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A third theologian of distinction has declared that “those best qualified to pro nounce upon these matters will have, to confess that the subject [of Mr. Hall’s studies] has been almost entirely over looked by exegetes, and that Mr. Hall has been a pioneer in what appears to be a new field of investigation. Those best qualified to judge will not hesitate to say that he has made out his case, and has brought into the light a truth that has been in obscurity, a truth that is destined to revolutionize, to some extent at least, the dogmatic and systematic theologies that for eighteen centuries have been taught in our schools.” All of this leads the writer to raise the question as to whether Mr. Hall has not, under God, discovered “the lost chord” of the Christian religion, which now ap pears to have been in large part lost to the knowledge of mankind for eighteen centuries. A full disclosure of Mr. Hall’s astonish ing Biblical discovery, with conclusive scholarly proofs and verifications, is be ing given to the world in his volume, “A Remarkable Biblical Discovery; or, ‘The Name’ of God According to the Scrip tures” (American Tract Society, 7 West Forty-fifth Street, New York, $1.50, post paid).— Sunday School Times. A Happy M eeting "DOBERT MOFFAT, the missionary to ■LV Africa, on one of his visits to his na tive country had been engaged in a mis sionary service in the North of England, and was invited to repose for the night in the house of a friend. Here he met an aged minister named Caldwell. In the course of conversation Moffat adverted to his mother, for whom he entertained the most devoted regard. Mr. Caldwell, whom Moffat did not know, not even his name, mentioned that he perceived that he was a Scotsman. “Yes,” said the missionary; “the scenes of my boyhood and youth in my nativé. land are very dear to my memory. I . often think of them when far away among the heathen. I often think of my excellent mother leading me when a little fellow to the old meeting-house to hear an excellent minister, whose name was Caldwell.” He then spoke with enthusiasm of his mother, of the minister, and of the impressions he had received then and there. The venerable listener rose up, with tears coursing down his. cheeks, and ex claimed: “Can it.be? Are you.little Bobby Moffat? Is Moffat, the missionary, the little fellow whom his mother used to lead to my meeting-house in Falkirk when I was minister there many years ago?” The mutual recognition, thè embrace, the rapture, may be better conceived than de scribed. The venerable Caldwell had not till then identified the little boy with the man who had done so much for Africa. May there not be many such surprises in store for workers when they enter into their rest in heaven? We are favored even now to enjoy some instances of this happy nature ; but what will be the un folding of the pages of our life history in thè perfect light of eternity? Chris tian worker, faint not, even in the darkest hour of discouragement. The wintry days and stormy nights will soon pass away; and then etèrnal peace and rèst— William Wileman in “Flee Presbyterian Maga tine? ,V’-- i....
How M uch Do You Know? The questionnaire craze has followed the crossword puzzle. How much do we know? There is only one man in the world who knows even one thing abso lutely, and that is the redeemed man. The redeemed man, filled with the glory of God’s Spirit, knows he is saved. Job said, “I know that my Redeemer liveth,” and Paul said, “I know in whom I have believed.” If a man knows that he is a redeemed man, he has in him the beginning of all knowledge; knowledge of self, of his neighbor, of God, of life, of the universe in which he lives. He has a knowledge which fills his heart with joy. It is such a joy that he hungers to share it with the world. Some one has said that the question naire fad will soon die out because we “love opinions and hate knowledge.” We like to air all our pet fancies and preju dices, but we dislike the sweated labor which enables a man to speak intelligently and convincingly on the theme in view. If we “know Him and the power of His resurrection” we have indeed the knowl edge which maketh wise unto salvation. Questionnaires which cover the contents of the unregenerate heart, and which make clear the emptiness of the self-cen tered life, might help quite a bit to give direction and inspiration toward a line of investigation which would be profitable indeed.— United Presbyterian. The Urgency of P rayer It is no loss of time to pray. Many think it chiefly or wholly lost time. They are so full of business, they say, and as sume that prayer will spoil their business. I tell you that your business, if it be of such sort as ought to be done at all, will go all the better for much prayer. Get time somehow, by almost any imaginable sacrifice, sooner than forego prayer. Are you studying? It is no loss of time to pray, as I know very well, by my own experience. If I am to preach, with only two hours for preparation, I give one hour to prayer .—Charles G. Finney.
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