187 A writer in “The Biblical Review” analyzes Mrs. Eddy’s cunning plan to. have herself Deified as the Messiah in second coming. “She says, “The first Messiah was a man, Jesus of Nazareth, but the Messiah came again and the Revelator shows us a woman!” "Jesus,” she goes on to say, “had His day and went away. Now the new Christ, a woman, is come!” If providence had allowed her a little more rope, she would have gone on to ask actual wor ship of herself as a god. Her death, that she never expected, cut short much of cunning scheming. II n WHAT PRAYER DOES Rev. Robert Newton, the Wesleyan pulpit orator, and his bride began their married life by retiring twice each day to pray with and for each other. This practice they kept up, when opportunity served, to the end of life. When an old man, Mr. Newton remarked: “In the course of a short time, my wife and I shall celebrate the jubilee of our mar riage; and I know not, that, during the fifty years of our union, an unkind look or an unkind word has ever passed be tween us.” ate ate PRAYER AND CARE There is a story of an Arab who said at night, “I will loose my camel and •trust in God to find it.” But a wiser one said, “Tie thy camel and trust in God.” We can not really trust in God as we should until we have done ourselves everything which we ought to do to make things right and sure. Prayer and care should go together. ate ate INSIDE OUT The inner side of every cloud Is bright and shining; I, therefore, turn my clouds about, And always wear them inside out, To show the lining.
THE K I N G ’S BUS I NES S the world. “It was a thrilling moment when a gentleman rose to his feet in the body of the tent, and in an indignant voice exclaimed: ‘Mr. Chairman, I beg to ask a question. Is this address in accordance with the Word of God and the teachings of the Keswick Conven tion? I contend that it is not, and here and now make a solemn protest against it.’ ” Of course the address went on, but the objector certainly must have had the satisfaction of having done his duty. Will not more voices have to be raised in just this manner? A Dr. Harrison, in an article in the “Methodist Times” (English) attempts to tall us what John Wesley would do it he were here today. Among other things, he says Wesley would re-write his Notes on the New Testament, quoting Sunday’s “Inspiration” instead of Ben- gel’s “Gnomon” in his Preface, and try ing to keep pace with the principles of historical criticism. He thinks also that the absence of sermons in our Stand ards upon the doctrines of the Trin ity, the Inspiration of the Bible, and the Atonement, on the Method of the In- "carnation (presumably he means the Virgin Birth) and the relation between the two natures in our Lord, shows that while Wesley “had his views on these subjects they were not in the centre of his very practical message.” Probably it isn’t much use to argue with this brother, yet we feel certain that Wesley if he were here would anathematise the higher critics with their so-called “his torical school of criticism,” and would still hold to those truths which with such plainness and depth of conviction he set forth in his Sermons and Notes. Mormonism has rounded out its cen tury of existence. It now has 100,000 follqwers, shrewd leadership and enor mous wealth. . It is a great menace to America. A man who for years has been a Christian missionary among them tells us that polygamy is almost openly practiced, although the Mormons pledged Cbngress when Utah received statehood, that they would abandon this evil practice.
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