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

EDITED BY WILLIAM LEASK, D.D.

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

No. It. Vol. Ill. AUGUST, 1880. Price One Penny.

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Atheism without Excuse '" ... ... ... 122 3-0 p.m. Business Meeting of General Com-
The Divine Element in Prophecy... ... 123 mittee and Delegates.
What is the Soul... .. .. , 125
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ATHEISM WITHOUT EXCUSE.
•• The invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are
clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His
eternal power and Godhead; so that ·they are without excuse."-
Rom. i. 20.
HERE is an appeal to an older book than the Bible-the
Book of Creation, a statement full of meaning, and con-
clusive that visible things prove an invisible Maker; that
the letters of mountains and forests, hills and rivers, con-
tinents and seas, all form paragraphs of the mighty Scripture
which speaks of the mind that planned and the hand that
formed this visible and marvellous universe. Yet some men
say there is no God; they have not been able to find Him
out, which is perfectly true so far as His wonderful person-
ality is concerned; and if they had found Him out they
would no longer be in a condition either to deny or admit
His existence, for the consuming fire would have made a
quick end of them. But He mercifully conceals the awful
splendour of His person, veiling it in the flesh of Christ that
we may be able to look without being destroyed by the
brightness of His glory.
God often appeals to the works of His hands. You re-
member the chapter in Isaiah :-' Lift up your eyes on
high and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth
out their host by number; He calleth them all by names
by the greatness of His might;' and you remember the in-
conceivably grand words, the first in the Bible, containing
volumes of thought: 'In the beginning God created the
heaven and the earth;' so that there is a God, and the
heaven and the earth that are created are not eternal
matter; so that Pantheism, which confounds God with
creation, is a mistake, and Atheism also. 'The entrance of
Thy word giveth light; 'here is the door that opens upon
the entire volume of inspiration. 'In the beginning.'
When? I know not; it matters not; but' in the beginning
God created,' arrangin~bsequently. God did it, and the
works of His hand remain to this day, the everlasting
monuments of His wonderful wisdom and all-prevailing
power and His thoughtfulness for the well-being of the in-
telligent creation He then. intended to call into existence.
He spanned the heavens by His might and wisdom, and
gave the earth its solidity, form, and fruitfulness. So those
who say there is no God are' without excuse.'
There is no apology that can be offered for atheism. All
around us speaks of the creative skill of a God, His power
and wisdom. Whence came these outstretched heavens and
this earth? What power brought them into being?
Chance? Then, chance is an almighty creator, and should
be worshipped and have praises sung to it; for it has done
most wonderful things if it has shaped the universe. Some
of the ancient philosophers who had not the Scriptures tried
to account for the universe, and speculated deeply and long,
STANDARD.
and they came to the conclusion that' out of nothing nothing
could come,' and so they invented space and atoms and gave
these atoms room enough to play in space till they came
together, in the course of ages developing out of protoplasts
into the glorious universe. But who made the protoplasts ?
Who made the atoms? Who stretched out the space?
Here we must go back to a first cause; and though we
cannot explain a first cause, yet it is the least of the two
difficulties. On the development hypothesis, it is a fact that
nothing has yet been known to rise above its source, so that
if man be the chief of God's animal creation, which he is,
without speaking of his intellectual and spiritual faculties,
he has not come from an inferior animal, but from the
creative hand of God, as this Book tells us. I ask further,
whence come these cravings in my nature for fellowship
with some Being higher than myself? The Creator knew
this yearning, and so provided for its satisfaction; and this
it is that involves responsibility. There is a danger in these
days from an increasing scepticism; and Christians should
do all that in them lies to instruct the young as to this
extreme danger, reminding them that the words of the
Book whose divinity has been established from age to age
have stood the test of all criticism, and borne out the truth
of God through roIling centuries and revolutions, a Book
that has vindicated itself though kings have burnt it in their
wrath, and whose words have been fulfilled notwithstanding
torrents of opposition. I know that a time of fierce atheism
is coming which will culminate in a person, the Lawless
One, the Man of Sin. What is atheism? It is lawlessness.
For if there be no God, what is the motive action for any
intelligent being? The idea of 'no God' is a supposition
perplexing in the extreme, and everything else becomes un-
accountable; and it paves the way for the personal Anti-
Christ, who will give himself out as the God of this world,
challenge supremacy even with Jehovah, and do his utmost
to wrest the world from the Redeemer and hand it over to
the Prince of Darkness. Let us not help the coming of that
day but be among its hinderers. What is 'that which hinder'
but Christians in whom is the Spirit of the Lord? Stand
firm, then, I conjure you, in the faith.
What hope is there for the world of men if there be no
presiding Deity? There are two perplexing problems in-
volved. Take the history of our race, and you will find two
parallel lines; the best men among the greatest sufferers,
the other class tyrants and oppressors. When suffering pain
and grief you think it will be rectified one day, and remember
the long list of martyrs. Is it so? Those who are loyal to
their God and would rather die ill the flame than deny Him,
what reward are they to have? How strange to think that
there is to be no future for them, no judgmentto put right
the wrong judgments of men, no clearing up of the mystery
of humanity! Then, take their oppressors and slayers; if
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there be no God, there is no judgment or justice. But He
has said that the wicked shall not stand in the judgment,
but that the righteous shall inherit the earth; and Paul
consoled himself with this reflection. But if there be no
God, the universe is handed over to be the dire sport.of the
devil, evil increases, and there is no hope. The men, the
thinkers, the intelligent part of the world, civilisation,
science, art, and skill have done wonderful things. The
discoveries of modern times have been positively astounding,
and the world's history has nothing to match with them.
But have we discovered yet how to make a living daisy?
Can we give life to a blade of grass? Can we vivify an
insect or a worm? Have we arranged to ward off the
storm, prevent the lightning, or allay those terrific tempests
which engulf both ships and precious lives ? We boast of
our achievements, but quite a number of these arose in
merely accidental discoveries. Oan we bring rain down
from heaven upon the parched earth? Have we any rain
doctor amongst us? Oan we disperse the thick cloud when
it comes? Oan we order the blowing of the wind? When
we want a holiday can we stop the shower? No; and yet
men dare say forsooth: 'There is no God!' The existence
of a God is a better creed than that of the epicure, which is :
, There is no God; let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we
die.' Poor fellow! when he acts on that creed, he cuts
short his life, so that it has passed into a proverb with
godless men: 'A short life and a merry one;' and it is a
life of headaches and vexation, profitable only for the
doctors.
Atheism shuts man out from the meaning of this beautiful
world. God made the living green, the living flowers, and
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Life is the secret of their beauty. God made the roses, the
fruit, the plants, for our pleasure and advantage; and just
as in the subterranean rivers there are fish without eyes, so
there are men who cannot see a God in the wise adaptation
of things, though His manifestation is unmistakeable. 'I'his,
then, is my theme, that you cannot think of a world without
a creator or an effect without a cause. You all have logic
enough to see that the thing is impossible. You have heard
the story of the Ohristian man who had a sceptical friend
who believed in chance; he placed in his room a beautiful
globe, and said: ,It is a map of the world;' and in reply
to the question where he procured it, he said: '0 from
nowhere.' 'Then how came it here?' , By chance.' 'O!
nonsense,' replied the sceptic. 'Well,' said the Ohristian,
, You will not believe it of that little toy, and yet you can
believe that the great world of which it is a feeble repre-
sentation could come by chance!' This convinced him,
showing the irrationality of the theory. We have in this
text a declaration of man's intelligence, that he can infer
from what he sees. The atheist is ' without excuse,' because
STANDARD. 123
the evidence is before him of the Almighty power and god-
head of the Creator. Look at anything from the humble
flower to the noonday sun, blazing in all the splendour of
his imperial glory and say, if you can, that there is no God.
Moses, who says God made the sun, moon, and stars, is
discredited in this day of superior wisdom; but I believe in
Moses and his astronomy as well as in his theology, for both
stand on the same platform, inspired by the same Spirit.
The fulfilment of prophecy proves its truth, the events
happening just as they were foretold, all to fulfil the
purposes of God in the world, and demonstrate the state-
ment: 'My words shall not fail.'
We have been talking about infidelity and the necessity of
a God to punish iniquity and reward His suffering servants.
There is a God. Christ is His Son, whose story is not to
be denied, whose appearance on the earth was predicted
long before, and testified to by inspired and uninspired
writers, as having changed the course of history, turning
Pagan into Christian Europe, and purifying the aspirations
of men. He bare our sins. If there be no God, there is no
Saviour, no Christ, for He said that God sent Him, and all
is a delusion. But He came from and identified Himself
with His Father, by Whose power He wrought-His miracles
to attest His mission and set forth that God is an Almighty
and Gracious Father in Christ Jesus. As long as we have
the story of the cross, we have Deity demonstrated, and even
if nature and its teachings should fail, the fact can never
be got rid of; every Ohurch is a testimony to Christ's
mission; every Ohristian is a living temple. The atheist is
assuredly' without excuse.' Atheism is so palpably absurd;
it does such violence to the understanding and such insult
to one's very nature. No God? The fool, because of his
folly, has said so ; for he does not like God; God is not in
his thoughts, and he denies all moral law or obligation to
any higher power than himself. But we have been differently
taught. Our Gospel is not a cunningly-devised fable. We
have proof, cumulative, personal, logical, experimental.
God is, hence we are; He lives, we live; He is mind, we
have intellect; He has heart, and we love; He is com-
passionate, and we are redeemed; He is our Father, and we
are His children. Let us bear in mina our great responsi-
bility to this great and blessed Being; let us be true to our-
selves and our convictions, and anticipate with joy the day
when He shall in the resurrection lIfe present us without
spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Amen.
THE DIVINE ELEMENT IN PROPHEOY.
ABOUTthirty years after the birth of Christ, and after the
national consciousness had acknowledged the cessation of
prophecy for more than four hundred years, and after all
the literary phenomena we possess had long been com-
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pleted, there arose a man in the spirit and power of Elias,
who declared that the mysterious Kingdom of God, of which
David and the Psalmists had sung, and the prophets had
spoken, was about to be revealed. He produced a profound
impression on his age, the more remarkable because it was
not himself to whom he directed the national attention, but
another, in whom he declared the ancient prophecies found
their meaning and were fulfilled. His ministry, as a matter
of fact, was followed by another yet more remarkable, the
ministry of One who not only took up the words of John,
but announced Himself as the Person of whom he spake,
and as being at once the subject and the object of all ancient
prophecy. This Person is admitted on all hands to have
been the greatest moral teacher and the most perfect human
character that the world has ever seen or literature ever in-
vented. It is, certain, however, that His recorded testimony
concerning Himself in no degree falls short even of this
high estimate, and it is equally certain that His death was
mainly accelerated, if it was not entirely caused, by the
persistency with which He maintained that He was the
Christ of prophecy. It is certain, however, that while He
persistently encouraged His disciples in their traditional
belief on the ancient prophecies, He altogether revolutionized
and reconstructed their conceptions of them. Nor can it be
referred to any other cause than the influence of His teach-
ing that we find His disciples after His supposed resurrection
appealing to the ancient prophecies in an altogether en-
larged and sublimated sense, by which they became enhanced
in beauty, and even truer than before. Then it became
manifest that the promise to David, if it had ever been a
Divine promise at all, and exactly in proportion as the
promise was God-given and from God, was not of any
earthly and temporal, but of a heavenly and eternal
kingdom-not of a changing and corruptible throne, but of
one that was unchanging and incorruptible.
"The sure mercies of David," therefore, were mercies
that could never perish or pass away; not such as could be
handed on from sire to son, but such as would abide for
ever in the person of that Son who he believed had been
promised to him, and for whom so many generations and
ages waited. The contrast involved throughout was one
between corruption and incorruption. There were wonderful
words spoken by David and by others, which, interpreted
literally, went to show that he and they had apprehended
something of that incorruptible and eternal spirit; and in
whatever degree they had done so, they were the prophets
of the Most High; and in whatever degree their prophecies
had lent themselves to that interpretation, they were not the
offspring of their own minds, but were prompted and
inspired by the Holy Ghost.
This was their contention-the high argument and con-
tention of the Apostles of Christ, Nor was it either weak
STANDARD.
or vain. As no collection had of old produced the writings
of the prophets, so no collection or juggling on the part of
the first disciples had corrupted those writings, or had given
them a meaning which they would not bear. The words to
which they appealed had been there for ages; they were known
to have been there. If they ever had been true at all, they
were truer now than ever, for their truth was revealed in
Christ. If Christ was indeed risen from the dead, if His
own claims concerning Himself were true, then He had
demonstrated the truth of prophecy; He had established
and confirmed its reality as an historic fact. It is only as
we refuse to acknowledge the Divine element in prophecy
that we reduce it to an inexplicable phenomenon, which is
neither of heaven nor yet of earth, and are unable to account
for it as it is. On the other hand, it is only as we admit
that element that the actual phenomenon becomes intelli-
gible, and the way is prepared for the stupendous results
that were produced by prophecy, centuries after it had
ceased, and for the gigantic edifice of the Christian Church
which was reared up on the sand if it was not built upon
the solid rock of an actual and antecedent Divine revelation.
Undoubtedly the idea of any such preparation compels us to
postulate the exercise and operation of the Divine foreknow-
ledge. But if prop~ecy is a fact, it is the communication
and expression of that foreknowledge, while assuredly the
communication would seem to have been all the more
authentic because the lapse of ages had declared that the
promises had been fulfilled in a way far higher and more
glorious than those who received them had anticipated.
But if the appearance of man upon the earth was not
until after long cycles of unrecorded time had fitted and
prepared it for his habitation, although no eye was present
to watch the process, and no voice existed to record it, how
much more may we believe that the birth of the true Man,
the crown and summit of human nature or man himself is of
the works of God, could not take place, did not take place,
till His coming has been prepared for by the long succession
of promise, psalm and prophecy, which the Scriptures of the
Old Testament present. We may, indeed, deny the force of
the teleological argument in the one case; it is yet more
patent in the other; and though the earth, as the dwelling-
place of man, bears witness of long-continued preparation,
we may say it was nob for man that it was prepared; but in
view of the preparation that is apparent in history, psalm
and prophecy, we can only conclude that it was for the
advent of the Son of Man that men's minds required to be
disciplined and taught, as they were subjected to the
education of long-continued and often-baffled hope and ex-
pectation; and that He who chose this method of teaching
, and preparing them for the advent of the Saviour of the
world, the King of men, and the Prince of peace, was none
other than the Holy Spirit of God, who spake by the
prophets.-P1·oj. Stanley Leathes,
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WHAT IS THE SOUL? mitting trespasses; Lev. v. 15. Of being destroyed'; Lev.
xxiii. 80; Matt. x, 28. Of sinning; Num, xv. 27; Rom. ii,
WHATis the Soul? This is a question which has been asked
9. Of touching; Lev. xxii. 6; Num. xix. 20. Of dying;
in all ages; but the answers which they often gave or got
Num. xxiii. 10; Josh. ii. 13; Jas. v. 20.5 Of being killed;
have in many cases failed to convey the correct idea, if not
Num. xxxv. 11, 15; xxxi. 19; Joshua xx. 3; Rev. xvi. 3.
not an altogether erroneous one. Before proceeding to
Of being grieved; Judges x. 16; Mm'!c xiv. 34. Of being
answer the question for ourselves, we will glance at one or
torn; Job xviii. 4. Of being stolen; Deut. xxiv. 7. Of
two answers which have been already made to this question.
mourning; Job xiv. 22. It can fast; Psalm xxxv. 13. It
Hodge defines the Soul as being "unextended and in-
can eat flesh; Deut, xii. 20. Said to creep upon the earth;
divisible." 1 Now it follows that that which is without
Lev. xi. 46. One soul to be given in exchange for another;
extension, must of necessity be without corporality, and
Ex. xxi. 23; Deut, xix. ~1; 1 Kings xx. 42. Possessed by
hence must be immaterial. The same argument has been
animals; Gen. i. 20, 21, 24, 30; ii. 19; ix. 10, 12, 15.
adopted by Drew, who defines the Soul as being" a single
Said to be born; Gen. xlvi. 15. It can be bought with
unextended indivisible atom."? The question before us thus
money, and used as an article of food;" Leo, xxii. 11.
resolves itself, Has man a Soul? To this we answer man
Can be buried; Gen. xxiii. 8. The grave, or hell, has a soul;
is, not has, a soul; and, further, seeing man is a Soul, the
Isaiah v. 14. May be beheaded; Rev. xx. 4. It may also
Soul must be a real existence capable of extension and
be hunted; 1 Sam, xxiv. 11. Snared; 1 Sam, xxviii. 9 ;
division, and also composed of, not one atom, but the atoms
Pro», xxii. 5. Strangled j Job vii. 15. Taken in a pit;
which go to make up the body.
Psalm xxxv. 7. Taken by ambush; Psalm. lvi. 6. Can be
But let us turn to the Bible, and see what it says. In put in prison; Psalm cxlii. 7. And taken into captivity;
the first place Hodge and Drew, along with the majority of Isaiah xlvi. 2. Can be healed, and as a necessary con-
writers on this subject, says the Soul is a part of man. The sequence must suffer from disease; Psalm xli. 4; lxxi. 10.
Bible says the Soul is the man. Gen. ii. 7. "And the The Soul is said to be the blood, or in the blood 6; Gen. ix,
Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and 4; Lev. xvii. 14, 15.
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man A careful perusal of these texts will be quite sufficient to
became (not got) a living soul." This is clear evidence; show any candid reader that the doctrines of Immateriality
but let us proceed. We are taught that the Soul is im- and Immortality are nowhere to be found in Holy Writ. 7_
material, and as an immaterial existence can have none of Robert F. Gardiner.
the appetites which belong to the body. The Bible, on the
contrary, teaches that the Soul partakes of the same nature 4 The word here translated "destroy," is even more empbatic. In
as the body, inasmuch as it is liable to the same passions the Hebrew it is iibiid, which primarily means to go; hence, to destroy,
and passively, to be destroyed.
and appetites. We read of "Hungry Souls," Ps. cvii. 9;
Pro». xxvii. 7; "Thirsty Souls," Pl'OV. xxv. 5; "Full 5 These texts are quite sufficient to show that the popular idea of
an immaterial Soul is false, for it is plainly taught that the Soul, in
Souls," Pro», xxvii. 7; "Afflicted Souls," Isa, lviii. 10.
virtue of its immateriality, can never die. The Bible teaches very far
Lev. xvi. 29, 31; Num. xxix. 7; "Unstable Souls," 2 Pet. ii. different. Which are we to believe, the Bible or Plato?
4; "Idle Souls," PI'VV. xix. 15; "Weary Souls," Jer. xxxi.
6 This idea of the soul being in the blood was held by most of the
25 where we also read of " Sorrowful Souls." But, further, ancients. Josephus, speaking of the law concerning animals, says:
animmaterial Soul could not perform any actions, or have " He (God) entirely forbade us the use of blood for food, and esteemed
any actions performed upon it. Upon this point the Bible it to contain the soul and spirit."-Antiq., Bk, Ill. ch. xi, 2. Josephus,
is most clear. It plainly teaches that the Soul is capable of as will be seen, believed in the tripartite nature of man. In another
place he says, " God took dust from the ground, and formed man, and
performing all the actions pertaining to the body, and also
inserted in him a spirit and a soul."-Antiq" Bk. 1., eh, i. 2.
of having these actions performed upon it. We read that
7 Let it be observed that in all the passages I have quoted, I have
the Soul can be cut off.' Gen. xvii. 17; Ex. xii. 15; Num,
only taken those in which the radical terms for Soul occur, namely,
ix. 13, xv. 30, 31; Ezek, xvii. 17. It is capable of offering
nephesh. in the Old Testament, and psuc/{e in the New Testament. In
sacrifice; Lev. ii. 1. Of swearing; Lev. v. 4. Of com- some cases the words are left untranslated in our version, but a careful
examination of the original will show the connexion in which the words
occur.
1 Systematic Theology, Vol. n. p. 46.
2 Samuel Drew: The Immaterialitsj and Immortality of the Human
Soul, p. 129 (7th Edition). Men are not made duly religious by performing certain
3 The word translated "cut off," is a most emphatic one, namely,
actions which are externally good; but men must have
kah-ratli which means to cut off (as applied to trees), to kill, to destroy.
In the Septuagint it is translated by the Greek word ;z~l~thr~'~o, which righteous principles in the first place, and then the)' will
according to Liddell and Scott, means" to utterly' destroy." not fail to perform virtuous actions.
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 THE BIBLE
SOUND DOOTRINE AND "THE BIBLE STANDARD."
Sermon preached at AHnt Lane Baptist Chapel, Lincoln, on
Sunday Evening, June 13th, by the Pastor,
TEXT-' But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine."-
'TittLS ii. 1
THE men of Orete, amongst whom Titus was appointed to
labour, received no high commendation from the Apostle
Paul (see chap. i. 10-14). In those days, to be called a
Oretian was as bad as to be charged as Liar; just as the
person of licentious life was commonly called a Oorinthian.
Their lying propensities were indulged in connection with
religious matters as wall as secular. False teachers, Jewish
fables, and unsound doctrines abounded, and Paul, knowing
that however harmless errors in faith might at first appear,
they unfailingly led to errors in practice, charged Titus to
" rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith."
Soundness of faith is requisite to perfection of life, as all
that we believe has its influence upon us. Men may be
found who are worse than the creeds they profess; but none
can be better than those they really hold. Pope has said,
" For differing creeds let godless bigots fight,
He can't be wrong whose life is in the right."
But this is apt to mislead, as, underlying it, there is the
thought, "It matters little what a man believes." Whereas
he whose faith is wrong is not by any means likely to like
right. Of course there are essentials and non-essentials in
faith, but really we are so much moulded by everything
we accept as truth, that it behoves us to see that all
is in accordance with pure doctrine, "sound speech that
cannot be condemned." If the roots of our actions are
unsound, they themselves are certain to be tainted. Water
cannot rise above the level of the fountain-head from
which it flows, and no more can our works be higher than
our faith. How important then that a teacher of men
should speak" the things which become sound doctrine."
Now The Bible Standard comes amongst us month by
month as an advocate of certain doctrines. They are
doctrines of importance, and must have a mighty influence
for weal or woe upon our lives; so, with prayerful spirits,
let us examine them to see whether they can be pronounced
" sound."
I.-What is "sound doctrine?" You will agree with me,
I am sure, in the reply, " Sound doctrine is that only which
is Scriptural." "To the law and to the testimony: if they
[teachers of doctrine] speak not according to this word, it is
because there is no light in them." The test of truth is the
Bible; no other criterion can be allowed. Of Gospel, this is
the major bell,- all others hung in the tower must be in tune
with it, and ring forth no uncertain sound. Of Wisdom, it
is the only standard of tceight,-all the philosophy of man has
to be " weighed in the balances" with it. Alas, how much
is found wanting! Of Knowledge it is the only measu1'eof
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height,-alI that does not reach up to it comes short of being
the truth of God. All this the writers in The Bible Standard
acknowledge; instead of being the organ of this or the
other sect, and its articles coloured accordingly, we are in-
formed in its title it is "devoted to the exposition of
Scripture" respecting the doctrines therein named.
Il.- What are these doctrines? 1." Oonditional Im-
mortality." That is, an acknowledgement that none are
inherently, 01' naturally, immortal; that "death passed
upon all men, for that all have sinned;" that that death is
literal and everlasting destruction of "both soul and body; "
but that God, willing to show His mercy, has prepared a way
whereby an entrance into glorious immortality may be
obtained.
2. "Resurrection." This doctrine is advanced in answer
to the question, "If a man die shall he live again?" and,
as taught by The Bible Standard, it is to the effect that in
the death-state there is entire unconsciousness, but that God
hath appointed a day wherein those "who sleep in the dust
of the earth shall awake," and arise from the tomb; and
that the Resurrection-state for saint or sinner will be as real,
corporeal, and tangible as the present.
3. "The Return and Reign of Christ." That is, that
although Ohrist our Lord has ascended on high, He shall
not remain there for ever, but shall come again to receive
His people to Himself, to redem the earth from the curse of
sin, and to establish o'er all the globe a peaceful reign of
righteousness.
4. "The final destruction of all evil." That is, that God
will remove from His Kingdom all things that offend; that
those men who are finally impenitent shall be swallowed up
and lost for ever in "the second death;" that evil angels
also will be destroyed; that all the evil results of sin (in-
cluding the curse upon the ground, which I have already
named,) shall be for ever done away; and that thus the time
is coming when God shall once more be able to pronounce
all things "very good."
IlL-Are these "the things which become sound
doctrine?" In full remembrance of the great responsibility
before God in the answering of such a question in your
presence, I unhesitatingly say, "Yes, I believe them to be
the true sayings of God." Our time is limited, so in proof
of their soundness a few thoughts only can be advanced.
1. As to Conditional Immortality. The so-called Ortho-
doxy of to-day teaches that man is immortal, apart from any
conditions; that having once begun to live he must abide
for ever, and shall spend eternity in bliss, 01' in the most
unutterable torture. But it nowhere in the Bible states
that man, either in body, soul, or spirit, is immortal. Our
opponents have frequently been requested to produce a single
passage, but they cannot do it, for none are there. Failing
in this, they have asserted that it was not necessary God
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should pen a statement regarding it, as we all have a proof
of immortality within our own breasts, namely, in those
yearnings after life which we all are conscious of. This is
departing from the Bible standard, you observe, but still we
, can prove the fallacy of the argument. Longings after
immortality we freely admit we cherish, we believe them
also to be God-created, and admit that He creates no longings
in the human heart to be mocked. He is able and willing to
satisfy all our desire, this craving for immortal life included;
but we assert, on the authority of His Word, that it shall
only be satisfied according to His own conditions. " For
. God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son,
. that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life." This is John iii. 16, and-!.1Umerous other
passages could be produced; but one like this honestly
considered by an unprejudiced mind is sufficient to convinc
of the truth of the doctrine of Conditional Immortality, and
these longings that we experience are thus seen to be the
gracious drawing of the great Father towards Himself, in
order that, by accepting His salvation, we may lay hold of
" glory and honour and immortality.
2. "As to Resurrection." This doctrine is revealed in
the Word with singular clearness, and nearly every section
of the Christian Church professes to believe it. Alas! Like
some fair Corinthian pillar imbedded in the soil of ages, it
. has been nearly buried out of sight beneath the debris of a
spiritualizing theology. ~hat for which there is no apparent
necessity, is not usually esteemed of precious worth, and
especially is this the case in matters of faith. Of the unseen
men do not generally believe much more than they desire or
dread. A matter in which they have no personal interest, or
of which they do not see any advantage, is not much thought
about. And this is conspicuously true in respect to the
glorious doctrine of Resurrection. Believing, as the majority
do, that men enter upon their reward at death, the necessity
for a resurrection is hidden from their minds; there is
nothing to desire in connection with it. If at death we soar
away from "this prison of a body" to happier worlds,
wherein lies the need of resurrection, or even its desirability?
The believer in Conditional Immortality, however, sees the
full advantage of the glorious doctrine. He acknowledges
that "the dead praise not the Lord, neither any that go
down into silence" (Psalm cxv. 17), so hopes for nothing in
the "land of darkness," but grasps "the sure and certain
hope of a joyful resurrection." That he recognises to be the
only gate into life. " Jesus and the Resurrection" are the
themes he loves to dwell upon, and in this he resembles
"the glorious company of the Apostles," as testified by the
Book of Acts and the Epistles. With Paul, he says, "If
after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at
Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let
us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die." (1 Cor. xv. 32.)
STANDARD.
Numerous are the texts that could be produced in proof of
the soundness of this portion of The Bible Standard .doctrine,
but let one suffice. It is from the lips of the Son of God
Himself, and states the truth in all its simple grandeur,
(John v. 28-29) " The hour is coming, in the which all that
are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come
forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of
life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation." This shows clearly where the dead are,
namely, "in the graves," and .neither in heaven nor tor-
ment; and, further, that resurrection is the only means of
entrance into" the world [or age] to come."
3. "As to the doctrine of Christ's Return and Reign."
The second advent of Christ is quite an accepted doctrine
amongst the orthodox; but as its necessity or advantage is
difficult to perceive on their supposition that the departed
have already" gone to their reward," it is held as loosely as
the doctrine of the resurrection. In the New Testament,
however, it shines forth with glorious lustre from almost
every page. In the Epistles and the Revelation it is men-
tioned more frequently than even the death of Christ. God
forbid that I should undervalue the Atonement, my brethren,
-it is the foundation of our faith and hope; but" the return
and reign of Christ" is the hope itself. The atonement
would not be completed without the advent, just as a
purchase is incomplete until the article bought is claimed;
so Christ's second advent shall be for "the redemption of
the purchased possession." Time after time, therefore, is
the gracious promise made that "the Lord Himself shall
descend from Heaven." Even that sacred ordinance, in-
stituted to remind us of His broken body and shed blood, is
intended also to point us forward to His second appearance,
we being enjoined to "remember the Lord's death till He
come." And that it will be to reiqn. He will appear we cannot
doubt. Formerly He was Prophet; now in heaven He is
Priest; and when He comes again He shall be Killg,-" King
of kings, and Lord of lords." He was born to reign. The
angelic messenger to Mary said, "He shall be great, and
shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God
shall give unto Him the throne of His father David: and
He shall reign over the house of J acob for ever; and of His
Kingdom there shall be no end." And not only was He
"born King of the Jews," but to be universal monarch;
and at the time of His return it shall be said, "The king-
doms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord,
and of His Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever."
Blessed be God, this doctrine stands the test. It is indeed
according to the "sure word of prophecy,"-
" Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Doth his successive journeys run;
His Kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more."
4. "As to the final destruction of all evil." Why evil
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. ever found a footing on God's earth is a profound mystery. THE LOVE OF GOD.
The reason is within the ken of the Allwise, but is not
WHATa glorious fact it is that there is One life that can be
revealed to us in His Word. In future ages we may learn
held up before the eyes of humanity as a pattern! There
the secret. This much, however, is made known, that it
were lips that never spake unkindness, that uttered no un-
shall not abide eternally, because, "for this purpose the Son
truth; there were eyes that never looked aught but love and
of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of
purity and bliss; there were arms that never closed against
the devil." (1 John iii. 8.) Sin shall be swept away; all
wretchedness and penitence; there was a bosom that never
enemies shall be subdued; the finally impenitent' shall
throbbed with sin, nor ever was excited by an unholy
"perish in their own corruptions," and" all the wicked will
impulse; there wa~ a man free from all selfishness and
He destroy." Passage upon passage could be produced to
whose life was spent in going about doing good. There was
show that the unrepentant shall at last pass into that
One who loved all mankind, and loved them more than
oblivion from which we all have come. We are told that
Himself, and gave Himself to die that they might live;
they shall be "as the fat of lambs; they shall consume;
there was One who went into the gates of death, that the
into smoke shall they consume away;" and in many other
gates of death might never hold us in; there was One who
wa,ys are taught that their destruction will be complete and
lay in the grave to take its damp, its coldness, its chill, and
everlasting. I solemnly, yet heartily, thank God for this
its horror, and taught humanity how it might ascend above
assurance. It affords consolation even regarding the lost
the grave; there was One who, though He walked on the
ones, as it saves from the horrible dogma of eternal torments
earth, had His conversation in heaven, and took away the'
for such; which false doctrine I loathe with all my soul as a
curtain that hid immortality from view and presented us the
foul stain cast by the adversary upon the name of our
Father God in all His love. Such a .One is the standard
Father in heaven. It vindicates His character as a God of
held up in the church of-Christ : it is a church that rallies
mercy, and justice, and love. It exalts the work of our
around the cross, and that gathers around Jesus; and it is
gracious Redeemer, by showing that His saints shall owe to
because He is attractive and lovely and glorious that they
Him their very life, as well as all their joy and happiness
are coming from the ends of the earth to see the salvation
therein, and that He shall "put down all rule, and all
of God.--Bislwp Simpeon,
authority and power." Finally, it tells us of a day when
"there shall be no more curse;" when a redeemed earth •
shall luxuriate beneath a smiling heaven; when "the
LIGHT IN DARKNESS.
wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad, and the desert
shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." Such considerations IT was out of the cloud that the deluge came, yet it is upon
are enough" to prove the doctrine all divine." that the bow is set! The cloud is a thing of darkness, yet
And now, my brethren in Christ, seeing that when we test God chooses it for the place where He bends the arch of
the contents of The Bible Standard we find they are an echo light! Such is the way of our God. He knows that we
of that Holy Book, doth it not become us to render to it all need the cloud, and that a bright sky without a speck or
the support that lies within our power? Let us aid it to- shadow would not suit us in our passage to the kingdom.
night by a liberal offering towards its funds, and also Therefore He draws the cloud above us, not once In a life-
regularly in the future, first of all by a diligent perusal of time, but many times. But lest the gloom should appal us,
its pages ourselves, and then by scattering these plentifully He braids the cloud with sunshine, nay, makes it the object
among our friends and neighbours. In this manner, they which gleams to our eye with the very fairest views of
and. we shall learn to speak" the things which become heaven.
sound doctrine." Yes, it is not merely light after the darkness has fled
In conclusion, allow me to urge those who have not yet away. That we shall one day know-how fully! But it is
accepted Jesus, the Life-Giver, to do so without further light in darkness; light beaming out of a ray produced by
delay. Here and now, you may begin to walk the narrow that darkness! Water from the rock j wells from the sand;
way that leads to life eternal. "Repentance toward Goel, light from the very cloud that darkens ; life in the very
and faith toward the Lord Jesus Christ," these are the midst of death! This is the marvel, this is the joy. Peace
conditions upon which Immortality is granted. Only thus in trouble, gladness in sorrow; nay, peace and gladness
can you share in the resurrection. of the just; only thus can produced by the very tribulation itself; peace and gladness.
you be ready for "the return and reign of Christ." Oh, haste which nothing but that tribulation could have produced!
ye, haste! lest, coming suddenly, He find you unprepared, Such is the deep love of God; and such is the way in which
and in "the final destruction of all evil," that shall then take He makes all things work together for good to us.-Horatitts .
place, you should be engulphed in everlasting death." Bona?'.
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A VALUABLE SECRET.
IT is related of Dr. Franklin that from the window of his
office he noticed a mechanic, among a number of others, at
work on a house which was being erected close by, who
always appeared to be in a merry humour, and who had a
kind and cheerful smile for everyone he met. Let the
day be ever so gloomy, or sunless, the happy smile danced
like a sunbeam on his cheerful countenance. Meeting him
one day, Franklin requested to know the secret of the
constant happy flow of spirits. "It's no secret, doctor,"
the man replied, " I have got one of the best of wives, and
when I go to work she always gives me a kind word of
encouragement and a blessing with her parting kiss; and
when I go home she is sure to meet me with a smile and a
kiss of welcome; and then tea is sure to be ready; and as
we chat in the evening, I find she has been doing many
little things through the day to please me, so that I cannot
find it in my heart to give an unkind look to anybody."
And Franklin adds: "What an influence, then, hath
woman over the heart of man to soften it and give it the
cheerful and pure emotions! Speak gently, then; a happy
smile and a kind word of greeting after the toils of the day
are over cost nothing, and go far toward making a home
happy and peaceful.
• The congregations were most encouraging, in point of numbers;
NOTES AND NEWS.
GOD'S RULE OF ACTION.
I should like to ask one question of our orthodox friends, who look on
us as heretics, and misrepresent us as un scriptural and unsound. Do
they think that our God acts on the same rule or law as He lays down
for His children? His command to us or them is, " Be not overcome of
evil, but overcome evil with good." Can we then suppose that God Who
is infinite in power, as well as love, will HIMSELF be overcome of evil?
will allow Satan to triumph over Him by holding a kingdom of darkness
for a never-ending eternity? The thought be far from us, dishonouring
alike to God and injurious to man. God will judge and punish the
wicked according to their deserts as His Word plainly tells us, some with
many, others with few stripes; a severe and heavy doom will be visited
on those especially who have rejected the offered mercy of pardon, peace,
and eternal life, through a crucified and risen Saviour, even if it should
not end in irredeemable destruction; but let us beware of adding to the
Word of God, wbich nowhere speaks of never-ending torment, or never-
ending punishing. It may be age-lasting, but that is not never-ending,
as we know, or should know, that tbere are many ages, aions, and as one
follows anotber in succession, the preceding one must come to an end.
The word of God assuredly tells us, that the time will come when
" there shall be no more curse,"-the last enemy having been destroyed,
evil will then be a thing of the past. Every enemy having been
destroyed or subdued, God will be "all and in all," and His entire
universe, one harmonious whole, without a jarring string-all holy,
perfect, pure, and happy-God will have fully and entirely" overcome
evil with good."
In such 0. prospect God and man can alike rejoice, but what being-
mortal or immortal-tbat has a spark of love 01' compassion in Him,
could rejoice in the thought of, one sentient creature (to say nothing of
myriads) agonising in torment for a never-ending ETEHNITY? See 1
John iii. 8_ "For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He
might destroy the works of the Devil." And, verily, they will be
destroyed, sin and sinners shall be no where found, " they shall be as
though they had not been," there shall be "no place for them."
-A lover oj truth: and one who has suttered [or it.
HITTING FROlll THE SHOULDER.
We cull from a private letter the following fragment, written to a sick
friend :-1 hope you will get up soon and do some fresh service against
"our adversary the Devil." O! how much such service is wanted. I am
sometimes literally sick at heart when I find the most efficient servants
of that adversary, ministers of who.t they call" the Gospel." Our God
is feo.rfully misrepresented by His friends! When an atheist raves,
there is no harm done, but when a •• Christian Minister" makes God
the Almighty scourge of His own offspring, that He brought into being
without any wish on their part, I am confounded, shocked, almost
driven to despair. How can men worship and love this God of the
" orthodox" pulpit? No, the breach between this wretched imposture
" orthodoxy" and truth must be widened and deepened. When
Hannibal was nine years of age his father made him swear at the altar,
STANDARD.
eternal hatred to Rome. We must bring forth our forces against this
huge blaspheming" orthodoxy." God has redeemed us; it is our turn
to redeem His character from the captivity of Apostate Christendom.
Is there no one who will come forward and lay on the alto.r of THUTH,
£10,000, £5,000, or even £1,000 to enable us to storm the citadel of
Satan? We have heads and hearts, and tongues and pens-the ammu-
ni~ion that truth allows. Let them be employed in this" holy war."
A GOOD WAY TO SPEND A HOLIDAY.
Our worthy Treasurer has arranged to take his holiday, together with
his Inmily, at Torquay for a month. Our friends there have engaged
the St. George's Hall-in the centre of the town-for a stated Sunday
morning and afternoon series of addresses, and a stated week-evening
lecture and discussion, which services will be conducted by the Treasurer,
during his stay.
We ourselves paid a visit to this sweetly-pretty town but recently;
and were charmed with its double beauty, consisting of natural scenery,
and earnest intelligent Christians, with whom we enjoyed" the feast of
reason and the flow of soul."
LIFE AT PLYMOUTH.
During a brief visit here, we were much encouraged by the manifest
signs of spreading enquiry on the "Question of the Age "-Man's
Nature and Destiny. On the Sunday we worshipped twice in the Free
School, Cobourg Street, and most keenly enjoyed the ministry of our
revered friend, Dr. Wm. Morris. True, we thought at times that our
honoured friend was hitting at the Association through our unworthy
self, as he urged some points touching our" Head," and the" Interme-
diate State," on which-as an Association-we agree to differ, treating
such as open questions, but even this thought mo.y have been our error
arising from OU?· over-sensitiveness.
decidedly above the avero.ge, as regards intelligence.
and
Marked attention
was given to the, preacher, or, (as he would prefer to be called) the
teacher, and the service evidently appreciated; though it was of the
plainest and most unsensational kind, and the sitting accommodation
was the reverse of comfortable, being the narrow seats of the school-
room, with a sharp edge of an inch board to lean against.
Notwithstanding these drawbacks, we had as true worship as, person-
ally, we have ever enjoyed; and, as regards the teaching, only regret we
cannot make such 0. teacher our stated Sunday" Gamaliel." With the
exception of the ministry of Dr. Wm. Leask, of London, we know no
man so well qualified to teach as Dr. Wm. Morris.
We were concerned to find his health somewhat failing, but, seeing
that he is blessed with a true wife, one of heaven's" rubies," we co.n
safely commend him to her jealous care, and tbe loving watchfulness of
our heavenly Father.
OUR CONFERENCE.
By "Our Father's." blessing we are making good progress with the
arrangements for our Third Annual Conference. Our Liverpool friends
will not fail in their local share of the entertaiment, but may be safely
trusted to follow the generous lead of Maberly congregation last year.
As regards the former, however, tbey are somewhat at a disadvantage,
having no chapel to which to welcome us, and in which the sittings of
the Conference might be held. A suitable hall will be taken in the
centre of the town, and-if possible-the loan of a chapel secured for one
or more of the meetings. See later announcement on first page.
"Ve are introducing some new features into this year's Conference,
as-A Conversation Meeting, on the first evening (when it is
expected Dr. Wm. Leask will deliver an Address); two devotional
meetings; and a meeting for questions and answers. In addition to
these new features, there will be two afternoon meetings for papers, and
two evening meetings for addresses.
Tbe list of meetings is given on first page, but the list of speakers and
subjects will not be given until our next issue, being, as yet, too incom-
plete, Favourable replies have been received from the following:-
Dr_ Wm. Leask, Henry Constable, M.A., G. P. Mackay, R. J. Hammond,
Major van Someren, H. B. Mm-ray, Thos. Vasey, and T. J. Hitchcoek.
Several other replies are expected shortly.
And now, a word as to the question of the Conference expenses. We
must-and do hereby-s-urge upon our fellow-members and helpers, the
urgent need of special and liberal donations-as last yeal·-to enable us
to meet the expenses of the Conference, without coming upon our
already-overburdened ordinary fund. We ask, confident in the sterling
worth and generous feeling of our friends and helpers in this glorious
work, for special gifts; stamps, post-office orders, and cheques are
needed, and you will-we cannot doubt you-send them according to
your means.
Our friends who pmpose visiting the town of Liverpool during the
Conference, and wish lodgings secured for them, will kindly corn-
municate with our excellent local Secretary, Mr. W. H. Miller, 11, Belmont-
road, Liverpool, who will secure suitable accommodation for such -at,
of course, the personal risk and expense of the applicant-but at lowest
possible terms.
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