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Books and Periodiclas
WORTH READING.
By Rev. Henry T. Scholl.
i r. vj vuiuuics oi strong s systematic
Theology have been noted by me in this
paper. The third volume, devoted to
Soteriology, Ecclesiology and Eschatology,
bas recently come from the press
(March, 1909). Attention is concentrated,
first, upon the application oi
Christ's redemption in its preparation,
its actual beginning, and its continuation.
The redemption is applied to the
elect; and the elect are won to God by
a call that is "efficacious?it infallibly
accomplishes its purpose of leading the
sinner to the acceptance of Christ."
This call "accords with the laws of
our mental constitution." It is "an almighty
act of God in the will of man,
by which its freedom to choose God as
ivo cuu is> reaiorea ana rigntiy exercised
(John 1: 12-13)."
The Church.
The church, according to Professor
Strong's teaching, is "a company of regenerate
persons." It is "an institution
of divine appointment"; hut membtrship
therein is individually optional.
"Memberehip In the church is not hereditary
or compulsory." "Each local church
is directly subject to Christ, ar.d there
is no jurisdiction of one church over another."
"No ecclesiastical authority
higher than that of the local church is
recognized in the New Testament.
Christian Baptism.
This is defined as "the immersion of
a believer in water, in token of his previous
entrance into the communion of
Christ's death and resiirrAotmn *
The mode of baptism is immersion, and
immersion only. * " This dictum is discussed
at length, and fc> the author's
satisfaction "not only does the prevailing
usage of the Greek language determine
the meaning of the word 'baptize'
to be 'immerse', but this is its
fundamental, constant and only meaning."
Three Kinds of Death
"Physical death is the separation of
the soul from the body. We distinguish
it from spiritual death, or the
reparation of the soul from God; and
from the second death, or the banishment
from God and llnal misery of the
resurrected noul and body of the
wicked. * To neither saint nor sinner
is physical death a laessation of
being."
Eternal Punishment.
"Scripture declares the future punishment
of 1 he wicked to be eternal." The
doctrine of everlasting punishment, we
are certified, is not inconsistent with
God's justice, or benevolence; and the
proper preaching thereof is one of the
chief and indispensable auxiliaries to the
success of the gospel." (Pp. 1046 to
1056.)
Resurrection of the Body.
"While the Scriptures describe the impart&tlon
of now life to the soul in regeneration
as a spiritual resurrection,
they also declare that, at the second
coming of Ohrist, there shall be a resurrection
of the body, and a re-union of
the body to the soul from which, during
the intermediate state, it has been separated.
Both the just and the unjust
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shall havo part in the resurrection. To
the Just It shall be a lesurrection unto
life; and the body shall be a body like
Christ's?a body fitted for the uses of
the sanctified spirit. To the unjust, It
shall be a resurrection unto condemnation;
and analogy would seem to indicate
that, here also, the outward form
would fitly represent the inward state
of the soul?being corrupt and deformed
as is the soul which inhabits it."
Permanent Investments.
"There are no permanent investments
except in heaven. - A man at death is
worth only what he has sent on before
him (Matt 6: 20). Christ prepares a
. place for us (John 14: 3) by gathering
our friends to himself. * * A pious
Scotchman, when asked whether he ever
expected to reach heaven, replied: 'Why,
moil, I live there noo.'"
Heavenly Felicity.
"Summing up all these, we may say
that it is the fulness and perfection of
holy life, in communion with God and
with sanctified spirits. Although there
will be degrees of blessedness and honor,
proportioned to the capacity and fidelity
of each Foul (Luke 19: 17-19; 1 Cor.
3: 14, 15), each will receive as great a
measure of rewards as it can contain
(1 Cor. 2: 9), and the final state, once
entered upon, will be unchanging in kind
and endless in duration (Rev. 3: 12;
22: 15)."
Restful Service.
"Heaven will involve deliverance from
defective physical organization and surroundings,
as well as from the remains
of evil in our hearts. Rest, in heaven,
will be consistent with service, an activity
without weariness, a service which
is perfect freedom. We shall bo perfect
when we enter heaven, in the sense
of being free from sin; but we shall
grow to greater perfection thereafter. In
the sense of a larger and completer being.,
The fruit tree show's perfection at
each stage of its growth?the perfect
bud, the perfect blossom, and, finally,
the perfect fruit: yet the bud and the
blossom are preparatory and prophetic;
neither one is a finality."
Heaven a Place.
"Heaven is probably a place, for the
reason that the presence of Christ's human
body is essential to heaven, and that
this body must be confined to place. * *
But though heaven be the place where
Christ manifests his glory through his
human body which he assumed at his
incarnation, our ruling conception of
heaven must be something higher even
than this, namely, that o'f a state of holy
communion with God."
Indices.
The indices to this volume, covering
the set, are ample and helpful; covering
pages 1,059 to 1,166. This volume,
like the other two, is quoted at $2.50
net; and is issued by the American Baptist
Publication Society, of Atlanta, Boston,
Chicago. New York and Philftdol
phi a.
"The Forty-Ninth Annual Report of the
New Orleans Seamen's Friend Society,
for the year ending December 31, 1908,"
is an interesting pamphlet of forty pages,
giving the proceedings of the forty-ninth
anniversary, reports of superintendents,
and Ladies' Auxiliary, lists of donors,
and a table of comparative statistics for
ten years. The pamphlet has numerous
and handsome illustrations.