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Devoted to the Exposition of Scripture respecting Conditional Immortality, Resurrection,
the Return and Reign of Christ, and the Final Destruction of all Evil.

EDITED BY DR. WILLIAM LEASK.

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

No. 1. Vol. Ill. OCTOBER, 1879. Price One Penny.

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BIBLE LIGHT.
IF we have a revelation from God, we must be deeply in-
terested in its contents and character. He at least thought
so, from the fact that He has given it. But, apart from that
which concerns us, the principle of reverence towards the
great KING should lead us to hear what He is pleased to say.
The decrees of sovereigns are attentively read by their
subjects, for they know that those decrees are addressed to
them, and affect their interests, individually and nationally;
but they likewise feel that as a matter of duty and loyalty
they should acquaint themselves with the will of their ruler.
" Respect this!" is the formula of orient kings. "Hear
the Word of the Lord!" is the mandate of our Maker; and,
surely, if we owe existence to Him, as well as the manifold
blessings of His providential and gracious rule, we should
listen, for there is the double argument involved in our
double relations to Him, as creatures and subjects.
But it must be said, though with pain, that many who
assent to the proposition that the Bible contains a. revelation
. of the Will of God, nevertheless pass their lives in mournful
ignorance of that Will. Bible light has not fallen upon
Bible doctrine so far as they are concerned. They have not
realized the joyful confidence of the Psalmist: "In Thy light
shall we see light." The central effulgence has been
obscured by the claims of lesser lights as the authorized
interpreters of its glory. The Word of the Lord, notwith-
standing the command to "hear it," was so obscure,
enigmatical, and figurative, that it was impossible to under-
stand its meaning without a copious knowledge of oriental
imagery, and a critical acquaintance with Hebrew and Greek.
The candle of the Lord shed a quivering and very insufficient
ray upon the path of the pilgrim; and so, out of pure
compassion to the belated traveller, ecclesiastical candelabra
were constructed for his use. In the luxuriant days of the
priesthood, accordingly, the "Holy Father" and his sub-
ordinate guardians of the faith, put the Bible under lock and
key, as a dangerous book which the laity durst not open
under severe penalties for the crime. They knew better than
God what men should read and believe respecting Him; and
so multitudes were tortured and murdered by the pious Vicar
of our loving Lord for wishing to know what God had
said to men.
Long and dismal was the night of this diabolical tyranny
over men, and blasphemy against the Most High. It came
to an end at last by one of those terrific but splendid mental
revolutions which now and then in the world's history have
delivered nations from a condition worse than death. But
'whilst the Reformation let the imprisoned Bible out once
more to the light of day, and paralyzed the arm of papal
cruelty, exposing the incredible corruptions of that system to
the loathing of mankind, alas! it stopped short in its work;
it left men free to worship God without the consent, or in
spite of the thunders, of the Vatican; it redeemed men, by
the intervention of the civil power, from the bodily torments
which the loving "Mother" used. to inflict upon those who
were panting fur light and freedom; and in so far it did a
work which-c-Romanisls and Ritualists notwithstanding-we
"till call the glorious Refv':l1lutiou. But whilst it delivere]
 THE BIBLE
men from the oppression of a gigantic and marvellous
conspiracy, it left the character of God in grievous bondage!
Think of this wonderful thing-men set free and GODleft in
fetters! Are you shocked? So am I, and have been times
without number during a long series of years. And so we
cry for a second Reformation, and ask every man to whom
these lines shall come; with brotherly greeting, to repeat and
prolong our cry! .
The Romish Inquisition has gone out of use; the iron
arms of the virgin that crushed her victims, before dropping
them in the horrible black gulph, are still with rust; the teeth
that tore the agonized flesh of the living have lost their
power; and the flames that burnt holy men for the crime of
adoring the Adorable One in a way which His Vicar did not
. approve, have been for a long time extinguished; but the
enormous misrepresentations of the Divine character and
government accumulated in cell and cloister, college and
university, through long generations, are embedded in the
theology of the schools, like malaria in a swamp; and
Protestantism, whilst enjoying ecclesiastical freedom, has
inherited and retained ideas respecting God which can never
be reconciled with doctrinal truth and purity.
But this must no longer be! To rejoice in freedom for
ourselves, whilst our Father's character is modelled upon the
most horrible system of cruelty that ever tormented men,
will not do. Our first and most sacred business is to see
that He is exculpated from all sympathy with torture in the
name of His dear Son, either here or hereafter. The thing
is so monstrous, so utterly incongruous with the very idea of
"Gospel," that we should be at a loss to account for its rise,
even in the dark ages, but for the fact that many pagan
priests from time to time became priests of "the Church,"
and carried with them their dogma of the soul's immortality,
incorporating it with ecclesiastical legends, and such portions
of Christian theology as survived the general shipwreck of
the faith. It requires only a little intelligent thought to see
how the guess of Plato would work in the hands of covetous
priests, when introduced as a fundamental axiom, with
which the writings of Evangelists and Apostles must be
made to harmonize. We do not strain your logic much by
asking if you see the result. An" immortal soul," which,
in its embodied state, offends the priests, must, in its dis-
embodied, endure the burnings of eternal fire; for even God,
if He would be satisfied with a few thousand years of
torture, could not destroy the soul if He wished!
Of course, to maintain this fabric of delusion, language
has had to undergo transformations and transmigrations
which might please even Pythagoras himself. Some of our
Protestant theologians and commentators are adepts in this
verbal jugglery; and for the sake of the Divine character,
the honour of revelation, the purity of theology, the
STANDARD.
enlightenment of our countrymen, and even common sense
itself, we must spare neither toil nor wealth to get out of
this labyrinth of metaphorical mysticism which says that
eternal life means heaven; death means eternal life in
hell; the coming of Christ the death of the body; the
kingdom of heaven grace in the heart; and so on, through
a long catalogue of chameleon changes, which make words
dry sand' that you cannot grasp, and doctrines dissolving
views that you cannot retain.
Yes, we want Bible light! And what is to hinder us from
having it? Nothing in the world, except it be our own
indolence, or childish prejudices, or unreasoning attachment
to the religious doctrines of our parents. "I think," said a
Roman Catholic to me, "that people should stick to the
religion in which they were born." "Very good," said I,
"but let us see where that notion leads,-suppose you had
been born a heathen; what then?" "Oh, but I wasn't
.born a heathen!" was the reply. Of course my citadel was
taken forthwith. Who could argue with this? After all,
though this is next door to nonsense, I ask, with deep
solemnity, as becomes a religious teacher, and as befits the
importance of' the subject, if the usual utterances about
death, the soul, the day of judgment, and eternity, are very
much better? "At evening time it shall be light." Thanks
-thanks for that promise! Far and wide, at home and
abroad, therefore, let us send Divine light on all these
matters.
OPINION Mm BELIEF.
A. RAILW..l.Y DIALOGUE.
THE comfort or discomfort of travelling depends upon your-
self. You see, I start at once with a bold heresy, as is my
wont, when I see a truth which is worth proclaiming. The
received or "orthodox" doctrine ea this matter is that the
comfort or discomfort of a journey depends upon your
travelling companion,-a doctrine which has the pleasant
recommendation to your mind of assuming that you are all
that can be desired in the way of agreeable manners and
speech. But if this assumption is really too flattering, a
slight exaggeration of your confessedly amiable qualities,
may it not be worth while considering whether, next time
you travel between Here and There, you cannot a d to the
intelligent and pleasant conversation of the" compartment."
I find that, as a rule, you have the making of your own
society. If you are courteous and obliging in your manner,
even men who are usually almost rude and selfish will feel
the influence of your presence. The hardness will wear off,
the cloud will pass from the brow, the taciturn will open his
lips, and you will find your vis-a-vis neighbour an intelligent
member of the human family.
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So .at least I found on the occasion to which this narrative
I
refers. Tentatively I began by the original remark that it
was a "wet day."
"I can't deny it, sir," said my companion, in a voice
which plainly meant, "I wish I could."
This, however, unpromising as it seemed, opened the way
to a lengthened conversation on social and even scientific
subjects. I found under the rough exterior a philanthropic
heart beating for the welfare of men. "I wish I could,"
seemed to be the animating sentiment in every suggestion
that pointed to the removal of any social burden or anomaly.
This man is clearly a patriot and philanthropist, I thought;
I wonder if he is a Christian. '1;hat is all that is wanted to
make him a grand man. I will find out.
" I hold in my hand, sir," said I, "a report of a remark-
able Conference lately held in London, on what is called
Conditional Immortality."
"Ah! 'Conditional Immortality.' What do the words
mean? "
"Well, briefly, that immortality or eternal life is condi-
tioned upon a man's believing reception of Jesus Christ,
Who is the Life."
"Does that mean," he asked quickly, with a strange gleam
in his eye, "that the life of those who die out of Christ will
not be everlasting? "
" Certainly."
"Does it really mean that the souls of the lost will not
live in torment? "
" Emphatically, it means that," said I, when I noticed his
increased earnestness.
" But do the Scriptures teach this? " he asked.
" Assuredly they do, or I durst not say so."
" Well," he exclained, with a vigour which almost startled
me, ", I am sixty years of age; I have mingled with all
classes of society, and have gone to churches and chapels-
what a shame to make this invidious distinction I-but this
is the first time that a word of common sense on that subject
ever entered my ear," uttering "common sense" in a deep
voice"
"Well, sir," I said, "I am truly glad to have spoken that
word; " which indeed I was, for I saw it had fallen upon a
mind with a good rough grasp of its own, that did not seem
inclined to trouble itself with the silly question, "What will
my neighbours say?"
After some further friendly talk, pleasant enough in its
way, but hardly worth the cost of type, I said, again by
way of trial:-
" There was another subject of great importance discussed
at this Conference,-the return of our Lord to the world."
" That which is commonly called the Second Advent? "
" The same." , reader has the substance of their railway dialogue.
STANDARD. 3'
"Now, sir, tell me candidly.c--L think from your counts-
nance that I may rely on your candour,-is it your opinion
that the Lord Jesus will return before the period usually
called the Millenium? "
" I am obliged by your compliment; candour is an easy
virtue, for the absence of which there is no excuse. 1 must
tell you at once, therefore, that it is no longer an opinion of
mine that the Lord will return before the Millennium. It
was my opinion many years ago -- "
" And you have seen reason to give it up ? "
"Yes, sir. Further study has convinced me that it is a
clearly revealed fact, which I gladly accept as settled on Divine
testimony. It is no longer, therefore, in the region of
opinion, but one of those things respecting which I am able
to say' I know.' "
My companion was silent for a few moments, and then,
smiling, he said, "Is not this a needless verbal criticism? "
"Pardon me, sir, I think not. On this subject opinion is
not enough. Had you asked me if I believe that Christ will
come before the Millennial age, or the age of the Kingdom-
for they are one-I should have said, Yes."
" Thank you. This thought is worth remembering, for I
see that it can be applied to many other things."
" It can," I said. "The case stands just this :-Opinion is
something like thought on the wing; it flutters uncertainly,
as evidence for or against comes out. The evidence in
support of a given opinion may render it probable, but does
not produce certainty; and the evidence in favour of a
contrary opinion may in a short time seem quite as strong or
stronger; and all the time both opinions remain in the
region of uncertainty. Witness the history of science in al
its departments. Through what changes it has gone! The
word science is said to have come from scio-to know; but,
really, the conflicts of scientific men are interminable, and I
would highly respect any philosopher, in any department of
science, who had the courage to take for his motto, 'I don't
know.' In honour of such a prodigy of virtue, even Diogenes
might shout, 'An honest man at last!' You will see, there-
fore, sir, that, in relation to Divine things, I take the position
that opinion is unsatisfactory, as I am sure it is uncomfort-
able. One wants Test-moral and mental rest. Opinion
cannot give it; but belief does, that is to sayt it accepts the
Divine word: 'Come unto Me, and I will give you rest.' "
We had reached our terminus.
" I am much obliged to you," said my companion.
" And I have enjoyed your company, sir," said 1.
With mutual good wishes the travellers part, and the
4 THE BIBLE STANDARD.
A MEMORABLE INTERVIEW.
One of the most memorable and important interviews
which ever took place between two individuals in this world
was held on a raft in the middle of the river Niemen, at the
little town of 'I'ilsit-jn Prussia. At one o'clock precisely, on
the 25th of June, 1807, boats put off from opposite sides of
the stream and rowed rapidly toward the raft. Out of each
boat stepped a single individual, and the two met in a small
wooden apartment in the middle of the raft, while cannon
thundered from either shore, and the shouts of great armies
drawn up upon both banks drowned the roar of artillery.
The two persons were the Emperors Napoleon and Alexander,
and the history of the time tells us that they met "to arrange
the destinies of mankind." And the hastily-constructed raft,
on which the interview took place, will be remembered as
long as the story of great conquests and mighty revolutions
can interest the mind of man. The conference lasted but
two hours; it was entirely private between the two emperors,
and yet it was fraught with momentous consequences to
millions. It was one of the great crises in human history
when the currents of power that govern the nations take
new directions and break over the bounds and barriers of
ages.
Go back eighteen hundred years beyond the treaty of
Tilsit, and we can find a private conference between two
individuals of flLr more momentous and lasting importance
than that between Napoleon and Alexander. This more
ancient interview was not watched with eager expectancy by
great armies; it was not hailed by the thunder of cannon
and the shout of applauding thousands; it was not arranged
beforehand by keen and watchful agents guarding the interest
and safety of the two who were to meet. It was in' a private
house, at a late hour of the night, and it was brought about
by the mingled curiosity and anxiety of an old man to know
something more of a young teacher who had recently appeared
in his native city. And yet from that humble night-conference
of Jesus with Nicodemus there have gone forth beams of light
and words of power to the ends of the earth. The plans
formed by Napoleon and Alexander at Tilsit were ~eversed
and defeated long ago, and it is impossible to trace their
influence in the condition of European nations to-day. The
words spoken by Jesus to His wondering and solitary listener
that night have already changed the destiny of millions, and
they have more influence in the world now than in any
previous age.
We shall do well to observe the time, the place and the
occasion when this aged inquirer came to Jesus and drew
from him words of such momentous importance to himself
and the world. The time was night. The place was
Jerusalem. The occasion was the feast of the Passover.
Jesus had come up from Capernaum to keep the great
national festival at the sacred city of the Jewish people.
Multitudes had come on the same errand from every portion
of the land and from the principal cities of far distant
nations. The houses in Jerusalem were all full. The
streets were thronged. The courts and squares were
crowded with pilgrims. The valleys and hill-sides beyond -I
the walls were covered with tents. Josephus says that by
actual count, on one occasion, it was found that two hundred
and fifty-six thousand lambs were slain between three and
five o'clock in the afternoon, and that two millions seven
hundred thousand persons partook of the feast. So great a
multitude in so small a city as Jerusalem could make their
way only by struggling and crowding through the narrow
streets. And the overflow of pilgrims camping outside the
city would make the neighbouring hills and valleys black
with tents and alive with people.
The temple was the chief attraction to the vast multitude
during the day. The sacred associations of the spot where
the daily sacrifice had been offere-d with little interruption
for a thousand years; the choral service led by vast choirs
of priests and Levites, and supported by thousands of voices
in the great congregation; the dazzling assemblage of domes
and columns and arches and aisles, which made the whole
area of the holy hill a wilderness of architectural beauty;
the greetings and gatherings of friends after long separation;
the passionate enthusiasm with which the Jewish people
entered into their great national festivities,-all made the
occasion such an one has could not be repeated elsewhere on
the face of the earth. The Olympic games in Greece, the
triumph and public shows attendant upon the return of a
conqueror at Rome, never stirred the hearts of the people so
deeply, never had so much to do with the formation of
national character, as did the festivities of the Jewish
Passover. Considered simply as an anniversary, a national
festival, the Passover was the most stirring and impressive
ceremonial that has ever been observed by any people. It
is now more than thirty-three hundred years since the
Paschal feast was first kept by the Hebrews in Egypt with
staff in hand and sandals on. And it is still kept in the same
manner by "the tribes of the wandering foot and weary
heart."
When the night of the great festivity came, the multitude
in Jerusalem divided into little companies to eat the Paschal
lamb and to sing the songs of the Passover. In the early
morning preceding the festive night, Jesus mingled with the
crowd that filled the courts and colonnades of the temple.
He was indignant to find the enclosure of the holy place
changed to a cattle-market, and the loud cries and contentions
of trade drowning the voices of' praise and prayer. He
sternly bade the bargaining crew to leave the holy place
, immediately and take their merchandise with them. With
an appearance of severity unusual with Him, He over-threw
the tables and scattered the eh angers' money on the marble
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floor. Alone and a stranger as He was in Jerusalem, there
was something in His look and tone which made the most
hardened men feel His power and obey His word.
All day He had been instructing the rude and excited
people, reasoning with the contentious and caviling Scribes,
and attesting His Divine authority by healing the sick, the
blind and the lame that were brought to Him in great
numbers as He spoke. When night came on and the
crowded city was calm, He must needs seek a place of rest,
and in doing so He probably went out to some quiet retreat
on the slope of the mount of Olives.
Among all who had heard His words and seen His mighty
works that day, one aged and venerable man felt that he
could not sleep another night until he knew something more
of this wonderful Teacher that had come out of Galilee.
This old man was a great master in Israel, a member of the
national council, known to all in Jerusalem for his wealth,
his learning and his liberality. The Jewish Talmud speaks
of a Nicodemus so rich that he could support a whole city
ten years on his own resources, and could give his daughter
a dowry of a million pounds. Afterward he became so poor
that his daughter had to live by begging. This is supposed
to be the man of the Pharisees who came to Jesus by night-
Making all needed allowance for the wonted exaggeration of
the Talmud, we may safely infer that he was a man of high
distinction in Jerusalem at the time.
Jesus was so completely surrounded and beset by the
multitude all day that He could not be approached and talked
with by so remarkable a person without exciting public
curiosity and subjecting him to that kind of remark and
exposure which such a man would wish to shun. The noise
and interruption of the crowd would prevent anything like
,calm and continued conversation. Unwilling Has men in his
position are apt to be to draw the attention either of the
rulers or of the rabble, Nicodemuschose to wait till the
crowd had dispersed and then make his way through the
quiet streets alone, to the house where Jesus had gone to rest
for the night.
Imagine this man, at a late hour leaving his house without
letting it be known where he was going, making his way
cautiously through the unlighted lanes and alleys of the city,
avoiding the more public streets lest he should meet some
one that might know him, stumbling over beasts of burden
and houseless pilgrims lying upon the pavement, passing
out at the eastern gate, which was kept open all night during
the week of the Passover, stepping slowly down the zig-zag
path into the valley and across the bed of the Kidron, and
then up the western side of Olivet, among tents and gardens
and stone houses, to find some humble cottage where he had
learned by special inquiry during the day that the young
Galilean Teacher would be most likely to lodge for the night.
He reaches the door, but his heart hesitates and his hand
le
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refuses to knock. Whom will he find within? If Jesus
should be there, how can he excuse himself for coming to
talk with him at such an hour of the night? In what way
can he begin the conversation so as not tooommif himself too
far? What will be said in the city when it comes to be known
that he had shown so much anxiety to see Jesus? Rich,
learned, honored as he is, how will he dare to show himself
again in the great and venerable Sanhedrim after it comes to
be known that he has been out at night alone to talk confi-
dentially with this young, unlearned, unhonored Galilean ?
So men doubt and question and hesitate to this day when
they are just beginning to cherish a feeble and half-formed
purpose to learn something more positive and definite about
Jesus and his salvation. Christianity has been in the world
eighteen hundred years. It has proved itself mightier than
all the powers of the earth. It is the source of life and
permanency to the most advanced and progressive nations.
It has brought light into thousands of dark homes, and peace
into millions of wretched hearts. And yet there is hardly
anything about which men are so slow, so unwilling to be
seen and heard inquiring as about Jesus and His salvation.
They have no hesitation in showing themselves anxious
about trade and prices, and work and health, and the means
of living. They will read books, and hear lectures, and write
letters, and inquire of friends and strangers, and travel far
and near to get information about houses and lands and
goods and worldly occupations-all of which are valuable in
their place, but are as nothing compared with what Jesus
can tell us about ourselves, about God and eternal salvation.
And yet men are so reserved, so cautious, so sensitive, 80
timid, even when they begin to be in earnest to know what
they shall do to be saved.
Men who can talk fast and well on everything else will be
silent and shy as 500n as the grand question is raised-What
is to be our future? surely it ought not so to be. If there be
one thing about which a wise, considerate, conscientious
man should have no hesitancy, no reserve, no fear of man
or of anything else, it should be the grand infinite concern
of his own eternal salvation. It is better to fear and
hesitate and :delay about everything else rather than that,
the one subject which most deeply concerns our relationship
to God and eternity.
Nicodemus, rich, learned, powerful-a member of the
proudest and strictest sect of the Jews as he was-feared
and hesitated when in the very act of seeking Jesus. It is
much to his credit, however, that he overcame his fears and
hesitancy, entered the humble abode where Jesus was, and
acknowledged himself an inquirer for the truth-a trembling,
doubting, unsatisfied seeker after light. '1'he most becoming,
the most honorable place for any man, however rich or
learned, is that of an humble, earnest inquirer at the feet of
Jesus.
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6 THE BIBLE
Imagine, then, the scene in the' quiet house oil the slope
of Olivet, on that memorable night. The rich councillor
anxious, agitated, wondering, trying in vain to put on an air
of composure and dignity and to make it appear a great act
of condescension in him to come there at all, and Jesus calm,
kind, inspiring His venerable guest with awe and searching
his very soul with a look-Nicodemus endeavouring to
smooth the way for his inquiries by courteous and complimen-
tary expressions, and Jesus, with solemn, direct and tender
precision, laying bare at one word the great burden and
necessity of His visitor's heart-Nicodemus surprised, and
affecting more ignorance than he felt, and Jesus declaring
again, with a still more solemn and awful emphasis, that
even such as one as he-kind, generous, learned, a master in
Israel-must be born again, must have a new heart, a new
life, or not see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus sitting in
silent amazement at the thought of a kingdom so pure that
even he could not enter it without becoming a new man, and
Jesus going on to declare the wondrous love of God in giving'
His own Son, not only to the learned, the rich and the noble,
but that the ignorant, the poor and the vile might have
eternal life.
This is the one great truth which must lie at the foundation
of all plans, efforts and instructions to make men wise unto
salvation. This i. the one ruling and distinctive idea which
stands first and foremost in the Gospel of Jesus Christ-man
depraved and lost in his natural condition, and man renewed
and saved by the gracious help of God in the Gospel. A full
and practical acceptance of this truth is theway of entrance
into the blessed life. The spring and fountain of all good to
man in this world, and the beginning of an endless and
blessed life in the world to come, is a new heart-a pure,
lowly, loving, obedient heart-a heart thsb shuns evil and
seeks good of its own free and happy choice. The master in
Israel came to Jesus by night to talk about things of the first
and greatest concern to man. And Jesus told him that this
one principle lies at the foundation of all true wisdom; it is
the beginning of all better hopes, the source of all right
conduct, the bright dawn of a glorious hereafter: all must
spring from a new spiritual life in the individual heart.
In that obscure house, on that memorable night, speaking
to one :solitary man, J esus the Divine Teacher set forth
truths of greater importance to man and the world than are
ever discussed in the cabinets of kings or the councils of
nations. He laid down the principle that should govern us
in all our efforts at self-improvement and in all our labors
for the good of others. Man's life, as the Gospel of Jesus
finds him, is a waste and a perversion, and he needs to begin
all anew. He must have a life from above, that he may be
in harmony with God and at peace with himself. He is a
wanderer, and he must be called home. He is in bondage
to his worst enemy, and he must be made the freeman of the
STANDARD.
Lord. He is in subjection to the old man of sin and misery,
and he must be made a new man in Christ Jesus. He is an
alien and a, stranger from the holy and blessed God, and he
must be- born from above if he would enter the Kingdom
which God hath promised to them that love Him.
•
THE CONFERENCE.
THE Conference of the Conditional Immortality Association,
held iu Maberly Chapel, London, on the first week in
September last, will be memorable. Prayer and hope went
before it; praise and joy follow it. Everything was pro-
pitious. The weather was delightful; the audiences were
large; the speeches were instructive; the increase to the
roll of members was considerable; the harmony was un-
broken; and, above all, the mutual Christian love that
prevailed was felt to be a foretaste of the joy which awaits
those who look for the Saviour when He shall come to. be
glorified in them. It was truly said by one dear brother,
"It is only where truth is that such love can be felt." This
is, on the face of it, a simple and obvious remark; but take
it up and examine it, turn it over, look into the heart of it,
.and see what you can find. You will find it a profound and
most suggestive remark. Divine truth and Christian love
go together; they are heavenly twins, that rejoice in each
others company, and testify to each other's worth.
Another valued brother amused us with the remark, when
we were talking quietly together after one of the sessions,
!'I have enjoyed the Conference amazingly; I told my wife
that I shall have a good cry when it i$ over! " This sounds
droll from a man of mature years and superior mind; but
reflect a moment, and you will see that the age and the
intellect of our friend give his remark its extreme value as a
testimony to the holy influence which it pleased the Master
to breathe upon our meetings. " I never in my life spent
such a happy week," was the emphatic statement of another;
and the mutual expressions of good will and brotherly affec-
tion, when the time came that each must return to his home,
were most touching.
Now, how shall we interpret all this? .There must be a
meaning in it which it is worth while to discern. Does it
mean that all the members of this loving convocation have
embraced pure truth without any mixture of error?
Impossible! There was no doubt considerable difference of
opinion on minor points, or matters of detail, and every
man among them would readily confess that he has yet much
to learn. What then is its meaning? Why, this,-for we
saw its evidence in others and felt it ourselves,-an un-
feigned, an absorbing desire to glorify God, and to put self
in every form out of sight. That was the holy passion in
, our hearts, and the LORDsaw it and breathed love upon us !
An esteemed correspondent called the Conference a "Royal
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Congress." This was something better and deeper than a
loving pleasantry. It was a fact 1 There were no signs of
earthly royalty, no stars, or orders, or pomp, but we met as
the children of God, in the name of His Son, our glorious
and beloved Redeemer, with an earnest desire to know our
Father's Word respecting the constitution, character, and
destiny of man, and to make that Word known to others,
with all fidelity, as we have opportunity. We are not taking
credit to ourselves, but thanking the Master for giving grace
enough to feel this singleness of purpose as a delightful
motive power for testimony and self-denying work. The
Conference is past; its results are not; they will be seen
and heard of in many places for many days to come; and
for this confident hope we thank Him in Whose name we met.
And now we respectfully ask every reader, confident that
we shall not ask in vain, to give practical proof of sympathy.
It is very easily done. For every hundred readers that
the Bible Standard has at present we want a thousand, that
the glorious truths we teach may gladden the hearts and
enlighten the minds of multitudes who are the victims of
superstition and paganism, unhappily presented to them as
parts of the Gospel of Christ. We must not rest until the
reproach be removed from the message of life and love,
which God, Who is love has sent to us. Let e'very reader
canvass his friends for ten new subscribers, and the work is
done! This will be one of the happy results of the Con-
ference, and the work will grow, the light will be diffused,
and Paul will banish Plato from thousands of British pulpits.
THE GREAT WHITE THRONE.
(GENERALGOODWYN'S
ADDRESSAT THE CONFERENCE.)
IN order, by the grace of God, to add my testimony to the
gravity of those sublime Truths, for the dissemination of
which these Annual Conferences have been inaugurated, I
will address you on the subject contained within the verses
11-15 of Rev. xx,-the final assize before the great white
Throne; one that I am persuaded has not been considered
in the aspect of its immediate antecedence to the principal
feature of the new earth of chapter xxi, and the statement
in verse 4. A spectre has been conjured up before the eyes
of my companions in the Truth, with a view to alarm us by
the thought that our opinions regarding the ultimate destiny
of the unredeemed is opposed to Scripture. That spectre is
called" ANNIHILATION 1" From the fact that the word is not
in the Bible, it has, I think, been too timidly ignored, and I
stand here to vindicate the use of it, if I may be able to
prove that the doctrine of Annihilation is in the Word of God
though the word be not.
H I wan~ed a text on which to hang my discourse, I find
it in Obadiah, the prophet, where the sentence on the
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oppressors of Israel is, that "They shall be as though they
had not been!" So Isaiah xliii, 17, "They shall not rise,
they are extinct!" What single word will give meaning to
that act but Annihilation? But there is a record of Truth
in the New Testament that ought to set the question at rest;
which is tha.t Christ was manifested in the end of the Age
of Law "to put ({way sin by the sacrifice of Himself."
(Heb. ix. 26.) The Greek word is atheto (abolish); and is
emphatic. So in John i, 29, "Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketli away the sin of the world;" the Greek is
a'ireo,-to bear so as to remove for ever.
It may not be possible to grasp this Truth in the magni-
tude of its significance; but endeavour to scan the progress
of this dire adversary of God and man, Sin sown by the
first man as a grain of mustard seed, has grown and spread
as 8. gigantic Up as tree, casting a shadow of loathsome
corruption over creation, bringing forth all the suffering and
sorrow that flesh is heir to. Its forms are legion; and
whilst with insidious subtilty it has pervaded every element
of human society, it has reared its hydra head, and with
high-handed blasphemy dared to defy Omnipotence. But
this evil incubus has been brought to the bar of Divine
judgment, has been arraigned and condemned on the
evidence of one irresistible Witness,-ONE, untainted and
decisive. The Cross of the Son of God ia that witness
(Rom. viii. 3), and is thus the pledged revelation of God as
the Judicial Exterminator of sin. The-sacrificial work of the
Second Man shall efface from all creation the black stain
imprinted by the first. Sin in its totality; Sin in the
aggregate; ALL SIN! It shall be as though it had not
been. It is this promise of the Almighty Conqueror that
sheds such a bright halo around the Cross, that gilds the
inheritance of the redeemed with everlasting righteousness,
and that so sublimely glorifies both the wisdom and
justice of God. In the Divine fore-provision for the
redemption of man, there was a manifested necessity for the
important part that sin should perform. If sin had been
disallowed from the forthcoming ways of the Divine
government, the terms "redemption" and "salvation"
would have no meaning. The Son of God need not have
appeared; the eternal purpose of God (Eph. i. 1-17, iii.
9-11) would never have been attained, that He should be
manifested in love for the propitiation of sins (1 John iv. 9).
When, therefore, sin shall have instrumentally accomplished
that for which its entry was permitted, to say that sin shall
be perpetuated, is to arraign at the bar of human judgment,
the power, wisdom, love, as well as the eternal decree, of
the Most High; to declare that Christ has died in vain 1
The primary effects of redemption for the abolition of sin
are even now apparent, for it is written that "He who hath
died with Christ is freed from sin." (Rom. vi. 7.) A judicial
separation has been everlastingly effected. This is the
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condition of the regenerate. What is redemption as
explained in the Inspired Record? It is the delivering of
creation from the bondage of corruption, and "into the
liberty of the glory of the sons of God,"-that freedom from
sin, its power and effects, of which I have just spoken.
Creation in its entirety shall be freed from all taint of sin,
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. (Rom. viii, 19-22.)
With this fact in view, our opponents have a feat to
accomplish, one that they perhaps have overlooked in their
zeal. It is to sever sin from the unregenerate! If sin is
to be eternally abolished from oreation=-whioh I have
shown to be the case-where is the sinner? Does he exist
when his very idiosyncrasy is gone?
I will now add to the above the promised proof of the
annihilation of sin and sinners. At the 5th verse of Rev.
xx, it is written, "But the rest of the dead lived not again
until the thousand years were finished." The raised ones,
therefore, of the first resurrection were taken up from
among other dead ones, who were then left to be raised at
the expiration of that time, and appear before the final
tribunal of award. At verse 13 it is written again, "The
sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and Hades
(the grave- [mm'gin]) delivered up the dead which were in
them; and they were judged every man according to their
works." There can be no question but that the sentence to
be pronounced "according to their works," will have
retrospective reference to works during the present life; for
righteous judgment neither anticipates nor prejudges the
future; moreover judgment is given on works" written in the
books" which are records of the past, or of acts during the lifetime
of the accused. What a gratuitous piece of impertinence it is
then in those who add to the Word of God by assuming a
condition of sin beyond the limits of the great white Throne,
yet such has notably been the case with the U. P. Synod,
in Edinburgh, when passing their unrighteous judgment on
Mr. Macrae. Are they wiser or more just than God?
I must here notice, most emphatically, an undisguised
Truth, which is in accord with sne method of instruction of
the Spirit of Truth, viz :-that verse 11 of Rev. xx. covers
the entire: ground occupied by verses 12-15, the latter being
the details in explanation of what is compl'ehensively stated in
verse. 11, that "From the face of Him Who sat on the
Throne the earth and firmament fled away, and there was
found no place for them." The order of events, then, is this:
First the resurrection of the dead, then the sentence of
"the second death" (verses 6, 14), or death the second
time, an everlasting and irreversible punishment, when their
carcases (Isaiah lxvi. 24) are cast into the lake of fire,-a
fire that no hand shall quench till all be consumed (Isaiah
xxxiv. Ertek. xx. 47). Let it be remarked that, comprehended
within "the second death" are" death and the grave,"
which are cast into the same lake of fire, and give meaning
STANDARD.
to the word death as a cessation of existence (see Rev. xxi. 4).
No one, I suppose, will accuse these agents of being punish-
able offenders. The simultaneous destruction of death and
the grave-which are the manifest allies and very fruit of
sin-together with the condemned sinners, gives the strongest
ground for the thought that sin, with all that have been its
accessories or consequences, is here abolished, put away, and
I will now add "annihilated." For it must now be
remembered that it can not be till the close of this action of
verses 13-15, that "the earth and the firmaments flee
away," vanish into their original nothingness (Heb. i. 10,11),
and "no place is found for them." Is not this the fulfilment
of the doctrine revealed in Bom, viii. 3, and Heb. ix, 26 ?
Can it be questioned that, if the Word of God be true, if the
lake of fire be on this earth, all that is thrown into that lake
must, with the earth, be no more found? If this be not
annihilation, then language lacks meaning. .
One more item of evidence, and I have done. Immediately
succeeding the scene I have endeavoured to describe, there
is the Apocalypse of the "New Earth," the abode of God
with His redeemed family (Rev. xxi. 1-3), of whom it is
said, that "evil shall not dwell with Him," for" He is of
purer eyes than to look upon it," (Psalm v., Hab. i. 13.)
Moreover it is said that the atmosphere of the New Earth is
redolent of righteousness, it dwells there, and it is added,
"There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain, FOR THE FORMER THINGS
ARE PASSED AWAY!" Why are we thus reminded that there
shall be no more suffering, if not for the fullest assurance
that, as abolished auxiliaries, their source and origin-sin-
is annihilated?
Again, then, I say that the promise of the offering of the
Son. of God of Himself for sin, will here be manifestly
fulfilled! On such an issue, the mind can rest in com-
placency, praising God for His goodness and "His mercy
that endureth for ever."
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THE LIGHTHOUSE.
"Let your light so shine before men."-MATT. v. 16.
Keep up the light,
Let it shine bright
Out in the darkness of the night:
Talk not of ease,
Or whom it may please,
Free let it shine ou the black stormy seas.
You never can know
What vessels may go
Safe to the harbour if light you show;
Nor can you see
The wrecks there may be
If your lamp go out neglectfully.
Calm midst turmoil,
Spare not your toil;
Keep the wick trimmed, there is plenty of oil
Shine on, then, we pray,
Till the dawning of day,
And the Master shall come your wages to pay.
J. HUNT COOKE.
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THE BURIED FLOWER.
IN the course of his wanderings among the Pyramids of Egypt, Lord
Lindsay accidentally came across a mummy, the inscription upon
which proved to be at least two thousand years old. In examining the
mummy after it was carefully unwrapped, he found in one of its hands
a small round root. Wondering how long vegetable life could last,
he took the little bulb from that closed hand and planted it in a sunny
soil, allowed the dew and rains of heaven to descend upon it, and in
course of time, a few weeks, to his astonishment and joy, that root
burst forth and bloomed into a beautiful flower.
Two thousand years ago a flower
Bloomed lightly, in. a far off land;
Two thousand years ago its seed
Was placed within a dead man's hand.
Before the Saviour came to earth,
That man had lived and loved and died.
And even in that far off time,
The flower had spread its perfume wide.
Suns rose and set, years came and went,
The dead hand kept its treasure well :
Nations were born and turned to dust,
While life was hidden in that shell.
The shrivelled hand is robbed at last,
The seed is buried in the earth:
When, lo! the life long hidden there
Into a glorious flower burst forth.
Just such a plant as that which grew
From such a seed when buried low,
Just such a flower in Egypt bloomed,
And died, two thousand yeaTs ago.
And will not He who watched the seed
And kept the life within the shell,
When those He loves are laid to rest,
Watch o'er their buried dust as well ?
And will not He from 'neath the sod
Cause something glorious to arise?
Aye! though it sleep two thousand years,
Yet all that buried dust shall rise.
Just such a face as greets you now,
Just such a form as here we bear,
Only more glorious far, will rise
To meet the Saviour in the air.
Then will I lay me down in peace
When called to leave this vale of tears,
For "in my flesh shall I see God,"
E'en though I sleep two thousand years.
S.H. B.
CONFERENCE NOTES.
OUR Second Conference was opened in Maberly Chapel, Kingsland,
London, on Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, and continued to Thursday, the 4th.
Henry J. Ward, Esq. (President of the Association) presided at the
morning sittings, of which we give a brief sketch.
After an hour spent in prayer-conducted by Dr. Leask-the President
gave an address. 'I'hen. came the Treasurer's report from Mr. Wm.
Bausor, of Lincoln. The report was for ten months, Oct. to July
inclusive. The income being £237 18s. 7d., the expenditure £230
14s. 10d. leaving a balance of £7 3s. 9d.
The Scretary reported a roll of 217 subscribing members, and several
donors. Also that during the year the officialorgan, The Bible Standard,
had increased its circulation from 1,500 to 2,300 copies per month.
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It was then decided to adopt, as the permanent title of the Association,
the following:-" Conditional Immortality Association, and Bible Stand-
ard Publishing Society."
Resolved to regard the Association as a truly Missionary Society, and
to prepare and issue suitable Missionary boxes and collecting books.
Decided, that, to meet the growing needs of the Society, a suitable
person should be engaged as Travelling Secretary, to assist the Managing
Secretary, to secure membel'Sand donors, appoint agents for our litera-
ture, organise lectures, &c.
The rules of membership were simplified as follow :-Qualification of
Members.-" We require sympathy with the purposes of the Association,
moral life, the acceptance of the Sacred Scriptures as the Inspired Word
of God and rule of life; with a minimum subscription of 28. 6d. per
annum. Each member being entitled to receive, post-free, a monthly
copy of the Bible Standard, and an Annual Report. And to speak and
vote in the Aimual Conference." Also, that applications for membership
be forwarded direct (or through one of the Agents of the Society) to the
London Office,enclosing subscription.
Decided to close the financial year on July 31st, and that a duly-
audited account be submitted to the Annual Conference in September
of each year ..
That, ou joining, new members receive a copy of the current Report.
The Conference approved the suggestion that, if practicable, an annual
gathering should be held in London during the May Meetings, for publio
testimony; and that the September Annual Conference should be a
moveable one,-Liverpool being suggested as the next place of meeting.
The following members were placed upon the General Committee, for
the ensuing year :-
Akester, J. C.; Armstrong, Lieut.-Col. E.; Aplin, J. S.; Allan, C. ;
Aldridge, G.; Brown, G. A.; Brittain, H.; Brooks, C. E.; Bausor, W. ;
Berell, -; Blinkhorn, 0.; Davies, W. F. ; Davies, J. W.; Edwards, C.;
Fooks, C.; Goodwyn, General H.; Grantham, S. R.; Gill, H.; Ham-
mond, R. J.; Husband, J.; Hobbs, J. J.; Leask, W., D.D.; Laing, W. ;
Mortimer, W.; Mackay, G.; Murray, H. B.; Miller, W. H.; Ortzen,
B.; Rowton, W.; Smith, A.; Starkey, N.; Vasey, T.; Ward, H. J. ;
White, H. K.; Worsnop, C.; Waylen, J.-a total of 35.
Decided that the members of the General Committee resident in the
London District be the Executive Committee, to meet at the office
monthly; and that all members of the General Committee, who can
conveniently attend the monthly meetings, are (when present) members
thereof. That the General Committee meet at the Annual Conference.
Resolved to furnish the Rev. G. A. Brown with a Credential, signed
by the officers, as our Representative and Correspondent in New Zealand,
The grateful thanks of the Conference were also presented to Mr. Brown
for his past services as Editor and Lecturer, which have been gratui-
tously and successfully rendered; and prayers for his welfare and use-
fulness in the sunny isles of the South.
Decided to publish a separate Annual Report, to contain balance
sheet, list of Committee, rules, &c., but not to publish therein the names
of members or donors, as such information can be obtained privately of
the Secretary,-a notice to appear in The Bible Standard in reference to
this last item.
Reports were given by the following: W. Bausor, Lincoln; Davies,
Miller, Kirkman, and the President, Liverpool; G. Aldridge, Bradford ;
W. Laing, Edinburgh; T. Vasey, Bridgnorth; Dr. Leask, R. J. Ham-
mond, and Jas. Waylen, London.
The following appointments were made :-
Henry J. Ward, Esq., Liverpool, President.
William Leask, D.D., London, Vice-President and Editor.
R. J. Hammond, London, Treasurer.
Cyrus E. Brooks, London, Managing SQcretary.
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Octavius Blinkhorn, London, Travelling Secretary.
William Mortimer, Lincoln, Auditor.
J. W. Davies, London, Assistant Auditor.
The following vote of thanks was presented ;-" This Conference
desires to tender to the Rev. W. Leask, D.D., and to the deacons and
ladies of Maberly Chapel, its most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the
truly generous and kindly way in which they have entertained the Con-
ference. It also prays for God's richest blessing to rest upon historic
Maberly, the pioneer of a noble cause, the repository of much precious
truth, and a latter-day witness to the Life and Kingdom."
It was also decided at future Conferences to set apart an afternoon
for questions and answers; and, as funds permitted, to appoint district
secretaries under the oversight of the executive.
Also, that the names of literary contributors to The Bible Standard
appear on the front page thereof.
Decided to withdraw the" Visitor's Guide," as it is a very imperfect
representation of the Churches holding the truth of "Conditional
\Immortality," and is apt to convey a sectarian impression foreign and
hurtful to the catholic basis of the Association.
In connection with this Conference six public meetings have been
held, at which valuable testimony has been borne by the following; the
Revs. W. Leask, D.D., Henry Constable, M.A., G. A. Brown, and Thos.
Vasey, and by General H. Goodwyn, Lieut.-Col. E. Armstrong, and
Messrs. W. Laing, Jas. Waylen, R. J. Hammond, H. B. Murray, O.
Blinkhorn, and G. Aldridge. Besides these. several ministers and
gentlemen availed themselves of the opportunities-freely given-for
putting questions, raising objections, or bearing testimony.
Our gracious God favoured us with the best of weather, the attendance
was good throughout, and the last meeting the largest. The Conference
of 1879 will be remembered as a happy, helpful, and gracious occasion,
by all who took part therein, One such, writing since, says ;-
" 'Mid scenes of confusion and creature-complaints,
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How sweet to the soul is Communion of Saints.
•• There was one thing I did not like about our Conference, and that was
-its coming to an end."
'CONFERENCE REPORT.
By the kindness of Jas. Clarke, Esq., of the Christian World, a special
number of that paper has been published, containing the full report of
the Conference, with the exception of the last two addresses at the
Thursday meeting, which were crowded out by previous matter. One
of these-that of General Goodwyn-appears in this number of Bible
Standard.
In the haste, necessary to publishing three days only after the Con-
ference, there are a few errors, which we regret. The report being
stereotyped, can be supplied to any extent. It is sold at One _Penny,
and can be had of any news-agent through the Christian World Office.
We shall be happy to supply parcels, direct from our own office, on the
following terms 10d. per dozen (postage 5d. per dozen); 6s. per 100.
We .hope all our friends will order and circulate largely. Let the land
be flooded with the light of this truth of The Life only in and through
the Christ, and His Coming and Kingdom. We think that our Confer-
ence Report contains much that is well worth circulating.
CORRECTIONs.-InDr. Leask's remarks, page 11, left-hand column, for
" All heathen, whether Pagan or Christian, are saved by the love of God,"
read" It is certain that if any of the heathen obtain eternal life, it will
be through Christ, although they have not heard of Him."
In Gen. Goodwyn's remarks after his paper (in the. first edition of
the report) read" type" for "anti. type," "church" for" world,"
•• session" for "cessation," "thirteenth" for "fourteenth," and
"nation" for" they." Other inaccuracies the reader's own judgment
will be able to correct.
MONTHLY NOTES.
LINCOLN,MINT LANECHAPEL.-The ExEditor of " Bible Standard,"
Rev. G. A. Brown, will (D.V.) deliver his farewell sermons to his
congregation, on Sunday, October 12th, and his farewell address on the
Monday following, when a public tea and meeting will be held. Re
expects to sail for Auckland, New Zealand-with a large party of friends
-on October 20th.
BIBLE STANDARD.-Theattention of the subscribers thereof is called
to the fact that new subscriptions are now due. See our advertising
column.
BRISToL.-Mr. R. Phillips, of 16, Albert Villas, Cotham, Bristol,
invites correspondence from Bristol residents holding "Conditional
Immortality," who are willing to unite in fellowship, on the basis
thereof, for testimony thereto.
SCOTTISHHEREsy.-The Rev. David Macrae, the United Presbyterian
heretic, is evidently not regarded as altogether lost by the Scotch
Established Church. He has been preaching to enormous congregations
in Dundee in two Established Churches, and denouncing, in vigorous
language, the bigoted and Judaistic theology of Scotland. It is strange
to find a Minister thrust out of the U.P. Church being asked by two
important congregations belonging to that body to be their pastor.
Between Mr. Macrae's old congregation in Gourock and the congregation
of the late George Gilfillan, of Dundee, a keen competition exists for the
services of the so-called heretic.
AN UNSCRIPTURUTASTE.-The funeral of a young lady took place at
Brighton recently, under curious circumstances. The day of her inter-
ment was the day which had been originally fixed for her marriage, and
her friends complied with her dying wish, that she should be drawn to
the grave by the horses which had been engaged to couvey her to
church. To the catafalque there were accordingly attached four greys,
whose heads were decked with floral rosettes of white and red geraniums,
and the coffin was covered with a white and amber silk pall. The
carriages IV hich followed were private vehicles, instead of the usual
mourning coaches, and were also drawn by pairs of grey horses
caparisoned similarly to those which drew the hearse. Thus is man's
greatest f, e and curse, sin, decked as though it were man's greatest
friend. One outcome only of a currupt theology.
TALMAGEAT BURNLEY.-A number of misguided working men at
Burnley are likely to be ruined by falling into a bigger blunder than
any recorded in Talmage's now notorious hundred-pound lecture. They
entered into a. contract with Mr. Talmage and his agent-for the
delivery of " Big Blunderg," for £100, money down, of course; but only
£50 was raised. In these distressing circumstances, an appeal was
made to the lecturer to consider the position of the working men who-
bad been betrayed by their admiration for him as a lecturer to their
own ruin. The appeal was made before the whole audience, but the
reverend contractor declared that he had nothing to do with finances,
and the working men of Burnley may therefore, for all the assistance
they will receive from Talmage, sell the shirts on their backs to meet
their obligations. If this be true, it is little creditable to the latest
English Idol, or to the orthodoxy of which he is so prominent-s-and we
may add offensive (see his sermon on hell)-an advocate.
HALIFu.-The friends here have arranged for holding a Sunday
afternoon Bible Class, in the Good Templars' Room, Barum Top, ••for
the free and unsectarian investigation of the Scripture teaching on Man,
his nature, state in Death, life only through Christ, &c." Time of
meeting 3 p.m, Particulars of C. Warsnop, Cheapside.
UNITEDMIITHODISTFREE CHuRcHEs.-This body seems singularly
blessed by an enquiring mind amongst its ministers, and, to inherit the
common error of meeting such enquirers with the forcible argument
"cast him out of the synagogue." We would remind such of Christ's
actions towards one, so treated, in olden time. The Jews cast him out,
but Christ received him. The" Christian World," with its usual
liberality, has inserted ill its recent issues several letters on this subject,
"A Minister of long standing" thus writes concerning the eternal
suffering of the lost ;-As to its being the doctrine of the United
Methodist Free Churches, where is the standard of doctrine in the
denomination? Does not that standard differ more or less with every
occupant of the presidential chair? And what is the standard in this
particular matter? Has it not differed in every degree from the
grossest materialistic fire and brimstone torment for ever, in some
cases, to the mere belief in others, that the punishment is that of
conscience, that it lasts as long as the sin lasts, and that ultimately,
according to the Scriptures, "God shall be all in all"? Why then
should the services of an able man be declined because be cannot go to the
utmost limit of eonnexional dogmatism on a subject which many of the
ablest men of the day believe should at least be regarded as an " Open
Question," and upon which many of the foremost men of the body are as
advanced as he? Surely the time has come when the Free Churches
should demand for .themselves the right to interpret the Scriptures not
as the Roman Catholic Church interpreted them in the" dark ages"
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belongiqgs of its victims, bu] as the spirit of God gives tbe light to men are now due. Will all our subsoribers kindly forward them direct
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