The Bible Standard January 1883

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50 THE BIBLE STANDARD.near M. . . . . .. He has come over to the belief show what" Evangelical Christianity" it is thatof Life only in Christ and the Second Advent. is thus in danger from our teaching. In itsIn a recent letter he says, 'With you I am glad XXXVIIth Article, the Belgium confession ofmy eyes have been opened to see the truth as it faith contains the words, " The elect will see theis in Jesus. They hegin to talk of banishing me horrible vengeance which God will take on thefrom the Society, and of taking my name off the wicked, who have tyrannised, afflicted, and tor-Plan, hut none of these things move me. Love mented them in this world. These will heendureth all things.' At G I disposed of convinced by the testimony of their own con-eigbt parcels toJocal preachers, and they are all sciences, and will be made immortal, so as to bedelighted with them. People are surprised that everlastingly tormented in the eternal fire pre-we have such works on Life only in Christ, &c. A pared for the devil and his angels."mission preacher has just lately adopted our views,and is now an earnest heliever."- We have nobetter labourer than the brothel' from whoseletter we have been quoting, and it is cheering to ADVENT NOTES.him and to us to see such fruit of labour. Whatajew like him are doing, many might do. Brethren AN Eastbourne member writes :-" I quiteand sisters, help us to help others by circulating believe John's prayer on Patmos will soonour literature, and especially our tracts and be answered, that the Lord Jesus will soon returnmonthly paper. If there are friends who cannot to this earth again. I have watched the move-afford to spend much in this work, let them send ment of nations, and the writings of many personsus monthly or quarterly what they can afford, of different denominations, for signs of the timesand wewill send them icarriaqe jj'ee) double the for 36 years, and from all I have seen and read Ivalue of their remittance, in the shape of tracts, still believe that we are close up to the great daypamphlets, and Bible Standards, on one condition, when' a nation shall be born at once '-when thethat if any are sold the amounts so realised shall earth will bring forth in one day-when a crybe wholly devoted to the purchase of more for will go forth' Lo, this is our God: We havedistribution and sale, less any personal expense waited for Him: We will be glad and rejoice inincurred. We will find ways and means to meet His salvation. '"all such demands. Amenca has witnessed a remarkable electric

Pastor Byse, of the Belgian Evangelical Church storm, extending the entire width of the continentin Brussels, has been excommunicated for preach- from Boston to San Fraucisco. At Omaha theing the doctrine of Conditional Immortality. aurora borealis was so brilliant that night wasM. Byse had previously translated the Rev. E. made as light as day. At Cheyenne, Denver,White's standard work "Life only in Christ." and at points in California and WashingtonHis church separated with him, so that he still territory, there were similar displays. At St.ministers to his original flock. Paul, Minnesota, the sky was of a blood-red

We are glad to note that the Christian WOj'ld colour, making an effect at once grand andof Dec. 7, has a good word for the Rainbow and fearfuL Telegraph communication was seriouslyits talented editor. It says :-" Whatever may interrupted, and various experiments were triedbe our opinions about the 'Doctrine of Con- to work the wires, without success, until it wasditional Immortality,' which seems to be spread- discovered that by taking two wires from theing in various directions, it is as well to see what ground between two given points, and joiningits chief teachers have to say in its support. The their ends, a circuit was formed that could beRainbow, which has now been before the public worked. In this way eight wires were made tofor nineteen years, under the Editorship of Dr. do the service of four. Electricians agree thatWilliam Leask, is perhaps the best monthly I the disturbance was unlike any heretofore ex-representative of the school, if not, indeed, the perienced, as it appeared to act upon the wiresonly one, and ought to be supported by all who in strong waves, constantly changing polarity ofsympathise with its teaching. We notice that current.in his closing address for the year, the editor is Among other celestial phenomena to which thevery confident that conditional immortality attention of the public has been directed duringand all involved in it 'will some day be the the last few days is an enormous spot in the sun,orthodox creed of Christendom.' "- Whilst cheer- the diameter of which is over 12,000 miles.fully endorsing the statement that the Rainbow Enormous damage has been wrought in Ger-is "the best monthly representative of the many, Spain, and France by floods. The Rhineschool," we are glad to know that it is not" the has flowed at a higher level tban for the past 100only one" in Britain. The Messengej' has just years. The Seine, also, has been abnormallycompleted its sixth volume, whilst our own paper high. In addition to the loss to We and property,is in its sixth volume, and both magazines are most serious suffering has been caused to tens ofgrowing in favour and circulation. Will our thousands. Britain has not quite escaped, butreaders suffer us here to press upon them, how- its loss and suffering has been small by corn-ever, the claims of the veteran representative of parison, These troubles must be, but they speak"Life only in Christ "-the Rainbow. It com- the end near.mences this month its 20th volume, and should It is cheering to the Advent believer to findbe taken and read by all disciples of the Life, amongst journals opposed to such views, con-whose means permit. We shall be happy to post current testimony as to the gravity of theit free from our office at 6s. per annum, or it can "Eastern Question," and the imminently nearbe had through any bookseller, of the publisher, downfall of the Turkish empire. We give twoE. Stock, London (6d.) See our last page for extracts, the first from the Daily News and theadvertisement thereof. We have pleasure also in second from the Christian WOlld.-" The mostinviting new subscriptions for the Messengel'; an pro-Turkish amongst us caunot now concealadvertisement will be found on same page as above. from himself that the Ottoman Empire in Europe

Pastor Durand, of the Belgian Evangelical is not merely doomed, but that it is dying moreChurch, has said some hard things of our special quickly than anybody could have believed a fewtruth, according to a letter in the Christian. years ago. When this is the case it is naturalWorld. He says :-" The entire doctrine is that People should speculate how the inheritancefounded on materialism; it modifies, or rather of the' Sick Man' is to be distributed."-" If oneoverthrows, the dogma of the Fall, and hence the extends his view beyond Egypt it is impossible towhole doctrine of the Redemptioo ..... The avoid noting the symptoms of tremor and per-system of Conditional Immortalitij is a menace turbation by which the whole Turkish dominionand a danger, not only for Evangelical Christi- is agitated. One must be blind not toanity, but also for all natural and revealed re- see that the whole Mahommedan world is thrilledligion." The following extract from the creed of by an unrest such as it never experienced before."the sect 'cl which M. Durand is a pastor, will Let UB, as believers in Christ's coming, remem-

bel' that with the fall of Turkey comes the endof Gentile power." SWEETSONGSABOUTESUS, for' Pilgrims ofthe Night,' and 'Watchers for the Morning.'''

Edited by Wm. Brookman, Canada. Post freefrom our office, Is. This collection of 250hymns and 16 "fragments" has onr warm wordof welcome and praise. It may very well beadopted where the want of a Scriptural Hymn-ology is felt, and where our own collection ofhymns is found too small.

A Crewe member writes :-" Last Sunday Iheard a minister preaching from the text, 'Thykingdom come.' He said, ' But what follows thesewords? ' 'Thy will be done on earth.' 'Yes,' saidhe, God's will must be done before His kingdomcan come.' I had just before been reading the'Misunderstood Prayer,' in the Rainbow (Dec.]Imagine the contrast :"-This is, to use a homelyphrase, "putting the cart before the horse." Or,in other words, putting an effect in the place ofits cause. God's kingdom coming leads to Hiswill being done, and not the reverse process.

TESTIMONY AT SALISBURY.( Continued.)T HE Salisbury Times of Nov. 4, also containedan anonymous letter signed "Sling and

Stone," which whilst ignoring the terms of thechallenge laid down in the Rev. B. B. Wale'sletter-given in our last-dealt in some uncourte-ous personalities, and asked some questions.This called forth the following reply from Mr.Wale, which appeared in the Salisbury Times ofNov. IS :-

Sm,-I am really not called upon to answeryour correspondent "Sling and Stone" at all.(1) Inasmuch as his letter does not meet mycballenge, which was to discuss the subject underconsideration, on a public platform, and this hedeclines to do. (2) My challenge was to Mr.Thwaites, 01' any other Minister in Salisbury, toprove that the Hebrew Scriptures contained anyword or words necessarily carrying with themthe idea of eternity or everlasting duration; andinstead of accepting the challenge, and attempt-ing to prove that they do, your correspondentgives me a long list of passages and asks me toprove that they do not; this may be ingenious,but it is neither fair nor logical. (1) It is not fairto pretend to accept a challenge, and then tochange at will, and reverse all the pre-arrangedconditions. (2) It is not logical, for no man canbe called upon to prove a negative.

I might, therefore, fairly refuse to take anynotice of your correspondent's letter-andespecially as he does not affix his name to hiscommunication, aud I am not called upon towrestle with a ghost, or to enter the lists with amere nominis umbra. The man who has thecourage of his convictions, should have thecourage to append his name to his communica-tion, as my name is known to all your readers.

But as my only object is to elicit truth, and todefend the Gospel of the Grace of God from themisrepresentations of its soi-disant friends, Ishall not avail myself of this plea, but shall pro-ceed to answer your correspondent in detail,though before doing so I must crave permissionto make a few remarks upon the tone of hisletter. (1) The challenge was forced upon thespeakers of the C.LA. by the discourteous andunchristian remarks of the Rector of Fishertonbefore we entered the town (forbidding hisparishioners to attend the Conference), andemphasised by his remarks subsequently to theConference. Paul when he preached unpalatabletruths, commended the Bereans for searching theScriptures to see whether these things were so.The gentleman in question adopted 'just theopposite course, and prevented his flock, as far


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 5as in him lay, investigating the subject for them-selves; their happy destiny being to :

11 Open their mouths and shut their eyes,And take what the Rector will send them."(2) Your correspondent begins by calling mesarcastically a "Goliath." This is not courteous,but be it so-a Goliath-but with a difference.He defied the armies of the Living God; I defythe armies of the Philistines. He sneeringlysupposes that I might silence an opponent byhaving a "glib tongue," though he confesses thathe has never heard me. Such language canhardly be considered courteous, or be reckonedamong the amenities ofcontroversy, and I am sureyour correspondent will forgive me for not follow-ing him into this department of "low literature."(3) Having pronounced me a " Goliath," he withthe most charming humility, subscribes himself" Sling and Stone." The inference is as maniIestas it is modest; that as the ., Sling and Stone"killed Goliath, so your correspondent has only togird himself for the battle, and I am a dead man!But with every desire to oblige your correspon-dent I must decline to die quite so easily. StillI am glad to find that my letter has set the" Sling and Stone" flying, even if it hit nothing,and now proceed to show that at all events it hasneither kil~ed nor wounded me.

Your correspondent asks me to prove that thewords rendered "for ever," "everlasting," incertain passages of Scripture to which he refersme have no such meaning. Had he read myformer letter in your columns carefully, he mighthave spared himself the question. In that letterI say (1) "I challenge anyone to prove there is anyword in the Hebrew Scriptures to express eternityor everlasting duration. (2) I affirm that theHebrew words so rendered carry with them theidea of indefiniteness and not the idea of end.'less duration. (3) I affirm that the words sorendered, in themselves determine nothing; butthat their meaning, scope, or limitation is deter-mined by the theme of which they treat." Now" Sling and Stone" disputes this, and contendsthat the Hebrew words so rendered carry withthem the idea of endless duration. Let yourreaders judge if this be true. The first text yourcorrespondent refers me to is Job iv. 20. "They"-(the wicked) "perish for ever." T~e ~e?rewword is neh-tzaqh, Here, the word being limited,or ruled by the theme of which it treats-the des-truction of the wicked carries with it of necessitythe idea of unending duration. But the sameword is used in Job xxxiv. 36.-that "Job maybe tried for ever" (rendered in the authorised ver-sion--" unto the end ").-But if the Hebrewneh: tzagh carries with it the idea of eternity, thenJob's trial is still going on. So in Job xxxvi. 7-where" Kings" are said to be established" forever." So in Proverbs xxi. 28 -the man towhom Solomon is referring is said to be speaking"for ever" (rendered in the A.V. " co~-stantly.") The same wor~ neh . tz~gh occurs I~Jeremiah xv. 18.-" Why ISmy pain for ever?(rendered" perpetual.") Is Jeremiah still inpain. According to your correspondent's t~eoryhe is, and will be, "for ever." In Amos 1. 11.-Edom, i.e., Esau is said to " pursue his brotherwith the sword, to cast off all pity, to let hisanger tear and to keep his wrath 'for ever;'"it is the same Hebrew word-and so I supposeEsau is still pursuing his brother, though accor-ding to the general teaching of the day, Jacoband Esau have long since parted company, andgone off in opposite directions. The fact is thatthe translators of the authorised version werewiser than your correspondent, and they knewthat the Hebrew neh-tzagh did not carry with itthe idea of eternity, but of indefiniteness-andwas limited in its scope by the theme of whichit treated.

The second passage your correspondent refersme to is Ps. ix. 7., 'I'hs Lord shall endure forever." Here the Hebrew word is Goh-liitun.

applied to God it carries with it of 'necessity theidea of endless duration, being limited by thetheme of which it treats. The same word is usedin Ps. xliii. 5.; xc. 2.; cxxxvi. L; Isaiah ix. 7,which are the next texts your correspondentrefers to, and in each of these it carries with itthe idea of endless duration, being limited by thetheme of which it treats. For the Creator hadno beginning and will have no end. But thissame word goh-liihrn is applied to the inhabitantsof the ante-diluvian world (rendered in the A.V."Mighty men of old.") Were they from" ever-lasting to everlasting?" It is applied to theAaronic Priesthood, (Exodus xl. 15.)-it was tobe an "everlasting priesthood," yet it came to anend nearly 2,000 years ago ;-the word did notdecide the duration of the priesthood, but theduration of the priesthood limited the scopeof the word. In Exodus xxi. 15., the sameword Giih-lahmi is applied to the Hebrew ser-vant who, under certain conditions, was to servehis master "forever;" though this "forever"must have inevitably come to an end inthe year of jubilee-for then every bond-servant was to go out free by the Divinecommand. So this "for ever" was limitedat the very utmost to 49 years. Daniel xii. 3,is the next passage your correspondent refersto, and here, the Hebrew word is "Gad,""they that turn many to righteousness shR.llshine as the stars for ever and ever." But thissame word" Gad" is applied in Amos i. H.-tothe anger of Edom against his brother, but isthere rendered "perpetually," thus this wordlike the others is limited by the theme of whichit treats. The same principle applies to thereference given by your correspondent to the NewTestament. The words in Hebrews i. 8., arequoted from the 45th Psalm. My previous re-marks on this Psalm apply therefore to them.Matt. xii. 31.32, "aioni" applied to the unpar-donable sin, carries with it, on the principle laiddown the idea of endlessness. So in Matt.xxv. 46., aionian means the same unendingeternal life and eternal punishment-i.e., eternalin its results-c-irrevocable. Matt. xviii. 34.-I confess I do not see the purpose of the reference.I know that this text is sometimes quoted to teachthe doctrine of universal restoration-" until hehas paid what was due." Sufficient to s.ay that itwas a parable.and does not affect the subject underdiscussion one way or the other, or, perhaps,your correspondent quote~ t~e ~erse becau~e ofthe word tormentors occurmg III It: "he deliver-ed him to the tormentors." But on referringto any Greek Lexicon your correspondent oryour readers may see that the word-Bas~nis.tais, means jailers or the keeper of a prison.DIatt. ix. 43. is a quotation from Isaiah lxvi.24., where it is applied to carcases (pega1'i':l) not" immortal" souls, and refers to the bodies ofcriminals that were cast there, and bred corrup-tion, and to prevent pestilence a fire.was keI?tburning in Gehenna, and the worm did not d19while there was anything to feed upon, and forsanitary reasons the "fire was not quenched."But now a purling brook flows through" Gshen.na." Romans ii. 7, aionian means unquestion-ably unending life." But the same word isused by the same apostle in Philernon (15v.) ofOnesimus. "That thou" (Phi lemon) "shouldstreceive him (Onesi~us) for ever" a~oni~n.. 'fhesame principle applies ; the word IS Iimited b'ythe theme of which it treats, if not, then Onesi-mus is still living with Philemon in Colosse.Apologising for trespassing so much upon yourvaluable space,-I remain, yours obediently,Burlinqton. Wale.P.S.-I shall take no further notice of anony-

mous communications.In the previous issue of that paper there ap-

peared a letter from J. J. Parsons, dated fromThrapston. A single senten~e therefro~. Willshow its nature :-" The doctrine of Conditional

Immortality should be argued on naturalphilosophical, as well as scriptural grounds.He also expressed the desire that" some of thadvocates of Conditional Immortality couldput through a course of mathematics." We giMr. Wale's reply, which appeared in the following issue:-

Sm,-Your correspondent, J. J. Parsonsthinks that the doctrine of Conditional Immortality should be reasoned out on mathematical and philosophical grounds. No! AGod only can tell us about Himself, so God oncan tell us about the future of the human racIt is not what mm thinks but what God sayIt is not a matter of human inference, butDivine revelation; consequently. the reasoningof philosophy and the conclusions of mathmatics are here only a grand impertinenceLet your correspondent find us any passageScripture where man or his soul is said toimmortal 01' possessing eternal life apart froChrist, and we will publicly confess ourselvvanquished.

If Mr. Parsons thinks that he can demonstratthe immortality of the soul by a mathematicaprocess, let him do it, and he will have accoplished a feat to which the squaring of the cirwill be mere child's play. The applicationmathematics to psychology is such a new aoriginal idea, that your readers must await tresult with no little impatience. The onmathematician of antiquity who deals with timmortality of the soul is Pythagoras, andheld and taught the transmigration of souand that at death the soul of man might,would, pass into the body of an animal-a lioor tiger, 01' any other brute. So that fromstandpoint it would be possible-to quote twords of Mr. Parsons-for the soul of the mwho had" reared the glorious Cathedral" to paat death into the body of an ass and parade tworld as a donkey, and even (oh! the ironyfate!) graze in front of the Cathedral he hbuilt! Does your correspondent believe thiPythagoras does not pretend that he has demostrated it.

Mr. Parsons would have us study the subje" philosophically." The most illustrious phisopher of antiquity, Plato, did this, andfollowing is the result at which he arrived:believed in man's ante-natal life, and wPythagoras in the transmigration of souls.his" Phcedrus" he says "the soul never returto its pristine state in less than 10,000 years,its wings do not grow in less time than thSome souls after a period of 3000 years recotheir wings after being sent to the placepunishment under the earth for tbat periSome are called forth at the end of a thousayears to choose or draw lots for a new life (dyour correspondent remember taking part in asuch transaction before he came into this worland then the soul frequently passes into the bof a beast." So much for the teachings" philosophy."

But Mr. Parsons recommends us to rButler's" Analogy." Thanks for his advice,we have done so, and distinctly remember a fwhich your correspondent seems to forget-thaBishop Butler admits that his argument fornative immortality of man is equally strongthe immortality of beasts, and of every memof the animal creation, and he does not conthe conclusion. So that cats, dogs, squirrand stoats, monkeys and mosquitoes aredestined for immortality, though they ne" reared the glorious Cathedral," and certainever enchanted the ear with" ravishing musIf these be the teachings of "philosophy,"must be pardoned if we eschew the vagariesPythagoras, Plato, and Butler, and adhstrictly to the teachings of the Good Old BookYours obediently, Burlinqtoii Wale.[This closes the cor1'espondence, ED. B.S.]


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52 THE BIBLE STANDARD.OUR INDIAN LETTER.

Naqereoil, Sept. 13th, 1882.To Rev. W. Leask, D.D., and lIfj. C. E. Brooks.

Dear SirR,-l feel very sorry that I was notable to write you until now, as I have longdesired. Now I humbly submit to yonr kindnotice the f"ll .wing brief account of myself andmy work, believing that it will be read withpleasure bv you and other friends of the" Conditional Immortality Association" inEngland:- '

Travancore, where I live, is a provincegoverned by a native sovereign, and one of theprotected States of India. More than 600,000rupees are annually spent by the heathengovernment for the support of the numerousidol temp les, and for feeding- the lazy Brahminswho devour the fat of the country. There areabout 460,000 Ohristians, who belong to theSyrian, Roman Catholic, and the Protestantdenominations. Many of these Are merenominal professors of Christianity. Mylandy,my native place, where my ancestors firstembraced the Protestant faith and formed thefirst church of that denomination in Travancore,lies seven miles off, close to Cape Comorin. Itwas about eighty years ago, when Travancorewas first subdued by the British, and when anopening for missionary labour seemed impossible,that my grandfather was converted by hearingthe preaching of a Protestant Missionary atTangere, when he was on a return from apilgrimage to the celebrated idol- temple ofChidambrum, a Hindoo sacred place about 400miles from here. On his arrival at Mylandy heopenly declared the religion he had newlyembraced, and formed, with forty of his rela-tives, the first Native Protestant Church. Atthe arrival of the first Missionary in 'I'ravancoremy relatives had the privilege of being employedas pioneering evangelists, by whose labours weregathered some of the long-existing large con-gregations.

At twelve years old I entered the LondonMission Seminary at Nagercoil, and received myEnglish and Tamil education. An accident,which confined me to a painful sick bed forthree months, was the first Divine means toproduce in me religious convictions, Four yearsafter I received the ordinance of baptism, andjoined the Church at Nagercoil. In January1852, I left the seminary and was employed as acatechist and preacher among the heathen. Idid not then possess any true knowledge ofChrist. At this time a small book, named"Christ all in all," fell into my hands. 'Theperusal of this brought me to the conviction ofsalvation only by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.Again, by listening to a native Plymouthbrother, who came here from North Tinnivelly,I was strongly moved to search the Scriptures,to enable myself to teach the truth to others.My subsequent correspondence with this inde-pendent brother led me to adopt the pre-millsn.nial advent of our Lord, the literal first resur-rection of the saints, and the reign of Christ inHis literal kingdom on the earth. Some of themissionaries, who were not believers in thesetruths, endeavoured to turn me from this faithby their philosophical arguments.

In 1855, having read the life and sermons ofthat extraordinary preacher, the Rev. G. White-field, I was moved to become an itineratingpreacher among the heathen. For more thaneight years I thus laboured, and God blessed itto the salvation of a few poor people, who re-nounced tbe idol-god" of their forefatbers, andwho are now the leading members of the Denni.shuram pastorate.

In I~66, I was ordained as the first pastor ofthis Church. Besides my pastoral labours I

preach the Gospel of salvation to all classes ofheathen in the neighbourhood, As an author, Ihave written some treatises, in Tamil prose andpoetry, for the spiritual benefit of both heathenand Christian. Wben my book on the innova-tions and errors of the Roman Catholic Churchwas published, tbe Papists heaped upon memuch abuse. Then, as a secretary of the South'I'ravancore Temperance Society, for more thanfifteen years, I published some metrical andprose tracts on that subject. I have also re-ceived prizes from the Madras Tract and BookSociety for writing some prize hand-bills.

But all this time I was quite ignorant of thatmost precious Scriptural truth of life and im-mortality only in and through Christ. Whenthe time of revealing- this long-hidden truth ar-rived, my Heavenly Father most graciously sentto my hands some copies of that most valuablemagazine, the Rainbow. This was abont 1875.The doctrine seemed, at my first perusal, falseand heretical, but as I continued to read, againand again, the gloomy cloud of ignorance andprejudice, which had so long shadowed mymind. was dispersed, and I was enlightened bythe Holy Spirit to find this most glorious truthof the Gospel. From that time I have beenstrengthened to give up the popular notions ofheaven and hell as false, natural immortality asa satanic invention, the souls of men entering atdeath on an intermediate state of bliss ormisery as un scriptural, and the fearful doctrineof endless torments in hell as a Bomish innova-tion. My only hope is now in the first resurrec-tion of the saints at the glorious second ad ventof our Lord, who is our Life and Light, whenwe shall be clothed with immortality and glory.

As soon as I adopted this truth, most gra-ciously revealed, I commenced to proclaim itopenly among all classes of men. Some, wholistened to me with attention, have. after lougconsideration, acknowledged their faith in thismost important doctrine of the Scripture.Some, although well convinced of the excellenceof this truth, are behind to acknowledge it,through fear of man. But the zealous advocatesof the old and popular theory, being much dis-turbed in their minds, have-without anyexamination-raised a furious indignationagainst me.

While the truth was gradually spreading Imade translations of some most interestingarticles of the Rainbow, such as "Hades,""Everlasting Life," "The Kingdom," "Hopeof the Church," &c., which I intended to pub-lisb for the eterual benefit of the vast 'I'amil-speaking populations of South India. Butthrough want of funds I have not till now pub.lished any of them separateiy. In the mean-time I have (at the close of the past year) pub-lished-in a 10c1 Tamil newspaper-an articleon the true nature of man, which I have trans-lated from Mr. H. Constable's" Hades." Tbisproduced a sudden movement among the nativeChristians of South 'I'ravancore. Some of theadvocates of the traditional theology wroteagainst me. Myself and friends were met withmuch opposition from every side. Some nativeministers, and others, preached against UB, ad-monishing the people to beware of the falsedoctrine l?) which we teach. Moreover, they re-proached me with such epithets as "the newheretic," "a teacher of the satanic doctrine,"" the man who has got no soul," " a brute." "awicked companion," "the enemy of every re-ligion." Some young men have circulated astory that, "Satan having deprived me of myhuman brain, filled the head with that of ananimal."

Some of the influential Christians have at lastpersuaded tbe Editor not to publish my paperson the subject. When I saw my object of pro-mulgating this most precious truth, through the

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medium of this paper, was thus frustrated, athe opposition increased, I determined to gosome large town in the north, in order to fsome European gentleman or lady holding thview of life and immortality only in Chrifrom whom I might obtain more light onsubject, and some pecuniary aid to publishtranslations. After a continued prayer to Gfor some days, in order that He might openway and afford me means to travel where I hnever been before, I set out on my tourApril last. All along my way I preachedWord of Life to numerous people, both in towand villages. Wheu I was in Sheveroy Hillbecame acquainted with that excellent and piomissionary lady, Mrs. Loechler, who sent togentleman those copies of the Rainbow whwere afterwards handed to me. She toldthat when she was at Nagercoil she had heaof my openly preaching the doctrine ofLife oin Christ. She spoke to me about the friendsthe " Conditional Immortality Association"England, and I was much interested and edifiby her Christian example and conversatioShe, besides supplying me with som of yopublications, gave me some money which helpme to pay a visit to Madras, the centre ofSouth Indian Missions, aud the seat of tMadras Government, And her letter has intrduced me to several gentlemen who arelievers in the same advent and life truths, awhom I had never before heard of.

When in Madras I was particularly happygain the friendship of that most excellent adevoted servant of God, Mr. James Spence,whose brotherly exhortations, and truly alItionate Christian example, I was greatstrengthened in my faith and love in ChriMoreover, he also supplied me with a few copof the Rainbow, and some tracts and books pulished by the Association. They are very grehelps to me, both towards my own advancemenin true Biblical interpretation, and for translting some of them for the eternal benefit of mTamil-speaking countrymen-numbering mothan 16,000,000 in South India.

To print and publish the manuscripts thprepared I mostly depend on the promise aefforts of Mr. J. Spence-who takes a grinterest in promulgating these glorious truthYon will be surprised to hear that never a traor pamphlet has hitherto been published on tmost important subject, in Tamil.

We have already printed and circulatedfirst number of "The Bible Banner," whichcall in Tamil Satthiavathakkodi. We havesolved to publish this tract every month, anif we can obtain competent means, to prseparate tracts and books on several subjecMay the Lord Jesus Christ bless this fipamphlet and make it but the beginningnumerous publications.

I give my hearfelt thanks and complimentsyourselves and all other gentlemen and ministewho form the "Conditional Immortality Asciation," for regularly sending your books atracts-chiefly the Bible Standard, which Ithrough Mr. J. Spence, monthly.

In conclusion, earnestly begging all Christifriends to remember me and my poor countrmen in their prayers, I remain yours most faifully, C. MASSILLAMANI,Pastor, DennispuramNagercoil, S. India.

[We are sure our friends will take a livinterest in the efforts of this newly-formedsociation. As it is the first attempt to reatbe native mind we feel moved to invite dontions on its behalf. Any such entrusted toshall be duly forwarded to Mr. James Spencfor the infant cause of the truth in India.-ED. B.B.]


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 55God's Acre! Yes, that blessed name impartsComfort to those who in the grave have sownThe seed, that they had garnered in their hearts,

Their bread of life, alas! no more their own.Into its furrows shall we all be cast,In the sure faith that we shall rise againAt the great harvest, when the archangel's blastShall winnow like a fan the chaff and grain.Then shall the good stand in immortal bloom,

In the fair gardens of that second birth;And each bright blossom mingle its perfumeWith that of flowers which never bloomed on

earth.With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the

sod,And spread the furrow for the seed we sow;This is the field and acre of our God,This is the place where human harvests grow!

H. W. LONGFELLOW.THE LIFE THE LIGHT. (6.6.4.)

~! GLORIOUS Son of light!~ Chase, chase away the nightFrom each dark soul.Setting the selfish heart,Life, speech, and hands apart,For Thy control.As from the king of dayFleeth the night away,With her dark train:So shine! Thou source of light,Where dwelleth darker night;Sin, fear, and pain.As earthly vapours rise;Drawn to the azure skiesFrom land and main.Draw man, by Thy warm light,Up to the glorious height,

Where Thou dost reign.My God! shine Thou on me ;Draw weakness nearer Thee,

Thou art my Sun:Lifted by Thee I mount,And quaff the living fount:The victory won.

Thus saved by Thy might:Thus living in Thy sight;In Christ! in Thee!I shall for ever shine,Drawing my life from Thine,Eternally.

MARY GORDON BURNETT.

NEW YEAR'S THANKSGIVING. (S.M .)~ET still another year. l J i : . . Of goodness aud of grace

Hath rolled away, and we appear,To worship in this place.Where shall our praise begin?For what first shall we payOur grateful homage to our King,On this thought-stirring day?We bless His name becauseOur life hath been preserved,

Though oft we have transgressed His laws,And judgment swift deserved.We praise Him for the roadBy which we have been led;

And for the health and strength bestowed,To seek our daily bread.For healing and relief,For benison and balm,In time of sickness, pain, and grief,We raise a thankful psalm.And for His Holy Word,That source of life and light,Which when sincerely read or heard,Brings comfort and delight.

But all the blessings giv'n,We never can enroll ;So humbly offer unto Heav'n,One tribute for the whole.

G. P. MACKAY.SILENT SINGERS. (l1's.)

11Wfi'HEheavens are telling the glory of God:< 1 /& The firmament sheweth the work of Hishands.

The welkin declareth His praises abroad,While spread like a canopy over all lauds.With voice that subdueth all others, the strainIs chanted each day by the sun in his might;Then softly the moon taketh up the refrain,Assisted by all the sweet chorus of night.O'er mountain and valley, o'er river and sea,O'er city and village, o'er castle and cot,'I'hese seraphs are singing continuously,OfHim who from chaos all order hath wrought.Their singing is silent, their music is mute,They utter no words to the unopened ear;But all who have wisdom and thought theysalute,In speech and in language expressive and clear.Of Him who hath made them they show forththe might.They speak of His wisdom, and infinite skill ;They sing of His goodness and love in their flight:o listen, my soul! to their song, and be still.

G. P. MACKAY.SYMPOSIUM ON THE INTERME-

DIATE STATE.[IN accordance with the will of the Committee we openour columns to the above. It. must, however, be dis-tinctly understood that neither the Association nor theEditor are to be held responsible for, or as endorsingin any way the views expressed herein. These aresimply the personal convictions of the several writers,and appear in these colums merely that our readersmay have the opportunity of studying the question asit appears to the different believers in the cardinaltruth of" Conditional Immortality," and then formingtheir own opinion thereon.e--E.n. B.S.]

THIRD ARTICLE.By GENERAL H. GOODWYN.

Other thoughts on the Intermediate State.A S reference is made to a friendly Christianchallenge by the writer of a previous article,

which of course involves two parties, I desire toenter the lists with the [Sword of the Spirit onbehalf of the Truth concerning" the IntermediateState;" first of all earnestly soliciting yourreaders to reperuse with carefulness the Scrip-tural narrative of events, alluded to by thewriter of that article, with their contexts andother passages having relevancy thereto,

1. In regard to the statement of the Lord,Luke xx. 37, 38., that" God is not the God of thedead, but of the living," the meaning and forceof those words must be gathered from the subjectof the discourse in which they occur. TheDivine Teacher was refuting the doctrine of theSadducees regarding the Resurrection; the In-termediate State had no part in the matter."That the dead m'e raised," was what Mosesshewed at the bush, and what the Lord under-took to prove, and did prove, not that theyentered into any parenthetical condition, and itwas in illustration of this fact that the Lorduttered the words which affiliated the Patriarchs

with their God. Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobwere laid in the grave, but inasmuch as duringlife they" had not received the promise" of theirinheritance, the land of Canaan (Heb. xi. 8, 939,) it being, moreover, unquestionable thatthey have not received it since, God, "whocalleth things that are not as though they were,"having predetermined to give it to them in,Resurrection, calls Himself their God. (Heb. xi16, with' Gen. xxviii. 12, 15, and particularlyActs vii, 2. 5, and Jer. xxxi. 14-26.) To saythat God is their God in an Intermediate Stateis to link His Divine perfections to an incom-plete condition! This may not be. Such anassertion, moreover, anticipates unwarrantablyboth the result of the Divine sentences of judg-ment and the material realities of the Resurrec-tion. An apostle says that he looked for no rewardtill the day of the appearing of Jesus Christ(2 'I'im. iv. 8.); neither did he expect to be inany Intermediate State before that day. (2 T'imii. 12.) This agrees with the words of the Lord,Who told His hospitable servants that theirreward should be "at the 'Resurrection of thejust."

Il. In reference to the penitent thief. Thewriter states that the Lord and the thief were tomeet in Paradise on the day of the Crucfixion.Now the request of the malefactor was that hemight be remembered when Christ came intoHis kingdom. He has not yet come into Hiskingdom, but, according to His own words, hasgone" to receive for Himself a kingdom, and toreturn" to reign over it (Luke xix. 11, 12.Heb. ii. 8); the thief therefore must await thereturn of the Lord in his grave. Surely if thewords of the Lord to Mary on the morn of HisResurrection had been remembered," I ani notyet ascended to My Father" (John xx. 17.), theywould have helped to place the comma inLuke xxiii. 43, in its right position, after"to-day," and not before it. The words of theLord to Mary were spoken three days:after thoseto the thief, and He was not then in Paradise,or in the third heaven with His Father, fothese two expressions concern the same place(2 Cor. xii. 2, 4.) The structure of the Greekpassage in Mark xiv. 30, is analogous to that oLuke xxiii. 43, thus 'Ap,1)v AYW(J"O


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56poverty. It asserts the opinion of the Omnis-cient in direct opposition to that of the Pharisees,(v. 15.) ThH scene is an eartbly one, whichverses 27, 28, prove, and has no reference to theeternal state, verse 31, is decisive on this point.Do immaterialities possess the power ofseeing when tbe organ of sight has, with thebody, mouldered away? Have so called immortalsouls hands and tongues? For, said Dives,"send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger inwater to cool my tongue."

IV. There seems to be a wide-spread mis-understanding of the Apostle's meaning inI Pet.iii. 18-1l0. The thoughts in the Symposium,to which I am directing my remarks, assert thatthe Lord of life was not asleep between deathand Resurrection, but was visiting unhappyspirits ill prison. Now the passage in questiondoes not assert any personal action of the Lord,Who resigned His Spirit into the Father's handsat death, but of the Spirit of Christ in Noah inthe days before the flood. Neither is there anyreference to "Hades the place of departedspirits." The Greek word for" prison" is tpvA aI


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THE BIBLE STANDARD. 5existence nor being of itself. Motion is alwaysand necessarily the property of some substance;and life is always and necessarily the property ofsome substance, spiritual or material. Hencewhen we read, "Thy soul, or life, shall berequired of thee,"-and" I have power to laydown my life (or soul), and I have power to takeit again" we are compelled to think of life assomething capable of separation from the sub-stratum or essence of the man. The soul ofChrist was something which He was able to givefor men, pay down as a ransom price. So thatlife or soul is disposed of by death.But what of the Spirit? Is that disposed ofby death? Not only does the Apostle enumeratethree elements in the composition of a man;the Saviour also recognised them, and set themout in definite lanquaqe, At the very time whenHe was giving His life, pouring out His soulunto death, He said, "Father, into Thy handsI commend My spirit." Spirit in the Saviourwas something different from soul,-capable ofBeing, and of being in a special sense with God,when His life or soul was paid away as a ransomprice, or made an offering for siu. This was"commended" to God for safe keeping whenthe other was spent. Hence we are compelledto hold that the hnman spirit of Christ did notcease to be, when His human soul was pouredout on the cross, and when His human bodywas laid in tbe sepulchre. That which is in thekeeping of God, first "is," and secondly is safe.Still, we hereby predicate of it being only, notexistence, much less life. There is then a stateof being, which is neither existence nor life, intowhich the human spirit as distingnished bothfrom soul and body goes by death. That stateholds on] between death,;and resurrection, con-sequently is The Intermediate State.But this applies only to unregenerate men, andis not therefore the whole truth :-" Christ hasbrought life and incorruptibility to light by thegospel." He gives to those who believe in Himlife, age-long life, " eternal life," a spirit-life, indistinction from the flesh-life or psuche. and onethat is "begotten" in them by the Holy Ghost:so that they neve'r die. (John vi. 50,58; xi. 26.)By virtue of the life which Jesus gives believers,they, "when absent from the body, are presentwith the Lord." They behold His glory, theglory which He had with the Father before theworld was. That, I think, is all the Scripturesreveal concerning the intermediate state ofbelievers. The Old Testament saints died.But at the resurreotion of Uhrist, or in conse-quence of it and His enthronement, they werereleased from the enthralment of death, thecaptivity of death being led captive by Christ torecei ve enlargement and intermediate life in the" place" He went" to prepare" for His disciples.All these" will God bring with Him," at the lasttrump." "Now are we the sons of God, and itdoth not yet appear what we shall be: but weknow that, when He shall appear, we shall be likeHim;" "shall also appear with Him in glory."Lest this contribution should exceed the pre-scribed limits, I~refrain Iromj opening out thelast paragraph.West Gloydon.

BIBLICAL EXEGESIS, No. 2.By BURLINGTON B. WALE, F.R.G.S.

Psalm xlix.T HIS Psalm is supposed to have been writtenduring the Babylonish captivity. Its themeis "destruction," and it is the only Psalm-the only portion of the Word of God-which isaddressed to the entire human race, to "al! theinhabitants of the world, high and low, rich andpoor together." The Hebrew word rendered"world," is "!lheh-led," a word which occurs

only five times in the Hebrew Scriptures, andonly in one other place (Psalm xvii. 14) is ittranslated "world." It means, literally, " thistransitory scene."Verse 4-" I will incline my ear to a parable:I will open my dark saying (chi-dha-thi) [myenigma] upon the harp." The Psalmist isabout to say something dark and dismal to thewhole human race, and he will be careful in hisselection of words and phrases, as a musicianbends his ear close to his harp that he may catchthe harmony of the sound. It is a , < dark say-ing" which will exercise the judgment of thereader, aud which the wise alone will understand.Verse 5-"Why should I fear when the in-iquities (not of my , heels,' a; iu the AuthorizedVersion) of my enemies (Akaivay-literally 'mysupplanters,' those who would trip him up,)surround me." In the Syriac and in the Arabicit is to the same effect, " Why should I fear inthe evil day when the iniquity of my enemiesencompasses me about." They trust in theirriches, but their wealth cannot avail for thepreservation of their life. None of them canby any means redeem his brother, nor give toGod a ransom for him. For the redemption oftheir soul (neh-phesh-life) is precious, and it(the life, the soul) ceaseth for ever-and "inredeeming (pha-do) shall by no means redeem "-i.e., all their efforts shall be vain, to cause thatsoul, that life, to live for ever, though that istheir inward thought, and their posterity keepup the fiction-" approve their sayings."Verse 11. The correct rendering of the versediffers very much from that of the AuthorisedVersion, and according to the best critics shouldbe rendered thus :-" Their grave is their housefor ever, their dwelling. place throughout allgenerations, though their names are celebratedover all countries," The 'I'argum on verse 10,says, " Wise men that are wicked die the seconddeath, and go down into hell" (sh'ol.) The sameword that is rendered twice in verse 14, by"grave"-derived from the root sh'ol, whichmeans to " devour," as the grave "devours" allliving.Verse 12. "Nevertheless man being in honourabideth not, but is like the beasts that perish."Being in honour, and capable of living for everwhen he was created, by disobedience he fell, andhaving forfeited his life, became like the beaststhat perish.Verse 14. "Like sheep they are cast into thegrave, death shall feed on them, and the uprightshall have dominion over them in the morningof the resurrection." "But God shall redeemmy soul (life) from sh'ol (the grave), for He willreceive me." The Psalmist kuew he was goingdown into sh'ol (though he certainly did notmean by sh'ol, hell), but knew that God wouldbring him up again. The Hebrew" Loon" inverse 12, translated "abideth," siguifies to"lodge only for a night," such is the transientnature of human life apart from the regenerationof the Holy Ghost. But he that doeth the willof God abideth for ever.Malvern.

NOTES & QUERIES.EDITED BY GEN. H. GOODWYN.1. QUES.: 1 Peter, iii. 19, 20. "By which(after beiug quickened by the Spirit, after beingput to death in the flesh) He went and preachedunto the SPIRITS in prison, which sometime weredisobedient in the days of Nosh," &c.-E. C. B.(West Croydon.) ,ANS. : E. C. B. has somewhat irregularly quotedthe Apostle's words, thus unintentionally pre-disposing towards. the thought;ofa personal acton the part of Christ. However, under the headof "The Symposium" of the present issue hewill find a reply to his above question: so also atpage 100 of the number for May, 1882.

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n. QUES.: By the same, 1 Pew', iv, 4, 5, 6" Who shall give account to Him that is readyto judge the quick and the dead. For, for this causewas the GOSPELpreached also to them that ARDEAD,that they might be judged according to menin the FLESH, b ut LIVE according to God in theSpirit."ANS.: The subject of this question is that othe entire Epistle wherein Peter was warningHebrew Christians against the seductions oGentile persecutors, and gives them a shieldwherewith to ward off their temptations. Havingreminded them (ch. iii. 21) of the purging otheir consciences from sins through identificationwith the death and resurrection of Christ,-ofwhich Baptism was the type-he continues inch. iv. to bring to their remembrance that" Christ suffered for them in the flesh;" conse-quently for them, having died with Him as to theflesh, it would be an inconsistency in their pro-fession, as well as disobedience to the spirit ofthe Gospel, that they "Should live any longertherein," Rom. vi. 1, 2; for they" were debtors,not to the flesh to live after the flesh," Rom.viii. 12; they could not therefore consort withungodly sinners, who would shortly be judgedfor their works.It was for this very reason that the Gospel ofidentification with the death of Christ waspreached, that they might know themselves to" be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God,"Rom, vi. 11. Some, however, had not provedfaithful. but had continued to "live after theflesh," and had died in consequence-see Rom,viii. 13-for the exhortation of the Gospel wasthat they" through the Spirit, should mortifythe deeds of the body, and live," Rom. viii, 13,second clause. All this is the doctrine of thesixth chapter of Romans, practically applied.-Reading, 12th Dec.

[Owing to the shortness of time for the preparation ofthis first issue of 11 Notes and Queries," it is of necessity,brief. Several letters stand over to be answered by theGeneral in our next and following issue. Our queriats arerespectfully requested to write as plainly aud lucidly 88poaaible.s--Bn. B. S. J

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energetic friend Mr. Wm. Johnson, of Birtley,has organised and delivered a course of FourLectures in the Schoolsroom of this village. Hewas cheered by good and attentive audiences,and had reason to believe that the seed ofDivine truth had reached some hearts.

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CA.c'fADA.The Toronto Globe contained recently a special

despatch from Montreal, which is of interest.It appears that Mr. W. W. Robertson, the editor ofthe Investigator, together with Oapt: J. E. Dutton,of the ss. Sardinian, were some time sinceinvited to address a number of the members ofthe Protestant Church at Three Rivers (betweenMontreal and Quebec), on the subject of thePre-Millennial Advent. There was a largegathering, and their testimony was well received.Besides the members of the above Church, therewere several members of the Episcopal, Presby-terian, and Methodist Churches. The servicemade a deep impression on many, and calledforth many warnings from the orthodox pulpits.The result is that two Presbyterian elders weresubjected to discipline, and, refusing to appear,left that Ohurch. The Young Men's ChristianAssociation of Montreal has been much exercisedalso on the subject.

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well attended. Several members have beenadded. An Association-distinct from, thoughin connection with the Church there-has beenformed for Evangelistic and Publication work.The Evangelists are Messrs E. H. Taylor and'G. Aldridge. At the Thames twelve meetingshave been held. The Odd Fellows' Hall hasbeen taken for a year. At Hamilton, Waikato,four lectures have been delivered by the Rev.G. A. Brown, the attendance at the last twobeing very good.

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N.B.-The above Ohurches make an AnnuCollection, Offertory, or Gran t in aid of the Asciation. The same favour is requested froother Ohurches in sympathy with the teachinthereof.HULL:-Protestant Hall.-I am thankful to sour Members increase. We have had two sheof hymns printed, and the brethren go outthe First-day afternoon, sing one or two ofhymns, distribute tracts, and speak as the Lomay lead. In Sept., myself and another totrain to Bradford, taking with us a good suppof tracts, posters, and a paste-pot. Wsaw some of the brethren in Bradford, bwere not well able to arrange a meetinso, after posting the town, and distributingtracts, we went on to Shipley. Here we wmost royally entertained by Captain Kinnoand his dear wife. We stayed the night, havinmuch precious communication. The next dwe walked to Leeds, posting and distributintracts on the road. There we spent two happdays with Bra. Bennick. Thence walkedSelby, still posting and distributing, and frothere arrived safely at home, praising God fall His goodness to us.-J.O.A.

SALISBURY.-Harcourt Baptist Ohurch. Tsermons were recently delivered on Life aResurrection by Councillor A. Watson, to fand attentive audiences. On December 3, tservices were conducted by Cyrus E. Brooks,Malvern. Some measure of enquiry has becaused in the city by the late Oonference, afruit is expected therefrom. The Ohurch hsent its first annual subscription to the Asociation-as a Subscribing Church. Shouany friends of the truth-with preaching giftsresident near the city, or passing throughoccasionally, be willing to take a Sunday's Svices at any time, will they kindly communicatbeforehand with the Secretary, Mr. W. R. Moo17, Fisherton Street.

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