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have ono and the same precious faith, O]1e hope, ono S;l\'iollr, and ono nod 'rho is the Futhcr of m: all.' T'h is dOC'lllll(,llt is indeed n 110.":11 Proclamation, and fl11glll'R \\'(,11 l'or t'hC' rllhlrr relation of monarch find suhjoct.

~r)E'~~~l'~"J)o~r iIHlrC'fl (10 wo hear or rC'fI(l of n ~' ~~~'I~ monarch who cOllrag('on,d,' ~d" rod h fin I~~ ~~ unwnvr-ri nt; rnith in 111(' ""onl <1111l ork w 'I' . ~ :'~"'~ ~ or (Iorl . BlIl" in Ill: ~)roclamatinll ,i:-<:'llPIl ~ ~ hv 111(' 111'11'1\ Ing- of :-;1I'('dl'Jl there I'; lul] r('('o,!!,"IIilioll or holh, 111 t'h;lt ura ni Iosto nrC' (':\jll'l':-<:-<ioJ1",rhi(,h hofit king,; and pooplo alike, and (';1111)(' flriopll'ri hv till' holiel'rJ':-<in IhC' L,)\'(I ,]1'''11:-< ('hJ'i:-<1 ;1:-< heir nwn. l ,\" n nnt ioual mnnil't':-<ro,('allillg all 1111'pl'oplo to :-<ha1'(' in ;1 national 1';1:-<1. it i:-<;1 1110:-<1 noir-worthv documcnt. :-;OIIlO(':\lI';1I't" 1'1'0111 it 11'(' hero gil'C',to show it~ quulil v: "\\'(' shnw poor grnt illllll' to :El 1Ro}?al fio(l i I' 11'1' ;IT(, 11 i"ohorl icnt 10 11 i111 l!)l'OC Iamattou ant] rojoot 11 i:-< 1)(',,1' gi fk 0111' ron"('\f'Il(,(':-< ar'('1I"(, "" 0 r 111;111 i fol(l d i"ohl'd ioncc aga ins! (:0(1; and in 0111' rountrv ('\'('n dllring till' pa,,( war startlins; individual ou l hroaks of ri mc have occ-urred. and thr hahilual :-<ill"or our jiat ion :-<orlllllndilllini"hprl. rl'llI' gn';11 r'III'I' 1'01' 0111' wound 'i" to hi' had. (lod's morrv. gi\'I'1I throllgh .)r"ll" ('hri:-<I', \'('1l10W'" thr gllilt of "ill, suhd uos 1h(' JloII'('r of ovil , gi\'C'~ treasures 11If)J'r pn'('iOl)'; [hn n golll or omthl v power. and hring's fOI'(h n 101'(' which I>I'('ak" down fill bnrriors. find levels unequal lots, But fr'\\' hrrll it. F('\\' ha vr patience to wait for t hp quiet \\'orking of inward powers to over('01110 difficulties. ('hangC'i' anr] improvements :H('inrlroil sought a ftC'r in 0111' t imo, hut the most important ohnngo and improvement i" a T'nivcrsnl C'Ol1version to noel. Let us each f'or h imscl f an ('I nnitcdlv con foss 0111' sins, and ask (Iod. for .Iosus C'hri;::f" Rake, to forgirC' our iniquities and heal 0111' cli~C'il"C'''. 'I'ho zeal of 111illW to make tho Pathorland procions 1'0 th Swrrli:-<h l)('oplris rich in promisc : hut sti l] more prnllli"ing will ij' hr if \1'(' ill' wcl]. and hdnrr all clso.

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listened to argumonts in [avour of lips of a foremost advocate. and to understand the position. "'r that is practical bevond that for which manv, who aro 11' : prepared to adopt the distinctive 1Jal110, arc Ube Jl)oint of working. That the present state 1!UleaI~ne ss. of socictv is deplorable is true rnongh, anrl that sincere efforts should be made to e,ltangr 11l<' conditions are also true. T'honsanrls of men brliC'rl' 11l<'~C'thi ng-; and "rrk to rhallgc the conditions n nr] "I ri \'(, h) real i~o ideals. 'I'hero it> one poin 1:, how(,I'Pr. 1ltHI' fill workers actunll v cnsaacd in tho labour '1'01' '" '" 0 f, hv the sOI'C'rC' h 11 1ll;111 lx-ltr-rmonf become convinced logic or experience - a point which manv thoroughg'oi ng nd ro('nrr',; 0 f ;-joria 1i-m seem to largclv ignore. 'I'hnt point' i" clonrlv p111. howcvor, hv Xlr. Blatch Iorrl thus : "I)hilosophor~ nnd world-menders aro too apt to fnrget ih is. TII('il' plans ({I'(, laid [or (f. rare o( 70g/m7, rca-onablc . /({1I7!7('ss creaiures : hut tlicv 11111i't1)(' worked 0111' 1)\' a ~('rthing. :-:tJ'ngglC' rabble of capric-ious. weak, and mglli,.:h :-<el1C'l11rr"and (1rC'a111rs, 'l'hORC' principles e al'<' "'HX. '1'I1o:-<r blood iR hot. and whose YC'J'\' breath of li f(' i" folk . H i" :;tl';)]10'O how your l{cfoTn~OrR ' Rezen,-.. 0 ('1';11'01'''. and T'a r[iamcnt-mongcrs, and other makers of ~ilk pn1',;('~ out of sows' oars. lose ,'iiglll of the brg/-J.'1101l'11 l mi! 1)( 11II1I1({1I 110/1/1'('. 'I'hc 10aRt 'intrl1igC'Jlt of rngi1)(,,,1',, \\'0111(1 not huild n sea-wall 01 snow-halls. hut the 11l0"t '('o]lr(l and lligh-crC'~t'('(l' statesmen and ph il()f~opllrr" will attempt the erection of deathless Iahrics of filitl1, and culture, and control OrT OF 'THE ~TTn;"rY .\:\ J) 1)I~ln~HA RLB JL\'J'EHlATJ lYE C,\.LTj \fAX1\ I\fT)." 'I'hc ital ics :111(1capitals are Oll1'S, and we mav arld that w have no hesitation in endorsing this langllflgC'. and in rleclaring the fact that the ideals of Soria 1ism will never be rea lised, because of the "shifty nnrl porishnhlc material' with which thov 111l1Rtperforce hu ilrl. 1n th is extract, alboit unconsciouslv, Mr. Blatchf'orrl il1t'r"t" the tmtl: of Srriptnrr, which nffirms that 1hr hr;11'I' of man j rlr('('itfnl nho."(' fill things, and (IPR,

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wrecked through acting on what are falsely called spiritual messages, or the very foundations of faith iu spiritual vcrities shaken by following communications that have proved Ialse to the core." The article also IIIC11It isbecoiuing the fashion for Wall} youthful 1>1'\.:<1(;]ltions that CL gl'utielltal1 "writes a letter that 5.:') ainful p Cl'S to put social reform in the very front or their. work, reading to all who desire to place true spiritualism heami to place that which has hitherto been the recognised fore the world. To this gentleman came cornwork of: the preacher in the background. They are munications so strongh' worded, and with such reiteraquite prepared to accept the view tion, that evcntuallv, to the unbounded satisfaction of that J csus Christ was a Reformer, lReformer or tho pCl'~on,., and was the agitator of His clay. tile .invisiblc agencies, he communicatedwith 1Retleemet', indicated, on I." to find that the whole statement \1':\" Rccentlv we heard it claimed that ,;illlplr a fabric of lies.' The editor a"k~ "If it can (10 His crucifixion really occurred as a result of the collisthis to onc of forty years' standing, a man of: tra ined "ion between Himself and the authorities on the subject intellect, how important for us all to make certain of of: reform. But surelv it is only an eye blinded by the the ground upon which faith rests." Just so! Adpreconceptions of the beholder, which can see that this mitting that unseen inteUigencies do communicate with was His mission. 'I'here is certainly sufficient in our men, and it Is found that some are liars, how, even bv present social conditions to cause indignation, and to the "highest judgment," arc men to be assured that the call for efforts to remove existing evils; but that affords testimony that these arc spirits of men is true ? Our no reason why Christ should be robbed of His position judgment goes entirely with the Bible, which nffirrns fls Redcomor to occupy the post of: Reformer. It is His that "the dead know not anything." attitude as Redeemer which gives Him the authority LIow can a dean tiling come from the to speak as HC' did concerning the wrongs of His own day, and the attitude of those who accepted His mission was not tha t of agreement simplv with Rome socialistic ideal, hut it consisted in fl heart acceptance of: Himself fl" the Messiah appointed hv nOll-in a word, they helicvod that He would he the actual King of a kingdom to be restored to Israel, and their part in that kingdom \\,0111([ e assured by the efficacy of His work and power b ns Hecleemer.' Why those who arc opposed to all kings and dvnasties should be so anxious to claim Christ as a Iloformcr who taught their ideals is one of: the paradoxes of the h11111fln ind difficult to explain. m Some f'ricnd, anxious for our cnl ightonmont-c-anrl it is nstonishing how many there arc in the va rions camps who labour for our conversion to their wa v of thinking -ha~ Rent IlR a copy of Tlt p, fTal'bing('1' of "i.r;71i, a spi ritist paper published in Australia. Tn the cditoria 1 we found 3-nbging the following extract, taken from Spi rtttsm. the works of A. J. Dnvies, who is called "our g;rC'fltest seer," "the father of modern spiritualism." He Ra~'R: "You assume a serious risk when ~'Ol1seck for and inrlulge in too frcquont communication with invisible intelligence". 'Yhen a 'spirif' or morta l tolls ~'011and llrgC',; vou to sav and do anything foolish, weak, or unreasonable, when jurlgedin the Jight of vour hig;hest judgment, 1'(' ject it at once follow the llighef:t conviction of 1'0111' reasoning and intuitivo faculties." Yen' well, without in any wav wishing at this point to investigate the soundness of this dictum, what are we to do if, having taken this course, we reject modern spiritism P The editorial from which we quote contains some statements which ought to give pause to those who arc at all inclined to yield to the seductions of the "doctrine of (lemons." The editor writes of "disastrous rosnlt seen all aronnd 11Rof ]in's \1'11('11 our readers hear or read of: the dates aRRigne(1
hv so-called scientists to ancient cities and peoples it i,; well if thov wi ll hold themselves n Iittlc in reserve boforo

conceding- a ll thnt is claimed, for thcrc ts, m; vet, not a hit of foundation for those RllPposed tens of: thousands or years, lDate !INs::: 'I'he following from the Oh ris! i((11 calculation. Observer will illustrate this :"Undnn, recently unearthed, is said to be as old as 8,000 e.o." On what fact is this claim founded? Chiefly on the fact that the ruins lay below the ruins of other ci ties, so that the shafts were sunk through eleven metres of earth below the piece of gold that belonged to the age of Xarflm-Sin. ]t is assumed that these layers of. cnrth and debris 111l1St ave taken thousands of voars to pile h 11p to that extent. But how does the explorer know how long such an accumulation of sand and soil W0111(1 require for its cleposit? \1'care reminded of Sir Charles Lvoll's scientific calculation of the age of the -:rile vallcv. Because a piece of potterv was found beneath thirtv-ninc fect of Xile mud, and because the annual deposit of Nile mud in Lycll's day was three - thousandths of a foot, the great geologist calculated that it must have taken thirteen thousand years for this lavcr to form over that piece of: pottery. Thcrcf'or man had la110111'e(1 Egypt thirteen, possiblv sixty, millenniums in ago. But an English engineer (Sir Robort Stcphcnson ) went about eighteen feet deeper, and was unkind enough to discover a brick bearing the stamp of Mchornct-Ali. of the year 1818! How a glleRti crumbles before a fact! T'hc same eminent authority in the realm of geology estimated that it must have required one hundred thousand vcars for the delta to form at the mouth of the grC'at ~riRsi:-;RippiRiver. How 11111Ch older must the earth he ! But the United States Government engineers, after repented and CArd11]measurements, f01111(lhat the dr-Ita t

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whu], tlley take Iroiu tile State. What is the price we pay ill prisons, workhouses, lunatic asylums, inebriate ItUIlJCS': \\'hat in death", broken Ii ves, shattered homes? \\'c hear a great deal of credit. 1::; there nothing on llu: drbi! side?" The ,UJ"I\'l'1' to that last question is too Ircquentlv shelved, but at the present juncture it ought to be forced to the front, for, after all, the most precious assets of the State arc order, sanitv well-being, and domosti peace. T" it realised by the mass of peoplr that, real' In' vcar. the 111l1ll bel' of offences against the la \1'. 1111('to drink, amounts to no fewer than ZOO,OOO? ] Ias not a nation 11 right to protect itself against such an a wIu] menace? That is the main tiling for considoratiOll-OIlI' riqlit to se7f-J)roteclion.-The Christian.

Iorms ;1,.: 1l111(:hH":'W:Z fl'ct ill a vear. The whole ruiglil, tlu-rclo re, 1IClH~ iJCl'll formed ill [0 ur thousand vears." l:l'lJCl'all,I' ":lll'ai-illg', it i,; till' scientist who Llp"~t,.; till' COllclu,;il)JI o[ his hrotlur sciculist and tile lx-liever ill the Hihlc IHl~ 0111,1' o ]>o,;,;c",.: llis soul ill patience, t 11'11('11 some new-fangled scientific theory COIIIC;; up, loudl v heralded as the sure proof that the Bible is untrue. for it 'i,.: as sure as sunrise that some other scient: fie (1i,.;t-ovcrv wi 11prove the first thcorv to he wrong.

Tn an atl mirnblo sermon on the "Li mitations 0f Sp('ria 1ists,' the III mister 0 f nrgrnt',; Pm']': Chapo] expo,,(';; the fnllacv, RO common in our timo of quoting grl'at names for or against tho Gospel, simpl because tho men ind icatcd have distingu ishod '\We jLimttatiolts themselves in one or more depart\IbeologicRI "Ulnreet. ments 0 C learning. It is as much of Specialists. a fa llacv for the Christian a" for 'I' Ill': progrr,.:" 0 f the X cw 'I'lirology in the C'ongrogathe .\gnostic. '1'0 uso t ho word of' !?P\,. J. n. IYall\r1': I ioilal ('11I\1\:11('s of the Homeland has had the cff'cct of ",],h(' rejection of Cluist inni t v hv gr!'nt scientists find ('nlling forth a manifesto from tho men who may hr gTeHl ph ilosophors is no more fI proof thnt Christianitv r-nl led the leaders in Congrcgationa 1ism. lYe pri nt the is fal,;!' than till' ac('{'pIHIIl'l' or it hv !'fjllalh' groat IllCill document, and follow it with some paragraphs from tho of I'h!' sa 111(ltvp is a proof IIIfIt i t is true. Clerk ~raxprn of the esteemed Editor of: lYon7s of Li]. Thc \\'('11, Furndav, ,111(1Browstor Ollght not to be quoted as \\,r<1k11CS,; the manifesto a" a barrier to the progress of of if lhr-i r Irit-nrlsh ip to the <:osp('l (lrriwd anv special the ?\cw 'rheology is abundantly evident. The mani1'<1111f' frolll their sci('ntific eminence. Tl nxlcv. Hacckcl, fr"to is addressed to the Congregational Churches of anrl Darwin ollght not to he quoted a" if their unfriend'Rnglanc1 and Walef':liness to l ho (los]1el derived anv special value from the The following man iIeato is Iwing addressed to 1hr C'ongl'r' Sl1lnr source, T'ho s('ienti ne cm inonce of these men (lor,; gational Churches of England and \\'alp~:not cnl itlr Ihr111 to speak with nnv peculiar anthoritv on As men who have 1>('('11ca l lod to the rcprcscnta tivc post of tllr -uhjcct of rf'ligioll, oithor for or against.' This is Chairman of tlll' Lniol1, 01' as hpatb of Congregn tiona l Colll'g('s. soun.] l'l'n;;olliJlg', The nmnhcr of eminent Rcienl i,.:t,.; 11'<' think, in thl' theologic l 11111'1',.;twhich has invaded the C'hurr-hes. that good may resu l t from making n brief statement will a lwnv h(' r-ompa rnl i velv fl'\\,; and 10 k'llllljlon of Rome things, II10Rt su rolv bel ieverl among us. which roqu iro thrm in nnv wav, oven for a domonstrntion of the t rul h a 1 t ho present ti me rmpha tic n flinnn Lion. of the (lospc1, i;; not' wise. Npirihlnl T'f'ligion is not 0111' hope is that the sta tement mav not only bolp 1.l10Sr. Rei('lice ; it, i" wliollv indl'l1C'llr'i('l1t. of it-. 1 t~is fI world who, within 0111' own borrlers. n rc disturbed hv current controvorsies, but also n ssu re 0111' fpllow,Chl'istinns of othor of it,; own, Bul it" is qllitelrgilim::lir to show, hy ill(' communions that wo hold fast "tll(' f:lith OIlCC for all dcl iverr d ri ta I ion of grr8t names in Iho scicnti (if: world, thn t-. n to the sn ints." At th sa mo time wo n ro rag,pr, in the inter, rsls of :, progrcss ivo e vn IIgrlic:I I throlog)" to re('ri,'O fill nr\\' 11101n'sSC-iel1C'l' lors not compel him to 1)(' ft disbeliever. I light find truth wh icl: 1I1ny luenk IorLh f'rom the \\'onl. 'I'ho ha light\' cla im that I he scientific mind must 11('rlls J. "Ve believe in the pe rsonn litv of God the Fa Lhcr. ho sceptical. is casilv d isprovorl hv f,1('ls.-'I'7,1' (,hrisl ;(111. 'I'ho fami liar argu rncnt rill P10\'('(1 hv T'ompcrnnco ref'ormers as 10 the tr-nihlc eost to lhc SLltr of the drink tr;lffic. is put ill n 1'('1'\' si riking i'orlll In' 'Mr. Harold Nprll(l('1' ill a rocon I arl ir-lc. Drnling with tho crv of "C'onnsC',ll ion and robbr-rv," of which the nil' i~ full at ])1'rSr111',ho 01t tbe !Debit ask,; :-"\\,hat, thrn. is this "l'l'adr' Sitle thnt gil'l',.:it":rlf ,.;nrh 8irs? 'rhnt 1l0a:;j'R,,0 high a position in om honolll'ahlr conimercr? 'I'll a t den01lllcef; rllin on prnrrflll merchants, thnt (lirtnt'rf; to 01ll' Parliament', that threatrns our Clll11'ch? I"hnt are its rlaimr; to a pORition thnt 1rill combinr monopolY with pl'il'ilrgr, n]l(l proteriion with po\l'rr? \\'hal'isit" rrco1'(l in tl1(' Stair? Whnt hrnrfil'" has it, hrOllght to tllr rOlllnlllllih? We 11rflr a gooll Ileal of wh <I I' the Slatr lI'ill tnkr fro111 thr hr('\I'er,.;, Tid 11'; srr
Lrn nscenden t as Ma ko r a nd Ruler of all thing,.;, and yet. through His rtrl'lInl ~pirit. innnn nent in the world. anti pn rt.iculn rly ill mn n n nd his historv. 2. We believe Iha t sin ... 0 fru: from being nocessnrv to mn n's development, is. a;; :I distrust of God n nd disobed ionco to Him. a perversion of thc 1110ml and religious nu tu rr-. which. a pn rt from redemption. would involve man in ruin. 3. "Yc believe tha t .Tesus Christ, the onlv begotten Son of C:od, came into tho world to reyeal thc holy love anll grnce of God. and to rrdeem men b~' thc sacrifi('e of Him, self once for all npon the ('roS!< for the sill of the world. so ('on\'('~'illg to the illlli"idll:ll beli('\'('r the ])i\'illr pal'llon. 4. belic\'e that lhiB pnl'don is approprinted h~' faith in ,TeRlIs Christ. and that h~' this faith, the IIolJ' Rpirit., pl'Odllcing union \I'iih thr li\'ing T~ord. I'cg('nemtes human Jlatllre to eternnl life. :;. 'Ye beliel'e tllat thp rpgenl'rnte are the truc Ch1l1'ch. to witich, nmong othl'r s:lcl'('(l obligations, is committell th(' tnsk of lrl1nsfol'lning thr world. mornll~' and so('iall~', into thr Kingdom of God, 0. \Yr belit,\,(' tllat th(' Bihle is God's Book. because it rnshrinrs thr Ili\'inr rr\'rla1.ioll culminating in the historic

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thcv shall be :Jry people." 'I'his was spoken to believers 0111,1', the Clurrch 01' Cod 1I'IIieh was at Corinth, uud to to 7. w lxl icvc that all trutl: j, tu be l'l'CCi\'Cl~ as Iroru lhc suints ill all Achuia. :-;u far from OOl1 bcing iuiUod. .uul that the app<lrcut conll ict between SClCll(;C and inuncut iu all men, tile Lord repudiated the claim or the rcl iuiou not on lv can be all [ustcd, but is at the preseut tim; approaching. a reconcili;,tion. .Jews, when they said, "\Ye hare one Father, even Cod," and assigned to them a rer'." (1iffercnt parentage, "Y c These, in our judgment, are the points which just now requi re ernphasis. are of YOllr father the devil." Can Clod hr imrnanont Ferverrtlv praying for light, for loyalty to truth, and for in such ? But there is no apparent distincfion jn the unfailing charitv, manifesto, which speaks of God. by Tl is Spirit, heing \,\,<, remain, yours faithfully, in Christ, "immanent in mall and his historv.' If 1)\ this \ra,intended that Goel overruled the affairs of men, it would ROBERT F. HORTON. ,VALTER F. ADENEY, J. H. JOWE'l''l'. GEORGlc R. BARlllc'l'T. have been casv to say so, and in Scriptural language. D. L. Rl'l'CHIE. C'IIAHLER CHAPMAK. such as that used bv Xeb11chadnezzar, "He docth accordJ. GUINNESS RO(1ERS .T. CmIP'l'ON-RwKET'l'. ing to His will in the army of heaven, and among the ,ALFRED ROWLA?lIl. \\fT.LTAM COTlIBEHTSO:X. CALEB SCOT'l'. A. 1\1. FAIRBAIRN. inhabitants of the earth." ALRERT SPlCER. 1'. T. FORSYTH. H. ARNOLD THOMAR. In their' fifth article, the signatories declare their beALFRED K GAEVIE. R. ,VAEDLAW TnoMPsoN A. GOODRICH. lief that to the true Church "is committed the task of OWE:"\ C. 'YITl'n:HOOSE. E. GRmFI'l'lI-JOi'O:s. transforming the world, morallv and socially, into the After a silence creditable neither to their courage 1101' Kingdom of God." By saying this, ha ve they not come to their intelligence, the leaders of: Congregationa lism into line with the New Theology, whose apostle, Mr. H. ha re come forward with a pronouncement npon the fun.T. Campbell, declares the Kingdom of Heaven to hr the rlamontals of the faith, designed to al lav the unrest new social order which is to be brought about by the (-,111Re(1 the ~ ew T'heologv. This manifesto i llustratcs hv forces at work in the world ? The good people 'rho are the difficulties men encounter when they attempt to forROfond of speaking of: the extension 01' the Kingdom of mulatc a creed. It is the same with an Ad of T'arl iaGO(l, meaning therebv the gathering out of a people for mont. Some cr~'ing evil demands legislation, the counHiI' name, are to Rome extent responsible for the loose trv is ready for it, but dircctlv the Government of: the irloas as to that kingdom and how it is to be introduced. (lay drafts fl, Bill, all kinds of difficulties present thClllT1Hlt kingdom uil] be a new social order of things. selws. These men, whose very posi tion of independency wherein there wi 11be no unemplovcd, no need for sor-iois a protest against creeds and formularies, haw drawn ties :for preventing crueltv to chilelren, or like agencies. n]1 articles of faith, open to obvious criticism. "\Ye which are such a stigma on our boasted civilisation and believe," they say in Article 1., "in the personality of: progress. But it will not come about by any transforGod the Father, transcendent as Maker and Ruler of mation scene due to man's efforts at moral or social reall things, and vet, through His eternal spirit, immanent formation. It will onlv come by the revelation of: the in the world, and particularlv in man and his historv." Lord .Iesns Christ fTo;n heaven, when" the God of Here the ordinary mind would gladly sec some definihea vcn shall set up a kingdom, which shall never be tions. What is meant bv "transcendent" and hv "imrlcstroved " and the kingdom of sovereignty of the 11'01'1(1 mancnt"? It almost looks as if: the last word were sha 11 l~ec~llle the TJO]"(l'R and HiR Christ's, and H c shn 11 designed to be a sop to the New Theologv, which talks reign for ever. so 11111Ch the Divine immanence, and declares it to be of Passing over the halting and timid reference to the "the regulative principle of: an effective gospel H11(la Bible in Article yr., we come to the last paragraph, 1iring theology." Here is what the New Theology teaches which runs thus :-""~ c believe that all truth is to he as to the Divine immanence. "There is no real d istincreceived aR from God, and that the apparent conflict tion between humanity and Deity." "The real God is between science and religion not only can he adjusted. the Goel expressed in the 1111 ivorse, and in yourself." but i~ at the present time approaching a reconciliation." Wherein C10esthis differ from the Pantheism of the Of course all iruih is to he received as from God, for Brahmin, who declares "1 am God?" Since such is the there is no truth anywhere else. He is the Goel of truth. meaning of "immanence" in the New 'I'heologv, would and His onlv begotten Son, who is the revelation of the it not have been wiser for the Congregational Fathers to Father, declared Himself to he the truth. But if: the have avoided a term liable to such misunderstanding, manifesto means that the speculations, theories, and CO]1and to have used the language of Scripture, wherein the jccturcs of so-ea llod science are to be accepted as truth wayfaring man, which no doubt means "the man in the from Goel, then we demur, for these theories are continustreet," though a fool, need not err? ally changing, and one generation upsets the conclusions Pau 1 declared to the Athenians, "In Him we live, and of its predecessors. Who now believes in the corpuscular move, and have our heing," but He does not li vc and theory of light? Yet it held the field in Newton's dav, move in a77 mankind. He does in some. "Ye are the and was not dispossessed till long after Huvgons had temple of the living Goel; as God hath said, I will dwell propounded his wave thcorv. The same is true of many in them. and walk in them, and I will he their (foel, awl other branches of science so-called. The manifesto
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. D.~rlJJ ::;ay:;: "Blessed are tile." that seek the Lord with the whole heart." 'I'his is a strong sentence, but it beconies stronger as we realise the full meaning of the Hebrew word, heart. In the original language, this word stands for about evervthing that is noble and strong in human nature. To seck anything with the whol: heart would mean to do so with every power enl istcd ill that one thing, J UBt as the athlete seeks for the prize which he hopes to gain, just as the student who covets some special position in scholarship struggles for the coveted goal, just as the man 'rho is seeking some position of honour and trust in the political world puts forth every effort to attain his desire, just as the successful man In the business world must make everything count toward securing the anticipated sllpremacy, so must we seek Goll,if we 1I'0ul(1 know Him, "with the whole heart."-8('/('('/ ('d.

1.'_\1,; L wrote to '.I'illlOthy: "She that Ii vcth in pleasure is dead while she livcth." ~iuce it is very clear that 110 one can be literally dead and alive at the same time, Bible students have most naturally inferred that lhe death in the text must be only a fio'l;ratiye one , aud hare . 0 conveniently styled it "spiritual death,' the couditiou being regarded as a moral rather than a physical one. But let us bring with this text another text of Paul's, He wrote to the Colossians, whom he called "saints ami Iaithful," "Ye are dead, and your life is hid in God." So they were j ust as dead while ali ve as the woman who Jived in pleasure was. Wa:; their condition spiritual death ? Certainly it had a better right to be classed alllollg spirrtual thing than the pleasure-seeker's conditiou had. But, if it be absurd to call the believer's C011d ition "spiritual death," then, 011 the score 01 spiritualitv, how much more absurd to call tile unbeliever's condition a spiritual one. Tile phrase itself is absent from Scripture. Death it> 10:;::; f life, But tile unbeliever never had all,)' spirio tual life to lose. 1n Horn. vi. Paul jdcntifics death to sin with literal death. Shall we prove the statement? In verse eleven he exhorts, "Likewise reckon yourselves to be dead to sin." Likewise refers to something preceding. ] t cannot refer to a like reckoning, for he had macle no allusion to a previous reckoning. "Reckon voursclvcs to be likewise dead" seems, in reason, to be the onlv mcaninz. Paul had just told them that Christ (lied to si~, and the~ went on to tell them to reckon themselves also, in addition to Christ, as dead to sin, But how did Christ die to bin? :In no possible way, but literally. He died u victim to sin, not His OWJl,but the world's sin. In what other wav, except an imaginary one, can the saint die to sin r 'I'ho Lord did not die amoral death, nor can either saint or "inner. But how shall Paul's affirmation of the contemporancons character of the death and life, in such texts as "Deacl while she liveth," be explained? In Rom. iv. 17 is a key to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Scripture texts. It is this. "Goel calleth those things which be not as though they were," 'I'he death is so sure to be, that it is spoken 01' as having been. God saith to Isaiah, "He is brought as Cl lamb to the slaughter," hundreds of years before Jesus was so brought. So, "Raised us up together with Christ," but not yet; ana "If any nian be in Christ, all things arc become new," but not vct ; and, "Ye are come to Xlount Zion," but not yet. 'I'hese conditions are only reckoned conditions, Ts there an v such thing as spiritual death ?-T,1lCY O. .1 l.lon . 11.mrprlcn, }fns,.;,

"Don't WOH." so much about vour reputation: create >l character for yourself, and let it go at that. Characto: is the real thing; reputation the shallow, often distorted by the surface on which it falls."

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THE call 01 .\'i)rahaJll aud the promises which {loll lIlade to h i m are tlielllc,,; of great iuiportauce in the ~cripLLlI'e iu reference to the 1IuqJo::;c::; 01 Uod ill redemption. III thciu hL'gill~ till' operation of tile great plan ill "'liivll we are 1l0W in"iLl'd to "liarl', Here bl'gius tliL' doctri nc (11 the Kingdom or l:(I<I, u ntl here iJegills the ,rorkillg 01 the 1I1'OCl'''''C'':l.v which that J\iJlgdulIl i,; prepared, JUI' Ul'Jlc,;i,.: x v. rL'l'ord" the IlIakiLlg o[ a covenant wh ich secured to .vhraluun the pcrso ua l 1)(1";"L'""ioll01 (lie laud o I (',llHlClll-LhaL reI'." land ill IriJlcli he then dwelt. I;e it !tl'l'L' noted lIJaL tlu: CUIL'IJaJlL then mude ,ra" ulolutclv uuconditional. Uod ,ra,; the OJlI." cOllLradillg partv, a" when it Ira" uctuallv -vulcd bv the pa""illg between the d ividod carcase, ,\IJraballl wa ill a state or ill'lpll'''''IlL''''', ";0 that lie could not pa~t; between a,.: a COlllru.-ting part,\'. .\'hrahmll should inherit tile land, let. be it noted, he it; told that he -hu ll d ic, and us a iual.lcr of Jact dill HU without iuheriting till' land, J udced, the covcuunt contemplated lli,.; dcatlr without a P0';"L'""i(lll; yet il guarallteed that he shoul.] hare it, "L'<ilillg Llu: pro1I1i"e h,l' an oath ill which it i" iillllO,;"iiJie 101' UOll tu liv. l t "ill he ';L'L'll that the point OJl which I dl'"irt' full elllplw"i,; to he Iaid i" that Uod made to Abruham a j!l'Oniis which ,\,a,; Hot intended to be Iulfil let-I in the pat ria rchs then l.iIo, hut that it should be rualil-il'ti al ";Ollle t im ill the Iutu rc, Observe, thcr i" 110 ]lrllIJli"e or a IJll',;,.;iJlg to IJL'gi vcn ill ~OUlL'oilier sphcr. The geographical boundaries of the gift are spccificullv lHlIlIl'd"11'0111the river of Bg\'pt to the great river J~upllr;tte,;," .\.,.; to the period to elapse between his death and the cntrv upon the inheritance nothing is sai cl , On this point the Scripture it) silent, ani! there is neither 1'00111 ]lOI' need for the \'agaric~ of men to fill up the interval. ,rilli i.lwt fad of thc cOI'elHlJ1tell pl'OIJ1il-ie, awl it" 11atllre helorc u,.;, J pa,.;:; o\'er Iour CClltlll'ics to Llic period refl'l'J'ecl to iJl tlil' COH'lI<lllt jJI'Ollli,;e, "Tlil'l' "liall Wllle hitlicr aplill:' To lliat poiut Llie exaditude o[ LIIl~ jll'eti i<.:Liol1hall becll )Jl'o\'ell. Tltc sl'l'll of .\.iJl'aIJalll liad gOJle down to "a strangu land," theru thuy had. "sul'\'ud," allllnow ha(l arri\'ed the hour ,I'hcn the nation "seJ'\'c(l" "llOulc1lJc "jnclgcd," aml the seed should comc out "\rith grcat ,mh~tancr," Fol' this grcat dclil'cranc-e a leadcr 11,1";Ilcrn llrCjll1l'('rl hI' fitting exprrienc,e,.;, ,\11 1srarlitr hol'll, ;1 Illrlllher of thr falllih' of the PharHoh, mlil at thr 1l10111l'llt [0 wliich Wl' l'efcr rJ Sel'\'Hllt of tlic Iligli pric"t of ~\liliian, hc is now abollt to hc thc }'('C'iJlil'llt of till' ill,;trllC'tioll'; "'liicli wi I1 set in adi "C opC'ra tion thc

Jullihncut O! that portion 01 the cuvcuant relating Lo l.hc rcdcuipl.ion 01 the "seed" from Egypt, Alone with his 110ck ill the desert, lie receives a rcvelal.iou 01 Uod-a bush is seen lnuning, yet unconsuuicd. Druwiug near to the strange sight, he is bidden to remove his shoes Iroru his Icct, 101' the prc,;cllce 01 God made till' place !toly ground, ~\.ml lIlCH lie hears the words : "I am Lite GoLl 01 Lily Iathcr, LIIL:Go(l 01 .vbraham, the Uod of Isaac, and till' Uod 01 .lucob.' 'I'h is ,\'a~ LlIL:iutrcduction Lo the instructions ultcrwards gi\'eJl lo Moses, but whu], do these solemn introductory words ,.;iglliry -: \\'haLever lllCY 1I1CaU here they uiust mean elsewhere. 'rite language which Jo11o\\':; theui ~IJO"'~ that the UlIll '1'110 take" such lb'l) interest ill till' people or l sruel, awl 11'110 i,; JlOW illLl'I'\'l'llillg 1.0 deliver them Jrom i~g}Jlt., i" J l e "I}(J Illude tlie jll'ollli::ie:-; Lo 1I1L:JaLlll'I:::;-lle who co,'ellantcd Lo Iul lil that grcallJ1'ollli,;e made l.o Ahruhuui conct'l'lIiJlg [he girt 01 lhc land 01 Cauaan. .\.iJl'alialll was dl'<ld, IOllg \'('UI'" before, ami ,1'<1';"llIllIiJl'rillg in the CHI'\:! of \lal'lijJl'lali, (~lIitl' true, hut Uod kill not rOI'ij'olten him. \\'haL tlltJlIgll LIIU pal riurch i,; dead, Uud i~ still hit; Uud, a" much ";0 us when Ill' made the Jll'ollli~c und 11 iIIl,;cH set tu it the seal 01 ccrLaiJlLy to n,.;,;ure 11is se1'1'C11lt. 1"01' llii,; reason J 1e is 110'" abou L to take steps lo redeem the people 11'0111J~g."Jltian bOllllag'l" 'I'h us it it; "aid again, ":-:ay unto the chiklrcn o l lsrael , 'I'hc Lord, tile God 01 vour Jather-, till' Co(l o I .\.iJralulIlJ, the Uod o l lsauc, the Uod of J ucob, hath sent me unto ,\'ou; Llii,; i" lily name JUI' ever, and tlii,; i,; Ill,\' iucuroriul unto all gl'lll'ration,.;" (vcr, L,)), 'I'his .:\<lllle is thereIorc the a";"lIl'<IllCe thut till' gr<lciulI>i prollli';l'''; iuude to lIll' ol'igiltalclll'l'lHllI,tl'l''' shoulcl ill' Iu llv C<ll'ril'ti out.\\,c h.ivuuo righl 01' wu rraut to ill,,('rt !IlL: su pposi t ion lliut there are otlrc-r iJle""iJli,!'''; wh ich al't' 110'" IIl'illg enjovccl I>,v till'''l' IIICU o] Uod, I,d 1l>Jhe conlcut lo re-L whull v hy the exuct promises or the \\'ol'clwhicit is contained in the covenant. It "CelJlii a long "tl'P to take Iroiu tlie dn,"'; o l :\10,;1':) to the li m or our Saviour, Lut, ]lo,,'e\l'l' long, it i,; not long enough to exhaust the f'orce of the declaration: "'rili,; is my Xalllc Ior ever," U01' long enough to take from that Xalllc the original significance imparted !J,' its covenant reference, 'I'hc great pUl'Jlose of G0c1l'lI11S through the whole Bible', and binds it:-; books into Cl cOlllpad uuiL,'" '1'lwtuJlity i" c\'idl'llt in [hi" accOllnt of the JlJanner in \"l!ieh tltc Lord "ilcnced tlic Cil\'iUing :::ladllllcCC>i, 'l'lii~ llarrali\'e it; illtrolluccll to u" witli "'lIl'd~ thaL are gil'l'll Lo "ll<)\\' tlic po;;itioll of thc SndllllCel''; OH tlic lIoctrine of thu l'c~ll1'l'c<.:tion: "'l'ltCl'C callle to li iIII l:ertai 11 of the ;:,adducccR, they that say therc i::; no re';llHcdion," On thi;; onc point thcy diffcTC<1 frolll tllC rl'"t of IS],Hl'l. Rllt the public tcaching of Cliri,.;t lia(1 ,.:('t forth in no mi,.;blkcn tcrms tlie (loctrinr of n l'c';lIn('<-lioll frOlIl (iJ(' (lcad, l[el'r, Own, He :111(1[hr\' \\'('rr ill dil'rd cnnflid, Th('\' hclic\'c(l tliat it \I'ollld he all ('n,,\' !llillg to ~Ii(l\\' tlie folly or !-lis tCHching,;, and thll" till'\' COllcoctet! Lilt' pll7,7.lc ,;pt forth in the stor\', The ]>I'oiJlclJl ":ccllll'd to

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appeal to the lunguage used to Moses at the bush, Uluist shows that God is the Uod 01 promise, and that inasmuch Htl lIe had covenautcd to these men to make His prouiises good to them, lIe would do ::;0, though they had X oto the preface of quiet rebuke: "Ye do not eIT, uot gone down into death without possessing them. As knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God." These Joseph Mede said: "If, then, God made good to them are the causes of error to-day, and specially ;;0 on the the covenant whereby He undertook to be their God, part of orthodox believers in regard' to the question of then must they one day liye again to inherit the Proman in the death-state. Having solved their problem mised Land, for the God who thus covenanted with regarding the marriage state ill the future, lIe adds a them covenantcd to make tho promises good to thcui, not word that bore heavily UPOll their denial of resurrection, dead, but living. This is the strength of the Di viue saying : "But as touching the resurrection of the dead, argurnent, and irrefragable, otherwise it woukl not infer have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God" any such conclusion as the resurrection of the body." (Matt.). But that the dealt are raised, even Moses And Dr. Bullinger has said: "Apart froiu the context showed, in the place concerning the bush, .whcn he callthe Lord's argument 1::;shorn of its conclusion and robeth the Lord the Goll of Abraluun, and the Goel or Isuac, bed ofits point; while God's promise is made to fall to and the God of Jacob, "Now, He is 110t tile God of the the ground, and tile 110lJeor resurrection i~ lost. Aud dead, but of the living" (Luke xx. 3')', 38). 'I'he scribes all this because a sentence i" \\,l'l~tell Iroiu its context iu who stood by coniplimcutcd the Lord on His telliuu which the Holy ~IJirit or Uod hus lllclccd it." answer, and 110 one durst ask Him any more questions. .:\'ot only were these Kad ducccs chaJ'gell \I'it11 iguorIt is evident, then, Oll the lace of the narrative, that bv ancc or the :::lCl'ipturc~, but till'." also overlooked tile this citation a triumph was scored against the Sadducoes "power 01 God." Ycs ; whon Uollmade His prum iso to and their doctrine of uou-resurrcction. But howr' That 1Jis servants in olden ti me, al I His attributes were i::;a pUi::de for the modern theological faculty to am;wcr.' pledged to the accomplishment of His Word, 'I'he at1 the popular view on the death-state be correct, how tribute of power is pledged, and though it 1I1a,1' said: he does it happen that the Sadducces were so easilv But these men are dead, have gone away to dust, yet the silenced? Our tli iologians profess that the Sa "iour;;; objection is nothing to those who believe that (;od is answer clearly establishes that Abrahaui, Isaac and Almighty, and is '1'r11e. "He who quickencth tile dead, J acob were ali ve when He spake, This, we assert, is the and calleth the things that arc not, as though they were," modern theological view. 'I'erscly put, it is thus given: will fulfil His own word, and no man need to trouble as "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living; to the possibilitv of resurrection from the dead. For therefore man in death is alive in conscious existence." His answer to the cavillers Cln-ist rested whol ly npon Yet a child can sec that if this is the conclusion, thc the fact that God had promiscdy that He was u nchangcSudducccs are not answered. able, that He is almighty, and that is the end of controNo man hat; yct been able to find in the teaching 0\' vcrsv. Christ's appeal to this passage shows the illlJ csus any such thing as that the soul of man is iuunorporta.nee of the Wonl in settling questions OIl all themes tal, 01' that in the death-state life is possible apart from raised by itself. That Scripture leads us to conteinthe body, He did teach emphatically, frequently, the posplate the covenant made with Abraharn, a11l1with his sibility of attaining to Eternal Life on compliance with descendants, and opens to us the glorious plan and od's eonc1itions, but He also declared that this Eternal purpose of redem pti on. We arc not halted anywhere Life is to be possessed in and by resurrection from the to consider so narrow and so foolish a question as, "Arc dead. It is this which was the thing disputed by the the dead alive ?" but we are taken into the very heart Sadducces. This it was, and not any doctrine of conof the Gospel of God which embraces the establishment sciousness in the death-state, which caused them to of. His Kingdom upon the earth, and in this covenant frame their question, and it was this doctrine which promise we see the provision made for its introduction, Christ triumphantly proved from the Scriptures ill the grant of a central land, and in the provision Ior So much is clear upon the face of the narrative, but the seed. K ote the words which are added by Luke: it is still held that bv His answer He intended to show "For all live unto Him." Certainly! '1'0 themselves, that the dead are alive. If this is so, I say again, it is to their descendants, they arc dead ; to the world they difficult to account for the silence of the Sadducees. arc dead; and apart from God's promise and po\\'cr If ould it not be an easy thing to say, "But if these men there is no hope of any further life 01' them. But to arc alive in spirit-state, how does that proye the resurHim who secs the end from the heginning, who plans rection from the dcad ? \\'e wil] change our question and promises and fulfils, those 111enare not dead beyond a little, and, instoad of saying, 'Tn the resurrection recall. He has hut io rXC'l'('i::;r is powcr, and 10 ~ thev H WllOSCwife shall she he?' willim!1lire, 'Whose wi Ie is shall stand ilgilin in life'. 1\]1(1 thov shall I for He is she 110W?'; 111](1, further, 'H thev aro now alive, whor i14 not aSl1HlIl('(1 thClll to he called their God, or the need for a resurrection at all ?' " BD[Ton. But they were silenced. Question and answer related :.Jote8 of an address delivered in West Street. to one theine, and the replv was crushing. Bv an

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\\'JU,'1' a conuucntarv upon lIle \1'0 I'd, "\Ylwsoel'er falls OIl this stone shall be broken,' i" lhc whole liistorv of the heresies of the hurcl: and the as-uults of unbcliet ! 'jJan after man, rich in gi I:t,;, endowed 0 Itcn wi th Jar larger ami nobler faculties than the people who oppose him, wi tli indoin itable l)Cl'iOcl"cl'ancc, a Ilia rtyr to his error, sets h imscl l up against the truth that is centred 011 JC:-iUS Clu'ist ; ami tile great divine JlIl',;:;age silllVh' guc::; 011 its wav awl all the babhlcmcnt and noi-, i,., like ';0 JIH\l1V bat" fl.\illg against a ligltt, o r the j'ligllL 01' l.he wild ;;cabirds that come ::i\\,el'pinguJ) ill the tl'11IPl',;t awl night, agai11,;t the hospitable pharos that is on the rock, and siu ito themselves dead agaill,;t it. Sccplic::i well known ill their gCJlcr<ltioll, who made [icl'Jllc',; hearts tri-mhlo for tln: ark or t:OlI--\\'hat has bCCOUll'of Ihcm -: 'I'hcir book" Jie riu:-ily ami undisturbed, whi I"t the Hi blc stands, w itl: a ll the ;.;crib!;1ings wi pcd off tile page, m; if they had 11C\'er bccn l Opponents fire thei I' small shot against theHock 0 f ,\.gc::;, and the little pellets fall flattened, and only scale off a bit of tile Jl]OI'S that hmi gatherl'll there. '?I'Iv brother, let the historv of the past, with other ric('l'el' thollgllt, teach you and rnc it vcrv calm <l1Ir1lriu mpha n] distrust about all Chat people ~<I\' nowudavs, rill' al l tile modern (IP1)()~iti()n to the Uospd will go as Lhc pa,;t has : the newest svstcms wh ich cut and ("<\I'I"Cat Ch ristiunitv will go to the tomb where all the l'l'"t have sroue : and 'dear] ~Jll infidelities 'will J'i,;eull frolll their o " , tombs, and ::;a} to the brand new ones 0 I' th i:-igC11(,l'atioll whon their dav i:-i worked out, "c\lJ! are \'r also ilerollle likn.OI](' or YIS :"--,111',1', ,lfr-IJII'('17,
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,\.rl' YOII J'('CC1\Jllg copic of this papcr, not k110\\ilJg they COIIIC If so,. tlil:,\' arc bl'illg sent In "OUIC -: friend of YOllr" whowish, you to become acquailltcd with the Illaga;;inC', in the hope that vou wi ll studv its teachings, cOllll'arc tlll:lll witb the Bible, and then 1I1at you will forward a vca I'l." subscription to the 'I'uasurcr, whose add re-s will Ix: Iouud ujJon the back pagc 01: the present issue. \\' c JI(Ive pleasure in in loruring OUl' reader" Lha t ou r Bro, ,J en kin6,\\"ho did such good work in till: country districts last year as colporteur, has again consented to take up this much-needed work for a term. He is expcctcd to couuncnce his labours in the course of a few day~, 'Ire trust that he wi ll be well received, uud pmy that he lIIa,\' be the instrument under God of cul iglrtcniug nianv WIIOJIl lie lIlay visit conceruiug the Hiblc truths advocated in Lhi,; papcr, \\'c learn that our Bro. K J I. 'I'avlor is beillg rl'it-a::it'd froiu his duties in conucction with the 'I'humcs Church Ior a period of six months, that he lJlay gi\'c as-istance to the X o-Liccnsc work. This is in view of the approaching poll, which will be taken,\\"e expect, before th close or th is vcar. 'rllis worl: call for i111the a:-isisj':1I1cr that can hr rendered, and the T'hamos Church i" will ing that our Brother should devote hi,., rllergirs I() the ,lrcitlOIl:-i l'ndeH\'oLH whicl: this cause entails. r,;ffor[s' will be made Iroui .vuckland to supply the platform at the 'I'hamc-, at Je;l::,t fortnightly.

'I'lic llI<111\\'lw P,1\':-i ,,',lgC',; ht'low "L:II'\';ltion Iinc fOl' labour is Cl thief, and the man \1'110 doesn't gin; lli::; Clllplayer a square (]C'<11,; <1thief, too, i

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!1I)tllennial lDawniem.
.\ ..\lODBHN DBL ':::l1O~.
(Uontiuucd IromPago 74). 'l'J] le IJH"i:-;or :'Ill'. Hu:-;~cJl's prophetic 6clil'IIIC i,; lhc vcu rduv thcorv, und a belief that tile l'al1<ll:,I' i,; the .vnl il'hri"t. \\'c join issuo with hiui, autl a:-; cou lidcntl v a~ hunscl I a,;:-;el't our hcl icf that a Iitcral "CITll vcurs is the lcrui appointed [or the c:JO"illg "Cl'lIC of li1i" di"1'l'll:-;alion, und that a personal .\llli-L'ltri,;t shall prc,.:{'l1ll,I' arise. That Ire are Hcarillg~<lre perlwl's l'eJ} llear"the tiuic or lhc cud ' is tho COJ1JIIIOllIldie[ o l all studenl,; 01 prophecy, though he is a bold niau indeed who a:-;"l'r[,; lhut October, 1n I, il" the exact elute 01 the L'lo"illg 0 I' ltI(' agc, UlIl,l' six ,\'('<11':-; more! .vnd il October, HI1-l, COI,lll''; and goc", a nd Ih l\'ingdoJJl o l' Il.cavcu it' 110t L':-:laiJli"hL'd, how will Xlr. Hu""dl explain hi" error and cOll"olL' the disappointmont of lii" disciples? It will be a repetition of the sad fiasco which overtook the :\1illeri Ie- in 1i'H. which Iraf; the ruin of lllany Iarnilics, who had sold C'l'erythillg', IJeliel'illg that at midnight the Lord would CVJJll'. 'I'his Jixing of dutes is the curse 01 prophetic interprctation. .\gain and again the appointed dates have proved incorrect, and mockcrv and ridicule arc poured b,l' ,.:<.:oftcr,,:upoll the prophetic 1I'0rd, Oh, :111'. Hu,,:-;e11, 11'<:lca r vuu arc makiJlg [or ,I'0111'Nelfa burden that I'OU II ill lind it lil'al'.\' to bear! I I: our (Juturisl.) ~<:heIJ1~'IK' t.:urJ'l'd, it is itu possibl lIult IIIe !ICIlI' UJ1J, can Vl'ill:! lh e eu 0/ II/I's rliS/IC'fl.wtlioll, Ior, a,; lIT read in the Bible, the ,\Illi-l'hri:-;l has to mal. a ~CI'L'll vcars' covenant with tlie ,IL'I\''; vre the end he. ,\11(l at; the J ell's arc Hot I'd returned lo their laud , aml Anti-Christ is not I'd iuuniJ'L',.:I,six \'l'ar,; 1'1'1)111 11011'cannot IJO~"ibh' brillu: the COll, " -uuuuation 01 LIlOUellli le age. There i~ one cxtruo rd inarv fad to which we would call al tcut ion , and that i:; that in no exposition of prophccv with which we arc acquainted is there anv premonition o l the marvellous rise of Japan, Their daring corifl ict witl: and complete victory over the mighty hosts of: l~llSsia no man had foreseen. Sllrrly Japan will occupv a verv prominent position in the latter rlav. ']'he ScripLures give lIS onlv the barest outline or what "shall he.' J~asteJ'll, as well as Western, nations arc 10 be involved in the last a wIu l "trugglc, and who can Ioreknow the ombinatious and the vurictv of detail ncccssarv to the accourpliahrucnt or the Almighty's plan. Mr. Russe!l claiJlls that nel'er bl'fore has prophetic truth been set out ill all its fulnc8s as in the pages 0 f: his wrjtings, and ,I'et ,;ollJehow he has ol'erlooked the .JapaJ1ese Empire em([ LilC all-important pint it II ill c\oulitlrss play in the urar r11ll 1'<'! t 1lill('nnifll 1),n\'lli:-;m app<'al,.; for Rllppol'l to the timr11H',l:-;llres:1'; illdicale(l lw the Cire:1t T',\'l':1mid in 1hel:llH1 oJ' Egrpt, \I,hi(,1t it is cL1imrd i,; oC ~lIprrhUlllan ol'ig-in, IllIt rl'II' h:1l'e the kllowledge of gCOlllrll'y fln<lllllltlH'Ill<1li('~ slIliicil'nt to cOlllprehend in it::; entirety the lIl),steriallt1 l'Olllp'1ieuted calculations COJ1nected with the:-;L'
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nrcasu rcrucnt. \\'e bare rcud ruuch that 1\Cl"; een writb Oll the subject, aud ut this ruourcut turn lip ';Oll'l' ro1LLJIll'~ Ire purchased over tweutv-Iivc ycar~ ago, ami li!ld that OHC writer ~ay>': "The gallcr,r 01 Ult!1-'~ inches jJOilll,; out the lIlidni[Jht lio ur in 1BBI Ut' ISS'~, and therefore the day or twcnly-Iour ,I'Car": (,OIIIJlll'J!Cl'l:iin IS(jl and ends ill It!l:)"." Another writer ';H,n;: "The Il'ngllt of Ihe ]Ja';:-;Hge points 10 Hi" L us being till' closing vca r o I lite agc," III it third book l liud : "'I'lle result or the Jlll'a';Ul'l'1J1L'IlLpoiJll:; lo J"N'~ a,; beiJlg till' time or lite end." .\Jld yel another ilcclurcs "that UiHI is llil' dale pointed out Cl" Llie deduced result.' \\'llell doduJ's d iIIcr JaY"I('Jl dare HoL express all opinion. Il.erc we hare INNS, IH,,1, HiS'~, IN;~I, HJ](I now ..\11'. Hu-sell >'H,\''':Llu: dale is ID1(). \Ye quo[c hi,.: Irul'd,; Jroiu \'0J. l l L, pHge J I'~, where lie writes: "Thus the l'yra.nid witucsscs that lhe close of Ul~ -I I\'a;-; lite chronological bcgiuniug ()[ the tunc of trouble.' And, again, "Whut dale would the-e nrcasurcurcntsJndicatc :' 'I'hov gile 1IlL' dates October J 8-;-.t, October LBS1, and October I!Jl U. The date I!J La, indicated by the Pvraruid, lumuouises well with the date fixed by the Bible" (page 3(3). "The four years From I!J10 to tile end of ,I!)H indicated thus by the Ul'cat Pyramid wi l] be sufficient 101' the extreme of all that trouble;' i.e. the lust trihulation C:3(jel). "The Pvraruid -avs to us that in un-l tile Great One (Our Lord) rL'turns From heaven" (:3G,i),
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Uur onlv conuucnt is that Ihe Bible nowhere nu-utious I!J LO, 19] I, ]IOr ,\11\' other dale, and cvcrvwhcn- l'()IldCllIJI::>intcrjirctation o l "tunes awl -casons' (>\d~ i. ~; 1 'I'hc--. I'. 1, and, therefore, arc the-e couiput.u ious o [ anv 1I'0rLh a::i predicting the precise moment of lhu

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end ~ In Vol. 1 V. i,; expounded, "Our LOl'l1',.;g-reat j!J'Oplll'CI' J'l',;pL'cLillg the 'l'iuic or tI1C ElId," a" recorded in :\11I11. XXiI'" Mark xi ii. n11(1Luke xxi. 'I'his exposition (pagL':'; ,3G;l-G1-1) lIJay be regard cd as et fair Nl)Ccilllt'U of ,\11'. H ussell's handl iJ1g of Scripture. Our readers wi 11. Ire think, agree that it is lacking in common sense, and far indeed from Iwing H "sane" exposition. "The Jewish race," he suv-. "11':1'; not the subject of our Lord"; ])1'0phecy, Israel is barolv rdel'l'(,(l to in the proplucv. \\'e HI't' in-t ructcd that (1) "Let thelll that ho in .l urloa flee unto lht' mou ntn ins' !lll'lIn~ "(It'l' from the S\'SLl'lll lulsc!v "l\'ling ibl'lI' ('hri"t's I(ingdolll to till' tru I(ingdolll wh ich i,; set lip," (2) B,I' the "housetop" and "field" we are to understand "housctop" saints who have a higlic,' lifc than ordinal'." Church 1IIelllber::;, the "field" JIIenniJl;f thl' 11'01'\('1 OlltNidl~ all Chur(;h ol'gani::;atiol1f', Cl) "\\'oe to thelll thnt arC' \"itll clliJd" iJldi<.:ate~ ''::;piritual (;hildbearing," hut Christian:; who now llse "an unallthol'iseil llll'ihod" (!llt'alling' r;JI"c (iotLl'iJlt',.; anci fjur:-;tionahle lIIod(',.; or ('I\lII'('" ,;r1'l'i('(') :l1'r helping to prodllu' "illegili111:11(, llildl'(,ll or Cod," t (-10) "Pray that ~'()lIr,(ligld' he not on lhr :-;ahhnlh (l:Jr" i" a warning "to gl'l "l,1I'I'('d on our lIight I'mlll Ilaln'lou (tllc fal~e c-ltnrclll''') h(,roJ'(' the great aJltitqJi(;aI Sabhath-the 1rillennilllll, thc ,.;el'C'nthtILOu';lllHI-war N,lhhflth lJl'gill';." Cl) '.I'hl' literal lIark-

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of Lhe sun anti IJlO0n took place on May Lill.h, 1/tlO, uud Iuslcd Ior about Li hours, but was witnessed only ill ~Ol'tlt .vmuricu. 'I'hc [ad that tili,; "igll Irat! confined to the )Liddle States of ~\lJlerica need not cause surprise when Ire remember that tile Iirst 1110l'eJlWnt auiougst the Vi rgi 11'; (Xlatt. xx v. 1-u) ,ra,.; ch iefly in that locality. 'I'hc "rallil1g of tile stars" wus seen OH November 13th, 1tl3~;, and II'm, also confined to the United States, 'Mexico, andWest India Islands. Hut really Christ meant by the sun the Uo,.:pd light: ami by the 1Jl00n the Mosa ic 1<1\1' ; the sta rs l'eprc:;ell t the . vpcstlcs ; a nd the hea rem; tile ecclesiastical power::; o l Christcudoru, The Gospel will be ob-cured, the law cliuuucd, apostolic teaching rude away, aut! Christcudoru 1Jl' thrown into confusion. ((j) "Then shall appeal' the ,;ign or the Sou o l Muu ill heaven." This sign I::; not intended for the world, but only for the faithful: and it is not in the literal heavens, but the eeclesiastical hea vens, that the sign appear::;.' The sign is the judgment of Babvlon, the fa be Church, ami the confusion and consternation that wi l] result therefrom. (I) "Then ,;ltall Ile send Iorth .IIi:; angels.' are not to expect spi rit-angc!s to uJlJlear wi th Irillg,.; to flv through tile ail'; the-e angel", or 1I1l'",.;ellger,.;, wi ll be the earthl v saints." (tl) "There slia!l be Iwo ill one bcd ; two :;iJaJI be grindillg at the iuil l ; the one shall be taken and the other loft.' The "bell" symbolises human creeds, which are long enough 101' "babes in Christ," but too short for the full-grown Christian, "'l'he developed Christian will find it a relief to get out of the various little cribs." The "mill" is the theological school (college) "in which is clone the grinding of the spiritual fool! for 'Habl'lon,' and turns out a very poor grist-chiefly 11I1,.;k::; nd chaff. a 'The theological grinders 'rho are loyal to Cod shall be taken: all others will he left-it i,.; a tirn of' separation." (9) "They shall sec the Son of ;llall oiuing in the clouds of heaven." Says 'Mr. Russcll : "The tribes of earth will sec the c]011(1s of confusion and trouble, hut thcv will never sce the Lord I limself hv natural sight, for He is no Iongor flesh, all ('I cannot 1)('soon by the flcshlv."

pierced" (G~)). 11 this is not it pervcrtiug 01 plain ;:jcriptural language, what is 'it: .\t least it is all instance o I a strange want of perception, which iJrillg~ him under the rebuke olthc risen Christ, "Oh, Iools, ami slow of heart to believe (in it" natural sense) all that the prophets have spoken' (Luke xxiv. 2J).

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'I'lie culin iWIUng point of :Jlr. Hu-sell's Leal'hing is Iound Oll page Gl:l 01 \'01. 1 v. Couuucntiug OH ;llaLt. xxi v. .J,>-JI anti Luke .\ii . .J~-II, he "ay~, "Tile intimation here seems to he that at the particular time indicated by the prophecy our Doni will make use oue cluuuce! for lIi"pcll~illg the meat in due seaso u, though other channels or "Jcllow-scrvunls' will be usctl ill iJrillgi Ilg the Jood to the "household." The "ouo chunucl' i,.;, o[ co urso, t '. T. Jtu0"df, o] .i{/('g/ulI/!J, L'.8..l. Illlt CI'CU i [ LIJe Lord hus thlls sigllall,I' honoured ]1is servant to make known the hitherto UJlkJJOl1'1lgo,.;pel of "Millcnnial Dawnisui,' it it; ,.;illlpl." ridiculous to confine lhc upplication of the words ill )[ai.tltel\' and Luke Lo oue IIHIll. 'I'hc obvious ami ever-received meaning of our Lord's ,.;ayiJlg i,.; that aft who arc placed in allY posts or authority over Cl: ri,.;C" people must be Iuith Iul and wise, with an added mlmillg: a~ to what shu ll befall in ca:;~ of auv 11'1i()are uulaith lul, overbearing, ami who ubusc their trust. J [ ;Ill'. Russell's claim i" gelluille, (',\cl'ptional honour is hereafter to be gn;lwsiulJ!!J his, [or lti" reward wi II be, -or a truth 1 sa vunto you, the Lord wil I ,.;d Hi::; (one) servant over aft that 11e liaih" (vcr . .J'I).

or

'l'his denial of' tilt' 1'CHIII'I'('dioll of' our Tord [roru till' tomh, alone and hv it,.:cl r, d iscrcd its 111', HII,.;;:ell'" l('al'hing. P'OI' it fol lows as he dist inctl v affirms - that then' is 110 rcsu rrcctiun or tile hotlv Ior the (lea('1 suint: it is a spiritual resurrection; ill other words. there w: II bo no "flesh" connected with the saints in the eternal state. Our Lord after resurrection said that He was "flesh and bones," and showed the disciples His hands and His feet, and bade them to touch Hi Ill, and ascertain that He was not a spirit. Tn defiance of 1rr. '1{1I:;::;cllthe }Jrophet Zcckariah savs : "The,' shall see Him whom ihev pierced ." .Iohn sa vs, "1'~I'Cl'\' p\'(' ,,1];]11 ~r(' II im :" and .T(''':1I;; Tl imsel f ",lid 10 ihr .1('\\'~, ns n llaiioll, '''Y(, ,.;h;lll "r(' 1r(' 11'0lllore 11lli il ." Rlli, l'('plics 1rr. l~II,,;,,;('ll. '''I'hi,.; i,; illlpo",.;ihlc ;.:0 r,ll' ,1,.; ilJ(' )jo(lih' ('Y(' i~ (-oll('('l1wd -this c;tn onh'llnl'e a fig'urnlil'e llleaning, heC;lllf;C Chri~t i~ no :longer flesh, aUll cannot be sccn by the fle:;hl,v. rrltcv "hail \I'itil the ('\'C or faith IIlwllial7.'j "ee Hilll wholll they

Wc arc simply amazed at 11lll\;11of these <ix vohuncs, and only wonder that any are lecl away by such trausparent delusions. Parts are such utter twadd le us to be beneath notice, and man." 01 the details and so-called "proofs" arc so much rubbish. Xlr. Russell's iuvstica] school may be well patronised, ana hundreds of thousands (so his "preface" declares) read through the spectacles of this "spiritualising" commentator, bu t we must beg leave to hold the opinion thathe has to a great extent made the Word 0 f God of none effect by his marvellous superstition that Di vin ihing~ must be understood in a non-natural sense. ,re contend that the Bible means what jt savs ; not what souiuhodv 01' anybodv fancies it mav or might 11cu 1I ; not whatit i muy be twisted to mean; not made to dovetail wil h pre-conceptions that are imparted into the Hook. and what nobody whose mind was not possessed I]V such pre-conceptions would ever find in it. 'I'he prophecies will not be fulfilled after some fantastic, metaphorical, so-called "spiritual" fashion, but in the future-c-as in the past-will be actually in truth and fact literally fulfilled to the jot and tittle. And this is the only sort of f'nlfilutcnt that the prophets of olden ti IlIe:3 ,1'0111(1 rccogn isc as COlTc,,; Oll (1ing to the prophecies p they wor moved 1>\' lite J Iolv ClIIO~t to utter. OUl' Lord fli; I Iis first n.lvcnt ('fllllr prc('i;:(']Y and 1itorall v as tho holy JlroJlhet,.; rOl'('told; why ilwll p,dahli"ll ilnoilwl' 1'111(' or inl('1'])l'etatioll a::; 10 the pl'nplil'lir lIltel'UllC'r,.; ('OllC'C1'ning lli::; second a(hent; :J{r. ]111~scll says om 'Lonl lIDS been an UJlseen spiritual resilIent on earth since OctolJe!'. 187+, I\'l' quote clgaiJJ:-:t thi~ ()lIt!'agl'()II~ ,.;httt'lIll'ni' 0111'

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N 0\v there arc several way::; to drain and weaken the human system, and in so doing one's spiritual strength is not increased, by a "long chalk," but rather wcukeued also. '1'0 weaken one's physical strcngtlikuowiugly, ex'" ccpt by hard work (which, however, seldom does this) is to conuuit sin ; and sin destroys spirituality, unless one mistakes crith usiasiu for spiri tuu.lity.

Lord's 0\1'11words, ill which He W,11'll" agaill;;t this very error, "Then (at the tiuic of the end) it any man "hull :oay unto you, 'Lo, here is the Christ, or 10, there He is in the wi ldcrness, or in the secret cluuubcrs,' tieiicce i! uoi," When Uhrist returns to earth, "then shall they see tile ::)011 of ::\1all couiing ill clouds with great power uud glory" (J\J att xxi v.). We are looking Jot' the came Jesus (.ld;; i. 11) to return a" departed from Olivct's heigllt-llOt a "l)il'itual being, invisihl to earth's multitudes, but Cl Jew,.; of "flesh and bonos" (Lukc xxiv, ;JV) -ouc who as Cl visibl Ilulcr shall sit ou David'sthronc and reign over the whole world, ::;iJClillillgabroad through all land" the long-promised iuillcunial blcssings. Ami it it) because we arc assured that lie has not yet returned JroJU heaven ami tlu: .1\ iugdom not 'yd bcgun to be etitablishcd that we shall continue to pray, "U01ue, LorLI J etiU::i. 'I'h v Kiugdolll coiue, Thy will be clone on earth as ill heu veu." Hotorua. O. ClUSP BROW:f.

:fJ3eStrong.
"Thou therefore, m v son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ J CSUti." -2 'I'iui. ii. 1.
'\'JLI.'l' a strange piece of advice it seems for one man to tell another to "be strong," especially for an elderly man in his infirmities to a young man in his strength, as in this casc l Wcll, if it was a ea:,;c of beef awl brawn, one might well C.Oll1C this conclusion, to Hut Paul didnot tell 'I'imothy to excel iil the gylllua::;iUIIl,or to lJe the smartest fellow at football, or any or all l)Ii\',.;icai stunts, m, admirable as bodily health ami ~Lrl'l]gth i~ in anybody. 'I'hcre was Hot much need of' that sort or mi,.;,.;ioJlal',I' work ill those days, for they were lJlaking III uch 0 f j' eahi of ph ys ical endurance and prowess, and were in constant training for it. "History repeats itself," and we HmI Rome reproduccd in this regard in the twentieth century in America. 'I'hcy would better take heed lest Rome's fate be also repeated, in making a god of the body, or flesh. Paul did not tell Timothy to be strong muscu larlv, though no doubt there is a need for some young men, even preachers of our times, who are hollow-chested and round-shouldered, pale, wan and weak, to get into some sort of physical culture by degrees and far enough to build lip their organisms, so that they can endure more than they do without being so sensitive, sulky, fussy and iidgety; and enjoy religion as a.thing made to enjoy and to fully recommend to others to rejoice in and be glad about. A strong, healthy body is not to be discounted. Religion was notintcnrlcd to thrive most where dispepsia and liver complaint are the rankcst, Tt is not a system (1 ryif;erl to get people ready to (lie, but rather to make thorn fit to live. A man whom Go!'1has fitted to live call d ie triumphantly any time, when the work Goel 'has gi\en him to do is done, and probably he will not (lie before that time either.

~""hectic flush to the lIudibeel'uillg may bc taken for health, but to others it is the evidence of weakness, while Cl natural glow of colour obtained by right exercise ill UoC:I'sall-out-of-doors is indicative of real strength. The way to he strong bodily is to avoid needless physical d ruins cat proper food and plenty of it, sleep well aud get up early in the morning, and do something that will gi ve sufficient exercise. Now Paul did not tell Timothy to do any of these things, though he (lid once prescribe "a little wine" for his "stomach's sake" and his "often infirmities," and quite likely he did not exceed Paul's prescription (as too man y do to-clay), if he took ita t all; but he told him to "be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus," or in other words, to be "strong in the Lord." Paul in hie; unavoidable infirmities has proved that source of strength, and therefore could easily and heartily recommend it to others. If a man, like Paul, has some bodilv ill, or thorn in the flesh, and has as earnestly lJes~ugl;t Uoll fOJi its removal as dill Paul, and has received word back that it is not going to be a case of less thorns but one of niorc gracc, then he nrust take all the grace that is comillg to him and make the best and the most of it. While one cannot make himself really any stronger by resolution to be so, still there is nothing Iiko sauctitled spunk to help one do his best, and this will bring out allY latent or dormant onel'gy that lies back where nothing else would bring it out. "As a man thinketh so is he." The pCl'tlon who thinks he is weak, and keeps saying so, will make himself and others believe it; but he who thinks what he can do and proceeds to do it, will likely enhance his capital and surprise others with his efforts. And there is nothing like a poor weak fellow being harnessed np abreast with Almighty power with the heft of the load on the latter. Do not burden yourselves with the Lord's burdens ,-C. E. Copp, Lawrence, Mass.

When we speak of reigning in life, we think also of a grace in life. You may do what is right, but you do it grudgingly or with difficulty'; the wheel" creak a good deal, there is a jar. Nobody cOllling into your home could point out a breach of the ten couuuandmcnts, and yet somehow there is a want of ease and joy and blessedncss, Someone put an advertiscmcut Tn onr of' our papers the other rlnv, "Wanted, a Clnistian companion, [rut she must be happy." As i f' Clu-istian compnnions were not generally happy people. What is YOllr life in this respect ?-P. B. JJI!eyer.

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"TI,,' I,,,nl l;"d fU\'II,,'d ""111 uf dust. of Llu- grolllllL .uul UI,(,(III;cd into uost ril lhl' la: 1';.\'1'11 0 I"~ I, II<'K"
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LXAS"llTJl a~ uu r urthodox Irieuds CUll' tend that the tel'lll "spirit," wlu n applied to man, cunvcvs tlu- ide'l uf a l ivill~. conscious cu l.i tv, which is tile rt-u l ma n, un d carries I'l'rsullalit," wlu-n the body is ill the gran', \I'e thiuk it advisable tu give this term a Bible exurn iua111 th paper we UUI' attention to the' Old 'l'csta mcut. and tu the Hebrew word ruacli, wl. ich is mosb frequently rendered "spi ri t."
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How ruu.nv times dues the Ilebre'" word ruacli occur ill thl' origillal'! H occurs 'wo tillles, (:!.) Is "spirit" cvvr spuk"1I uf as all "jru ruo rl,u l" or "uevcr-d vi nu." or i~ there a uywherc a lIy ad.i~'di ~" IiIIk"d wi tl: it which i m pl ics that it is the ru tioua l, think ing part uf ""111 COli' tinuiug to Iulfil its Iuuct.ions when the bud,' is dead '! xo, it is l~e,'er so spoken uf, u ud there is 110 such qualifyillg tc 1'11I , (:J,) Is ruocti tru.nslu tcd "spirit" ill L'aell iusta nce of its occurrcuce r xo , it is Lru nsla tud Z::JS t.iures "spirit," hut the other rcndcri ngs arc ,'pry d i(1.)
,It'l'~l', Cl:; "willd."

"l-'or tltat wh ich bcfu llcth Lhe SUIIS uf men bdalldll beuxts ; even oue tl,ill(! befa IleUI Llu-ru: as' the oiu d iel.h SU di"til the other; ,H'a, tl,,'," hu ve all olle breat h: (L-Il'u, ruuch } (.Iecl. iii, 19), "lllstead of \I'i"llillg tu puiut uu t a rasL d i Iferellcc bct.weeu h unum bei II"'S and Lliufetior .t ui ma l-. loundcd un "'the ruacli ut each. the author of ECl'lt-siast"s show tlu-i r I)('rfed H'''''''llJlallce' ill Lhu L l'l'-pect , they !HI"C all one ruaclc=ov: iJn'alll, or spirit, of lifc; thry u i l l i vt III LIlt.' SHIIII..' ru.uuu-r, i.c .. b\' bl't'athillg' ruucli 01' viLul ail', .[{cH"Lth;s l'lIlir~' pastiage u bout till' rcsctuhln uc, ill c-onst.i t.u tiou Hlid 111 11 ,11 u-r uf Iif" b('Lw"l'lI 11 HIII a nd the ca t.t le. and we th iuk "011 will be .unuzed u L Lhe ex tra vugu n t ','Il" va tion to which dust-Iormcd lIICII (U(,II, i i, 7), ill virtue uf hil,-illg ruucli, ha\'(' bL'L'Il iglluralltly all,l super-Li tiouslv rHiselL-a ruucli, I,.. i L ca rc-Iullv 111,1",1. COIIIIIIOIIaHl'r all tu h in: wi t h lI;l' ["'ilsts of the IiL'ld, ~'l'a, wil.h the "er,), h umbh-st brL'athillg u n irua l UII eilrth."-.lIolluriclT(8,) Cun "'L' sa~' the beast is a spi ri tr ::\0: it has u spirit-"thc spirit of t.luIJea:-;t." (U,) Is a nut n ever ca l lcd a "spi rit r" Xu; ::\0'1' OXeJ,;, (10,) If the spirit is 1I0t IIIHII, but. is invu.ri ahly spoken of u.s il posses sion of IllH.II, whu t spirit js it'! It is 'rI-m SPlRlT OF (:OD, "The soiri! O/' Gurl hath lI1<id 1I1l'. alld . t lu: breath o] the ,II//1ighl.'} hu Lh g""'1I IIIL' lifc" (,Jub xx x iii. lJ), "If Ill' gather unto l l im-n-If tl is s pirit .uul l-lis iJn'ath all 1I,'sh shall perisll tu geLhel', a ud uuui :-:';"<111 turn again lu dllst" (,JoL xx x iv. .I-i), \\'hat, then, dOe:; the prcsellcc thc spirit conf .l'? It gi ,'es Ji fe, "1 will pllt Ill!! '</,irit ill YOII alld s!tall lirt''' (E7.rk, :xxx,-ji, 1+).
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"11I:,IlI." Ii ; "blast," -l : "side," U; "air," .'(\ ngl'r," "('oul," "cou r<lgt';' "qu.utcrs,' "tcmpcst." "whi rlwind," occur but once ouch, u nd "va iu" occu rs twice. P,) Is UIC spirit ever called "IU,'II'!" Xo; thc usual exprcssion:; arc "spirit mall," or ":-:.;pil'it in lna.n." "\\'hu knowcth thc spirit of mall, whe ther it gocth upward?" (Eccl. iii, 21), "Bnt thN~ is a Rpi)'il ill ))JO/l" (-Ton xxxii, R), (,),) Hut l'all it h,' all." possihilit~' hp the ll'u~ ilIa n .~ Xo; for "Th(' l,orLl <:ocl fOrlllccl n/((/I uf tlt(' dllst of til(' groulld" (G~II. ii, 7), "_I/all is of Ihe ('(('l'lh forlli.'}" (1 ('or. :x'', -! 7), "There is 110 11I!lI[ that puwer o~er the -'llirit to retaill the spirit" (Eec1. ,'iii. 8), (U,) If it is " puss('ssioll of Ill<lll, as the expres,.;ions ",.;pirit of man" and "spirit ill IIlall," ,.;et'lll to impl.,', does mall ,donp possess 'it'! Xo; tll(' Iwasls of th~ earth ,dso h",',-, it. ".\Ild I. 1,..1,01,1 I <10 hring th~ 1100<1of \I',dprs 11 1'011 (hp pa rI h, to <1pstro~' (171 {Irslt \I'hN,-ill is thp /lrral7, (TTph, r){(I('II) of lif" fl'Olll IIIHlpl' h('",'clI: c"~r,l'lhing 1I1:It i,.; ill (hp ('"rih sh,lIl (lie" (C:~Il. "i, 11) , .. \\' ho k 1I0m'tlt the 811i"il oi it o'uelh dO\l'lIl1'anl to Ilte uC(l~I, whetlter .tI", .a l'ti I '~ "( I';l'el. iii~ 21),
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\\'ll:ll would I,.. IIL'C"~~:ln' fur ei Lhcr 11"111or IJL'a"l tu live :Ig"ill'~ Till' n-Lu rn u f t lu- spi ri L "Tho([ ~l'lIde~t forLh '1'1,,' sp iri L th,'." are c n-a t ed ' (1'", ci v. ::JO),' "0 "" d rv bo nus. hear till' \\'ord of Llu- I,~rd, '1'1111, saith t l- Lo rd l;UlI IIl1tU L11l'til' "OIl(,S, IlL-hold I wi l l caus . bn'atl, (lie-i>. 1'11(/('11) to L'IILl'r illtu YUlI, ainl )'1'; SII.\L1, 1,1\'1'; 'J'lllIh sa iLh UIL' Lord l:od, ('UIIII' trou: Llu- four winds. 0 brcn th (lie", ruuch}, alld brcut lu: lllJUII (/I('''f! slu i '1'11.\1' TILE\, ~L\'l 1.1\'1':, ;';u I p ropln-sivd :1, 11" COli11 a lILiL-,1 IIIL'. n nd Llu- bl'<'atil 11 (11,,1. ruucli ) c.uuc into t hcm , _\:\1) Till';\, 1,1\'1';1), , I will put Xl Y ~1'lltlT ill YOII '"1l1 \,I~ ;';II.\I,I~ U\,W' (1';~L'k. x x x vi i , -1-, ,), n, J(I, J~), ....\1:111 po""'",,,'s ill tllis lift, a spirit, which i,. ill 1':1('(, till' "pirit of l:Lld, Blit t.he lx-usL :1~ w,' ha", "'('11, puss""",', till' n:ry ~alllt'. 11('1\('(' W(' {';Ill dr.i w 110 illf rum it pU:--:--'f':--::--iOIl h_\wh ivh We u n- IIUt ablt- lo dr:1\1' 1',..,111il-s pos sl'ssioll ".I' bl'asts, \\'1' ("111110(, t lu-rr-Iurr-. d('lill" nur u tu hl' a spirit. i\"iLlIl'r l':1" \I'C conclude that mn u PO:;SL'SSL'S LIIl' attribute uf inuuo t'La l iLv bL'cauSL' Ill, pos 'l'sses t.h is spi ri t. Its 11 IL'I'<' pussl'ssioll bv h im do,'s 1I0t vn surc his i nuuo rta l iLy becuu-c it IlIay hL' pLlsSL'S>'ed fur a l iuuon lv. a nd 1I0t for "H'r. It ,lues IIUt of uccessi tv cuutiuue to abide \1'111'1'1't I,a, i UIICC been, It limy be sepa ratL',1 Irum uuiu as it is scpu ra ted Irom be,(st, ([lIll'SS \I'C hu vo other proof of its ill~l'par:1,bilit,1' froiu hi m besides U,e mere fact uf his h,"-illg po-scssed it. .AIILl if it is "'1'.uutcd 1'1'0111 111<111. whu t is mun tlu-n bc-come '/ I';H'II suc-h as h,' W:1S "duI'<' th is spirit entered into hin1."-('oll"laulr:, Till;'; EX_\", I I :\_\'1'1 OX OL" OL[) TES '1'_\.\1 exr E\~II)I';:\('Io; OX '1'111'; \\'( 1l:J) "f)l'fn,IT" YH;L!)S xo uoixu I-'()I~ TI-m 13Ji;LII~F l'III~LU:::;lllm HY .\L\1'\Y THAT )LAX .lS ,'I. :--';P1ULT, EIlITOIL
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10 "IIRI"

(,fob xxxii', 14), ".Pllt not YOllr trllst in prill"cs, 1101'ill the son of lI1all, ill ,,-hom thcl'c is 110 help, llis brealh (1lcb, rllaclt) goetll forth, he retur.lleth to his earth, III tha t yery da~' his I hOll,ghls perish" (P~, (':xII';' ::J, 4), (1::1.) ] lo\\' doe;; till' ,n'iter of Ee('lpsi aslps llescl'iiJc thc reslIll of d~"th? ",-\nd the dust rl'lll\'ll to thl' earlh as it was. a,nd. the -,pil'it rC11l1'1I 111110 (/0(1 11'110g,II'r iV' CICecl. :xii, 7), (1-1-,) 1101'(' WP h",'r t\\'o (hiligs Spok<'1I of, --(lnst" nnd "spil'iL" \\'hi"h of t h,- t\\'o is (hp lIlil n ? ".llall ,~IIfI/I 1/11'11of/llill 10 dllsl" (-Toll :xxxi,', 1-1-), (].,,) Shonld "',, lIol :;;lI' 1I,at if the spirit "rclurlls" it l'llllst h,"'c berll
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TIll' Sl'L'und "0111 II;! of Ch rist i, not i only a part of (!,,' (:osp('1 r~,'~lation, hut is a eOll8pil'uOllS allel (';;sl'ntial part. Es tilllate its illlport'lIw,' by the spa('e gin'n tu it in tI,C ;';,'ripLlIl'cs, alld it surely do('s not r:1llk '"l1ongst the 101V,'st 'lllel Il'ast itellls of (,hristiall doctrinl', COIIsideI' ho\\' Jarge a plate il has ill the teachillg of the Lord Himself, 'llld still llIore ill the teaching of th(' apostil's, \\'e could not rcpudiatc lid,; doctrille ,,-ithollt repudiating a H'ly ('onsidf'r,lllle part- of the Xc\\' Tcstallll'nt; 1101'call ,,,e thrust it into till' hackground. and makc it Cl mattcr of illdifr('rell('e without doillg "iolt'II('" hoth to till' iPtl('I' fllld tl,c spi ri t of diyill" n'n,latioll, Hilt that \\'hich 1I1"'ds (0 h,' ol", .n' . mo,;t of ,']1 r(,Rp~(t d illg (h" do('(rin,' of UIP :';,'C'ond .\d,'pnt i~ its intl'ns .ly ]1r"di('fll asped, "\11 th~ :lllll";l's to ,yhieh this do('trinr a],o,'e ,,11 othcr:; 11:" beell suLj""iecl han' COIII(, [rolll failuretu nutc careful'" the onc applicatioll illl'ariably giY('I\' to it by unr Lunl.-(,h,.isliilll j)wngclisl,

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Letters to a Young Friend on the Study' of' Prophecy.

.LKl"Um X\'. .TOX~\l{~-\XJ) XlXI~\'.EH. .Iona l: \\'as an earlS' prophet. He pro, plu-sied about SOO years before Cluist, 1':lijah \\'as followed by Elisha, who was succeeded sevontv years later bv Jonah. 'I'll is prophet (':lll;e forth fro'lll Ua th l-Iepher, near CHlm of Galile(', at a t imc when the fortunes of the people of Israel were at a low ebb. When .Ionah appeared hope seemed it lmost gone, above and around were dark clouds. King .Iehu was a failure, and it was "in those days the Lord beg'ln to cut Israel short" (2 I~ing,; x, ~2,a:3) . .oH this cris is Jonah wa s raised up to revive th faillting hopes of the people. H" Foretold the' u nexpected a nd a ma zi Ilg ,,"e(:(,8S of .Icrohoam H .. who, "according to 1:h(' worrl of the Lord which He spake by the hand of His servu nt .Tona h i11(' prophet" (2 Kings x iv. 25). "restored the border of lsruel from the entering in of Ha math unto the sea of the Arabah." The effect of t h is fulfilment of the prophet's word would 1)0 that .Iona h must hu ve had con, sidprahle influence in the court of .Ierolmam, 'and been held in high honour by the nation. It \\'as to this prophet-honoured in h is own countrv-c-thn t God sa irl, "Arise. go to ~in('veh, a nd cry against it.' The command came as a thunrlercla p. Neyer l,dOl'c II'HS an)' prophet sent out of tlio la nd Io procln im a mess/lge, either of jll<lgment or of mercy, amongst the heathen. And it was to Ninevch, the ea pitn l of the Assvrian Empire. which at t ha t t ime \I'IIS the greatest danger rising lip on the horizon of Israel. that he was to go. And his fears were not g1'oumlloss. for within half a dozen years a tter the de.i th of the powerlul .rcrohoftm H, thcrp came ag'linst the land Pill the King of Assyrin., and Menaba n the King of 'I~rllel "g,,,'e Pill a thousand talents of si lvr-r. so that 11(' staved not thel'e in ihp lam]" (2 Kings xv, rn. 20). As 1~li[n.h ran away from the wrn th of .Tczebo l Kings xi~. 3). so Jonah "fled fmlll the presence of the Lord." mijah ran hepallse his life \I'as nt sblke. Jonflh 110CnllSP he fea1'cd to lose his high 1'epIItaiion. Hp 1mde1'stood that the mission was to he one of mPrcv and not (lestnlclion (il'. 2-3), nn,l he sh1'ank from it. Fm' onc thing, 110 \I'as too 7.ealOll5 a patriot to wish good to ill(' etwmics of his pOlmh'Y: flS nn Israel iic' he ",as steeped in tI,e PIlITPnt ideas and prpjmlices - of his ,lny an(l shn1'ed the hflllghty exclnsiwne5s which fll ways cha ractC'rised thnt na tion, And, l)('sid('s, .the sparing of Xinevph, a fte1' the prophct had dcc1'cNl thnt in fOl'tv days it should be overtl\1'o\l'n (iii, 4), ,,:onld ,letl'aet from the POW01' of his (lenllncintions. weaken his inAnplwe among his OIl'TI countr~'men. an,l make him out to he fllmost a false prophct. He had worke(1 honouri1bl~' as ft (li~tingnishf'(l sen-ant of ,Tel,ol'ah in the sight of fI11 Tsrael, nnd now his rareer \I'oldcl he wreckPf1. find his prophetic ,lig-

u itv Lru ilr-d in the dust. because of tltis outsid (:,'ntil,' nut.ion. '~\ml to this per souu l fcel iJlg lit, yieltlt-d a nd Iled. \\'I,,'1l it is su i.l "lit' llvd Irum lite pre.,('IIt'e of tile Lord," we an' 1I0l to u ndor,.;Land Llui L JOllah t1lulI:.\lIL lie cou ld Itide hi msol f frum lilt, oum isccu t uud omn ipotent (;ud. It 1I,,'all, that he fled a wnv f roru. I", g,II'(' "l' .uul a bu ndoucd Itf~ pceul iu r "bllldillg .uul high position be, foro .l ehnva h a, 11is couunissioncd prophet. J Ie wus in th(' f ul l flush of his prophetic triumph, for his prodictions as to tlte rostor.i tion of lhe border's of J sruel had hor-n rr-rnarka hl v fulfilled. lie was rega nl"d as the cho~en nlessenge;' of the l.orrl. .md looked to as the oracle of lsruel. )'<'1: lie 11'0111,1rn ther resign his prophetic' oilic" tl"111 go off the old lines '111(1conrlur-t a dist.inct a nd special in is"ion to the stronghohl of (1clltile heathen, isiu. Hp would ha ni sh himself :from his fai.h('rlall(1. and lie h iddcn and forgottcn alnollg t.lu- (:Plltile" of the west rather th.m pn'acli to UI(, (ientilc "ity ill tit., east. \\'e lIecd 1I0t. be surprisod at this. En'lI :'Ilo;;('s sh r.urk f'rom undcrt.rk inu t.h" le.ulcrship of I sruel. und condneiillg th o exodus f rom Eg.l'pt. Jcn'lI1iah showed re luctunco to he .Iehovah's messenger (J'pl'. i, 4-10). \Vhat wonder then that : .Tona h should start back and flee from the Divine call. The same rolueta nce was shown by Peter and the apost.les when they were instructed to receive uncircumcised Gentiles into the Christian Church (Acts x., x i.) It entailed much strifp and n rgurnent before they agreed to snv. "T'hen to the Gentiles also ha th Cod granted repentance unto life" (Acts xi. 18). F'rorn Gath-Hepher to Joppa is 50 miles. Ha \'ing boarded the ship, the prophet ret iros below, and. exhausted phvs ica l ly ; and mentally, falls into a profound sleep, from which even "the might~, tempest" did 110t arouse him. But the sailors in their fear begin to pray every man to his god. Judging from the description of an ancient Phrenicin n ship in the twentv-seveuth chapter of Ezekiel. the crews of these great merchantmen 'wpre rh-awn from fill parts of the world, Jg' nora nt and superst.itious ns these rongh n nd rude sn ilors wore. the,' all recognised the worth of pra~'er a;1(1 theil' dependence upon n Supreme Reing. At the samo time thev tried to work out their own ~fIlvn tion h~' "casting forth the wares that were in the ship into the S(,fl." ,Tonnlt, by the shipmflswr discm'prf'cl asleep. is aWflkpned fln(l hi(lden to cry to his God. Prayers hringing no cessation of thc storm, the seamen tr\' to (liscover. by cnsting lots. wh~' tl1(l \V'rath of the Deit~, is npon thelll. 'T'he lot fell upon ,Tonah, who at once is plipd with rflpi(l. engcr (jllPstions, espccin 11)' ns to what crime he had cOlTlmittpcl that the fur)' of his god shoulcl thus pursuc hi m? \rithont nny el'asion, not poncealing nn~'thing. Jonnh. with the solemn mnnner of n. prophet, confessed fill. The heathen sefln10n at once sail' thp all'fnlne~s of the propllf't's position-the~' grasppd thp thought thnt a spiritual ofrenrp is far greater than fin o]'(linflr~' moral ('rime, inn~llluph as it is more (lirectly aga in~t (iocl pprsonall~'. n11(1th('~' Imderstoocl that the rnging sea eXlw('sspcl the wrath of

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The scene t.hu t JuIJO\\'s is Ier.\' touching ami beautiful. Thuugh .luuu h !Jade U"'1I1 1IIrU\\' h iru overbo.ud ,1, tI", UIII,' urva ns fur their ,afet\,. vi-L "UIl'I' ro,,:ed hard Lu gd tI"'1I1 bac'k l~) the "lll~I." The sanet itv of llis ofrice still at.blC'hf'(l to .Ionah . all(1 t hcv felt tlu-v d,lrl' not treat as fl 111('1'(' ('I:i m ina I "t'h,' Lord's messenger," whatever his Ofl'CIIl'PS, Hut "the Rea grew II/ore (111(/ 1Il0l'e tcmpest.uous.' so at last. bam",l ill thei r iute utions and we.uied wi th their cfl'orts, thev cried-e-not to their own gods, hilt-to .Iehovu h, that .Jonuh's blood should not be on their hca ds (i. 14). There WHS nothing more the." could do, TIIP," luul worked up their lust. (,lIl'rgi"s Oil Iwllalf of 'l f,,l1011' creatun- ill gn'at a ud a wf'u! straits, the Most Iligh gal'(' 110 iml icu t io ns of all," relenting of l I is purpose. therefore "th!'.I' took up .Io nu h u nd cast h im forth in to the sea." T1n' ~OIt~1l11l work ,,cIS no sooner done than Go,l gal'l' t.h sigil that they had a('('ollll'l iBII(,(1 11i, 011'11 decree. and thn t the iuuoccn t hlood 11'110 1I0t upon thelll,the se,l ceased from her ragi ng." "c\lld the Lord prepared a great fish to swa.llow up .Iona h, and .Ionah was in the bel ly of the fish three days and three nights." It suffices you and me that our Lord throws the sanction of His great authority over this narration, He says. '.Tonah teas three days thus hidden awnv' (Matt, x ii. 40). f)~ we care nothing tor the scepticism which says, "Jonah wn s not," Consider a moment. There is no, thing so yery wonderful in it after all. Admit that God's power is almighty, and there is no limit to its working, .vnd He who preserves alive the. unborn child in its mother's womb, and brings forth the eorru pted Luzn.rus from the tomb. cn n deal thus with Jonah if it so please Him. There are three views that lllay be taken of this mi racle , (1) It was a miraculou . suspension of animation-Jonah III1COnscious vet a live. (2) A ma intena neo. superna tura.l ly, of life and thought wh i lo in the fish. (~) A revival of ex t inguisherl liff'-a li tera l rnising of .lona h from the do.ul, when "the Lord spa k., unto the fish and it vomited out .Iona h upon the drv land," God could ns r-asil v hu ve kept .Iona h n live in the spa ns i;l the fish'~ bel lv, hut in order to proflguro the bu ria I of our Lorrl, it was wille,l that hp shoul,l he within t.he fi"h. whose hrll~' was ,1S a gn,,'e, Tn tha t nalTOIV, (lmk. fpti(l rpfugp from the "iolenc,' of thc raging spa. which (io,l had jlroyidNl for .Tona.h, nroRe t1lP I'oip,.. of pl'a~'er, He f('Tt himself qllite safe in the fish's bell~', and despaired not of Gml's merev thnt he shoultl hp de, li\'crcd. The 'Psalm of Thanksgil'illg in its present henl1tiful fon\l ,lol1htle5s WflS composc(l nfter his rpstoration 1'0 the <11'.\' lan(1. for it is all writt('n in the paRt. tC'nsc, though the .~Pllfoi1J/PIl/8 of t.hi~ hymn arc those whieh the prophet nt the T.ime felt. Thus mllch as to .Tonah'~ eommission nllfl (lisohcclience, Tn 0111' next wc hope to considpr his sepond en11. the re]lC'ntnnce of Nineveh, nnd U1(, prophet's selfi;:;h ang:er,-Your friend.
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.TuNE, lOOS. Hchool at 3 p.III., and in Lho ovcuing addressed quite. a good cOllgregalioll UJ] lile u.ll-iiuportuut questiou ur "The Way uf Dalratioll." VUI' Bro. forcibly, lucidly ami situpl) told the old, old story uf Uud'~ wondcrIul pluu uf sa lvutiou through CltrisL the oayiuur, and urged It is hearers to sel. aside the many manill vented theories of sa Ivat.ion and takc Gocl's way. Ou thc Monday evening Bro, Aldridge gal'c unother address ill the Mi ners' Un iou Hall, and spoke to a moderate a udience Oil "Gospel Provisions." In this address our Bro. dealt very fully with man,}' of the great blessings God has in store for those who 'al'ail themselves of H is great oft'er of lifc through J-iis only-begotten Son. Tuesday evening was set aside for our week-night Bible Class, ami was devoted to quest.ions. "\l<llIy of the members had been looking lip various mutters, and for all hour ami a-half Bro. Aldridge was kept Hr.}' busy answering their many questions. \\'e wi~lt to hereby express our gratitude to the Auckland Brethren and to our Bro, Aldridge for the rich treat we have enjoyed, and the benefit which has come to us through the visit. And we pray that our Heavenly Father will richly bless Jlis own Message to the minds and hearts of all those who came to hear. God has Iurther blessed us hy ud.li ng to our little circle oj~t('r ~ellic Perr-y .md Bro. Hany Bostor-k, who put on the sin-covering n.unc of ('h rist. Oil \Ve(ln('~day, the 29th April. Our praycrs n re thu t 0111' Bro. ami Sister l\1;ty reed I'C II1l1ch hoa venly grace to wulk 1I'0rLhily in the high calling in Christ Je~lIs to wh ich tilt',)' a re now called. ' 0111' Sunday Sohool con tinues to grow ill numher. \\'n havo 11011'over 50 schola rs and u teachers. .D.D. \Vedll('~day cI'oning, .vpri! 2!l: That uiuch uusuuckrstoo purt.iou uf om-ipLure, chapter iii. uf .Iolur's gO~jJel, frU1I1 verse ;; tu S, wus t lie subjccl. d,USC'II, "The .New Birth." ~\Il~'Olle rcruliug Llieso verses, if purt.icula r uttontion is gi I'Cl! Lo the dialogue, wi 1I understand L1"lt a merely convr-tted person would not have the powcr of vol ition as described in the Sth verse , that is possible for those only who have been quickened, raised from the dead. This po,vcr is set forth in the cornpmi son. _\s the ono, so the other. 1I1ny G: The topic for this oyening was "The Kingdom of Ciod," ::\[a~y passages were quoted to show tha t the Kingdom of God will be established on this earth. Sec Genesis, xi i. 1, 2, 3; read whole of chapter xv., also the whole of chapter v ii, of 2 :':l;lIllucl, J Chron. v., Exodus x ix. 5, E~ckicl xxi, 27, Matt. vi. 10, Luke i. 30-33, Acts i. 3, H lid several others were referred to. Wcdncsdny, iau.. Sub.iect, "God's Picture Lessons of Destruction." Many word picture, of the process of dcstruction were presented. The lecturer. leading lip from marble, trees. animals. birds, insects, ete., including man, showed all were included in the pictures of destruction (Isaiah i. 28, xl , 6; read Psalm x~xyii.; Psalm ciii. 15. 16: Ist Epistle of Peter i. 24; James i\-.' 1+). Herod desired to destroy Christ (Xla tt, ii. 13; Hosea xi ii. D}. Wednesday cvening, 20th: A verv interesting and inst.ructive lecture, entitled "The Bible: \\hat It Is and \,hat It Is Not--A Unique Book." A lucid description 0 f the conten ts was giver.. Written during a period of 1500 years by different writers, and in Egypt, ~Hol11e, Babylonia, and Pa lest.ine, at different periods, without any collusion; vot all wrote setting forth one pa rticula r plan for thc development of God's purpose in the age to come. 'I t is a historv, Is not a book of texts , not a system of rloctrine ; not a classi fication of nature , not a book of morals. though a moral hook. On ('a eh night wel lmerited applause WHS givcn. W.G. 'YAITIT.-Rince 111)-last rr-port we have received ma nv fn vou rs and 111l1eh blessing. First I;'f' ';'Pl'l' favoured with a visi t f rom Bro. Wa terhouse, who conducted 0111' Run(lfl~' st'1'\'ice~. and at the evening meeti ng gHYP it very st.irring address I1pon the topic of "A Fill! RIII'rr-nder.' 0111' r!ro.'~ on mest n ppoul made an impression wh ieh r hope wi ll be lasting 11]1on I1S nil. Hl'o. o. A. (Ireen follower] later, and hr- also conducted both services. 'Ye n rr- a lways glad to see him; he rloes l1S all good. Tle \I'olTi"5 r011nd, RCC'R el'cryhorly, antI IlRllally manages to awaken SOI11(' int('1'est in Romc fricnrls or sympnthiscl's. Then wc flnish('(l IIp 0111'yisitol's witll Bro. A1dl'idgc. wllo has been with 11S fol' Rnnel;lv ]\[onday and Tu('sclay, ~ lay 3, 4 and 5.' T;lking filii lI(J\'antnge of 11111' Hro.'s 111'cs('nce, wc think wc have madc goo(1 nsc of hil11. He ronclllC'te(l the mornin0' nlPctinO' fI(1(lre,s('(1 lhe ci1il(it;,'n il," the R~;lcl:lY

AucKLANo.-Thereis no abatement in the interest displayed in the \redne~day evening lectures. A good many of the visitors have have expressed that thc truth a ttcndod rl'glllnrly, 11ll<1 themselves as satisfied is taught in West Sunday man." Street evenst.ran-

Church. The subjects for ing services have n ttractod gel's, have the desi red dfl'd.

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Sunday, ~\ pri l 2G: TIro. G_ H. King presided, and gaY2 a practical address, his subject being. "A Common Sense View of the Bible." In the eveninrr Bro, A Idridgc discoursed on "Pagani~n in the Churches," ] t was shown that it exists to-day, especin llv the doctrine of soul immortality. Sunday, May :'l: Bro. ''''hite in the morning: Psa lm ) 03, We had the pleasure. of wi tness.ing a young sister put on Christ in the water of baptism: .Iossie Kern. The pleasure was enlm nced by the mother of the above, Leah Lyrlia Kern, becoming a member of the Church by rcceiving the right hand of fr-llowship. In the evening Bro, C. F. GalTatt occupied tile platform, the subject being "Peace" (Isaiah ii.) . Sundav, lOth: Bro. Laurie 'ViI cock presided. Acts iii. to verse 12 of chapter 4. ]31'0, Ernest Aldridge gave an oxeol lont address from the above, "In none other name is there salvation." \Ve wer to Rose rd with IlS again, and to hnve with us in rp,llowship Sister Collings. In the evening the subject wn s "Thc 'Ya~' of R~1va tion" (Ads xv, 18) .. Nover n promise of (loci but was nssociatcd with Christ.
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Rnmlfl.Y, 17th: Bro. Aldridge condueted the morning service. Galntians i. What a ma.rvellous declaration for a man to make. Received his instructions direct f rom Christ; then in verse 20 en lis God to witness that "I lie not." This is an important chapter to ourselves ; Christ not onlv redeemed us from 0111' sins, hilt from the present evil agp. TIro. Hemy G~'lli(>s received the right-hand of Iel lowsh ip this morning. WE' had also with l1S in fellowship Bra. ::\[11 1'1'H::. of 'I'a ihape, late of Christchurch. Tn the evening a series of addresses was commenced on "Christ as Presented h~' Propheev." Thc introductory remark~ ('mhrac~d a good portion of both OTc! and New Testaments. ThE' Bible bE'gins with thl' faet that Gorl rreatpcl, nml bllilc!s llpon this basic faet. Snnday. 24th: Bio. 'Dixoll presided. C'haptE'l' xi\-. of .John's gospel. "Let not 1'0111' heart he trollhlE'd. ve heliE've in ({od, Iwlieve also in Mc!' . Tn thc evening the slIh.ipct spoken to was "Tmma11l1('1, Centra I Hope of Raee." This sl1h.ieet rkmanclecl a good attenclance. hilt thc \\'eatlwr ,,-as Y('r~- llnfayollr~hlc.

UUNEDTN.-Rinc(' OUI' Ins!; report 0111' Church work h:l~ l.een (,:l1'1'iNI un :I~ IIHII,ll. VIII'. IIIf'Ptillg~ hn H' I>l(n \'ery well attended, hoth 1ll0l'l1ing und CI'CIIillg, Hros, J~a\Vn\Il('(1 and Sincock bein e thr- chief spl':lkcr~. LasL Sunday \I'~ had the fir~t of till' la11te1'11 addresses giYE'11 h~' Bro. H. \\'_ Lawrence 011 "Thc Life of Dn.vid." which was vpry interC'sting and instructiv, showillg, as i t did, how Go(l protected and. gllicic(l thosC' who trusted ill Hi m. These adtlrl'~~("~ will he continued every sr-cond or th inl f'1I11(lay du ri ng tho wintr-r months. f'or1'0\1- has aga in hor-n cast OH'r 0111' lit t lo :ls~el11hly, tllp l'11(,1I1),Doa th hH~ h('('n at 1I'01'k, u nd has La ki-n ill i1,~ grip 0111' dear 'l+ro. C'mnio, son. Our Brother [l('r-alllr- n victim to i11flllcm::1, <1n(1, h.ing lip in ~'f'ars, and not ,of a 1'0hll~L nat.lIl'e. lie "':1S IInablc 10 rr-gnin his Rtr('ngt.h. nnc1 gnICIIIHlly grcw wcakel', lIntil IIc fell :1sl('r-p Oil April 2:\1'(1. Ol\l' Ryl11pni'II~gol's Ollt to\\':lnls Ristel' ('arnie a1l<1 thc fal11il~', a11d 11'(' pr'I~' that 0111' llea\'('nly leather will cOlllforL HIIIl ~lIstain tllell1 i;l 1,h('il' 110111' trial ;In(1 hl'lp thell1 Lo look' of pnst Uds snd p:ll'ting to Lilt) glol'iOl\R 1'P'l111ion whell (1111' 1.01'(1 shall 1'ell1rn an<l r]aim Ilis own. Iho. (':1r11ir \\'~s :111

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Ill'ld it,., half-,,'cHI'I,I' iJusilJess In(,l'i.il1g. II'hl'1J t.lre folloll'ing officers ilnd committl'es lI',el'(, l'1('cif'd :-Pr('sidl'nt, T, J. Wi Icock , Yic('-Presidcnts, .A., S;nith and .I. 'i\'oodIl'Rnl: ReCI'('tHl'\'. Sister l. 'Yilcock; :\ssi."t;I1li. F;('cr('ta ;T. Bl'o, L Fa lkn('l': Tl'easlIrl'r, F;ist.l'r j~. Phi pps ; ('01'rpsponcling i'l'CI'('tal'.l'. Bro. C, Ca rrn tt . n('portl'r, C, Cates , ('ommittel's a ppoin(ed wo ro. :\J('('tings. Look-Ollt. Bible S/andard, and F;uJJshiJJl', i\fH,I' lIthe Bn11(1 celcbr.i ('r! its ,\IIIIin'rsar,1'. lI;ll'illg ;( record aL(.('lId('(lr~ Look pla('(' H rC'\\" \rf'l'k:-; ilgo. wh(,1I <1l1('C,IlInll~' of tl,(' old III(,TlliJ('rs h"lping tile followiJlg werr- (,I('('i('ll: -_:--., Lu w(0 swr-]] t lu- mlllluns. :\llIsical i(.('III~ rcnco, SeCl'eL~lI'Y: E. ~j Ilcock. 'I',O(';I:-;lIl't'r; \\'('re rCII<II'I'('<I.<IlIrillg tlrc cI'cHing-, Tllc L iialldCl'son, -I, Urcntorcx. E. i'ill('ol'k, I'rl'sid('nt g'I\'I' ,\"Orrls of eIJCOIII'Hg<'TIIl'nt and 0-. La \\"1'(111(-(', J)PHCOIIS. (: r('(.tiJlg'~ (0 th(' U<111d. Jlro, Ko llv was tlrl' (0 a II ]3r('tilrell._K. I~.\WRES('E, 'pen kr. a lid g'l I'" a good nddrcss, OillPr IIIf'IIJiJPr, spok(', [Illding to tile in(iF:OllGETO\\,X, BBI'!'I>;I[ UI'JA"A,-8ince terest of U,e lIll'eLing, 1'11(' l'f'fr('sl'lllclJts 1l;II'ing been pHrtakcn of. the mee(.ing I last wrot 1 hal'e met with it little oppositio on the strel'l, This I welcome, closed all f(,l'ling th,ey had spent a \'el'Y klloll'ing tha t Ll1(' messagl' l h'1\'e to deprofitable and happ~' time together. li vr-r wi!l 1)(';11'illl'cstigation, [am told '1'11(' ",inter session of the Christinn that Home seielltifie allthol'ity has deRand Commenced on Mav 18th, Bro, L, \'i'i Icoc;, presiding, H~ exhorted the ('Iarl'd l h.i t "the dead arc ali,'e: and tllat the,\' can really speak with lIs-tllis is Rand to be fen'ent, diligent, and persevering ",ith their work, not lem-ing to sait! to bc an e~tahlishcd fact," If they o the rs the duty which we ought to do aI'(' livo. why do we bu rv them? ,rhj' Olll'sel\'es. Each ono is expected to tako sholllc] thpy hide thpl11sell"('s from us, a personal interest in the work of tho o nlv cOlllnlllnic'lt.ing in dnl'k ]'00 111, u nd S Ba nd. to attend the meetings regularly. UIl'1' who once tnlk('(l wi th us so f reelv and to invite others to COme. Jf added 1101;' betnk(" thpmscl,'C's to tahl rapping, 1.0 this there is the diyine blessing, wo sla(e writing, ('tc.? [in~i8t tha t we arc sur of sllccess; much good wi II hp ollgh L to pll t con fidenre in th(' ,Bibl!', It done, and God's name will be glorified. [x no J'onall's gOlll'd. COllling lip in it "iillnshine" being the subject under con!light and perishing in a night rt Irns sideration, our brother went on to sa v hp"1I among,;t mo n for rl'ntllri('s; it is that sllnshine must begin in our 0"';1 0111' fril'll(] in ;l(h'cr,;ihas we]! as in 11('art.,.,. then it will, shine out in our prO'I)(>riiy. Thosl' who 'ar(' gllidl'd hy its fncE'~ a nd he ('xpressed in our actions tPilehing '11'(' novor ashanwd of it. The one townl'cls nnother Christ is tll(' l,i.,,(ol'l' of nations 1Il1lst a lso he stlldied source of 11appiness; let us drink of tho if wo ~"Olrld know th!' ('xtl'nt of Lhe claims joj- that noli' is, and rest upon the 811rl' whirh thc Bible hns upon our attcntion. hOJlc of the future, not trusting to 0111' Thn t hook rcmains. whilst the lights. f'ecl ings, for we a re I ike a vessel '1t whdlrcr hllm;1n 01' spil'itunl, nood Irennchor. movorl to and fro with 1.he tido : queut r!'pla('('l11ent. TlnlS T h;1I'e still to but whil the anchor remains flrmlv pro('IHim tIle old stor~' to a perishing fixed the vessel is sa fc, 'Let us be sure IllIlllilnit\' that thinks it does not need it, thn t we are nnchored on Christ, so that La st iill'n(la~' T was spcnking upon thl' we remn in lI11mo"eable and sten r1fnsi' :\a(lIl'l' nnd ])e~tiny of the HllInan Ra('P. unto tlll' ('nd. Bro. C, Ganatt the'n T r('ad the !lOt!; Psa lm, lInel trncccl shollwl how to get to work on thl' (lnrk thl'Ongh thl' R<'1'ipblrc for its proof, and livcs of the fn,l]cn a.nd mnkl' them spoke I'l'r~' plainl,l' (0 m~' hl'arl'rs on thl'ir hrightl'r '111(1happier, helping them 011t position as Opponpnts of thc '''onl. I of thl' gross da rkness wh ich envelol)('s tol<l thpm that somc of them had joincd tl1('nl, and illtO the gloriolls sl1nshine SOIl1l' Christian ('llllr{'h 1>l'Cnn8l' th!'ir parnn(l lih(~l'tv of our J.onl. Bro. H, Aldl'nls ,,'l'rl' 111l'ml)('rs. 01' hr('allsr the forcridg(' continued thl' sunshine talks ".I' man of thl' fOllndr~' was a ll1l'mhcr, and sa~'ing 1.ha t, first, sl1nsh ine lllust ])(' diswOl'k was ('asil'r to get if a memher of thc played in onr own homes, Get a good snn1(' chllrch. 1'111Is I contrn(l('(l thcy sllppl,V el'cry lllorning, sllo';'ing, it Ollt \\'l're not in a posi Lion to opposc OlP (lnring the day. and reflf'ctJng It IIp.on teal'lring, alt',hongh \,(,l'~r rl'nd,v to cnll liS othl'rs, so that they may f?('1 happll'I' nnmrR, On thl' fOllowing Y'i'e(lI1('sday and for hnving hel'n in ~nr compnny.-c,c, Friday nights they eam(' prepal'rd. ns th('~' thollght, to l'cfnte m~' traehing; hnt th('y rl'st('(l thl'il' case chil'n,l' lIpon the pnl'ahl(' of the Rich Man alHl Ln7.nl'ns. This opposii'ion gaY<' ml' n grnnd oppor(.lInit,I' for hl'inging till' 1'1'I1lh for\\";11'cl._ YOlll'S in ['he Lorrl, W, R. EllnEHn.L. '''hat hnl-e in this world is like RO mllch st.ngl' pl'Opl'l'ty Il'nt 10 11, to pla.I' 0111' P'll'i's with-kM 10 us 10 sce wha t, 0'0011 w(' (10 with " ((rmtlfJ (h'e/!. that l'n1-1'118t('<1to UR,. RiI'

('ar1l('si C'hri"iia1l. '1IId liP llas been a ;.(00([ worker ill Lilt, :\Iasier's cause a1ld a linll iJelicH'r ill 1.lll' n:suj'J'('c(iolt oJ U,(' de'ld: alld he is lIOW re:;ti1lg, a waiLi1lg lli, I~TJnl', rel u rn, l.a:;L KIITI<laJ' .Hro, I.a 1\'['('11<:" preached ;t lHl'1I10ria I :;1'ITil'c, iaking for his :;lliJjl'et "The UOj>c of UIl' ('hrisLiH1I.' \I'r' had a good lHllIlul'r pr('spnt, uud all expresscd Lheir plea:;lIre ill (h(' <lbl(' manll('r 0111' Jlrotl'er dealt wif.h tllP subject, Showing that 0111' hop('s a re a II centred in t.hp den tit and rcslIlTection of 0111' Lord and, 'al'ioll . r who C'lIne that In' might 11;11'" life, \I'p a re jllst abour to conlJlI('nc(' a plan of helping to spread thl' trllths 11'(' hold, \I'" hn vo obt.linrd a stor-k of hooks, and st.lJt distribllting Lllrlll 1Il'xL weok , 1\'(' trust that some good rC'lIlts niav follow our efroris, Tlrc <llIlIlIal cl(etion of otli-

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Our first dllty is to gratefully acknowledge the gift of five pounds from "One of the Lord's F;ervallts" a t ('antel'llul'l': of one pound from "Anot,hf'r n t \Yonderland"; and of smaller amounts from helpers at hand. Jt is a splendid encOllragemcnt to us to find how readily a nd gelll'l'Ollsl,I' Our brcthrcn und sisters respond to tile ca 11 0111' work 111 kcs upa 011 tilCIII. '1'1'11 ,1' thc giv('l' is blest. and 1 (l,e l'('('il'icllt Iras pleasllre ill reCCil'ing, iJlTL tiIOS" who di~Lriblll(' til(' gift expel'icnce lilt, jJlea~ure of knoll'illg' the joy of lJO(]" II'l' were furiullat., in sl'curillg a spare CI'Cllillg 011 1.hl' Hand's programmc for '1 i'ITnsl,illl' hour. ]31'08. ~rikock and Gal'ra (t made' good u,e of the ti me, a nd at Lhe ('lose we felt indeed it had been a Sunshine el'ening. 'Ve were reminde(l how necessnl'J' it is that a Christian should let his light shine before men, that doing good must not be left to nccidcnta I chances, but must be the result of ea mast effort and definite ]llll'pose. \Ye were reminded of Our priv ilege of giving regularly and of putting forward a united effort. 'Ye a lso hn I'P the right to make suggestions and l)1'ing inforrnation that will lead to the wis 11 se of the money and property ontrusted to us. That plensnnt hour left in 0111' hear-t the desire tha t thoughtful helpfulness might be a perlllanl'nt trn it in our charnetm', to tho glol',\' of t.he :\(astl'r we love.

There is no labour lost. Though it seem tossed J n to th e dcopes t s('a, In dark and d roarv lIigh(s, ':\Iid sL01'Ill,\' Ilasl: of ligllt". 1t cometh h;[ck 1.0 thc,,, Comet), not ns it went, f'o strangely warped and bent, ]1ut straight as n n a rrnw npl\': And though thou dost not know How right from wrong' ma,l' grol\'. Fl'olll fal"l' 1I1l' tl'ue'1""011 1ll1l;-;L

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iiorrow Ira tll urok(' forn, in ~ong'I'ha t li fp COIlll'S Ollt of den th, Tire Ii II' n nrl roS("" hl'ea th Frorn liNls whel'(, lIgl~' s1.ains \\'el'e wnslrcrl belo\\' bl' earthly rains. Fear not to labour, tJ;('n, ' Nor SHY, "J" thrp\\, my tilll0 al\';l\',' Tt is for God, not mpn. ' To (,0111\"'/''I'll" (,OST. A1\"1lPAY,
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There is no n n tidote for a gren t, SOrro\\, so effiPHcioHs n~ tlrl' ]JHr"lI it of n genl'rollS nmhition. Till' ('-'11'S of RHf]'('l'illg nrl' nnsl'Pll illto minhows II'Irl'n (he stl'ady light of idealism Rhilll's throngh t.hrlll frolll tIll' S01I1.-I'I'O(. Ifenrler80n,

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a IUJlg t iurc let it a 10 Ill' ; t lu-n h is shuuldcrs would lu Lwil.ch .unl juin p alld h is fri(,lItis k nuw lhl' uppeti tc ,md he would walk and go off for consistent a lcngthcucd evevvonc life. spree was reFi na Ilv he been me n Christian, bv his ca ref'ul and

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He nn ited with the Church, and on a certain Sundu.y wa s to take his first communion. A friend Wl1S talking to one of the deacons on thc day before the communion service, and spoke of the colonel's conversion, "Yes," replied the church to-day for the first time:' "Where (1 con" ea ,10 you get your officer. "he is to commune with us

wine for

sacramental

purposes.

"Oh, at any of the shops." "Wha.t !" exclaimed the questioner, starting hack aghast, "?OU don't mean to tell me you use the w ine of commerce, th(' n lcoholic, intoxicating wine, do vo u ?"

"'Yhy, yes; what ha rm

"I would not dare

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Single copies BOOK STJWARD-K H. ]<'ALJ{NF;R. Queen Street .. AGl<;N'l'S FOR THlt BIBLE S'l'AN])A RI>: NEW ZEALAND. Auckland-Mr. Hancock, Bookseller. Queen St.reer. Wellington-H. J. Barraclough, Myrtle Crescent. Dunedin=Mr. Lawrence, Hope Street. Kahpoi-Mr. James Holland. Rangiora-Mr. 'oVm. Smith, South BrOOk. New Plymou th=-Mr. F'red Goodacre, Courtnr-y Ro~'1. East Oxford-Mr. A. England. Thames-Mr. C, Sanders, Macky Street. Timaru-Mr. H. H, King, Stafford Street. 'I'Iuwald, Ashburton-Mr. Shearer. vVaihi-Mr. J'oseph Foster. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Adelaide-Mr. C. Gamble, Mag ill Road, Stcpnoy. NEW SOUTH WALES. Sydney-Mr, H. Cropp, Mitchell Street, Kogarah. Oommunications
Brent.wood Nook.''' Avenue,

to do it;

for

God's

sake,

don't him

let

the

colonel have the cup to-day with that w ine : pass way; don't let him touch his lips to it!" "Oh," it won't replied hurt the deacon, "the colonel's him."

by an~'now ;

to the Editor to be addressed: Mount Eden. 'I'elegraphic

GI<:O ALI>!PpGl':. .. Address, hock)

a Christian

to

All communications to the Association arid orders for Bible Stand,,,,d be addressed to Lhe Secretary, MR. ALI~X. PAGl1:. Mnrrloch

Road, Grey Lyn n, Auckland,

The hour of administration came, and the colonel was there with the rest; grateful friends were mndo happy with the sight, as he bowed there with tearful eves for the first time in his li fe, The cup was passed, and the ('010ne1'8 turn came to tnsto the wine. He raised his head slowlv, touched the cup with his hands, and raised it rovcrcntly to his lips, tasted it. n11(1 started like a mn n aff'rightcd, quivering; :from head to foot for a ha lf-second, and then clutching the glass, d row it flercelv to his month, They 'tried to teal' it away, hnt in va in . nor would he release his hold in spite of all their efforts until tho glass was about cmptv. Before night he was drunk, and in ton dnys he was dcnrl l H(' died in Icn rIul torment, The a ppet ite \I'as not dead. but slllmbf'ring.-.loll1l H. (Iouqh,

CHURCH

OF CHRIST

Hold Services as under : AUCKLAND-West Street, Sunday at 11 o'clock

s.m., Fellowship Meet lug nA5 P,ll}:, Preaching Service. sundar Scbool at 2.45. Wednesday evening, Bible Class at 7.4f . I~van~elist's addreas=-Geo. Aldr-ldg e. Brent.woorl Avenue Roarl ,

Mount Eden. Secretary-Wo Gibson, Pnnsonby ROSKILL

HALL,. Sunday at 11 a.m., Fellowshtp Meeting.

nu Nl~DlN-OddfellowB'

DON'T BLOCK UP YOUR WAY. 1 was silting in the office of a merchant not long since, when a lad of sixteen entered with a cigar in his mouth. He sa id to the gentleman: "I would liko to get a situation in ~'our warehouse." "I might give you a place, but you cany a very bad recommendation in your mouth," was the merchant's reply. "1 don't think it any harm to smoke. sir; nearly everybody smokes 110w." "1 am SOlT~' to say, m~' young friend, I cannot employ ~'ou. If ~'ou have money enough to smoke cigars, you will be above working at the ordinary duties of your place; and if you have not 1I10ne~', vour love of cigars might lead you to steal it. No boy who smokes can get employment in my WArehouse." A \\'01'(1 1:0 tho wise is sufficient.-Seleated.

Hall. Stuart 8treeL . Sunday at 11 a.m .. F'ellowsh ip and Meeting. Evening Preacblng Service. 6.30, . Secretary's Address-S. Lnurence. Hope Streer., Duncd in.
Ohurch, Sunday, Fellowship

HELENsvrLLI~.

Meeting, at 11 a.m. Sunday School, at 2.30 Sunday Evening. Preaching, 7. Chu rch Secretary, R. M. Cameron, RH-Pollen

I'H A ~I

Street Lecture Hall. Sundav at 11 a.m., Fellowship Meeting. Evening Service at 6.30. Sunday School at 2,30. Bible Cluss every Wedncs!lHY evening at F.vangeJist-E. H, 'I'aylor. Bowen Street, Pal;~.wai. Secretary-Ch as. Sanders. Ma.ckay Street. I hnmes

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\V AIHI-'l'he

Miners' Union Hall. Sunday 11 a.m, Fellowship Meeting; , 2.30 p.m. Sunday School. Su~day Evening, at 7. A PIl hlic Hible Add ress, Church Secretarr-D. Donalrlson. l1:"angelist-.Jo"eph Foster, Waih].

"rIMA TtU-Sopbla Street Hall. Snnday, at 11 n.m . Fellowship Meeting. Secretary's Address-H. H. King, StnfTord Street. 'I'Irna r o ADET~AIDE. S.A.-Drnids' Hall. Beulah Road. Nor wood. Secretary's Add resa=Georeo G. Gamble, l\:ragill Road. Stepney Adelaide. S.A.

----04.~ __ -"\Yllf'n )'on nre sure that maybe ~'ou wi ll find out that "To r000~ni;;p virtue."
t rur-

a thing is so, hotter it isn't so." on 1h(' pl1rt of another

look out.

or

morit

is a rn rrPrinted bv 1'HF; BnE'r'!' PRTNTING ANO PUBLISHING COMPANY. Short land Street, for the New Zealand Evangelist.ic and Publica t.ion A"Roeiat.ion. and nubllshed hv \V. A. SMITH. Sel wyn Road. 1\11'. Arbert, JUNE. 1~08.

".All things are sa('r('(1 where devotion hl'('alI1(',s. and love and reverence, like ]\fosps at the hush, throw oil thr-i r sa nrla IR "11(1 tread' on holy ground everywhere."