immortality of the Just, and the Gradual Extinc-tion of the Wicked. By E. Petavel, D.DWith Introduction by the Rev. R. W. DaleM.A. 154 pages, cloth, gilt, Is. 9d.THE WHOLEARMOUROF GOD: An Explanationof the Christian Conflict, and the DivinPanoply therefor. By Gen. H. Goodwyn98 pages, cloth, gilt. .THE COMFORTERIS COME; or, the Ministrythe Holy Spirit in the World and in thChurch. By the above. 102 pages, cloth, gilMAN'S ONLYHOPE OF IMMORTALITY. An Exposi-tion of Christ's argument against the Sadducees. By W. G. Moncrieff, of Canada. 10pages. An invaluable pamphlet on thDeath-state. , '.CLASS N. 2s.6d.WHITMORE'S DOCTRINE OF IMMORTALITY. Contents: Historical Inquiry-Jewish Belief-Early Christian Belief - Argument fromReason - Scriptural Argument-- LessonCreation - Adamic Penalty-Traductionismversus Creationism-Life and Death-s-GeneralTestimony of Scripture-Intermediate State-Christ ian Redemption. 264 ~ages, cloth, gil

CLASS O. 3s. 6d.THE DURATIONANDNATUREOF FUTURE PUNISHMENT. By the Rev. Henry Constable, M.A(Late Prebendary of Cork, heland). FifthEdition, 330 pages, cloth, gilt. Contents:Future Punishment is Eternal-Eternal Death-Testimony of the Old and New Testaments-Greek of the New Testament-Primary Sensof Terms Indicated-Illustmtions of Scripture-Resurrection of the Wicked-Divine Justice-Extinction of Evil-Examination of Particular Texts-Distinctions in Future Punish-ment-Theories of Punishment and ChristianMissions-Some Objections answered-TheApostolic Fathers-Rise of the TheoryEternal Life in Hell-Tertullian-Rise of thTheory of Universal Restorat ion.


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~HE BIBLE STANDARD.c . 149

DINNER AND TEA,At 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. each day.

At "The Nelson Tavern," Fisherton Street.Dinner 2s. each day: Tea Is. each day. ALavatory for Gentlemen, and a Dressing-roomand Lavatory for Ladies will be provided eachday at the above, for the use of members of theConference.

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dead men shall live again by the touch of aliving God; or, in other words, without humanagency the laws of nature could not and wouldnot accomplish the purpose for which they were1HESS. iv. 16, "For the Lord Himself shall intended; nor will, methinks, man, without adescend from heaven with a shout, with the Divine agency, resume again his conscious

voice of the archangel, and with the trump of existence.God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first."Notice, it is not said that the Lord will come Notice. still further, among the living, fromfrom heaven bringing with Him the living the lowest order of creatures who only know tolive after the law of their animal nature, to thesaints, and raise the bodies of those He brings; highest development of intelligence, God haselse the part that hears, being already living, annexed certain laws which, when brought torenders unnecessary the call to wake, seeing itis not the body that hears, but the soul which bear the one on the other, produce life. Butobserve, life here is producing life in obedienceleaves the body. It is not the flesh that hears, to the law God has arranged would do so. Butneither is it the blood, nor the bones, marrow, death suspends all relation between men andmuscles, or nerves; these compose the humanbody, and these we bury, and these all allow do the laws that produce life, till God, who hathlife in Himself, beget us again from the dust tonot hear. What, then, is life? and where is it?Where is the part or' man that will hear the an incorruptible life (John v. 26). If man bycall to wake from the dead? Look for a his intelligence can make servant to his will thelaws of God, surely God can make servant tomoment, and you will see no part is required tohear if the hearing part is not there where the His will His own laws, and make me again my-call is directed. Gaze for a few moments at the self without the need of my constant existence.still form before you, cold in the grasp of death. Great stress seems to be laid on the reasoningYou look at that beautiful head, developed in of Socrates that the soul is immortal; but onevery part, every feature speaking forth in- careful reading it will be found that Socrates'telligence even in its stillness. When man whole soul and life not only yearned after pure-ceases to breathe he ceases to live; he does not \ ness and goodness, but after a knowledge oflive, because he does not breathe. Look at this God, and, apparently having no knowledge of airon machinery gigantic in size, perfect in every resurrection of the dead, linked to his intensepart, but still and quiet as death; it stands, desire after a union with that Divine Spirit,. and shall for ever stand, but for what? What, whose influence he said never left him, it wasI ask, is wanted to set in motion that wonderful necessary to the satisfaction of a mind so highlyand beautifully constructed maohine? What is toned, so truly noble, so righteously righteous,wanted, I ask again, to make it serve the pur- yea, so rarely divine, to long after a higherpose its maker had in view when its complicated existence. But alas, after all hi searching andparts were in his possession in a state of shape. reasoning, Socrates fails to give himself satisfac-less form? Wants it not the heated breath of tion, for his last words on the subject arethe boiling element we call water to give moving these in his apology. He says, "Oneof theseforce to the dead massive matter, and make it two things must be true; either death is alive and act as if it possessed a thousand lives? privation of thought, or it is the soul's passageBut notice further that which gives force and from one place to another. If it be a privation

action to the dead matter is as useless as the of thought, and, as it were, a peaceful sleepdead matter itself, apart from the dead matter. undisturbed by dreams, then to die is great gain.If you call the steam the living force and the After one night, of such tranquillity, free fromiron the dead matter, standing aloof from each disturbance, care, or the least dream, I am con-other they remain both dead and useless. That fident that if a man were to compare that nightwhich you call the living force, and that which with all the other nights and days of his pastyou call the dead matter, must be brought the life, and were to confess in conscience and inone to influence the other by the skill, know- truth how many nights or days of his wholeedge, ability, intelligence, and power of the life he had passed more happily than that one,-maker! "I'hus, we find it is the living power in I am confident, I say, that not only a privateman gives moving force to matter, and without man, but the greatest king, would find so smallman's power all matter would remain stagnant a number that it would be vel'y easy to countand idle. And so, methinks, the breath of man them. Now, if death does in any measureis in the hands of God, body and powers in- resemble such a night, then, as I have just said,sensible apart from the breath or living force, to die is great gain. If death be a passage fromt4e breath a power powerless till God causes the this place to another, and the regions below areone to influence the other, for in Him we live, a place of rendezvous for those who lived here;move, and have our being (Acts xvii. 28). Yea, pray, my judges, what greater good can a manmethinks it is plainly taught, as dead matter is imagine? For if a man quits his counterfeit

LIFE. Part VIII.judges here, for true ones in the regions bewho they say administer justice with so ~equity, such as Minos, Rhadamanthus, lEnTriptolemus, and all the other demi-gods,were so just in this life; will not that bhappy change? At what rate would youpurchase a conference with Museaus,Hesiod,Homer? For my part, if such a thing wpracticable, I would' die a thousand timesenjoy so great a pleasure. What transportsjoy shall I encounter when I meet Pal ameAjax the Telamonian, and all the other heof antiquity, who in this life were victims ojustice. How agreeable will it be to putadventures in the balance with theirs; butgreatest and most valuable pleasure will coin spending my time in putting questionsinterrogatories to these great men, in ordestrike out the distinction between the trulyand those who falsely fancy themselves tsuch. Who would not give all he has inworld for a conference with him who lednumerous army against Troy, or with Ulyor Sisyphus, and a thousand other menwomen whose conversation and discovwould afford us inexpressible felicity? Tmen are infinitely more happy than we,invested with immortality. Upon which accomy judges, you ought to encounter deathsteady hope, as being persuaded of this cetruth that it is infinitely advantageous for mdie, and be rid of the encumbrance of thisNotice, the reading of this paragraph i

that one of two states is the true one,which to hold by, Socrates plainly show~ hnot found out. In short, he says it is eitheeternal sleep, or it is a passing of the part'cannot die from the corruptible, never to dBut let me refer my readers to another

of Socrates, which to my mind is purely abHe says, the soul was in being many ages bus-that is, we lived before we lived, or wein existence before our descent into ourHad Socrates said the law was eternal imind of God that brought into existencehuman family, one could have seen a rcommon sense in his reasoning; but hisment seems only a dark absurdity. But,said before, Socrates was a man who hadthe animal with the divine or spiritual nand felt the sweet delight of a true life, anlaboured hard to find if it were possibthrow off the flesh and yet maintain his idewhich he failed to do to his own satisfactioI have shown. It seems to me an impofact, that the man only alive to the enjoyof his animal nature, will be infinitely lessto the enjoyment produced by the mortifyithe flesh, and the cultivation of the hqualities which make meet for It resiamong the angels.

( Concluded.)

By MARIA GELLETLY.


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M y DEAR FRlEND,-Many thanksfor the Bible Standard. I am soglad to see it; and this number is aninteresting one. There is one paper init I do not quite see with; so I want alittle chat with you about it; for some-times the same thing strikes someoneelse in a different light; and if it is mymisapprehension I can be set right.The paper I allude to is that of " TheResurrection and the Life." The driftof the paper of course is to show thatbelievers do not "depart and be withChrist" at death, but are not alive in anysense till the Lord comes. I cannot sayI see that. 'There are some passageswhich seem to give the idea that it isso; but there are others that appear tome plainly to show the opposite. Afterall, though, if one quietly considers thematter, there is not the seeming amountof difference that would appear at first

sight. One of the children said to methe day before the Ohristmas holidays,"Miss M., I'm longing for bedtime tocome!" "Are you?" said I; "Yougenerally long for it not to come."" 0," was the reply, " but I'm longingto be just starting for home, and, don'tyou see, I shall be asleep the minute I'min bed, and then it'll be morninq," So itis, in effect, however long the night maybe; and whether we go to the Lord atdeath, or sleep till He comes to UB, thefirst thing we shall be conscious of isthe sight of Him. However, as I saidbefore, it seems to me at present, thatthe preponderance of evidence is for theview that we " depart to be with Christ"at death. But what I am going to findfault with in this paper is not. that theopposite view is set forth, but with someof the evidence brought to support it,which I fancy does not hold good, and Iwish to know what you think of it.The last sentence in the middlecolumn, page 115, is, "The credit ofgiving cannot be claimed where therenever was the need to give." I don'tthink anyone would deny that; thequestion is, it seems to me, to what doesChrist refer when He calls Himself" theLife?" Does He not in this ease mean

that He is the source of Eternal Life?We agree that none can have that unlessgiven by Him; the question is, when isit given by Him,-now, or at the resur-rection. I believe now; but I do notsee how that verse teaches anything aboutthe time.Then,-" the bringing life from abovewas not giving back life; the resurrec-tion of the body was not the resurrectionof the man, but the man's body." Canwe talk of a "man" without a body inthe strict sense of the term? Certainly

not. (At least not unless we believethe commonly-received idea of a manbeing a spirit who only resides in a bodywhich is not himself.) But still, in thestrict sense of the word, I do not thinkwe can talk of a corpse as a "man"either. When a dead body becomes dis-integrated, we do not speak of theparticles of which it consisted as a" man." And the process commences assoon as life ceases; so it can scarcely becalled " a man" in the full sense of theword, when without life. If we do notuse some other word or phrase whichimplies that fact, we say" a dead man,"to show that it is not a man in a perfectstate of being. As regards the case ofLazarus, he must have been in the graveand nowhere else; for the Lord's workwas not yet completed; and till it was,those who were His could only have hadthe title to life, and not the actual pos-session of it. But I do not see that itfollows as a necessary sequence that itwould be so when His work was com-pleted.A naturalist in his collection, whetherliving or dead, classes all the insects inwhatever stage of development under onename; though strictly speaking it be-longs to the perfect insect only. If Ispeak of " Tortriai antiqua," I mean themoth; not the caterpillar, nor the chry-salis, unless I specially say so. Butvery often I do use it for th latter; Isay I have fed the 'I'ortrices and Bom-bices when I mean the caterpillars. lait frequent and correct to use languagein this sense in common life, but wrongto take it as ever so used in Scripture?I do not know why it should be; norhow we can help seeing that it is. Godsaid, "Dust thou art, and unto dustshalt thou return." How can I return towhat I am? Yet t4e meaning is per-fectly clear to everyone. There is a pas-sage in Rev. vi. 9, which says, "I sawunder the altar the souls of themthat were slain for the word of God."Now it does not say, "I saw underthe altar those that were slain." Ifthey were orthodox "souls," thiswould be perfectly correct; and it wouldinvolve the belief in the resurrection ofthe" body," as the authoress in questionjustly puts it, and not of the" dead,"i.e., inen. But most assuredly thatwhich was "slain," and was in thegrave, was as much "them" as the" souls" whatever they may be. Thewhole passage is remarkable; but itcertainly seems to me to convey the ideaof something imperfect; they were not

men, but they were some sort of exist-ence; and though I do not know how itis possible to exist without a body ofsome kind, I do not think it requires ascrap more faith to believe the possibility

of such a thing, than to believe manyother things; for many of the things wedo believe are quite as impossible tounderstand,The last sentence of the paragraphmisapprehends the real import of theverse quoted, I think. "I am the Godof Abraham, the God of Isaac, and theGod of Jacob; God is not the God of thedead but of the living." It is plainlyindicated here that God counts uponHis dead saints as living children, andupon dead sinners as dead indeed. Iknow that God does" call things thatare not as though they were," but I donot think He is doing so in this case,and I will tell you why.The Lord, and His apostles after Him,always answered people from their ownstandpoint. He always replied to thethought in their minds; as for instance,Nicodemus. Evidently from the Lord'sanswer to him, his thought was, "We

know you must be sent from God; canyou be He who is to restore the kingdomto Israel ? ". Now we are expressly told the Saddu-cees said there "was no resurrection; "" neither angel nor spirit" is said else-where.I once heard someone trying to con-vince another of the truth of a doctrinehe stated, by a quotation from a certainBook of Scripture, the authenticity ofwhich he knew the person addresseddenied. The result was not particularlysuccessful; for when the speaker wasbeyond hearing, the gentleman addressed

said he thought it was" somewhat of afool's proceeding to prove one untruth byanother."The explanation I always heard beforeof that verse quoted by the Lord was,-as God said "I am the God ofAbraham," &c., it showed that as theywere living as disembodied spirits withGod, their bodies must rise again. Inever could see why it must be patentto everyone, that the latter fact was thenecessary sequence of the former. Andif this were the Lord's meaning, I do notsee how it could be an answer to a

Sadducee ; nor how the bystanders wereforced to " perceive that He had answeredthem well." It might satisfy certain ofthose who believed that God had saidthe dead should rise; but I think notanyone else. I know several personsintimately who do not believe in the re-surrection of the dead, though they be-lieve in the immortality of the soul; andI have heard two of them say of thisparticular passage, they could not con-ceive why Christ quoted these words toprove the resurrection; they could notsee what proof there was in them.


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She states a truth, and illustrates itclearly and forcibly; but I do not thinkit is the truth the Lord brings forwardin this passage; or that it would havebeen a more convincing proof to a Sad-ducee than the former. For the Sad-dueee would probably have said whatmy friends said, " That, at any rate, canonly prove that Abraham, Isaac, andJacob did not cease to exist when theirbodies died, but are living somewherenow without them."We constantly use the word "am"without meaning present existence to allin question. For instance, I may over-

hear a French person speaking againstWellington; and I say, "Now don'tabuse Wellington in my presence; I'mhis countrywoman." I do not mean thatWellington is alive now; and no onewould think I did. So, I believe, Godused these words when He spoke themto Moses. He had made a promise toAbraham which consisted of severalpoints. Two of them were these;-" Unto thy seed will I give this land; "" I will give it unto thee;" "I will giveunto thee, and to thy seed after thee theland." Now, if the Lord had only said," I will give it unto thee," as Abrahamnever had it himself, we might havethought the words were used in the sensethey so often are used among us, ofmeaning a title to the land. I may havea title to a large entailed property; it ismine most truly in one sense; but I diebefore my father, so I never personallyenjoyed possession myself; it is my sonwho does. But God means just whatHe says; and when He says, "to theeand to thy seed," I think He meansboth. And He did not say it only once.And He did not promise it for himselffirst ; but the first promise was "untothy seed." When the Lord told himmore about it, He said, " and unto thee."God also told Abraham when He ex-plained His purposes more fully still,"thou shalt be buried in a good oldage;" so Abraham knew he was not topossess it himself then, certainly; norhis seed either for some generations afterthey had been in a strange land. Godtold him all that would happen to hisseed during that time; and how theywould be brought back again to the landwhich He had given them. The promisewas confirmed to Isaac, and to Jacob.They never possessed the land them-selves, and knew they would not, then.But in Heb. xi. it says, "By faithAbraham, when he was called to go outinto a place which he should after re-ceive for an inheritance, obeyed." "Byfaith he sojourned in the land of promiseas in a strange country, dwelling intabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the

heirs with him of the same promise; forhe looked for a city which hath founda-tions, whose builder and maker is God."It goes on, "Now they desire a bettercountry, that is a heavenly." Stephensays of Abraham, Acts vii. 5, " And Hegave him none inheritance in it; no,not so much as to set his foot on; yetHe promised that He would give it tohim for a possession, and to his seedafter him." So Stephen evidently be-lieved the whole (perhaps I should say apart of the) promise unfulfilled in Abra-ham's lifetime. If one puts all this andother passages together, it seems to meit means something different to thecommon belief held now; which is thatAbraham, Isaac, and Jacob, etc., werelooking for an inheritance above, aheavenly city, not on the earth at all.It is called a " heavenly country; " the" builder and maker" of the city Abra-ham looked for is "God." But in Dan.ii. 34 it says, "A stone was cut outwithout hands;" therefore it was not ofthe earth. And in verses 44, 45, " TheGod of heaven shall set up a kingdomwhich shall never be destroyed." Andthe seventh chapter enlarges on this'most fully; and speaks of a heavenlykingdom, yet on the earth. In theRevelation it says, "We shall reign onthe 'earth." The Lord Himself says,"Ye shall see Abraham, Isaac, andJacob in the kingdom of heaven." Hesaid to the Apostles, " In the regenera-tion, when the Son of man shall sit onthe throne of His glory, ye also shall siton twelve thrones, judging the twelvetribes of Israel." Was not this whatAbraham looked for; what all thoseJewish saints looked for; what the firstdisciples of the Lord looked for; andwhat many of the house of Israel up tothe present time, mixed it may be withmany mistaken thoughts, are lookingfor? A time when they shall possessthe whole of that land promised; whenall shall possess it who believed God'spromise as Abraham believed it; thetime of the kingdom God will set upupon the earth ; which is "never to bedestroyed;" the "regeneration," the"restitution of all things;" when thecity, the capital of that kingdom, shallbe called" The Lord is There." Do notthese different things all refer to onetime, which commences in the millennialkingdom? If this is God's truth, theforce of the Lord's argument was this,-"You Sadducees are appealing toMoses; you acknowledge Moses wrotecertain laws, and regulations, andhistories of events connected with hispeople. It is an indisputable fact inour history, that our forefathers wentdown into Egypt; but that they, someof them at any rate, expected to possess

this land again, for we have thsepulchres amongst us of Jacob anJoseph to this day. You acknowledgit is an historical fact that they got awafrom Egypt, and became possessed othis land. Now Moses says that whethe time of which God spoke to Abrahamhad arrived, God met him (Moses), andsaid to him, 'I am the God of Abrahamthe God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.(See Exodus ii. 24, andiii. 6S. That is,I am He who made a promise to themone part of which was that after fouhundred years I would bring their seeagain to the land I promised, and theshould possess it. You Sadducees knowthis came to pass; therefore, if God fufilled one part ofHis promise to AbrahamHe will fulfil the other as surely; anHe cannot give the land to Abrahamunless He raises him from the deadtherefore, it follows there must be a resurrection of the dead."Is it not this, which those words musmean, used as they were? I think

Sadducee would understand and see thforce of this reasoning; which he woulnot of the other; for it would be answering him from the ground which he alowed; which would not be, in the othecase.There is only one thing more I woul

say about this paper. What I have saiabout it may be either right or wrongI cannot be sure which. But I am surthat if the last two sentences of thpaper do not contain error, they at anyrate contain such unguarded expressionas would lead many persons to go awawith an untrue idea. And those peopwho do not consider what they hear anread, but receive things too readily, mighget mischief. Can anyone "beget ithemselves" the Spirit of Christ? Ithe "pureness and holiness of Chrisimbibed, acquired," that which makes uheirs of eternal life? Certainly noThough it is inseparable from the posession of it.Not as being the model of a perfechumanity did the Lord Jesus Chris"become the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey Him.Having perfectly fulfilled the law of Goboth in the spirit and in the letter, Hdid, nevertheless, suffer that utter separa

tion from God, that complete deatwhich is the final portion of man sinhe was debarred from the tree of lifThus did the Lord Jesus Christ makconfession of that which was justly dufrom man to God; and of that whicwas the just destiny of man under thrighteous government of God. Thudid He set forth the holiness and justicof God, as well aR His mercy and Hlove. He," His own self bare our si


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in His own body on the tree, that we,being dead to sins, should live untorighteousness." Only to those who re-ceive Him thus, neither disallowing thesignificance of His death, nor denyingin their life the object for which He died,does He. give the right or privilege to" become the sons of God." God grantthat we and ours may be among thenumber of those of whom it may be said,

."and such we are."-Herean.[We have pleasure in inserting theabove criticism on an article, which hasbeen running in our pages for somemonths. Its spirit and manner com-mends it to our goodwill and sympathy;whilst we leave its substance to ourreaders. It is just _to add that it wasnot originally written for publication, butprivately sent to a Devonshire Memberof the Association, from whom we re-ceived it with a request for its insertion.-ED. B.S.]

NOTES, NEWS, AND REVIEWS.~ PIEOE OF IMPERTINENOE.

The following choice (? ) morsel hasbeen sent by postcard to our President,in answer to a circular sent from theoffice. To give it publicity is sufficientlyto punish its author :-"Sir,-I have received your lyingBlasphemy which you call ConditionalImmortality. I can only say that ifanything can, be an obstacle to the pro-gress of the Gospel that doctrine wouldbe, as then Salvation would be a

misnomer, for there would be nothingto be saved from, for destruction isno punishment. But God is a holy,a sin-hating, a sin-punishing God, andtherefore to show His Holiness, Hepunishes sin in the person of His dearSon, the surety of His people, even thosewho were Redeemed by His preciousblood, having been loved in Christ withan everlasting love, and therefore re-generate byHis spirit, and thus broughtto believe in Christ, and have everlastinglife.But those who die in Unbelief do gointo everlasting punishment, wheretheir worm dieth not and the fire is notquenched. But yourheart rebels againstGod on the subject. May He open youreyes." J. C. B., M.D.7/7/82. Looseleigh, Plymouth.

PUNISIDNG THE IDOLS.J. W. writes, "Your letter remindsme that not only in the authorisedScriptures, but in the Apocrypha, theidol is to be punished as well as itsmaker-or ' tormented' if you will,triturated, worn away. That which is

made with hands is cursed-as well it ashe that made it. 'And that which ismade shall be punished, together withhim that made it. ' - Wisdom oj Solomon,xiv., 8-10.

AMERICA AND OONDITIONALIMMORTALITY.

An educated gentleman, most friendlyto the great theological reformation inprogress, who lives in one of the EasternStates, wrote me in April last to thiseffect :-" A fewdays ago, my ---, aCongregational clergyman, affirmed thatnearly or quite nine-tenths of his minis-terial brethren believed in ConditionalImmortality. Few, however, have thecourage to speak out publicly."-W. G.M., in Montreal Investigator.EMIGRATION TO PALESTINE.

'''Whatever we may think or say as tothe practicability of the new exodus, it isevidently to take place. The letter wepublished recently from the RoumanianCommittee for Promoting Jewish Emi-gration showed distinctly the earnestdesire and express intention of theRoumanian Jews to seek refuge in theHoly Land from the persecution they aremade to suffer in the land of their birthor sojourn. To all the objections toPalestine colonisation that can bepointed out the Jews of Russia andRoumania have one all-sufficient reply., We cannot be worse off there thanhere.' Arab blackmail cannot be worsethan the forced contribution to theRussian police, and is superior to being, baited.' The uncertainties of Syrianagriculture cannot exceed the insecurityofRussian trade. In short no difficultiesin the way will daunt men who arecrushed and persecuted in their nativecountry, and who desire at least to feelsome moral satisfaction in life if theycannot hope to obtain material success.The movement is irresiatible, If wecannot stem the tide, let us at least guideit into fruitful channels. We cannotsuffer ourselves to stand by with foldedhands when this new exodus is takingplace. The greater the difficulty attend-ing it, the greater the need for carefulplans from the outset and cordial co-operation with the initiators of the move-ment. We are men of the modern time;it is ours to see that all the resources ofmodern organisation should be appliedto this movement. We Jews have held,for nearly two thousand years, that theconsummation of the ages of suffering wehave passed through will only be reachedwhen we again possess the land of ourfathers. Is that trust to die away justat the moment when it appears about tobe fulfilled? Or is it to be expected that

the return will be brought about bymeans so mysterious as to be beyond theco-operation - of human beings? Godwork's His will through the will of men,and if the prophecies are to be fulfilleditwill be because they will be fulfilled byhuman wills and energies. These mayseem to be high topics to drag into con-nection with a practical plan for placinga few Jewish colonies in Palestine. Butit is from small beginnings, such as these,that great events often arise, and thereturn of a small body of Jews to theHoly Land can never fail to bring tomind the possibility and the practicabilityof the larger return to which all Jewishhistory and all Jewish aspirations havehitherto pointed." -The Jewish Chronicle,

TURKISH BONDS AND PALESTINE."The news that the Porte has takeninto consideration the proposal of takingin payment her bonds, for land thatmight be purchased in Syria has apeculiar significancy. The suggestionwas made in these columns in the nameof Jews living in the Holy Land. Therecan be no doubt that, should the Porteagree to the proposal-and we cannotsee why the Porte should not give herconsent-large tracts of land would bepurchased by Jews in the Holy Land.An impulse might be given to Jewishimmigration, of such as might wish tolive in it, and to establish there theirhomesteads. We will not pry into thedesigns of Providence. .In due time theveil will be lifted, and we shall see thefresh developments in store for us. Attile present moment, it appears to usthat the design Providence seems towork at would be best promoted, if, inthe long threatened dissolution of thcTurkish Empire, which cannot be sovery far off, England were impelled toextend her now strong protecting handover Syria. No contingency would behailed by the Jewish people with greatersatisfaction than such a turn of affairs inthe East."-The Jewish Chronicle.

SOLD CHEAP.One evening, as I stood in the post-officein Laurence, Mass., twoyoung mencame from the window where stampswere sold. "See here," said one to his

fellow, and glancing towards him I sawin his open palm two new two-centpieces, and my ear caught what soundedthus :-" I gave him :five cents for astamp, and he ought to have given meback one, but he gave me two." " Allright," said his companion, as theypassed on evidently pleased with thespeculation, while I stood musing tomyself, " Sold cheap! Two cents for thehonour, honesty, fairness, and manlyprinciples of two young men."


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154 THE BIBLE STANDARD.language. As it refers to a very importantmatter, I should wish to draw your readers'at tention to it .He says that the Hebrew words translated" surely die" in Gen. ii. 17, invariably demandthat in every place where they occur we shouldunderstand a "violent" death to be intended.Mr. Griffith is quite right in supposing that theydo mean a violent death in very many placeswhere they occur. He is however utterly inerror in supposing that they always mean such adeath. They are just as applicable to a deathwhich is what we call natural, i.e., to a deathcaused by old age or sickness.I would firat refer your readers to Num. xxvi.65-" For the Lord had said of them, they shallsurely die in the wilderness. And there was not

left a man of them." Moses is here speaking ofthe entire congregation of Israel, who came out THEBLASTINGOFTHE FIG TREE.of Egypt under his guidance. It is not true of DEARSIR,-The other Sunday I had the pleasurefar the greater number of them that they died of hearing, in one of the Presbyterian Churchesby a " , violent' death." Such as was the death in Dunfermline, a very eloquent discourse on theof Miriam, of Aaron, and of MOBes,such was the love of Christ. The minister who spoke referreddeath of probably ninety-nine out of every at great length to the love "which passethhundred of the people. Their death was un- knowledge," and before concluding he instancedattended by any violence. one or two things that our Lord did, whichThere is no occasion to enter particularly into some people might consider not in accordanceany other texts. I would just refer to 2 Kings with all His other loving actions. One of thesei. 4, 6, 16, as teaching us the same thing. things was the blasting of the fig tree. TheAhaziah was to "surely die," yet he died a minister thought, however, there were extenuat-natural death from a disease produced by a fall. ing circumstances in connection with this act,There is then no ground whatsoever for Mr. as it must be understood that the tree was aGriffiths' assertion that the Hebrew words some- barren one-it did not bring forth fruit-and ittimes translated" surely die," imply necessarily was better that it should be removed, rathera " , violent' death." Their use in Gen. ii. 17, by .than it should stand and disappoint the wearyno means lead UB to conclude that the death traveller who might journey thither, expectingthreatened to Adsm was of such a kind.-Henry to get something to appease his hunger. ButConstable, London, July 29th. there was more in the blasting of the tree thanthis. He considered the act showed the people

that if they remained barren, as the fig tree did,they likewise should be destroyed.I thought the illustration an excellent one.

I stated to one of the members of the congrega-tion in question that the fig tree was completelydestroyed-" it withered away"; and if thewicked who do not bring forth fruit are not tobe destroyed, are not to wither away, then theillustration was out of place, and was far frombeing in keeping with the views generally heldin orthodo r circles, as to the fate of the wicked.I was met with the reply, "You accept every-thing in a literal sense I" In this matter Iplead guilty to the charge. It is a fact that thefig tree withered away,-neither root nor branchof it were left. It was completely destroyed;and our Saviour, by this aet.. taught men alesson,-not that if they do not bring forthfruit they shall continue to live in a state oftorture,-but, on the contrary, that they shallwither away, or as Ilifalachi puts it, "All theproud and all that do wickedly shall be stubble:and the day that cometh shall burn them up,saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave themneither root nor branch."Is it possible for people to sit and hear suchillustrations as the above, perhaps Sunday afterSunday, without having the question forcedupon them, "What is the meaning of the worddestroyed! " Yea, more, I ask is it possible forpeople to hear such illustrations, and to hearthe Word of God read daily, without beingforced to exclaim, "This everlasting tormenttheory is unscriptural, and not in accordancewith the Word of God, which declares that' thesoul that sinneth it shall die' "? Yes, the soulthat sinneth shall die, and shall not have lifeunder any circumstances whatever. " Thewicked" says the psalmist, "shall perish, andthe enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat oflambs: they shall consume; into smoke shallthey consume aw sy," Are n.ot the,!ords of ourLord Himself so plain on this question that hewho runs may read, "Except ye repent, yeshall all likewise perish" ?

SEEKING A MAN.True culture is Christianity. The oldcynic said, " I am seeking a man." Afew years after, Justin said," In ChristI have found a man." Socrates said,"Philosophy is the true end of man. "Augustine said afterwards, "In Christ is

the true philosophy." And that wasthe end that a complete and maturedculture would ultimately reach.-Rev.Prof. Cave.SYRIAN COLONIZATION FUND.We have pleasure in calling attentionto the formation of a Society for the re-settlement of the Jewish race in andaround the land of their fathers. Itsobjects are-I. To secure the mutualco-operation of Societies and Individualsinterested in the Colonization of Syria.2. To assist with grants or loans needyJews desirous to settle there. 3. Tosecure landed or other property, ifdesirable or expedient, in view of the

objects sought. We have pleasure insending our own mite for so importantan object, and trust that many amongour readers will lend it their generoussupport. No doubt need be entertainedas to the genuineness of this Fund, seeingthat its President is the Earl of Shaftes-bury, and its Lady-President the Vis-countess Strangford. Information maybe had of the Hon. Secretaries-Mrs.Finn, the Elms, Brook Green, London,W.; and F. D. Mott, E sq., 9GraceehurchStreet, London, E.C. Subscriptionsshould be sent to the Treasurer, R. C. L.Bevan, Esq., Messrs. Barelay, Bevan,Tritton, & Co., 54 Lombard Street,Lon-don, E.C. Should any of our readersprefer to send their help through ourOffice, they are at liberty to do so, andwe will duly acknowledge the samein this paper (not separately) and forwardto the Fund.CANON FARRAR ON ATHEISM.Speaking in Westminster Abbey, theeloquent Canon said, "For a time anatheist populace may uphold the tatteredbanner of corpse-like traditions which ithas stolen from the rifled grave of Chris-tianity. But it will never be long beforeit declares itself the enemy of the Church,the enemy of the family, the enemy ofthe throne; never long before it tears

down the flag of decency and order, anduphoists in its place, if not the red flagof Socialism, or the black of spoliation,at any rate, the standard of materialappetites and physical desires."

REPLYTOPROF.BIRKS'EXTRACT.Dear Sir,-I observe in the Standard, just to

hand, an extract from Professor Birks on theImmortality question, upon which you haveinvited criticism.I only intend to Bay a word or two on the 5thparagraph in the Professor's article. The firstfour appear to me all to turn upon the questionas to whether the nephesh is or is not immortal.So long as men persist in saying it is, then thearguments will be valid; but if we examine theground of their reasoning and discover it to be,as it really is, false. then all such argumentstotter and fall to the ground. ABthe Standardhas again and again shown the falsity of suchreasoning, I will not occupy your space with any-thing I might say about it; but will go on tonotice the special point to which I wish to callthe attention of your readers.In the fifth paragraph, the professor, with agreat amount of verbosity, proceeds to tell us athing which every human being, who has beengifted with the free use of all the primal sanities,must know perfectly well. He tells us that thetheory of annihilation cannot reverse the actionsof man. HiB words are :-" The annihilationand utter extinction of the ungodly cannot reversetheir past actings." Well! what of tbat? isour theory, which is the truth ofG od, a whit theless true became it cannot effect imposeibilitiea?Surely not! Will torturing a human beingfor untold ages in hell-fire ever blot out of ex-istence a single act performed by that individualwhile ia this life? Suppose we were to take thetraitor Judas, and imagine that he had burnedin hell for a space of time far surpassing allhuman calculation. At the end of that timewould it be a whit less true that he betrayed hisLord and Master, than it was on that evermemorable day when his foul lips touched thecheeks of Ohrist P Is the word of God falsebecause it still bears record against the sins ofpast ages? Nay, verily, God shall show Hisword to be true thougb every sect and everyfaction should be branded as liars.

CORRESPONDENCE.REPLYTO 1\1R.GRIFFJTH'S.

Sir,-In your number for August, ]882, p.141, Mr.. Griffiths makes an assertion which isnot justified by the usage of the Hebrew

No wonder that at the present day there is somuch infidelity in the Christian world, whenthose who are the accredited teachers of our holyreligion stoop to use such arguments in supportof whatis after all simply their own ideas.The actions of men no power will ever reverse.But there is a power which can punish andreward, and that power is God. He has declaredthat the reward of His service is everlasting life,but, " The soul that sinneth it shall die." piea death fromwhich there shall be no rssurreotdon.Thanking you, sir, for thus permitting thereaders of the Standard to have an opportunityof protesting against such nn.Christian criticis~Bon the defensibility of our position.-I remain,yours truly, Robert F. Gardiner, Glasgow, July31st.


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 15Such passages ;s these, and which I maintainagree with the general teaching of Scripture,surely show that the wicked, like the fig tree,shall really wither away, and shall not be per.mitted upon any account to encumber theground, or to defile a world which some day

shall be restored to the predestined condition itoccupied before Adsm sinned. But apart fromsuch pleading of the counsel as this, I ask is itpossible that the Lord God, who did not spareHis Son from death,-" The Lord God, mercifulend gracious, long-suffering, abundant in good.ness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands,"-would willingly consign a living creature to alife of pain which knew no end? Is it possiblethat the Christ, whose" love passeth knowledge,"will issue such a verdict as "Depart from me,ye cursed, into a never-ending life of torment" ?No, reader, it is not possible. And let us praythat the world may be awakened soon from itshideous nightmare, and brought to realise thefull meaning of the words, "God so loved theworld that He gave His only begotten Son, thatwhosoever believeth in Him should not perish,but have everlasting life."We who, in this magazine, try to set forththat death is the extreme opposite of life, arefrequently charged with being perpetrators of adoctrine too horrid to think of. I willinglyadmit tbat the thought of being "cut off,""consumed," or "destroyed,"-all Scripturalwords, as applied to the wicked,-is a terriblethought, but the theory surely compares favour-ably with the revolting idea of eternal torment.Now I have done, and my earnest prayer to Godis that such illustrations aBthe one in question,may bring forth fruit, and tend to bring men toa knowledge of the truth,-the truth that in the"Lamb of God," whose" love passeth know-ledge," there alone is life. While out of Himthere is nothing but ultimate death, evenextinction of life.-And. S. Cunning ham.Dumfermline,

WORK AND WITNESS.

LONDON,N.W. :-Christian Meeting, St. John'sRooms, Grove St., Lis son Grove. Min,: R.J.Hammond, Esq. S. Services 11 & 7.HULL:-Christian Meeting, Protestant Hall.Supplies. S. Services 11 & 6-30.CHELTENHA~l-Regent St. Chapel (Baptist).Min.: Rev. J. C. Carlile. S. Services 11and6-30. Book Agent: Mr. H. Sparkes, 3,Queen St., St. Peter's.

CARLISLE-Christian Meeting. (Private.)N.B.-The above Churches make an AnnualCollection, Offertory, or Grant in aid of t he Asso-ciation. The same favour is requested fromother Churches in sympathy with the teachingsthereof. When such possess Local Agents whosupply our Literature, we shall be glad to addtheir name and address. We cannot in futureundertake to insert Local News from any Churchnot in this List.

HOME NEWS.LANCASHIRE.-"Received your very welcomeparcel all safe. You will be pleased to hear ofyour pamphlets being well circulated, and quitean interest manifested. My time is all taken upin preparing for special meetings for enquiry.Quite a number are angry at these things, butothers are busy in study. Four confessed to thetruth after a close search. I was regarded at a

Church Meeting to be on the high road to in-fidelity, and the presiding elder advised me notto pry too far into these things. But I mean tosearch and prove and to hold fast that which isgood. My prayer is for more light and strength."-July 21, 1882. .GLASGow.-The Annual Fraternal Gatheringof our Scotch Brethren was held on Sunday,July 9, in Glasgow. In addition to the mem-bers of the Glasgow Church there were 53 fromother Scotch Churches of the Union. The

services commenced at 11 a.m., when the Lord'sSupper was commemorated. In connectiontherewith addresses were given by Messrs. -WoDickson and James Fraser, of Glasgow, thelatter speaking at length on "Delay in tbe ful-filling of God's Promises." At 3 p.m, a meetingwas held under the presidency of Mr. DavidLindsay, Dundee, when Mr. W. Laing, of Edin-burgh, read a paper on " The Rock on which theLord Jesus builds His Church." An addressfollowed from Mr. W. C. Taylor, of Boston,U_S.A., after which various letters were read.Mr. A. Pearson, London, then spoke, and closedhis remarks by reading' a letter from brethren,of the same communion worshipping in London.The subject of "Evangelization" was then in-troduced by Mr. J. R. Norrie, of Edinburgh, whourged that they should make a united effort toform a Central Fund for this purpose. Mr. G.Dowie, of Dundee, advocated the alternativeplan of each Church forming its own fund, andcarrying out its own local evangelization. W.Laing, jun., Edinburgh, strongly supported Mr.Norrie's plan. The debate was continued byMessrs. Geo. Jamieson (Glasgow), James Mill(Cupar), and D. Strang (Glasgow). It was sub-sequently agreed tbat the Cburches in Edinburghand Dundee should communicate on the subjectwith the friends in Glasgow. Mr. G. Dowiethen read a paper on "Civilization and Salva-tion." Mr. G. B. Findlay, Glasgow, next spokeon "The expediency of Keeping a Sabbath."After the reading of a further letter the pro-ceedings were brought to a 010se. The Mes-senger Report-the Monthly Magazine of theabove Churches-announced an increase of 30copies per month, the present monthly cireula-tion being 727 copies. [We congratulate theexcellent Editor and Treasurer (Messrs. M. W.and R. K. Strang) on tbe efficiency and growthof their publieation.]

COLONIAL NEWS.. NEW ZEALAND.-Auckland.-On Thursday,May 4th, a social tea was held, followed by a

BRANCH ASSOCIATIONS.LIVERPOOL-Sec.: Mr. W. H. Miller, 9, Clayton

Sqr.NEW ZEALAND-Sec.: Rev. G. A. Brown, Lin-dum House, Vincent St., Auckland. Sepa-rate Organ the New Zealand Bible Standard,post-free direct 3s. 6d. per annum.SOUTHAUSTRALIA-Sec.: Mr. G. H. Glover,Kent Town.LONDON,N.W.:-Sec.: R. J. Hammond,Esq.,80, Edgware Rd., W.BRADFORn,YORKS. -Sec.: Mr. WaIter Clark,6,Exeter St.CANADA-Seo.: Mr. G. H. Hills, 17, WilliamSt., Yorkville, Ontario.N.B.-This Periodical, together with the

Literature of the Association, can be procuredof any of the above Branches. Members en-rolled therewith are included in the GeneralAssociation.

SUBSCRIBING CHUROHES.LONDON,N. :-Maberly Chapel (Congregational),Ball's Pond Rd., Kingsland. Min.: Rev.W. Leask, D.D. S. Services 11 & 6-30.LINCOLN-Mint Lane Chapel (Baptist). Min.:Rev. G. P. Mackay. S. Services 10-30 & : 6.Book Agent: Mr. E. E. Boughton, 23,. Park St.SKIPTONYorks) :-Mission Church, TemperanceHall. Supplies. S. Services 10-30 & 6.GLASGOW-Christian Meeting, 13, Kirk St., Gor-bals. Supplies. S. Services 11 & 3.BRADFORDYorks) :-Mission Church, Temper.

ance Hall, Chapel St., Leeds Rd. Supplies.S. Services 11 & 6-30.TORQuAy:-Life and Advent Free Church, EastSt., Torre. Supplies. S. Services 11 & 6.30.

meeting, to welcome Mr. E. H. Taylor. Abou130 partook of the many good things providedafter which Mr. G. A_Brown occupied the chairand personally expressed his pleasure to be ablto welcome Mr. Taylor. Mr. McNaught seforth in very forcible illustrations the ideas concerning religion prevalent among the massesMr. Wilcox followed with criticisms of pulpioratory and its many inconsistencies concerningthe God of love whom we should all adore anworsbip, but who cannot be approached witany degree of confidence by those who believe iHis intention to immortalize sin and sinnersand to perpetuate throughout the eternal ageskingdom of sin, and thus retain one miserableblack spot in His universe to mar the blissthe saved, and glorify His name, His love, Higodliness by their eternal curses and blasphemyMr. Dixon's short pithy address giving Mr. Tayloa hearty welcome was closed by presenting him(Mr. Taylor) with a cheque value 35 10s. fohis passage out, as a tangible token of pleasurat his arrival. Mr. Taylor thanked those whhad thus expressed their welcome, and hopehe might live long enough to show by his devotion to the truth and the cause of Christ thatheir confidence had not been misplaced. MCopeland next delivered a characteristic addressabout being down to the axle in the old ruts oOrthodoxy. Although they well knew it woulbe better to be out, yet the difficulty was sgreat, from custom, prejudice, and associationthat they continued to go on a little farther ipreference to voluntarily coming out, and manwould only be brought out of the old muddyruts by a sudden block in the way and the application of considerable leverage by those witwhom they were accustomed to associate. Thaddresses were interspersed with some welrendered vocal music hy the Misses Gribble anSmith, also Mr. King and Mr. C. Taylor, oMangere. Altogether a most enjoyable eveninwas spent.Onehunga.-A course of three lectures habeen given during the month in the MasoniHall, by Mr. G. A. Brown, and considering thinclemency of the weather has been well atended. The Sunday Evening Lectures in thTemperance Hall have been very well a

tended for the place, hut it is hoped to creatgreater interest by the institution of a weeknight Bible class, the proprietor offering the freuse of the Hall for such a purpose.We have clipped tbe above from the Juuenumber of the Ne,:" Zealand Bible Standard,and add the following extract from a letter received from Mr. Brown by the same mail :_

" Our Bro. Taylor has arrived in safety, and his now at work. He has been preaching iOnehunga for tbe last month. This week hgoes to a place about 40 miles from here, callethe Thames. I expect that he will spend thewinter there (D.V.) I think he will makevery useful man in the work. Last week BroAJdridge and family arrived (from Bradford)after a very short passage. They are all weland thus far they like the country very muchindeed. He will be at work soon, after a littlerest. We are now pretty well off for labourers,and I hope that soon we shall have great progress to report. In Auckland we have justtaken the New Opera House for three monthsfor Sunday nights. The place will hold abov1,200 people. We start there next Sundaynight. Our meetings here are still progressing,and we are constantly adding to our ChurchList. We bope soon to organise some plan inconneetion with the distribution of the Litera.ture." June 19, 1882.CANADA.-Toronto.-" Dear Sir and Brother,-We have just closed the first year of our labours

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37, MAYFIELDGARDENS,NEWINGTON, EDINBURGH.

MISS LEISHMAN, assisted by EXPERIENCEDTEACHERSANDMASTERS,receives YOUNGLADIESto Board and Educate ..A Daily Bible Class for Religious Instruc-tion. Reference permitted to the Editor of this \'Paper. - .. .

our needs, as we have from the commencementmade it a matter of daily prayer ana faith for"both spiritual and temporal ~antS;Jather thanresorting to the means.j.so popular to-day, ofvarious kinds of entertainments for raisingmoney, -1:).t\.ta9:tefas Paul enjoins us, 1 Cor. xvi.2. Un~oiIr present circumstances of meet-ingywe have, on scriptural grounds, a.doptedj;he name of 'The Church '-Rom. XVI. 5, 1"001'. xvi. 19, and Phil. 2-thus avoiding de-nominationalism and sectarianism. At thetime of the formation of this 'Church' thirtynames were subscribed to the roll, and duringthe 'year two were dropped and seventeen havesince joined. The OrdiI~a~ce of Ba~tism (i.nImmersion) has been administered to SIXeandi-dates by Pastor Brookman, the use of the. Baptistryof a Baptist Church and the Disciples 'Church having been kindly granted for the occa-sion as we have no accommodation ourselves atpres~nt. We have just printed a new Hymn.Book, on which our Pastor has devoted a year'slabour in correcting and revising, so as to be inharmony with the truth concerning the resurr.ec-tion and the coming' of the Lord, a copy of whichwill be sent you. At present we are labouringunder iJ , disadvantage, as our place of meeting is- up two flights of stairs, being the ~ean~ ofkeeping many away, but we are making It asubject of special prayer, that the Lord will openup a way to the providing a more suitable place.We have often in the past had our faith severelytried, when our funds have been very low; butour extremity has proved God's opportunity,and our pastor has always strengthened us byhis example of trusting at all times, nothingdoubting that the Lord will always provide,which has been proved to us during the pastyear, thereby increasing our faith. We feelGod has blessed us in calling Wm. Brookman tobe our Pastor, and we esteem him the moreseeing that he 'is slighted b~ Ministers and thereligious world for the doctrines he .upholds, asthey have failed to find a flaw in his characteror his daily life, and as we see by the BibleStandard that he is not the only one who has tosuffer for preaching the truth, 2 Tim. iii.12. Wewatch with interest your labours in the causeof the Lord, and trust you will have a successfulConference at Salisbury. I have addressed thiscommunication to you at the request of ourelder brother, Mr. Jas ..Lesslie, of Eglinton.-Fraternally yours, in the Lord, G. H. Hills,Secretary."[We are grateful to God for His blessingupon the attempt to found a Free Church inToronto for the Ministry of Mr. Wm. Brookman,and heartily reciprocate its good wishes onbehalf of the Association.]

And Thou art my King! men despise Thee, 0Christ -But Thee a~ my Monarch I willingly own.T9 set _up Thy kingdom of, glory, oh haste:For then shall "the'King in His beauty" beknown. ' ". .'Lincoln: G. P. Mackay.

. AN .ACROSTIC: C.LA.A VERY short Acrostic containing a very, 'Comprehensive Creed.For the Conditional Immortality Association.Christ came to give to men' eternal life;I live in Him, and therefore I have life.A 1 1 who. reject Him forfeit that same life.

Dolston, E. L.L.W.SPECIAL NOTES.A n n u a l C o n f e r e n c e F u n d ., 'The Committee' eonfidentlymakes it s annualappeal to the Members of the Association, andto the Readers of the Bible. Standard, for theusual Special Donations for the expenses of theforthcoming Conference. .Early Donations are earnestly and respect-fully invited. These may lie sent to either ofthe fol lowing Officers :-The President: H. J. WARD, Esq., WoodPark, Neston, Cheshire.The Treasurer: R. J. HAMMOND,Esq., 62,Maida Vale, London, W.The Secretary: CYRUSE. BROOKS,MalvernLink, Worcestershire,The following Conference donat ions have beenreceived to August 7th.-Previously acknow-ledged, 6 8s. 6d. Since received.-W. W.,Moseley,- 5s.; Mrs. W. W., do., 5s.; B. R.Dulwich, 10s.; G. W., Malvern, 20s.; A ThankOffering, 10s.; Skipton Mission, 20s.; T. M.,Baeup, 10s.; J. W., London, S.W., 20s. ; H. C.,Crewe, Is. 6d.; Devon, 10s.; E. M. L., Edin-burgh, 5s.; R. K. S., Glasgow, 5s.; A. P., Barn-staple, 20s.; H. G., Reading, 60s.; J. M., France,per. G. P. M., 80s.; G. P. M., Lincoln, 20s.;total, 21 lOs,

SECRETARY'SADDRESSDURING CONFERJlNCE.It will save time if, during the ConferenceWeek, our correspondents will address us, c / 0Mr. W. R. Moore, 17, Fisherton Street, SalisburyWilts. We must crave their kind indulgence,for that interval, as regards delay in attendingto correspondence and orders.

CONFERENCEDONATIONS.Our cordial thanks are given to the friendswhose donations appear above. We. ask of allIntending. Donors an early response to Con-ference AppeaL .oH

CONFli;RENCEEPORT.The Verbatim Report of the Conference willappear in October.issue of The Bible Standard,whichwill be (as usual), a Double ~umber atTwopence. Direct from the Office post-free at2s. per '1l:0zen; or by rail, carriage unpaid, at10s. per hundred. As its production is attendedwith much labour and cost, we earnestly solicitthe co-operation of all truth- lovers in widelycirculating it. Early orders will oblige.-Address

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