IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-S) 1.0 1.1 11.25 l»|21 121 y? 1^ 12.2 2f 114 ■>■ £f tiS. 12.0 HJI^B 1.4 111.6 Photographic .Sciences Corporation 33 WIST MAIN STRUT WUSTM.N.Y. 14SM (716) S72-4S03 •N? \ V S> ^^^ ^ i ? A%'** /^ \ \ V .621 CHARI.OTTETOWN P w r . 1878. %, ^^ hf CONTENTS. I. -THE SWORD AND THE RHJ, Page. Green and his Minister—" Called theirname Adam' What does this imply?— Man, as created— The Hidden Man--Wc lan ; Her Origin and History- The Rib. = II.- THE MOTHER OF JESUS. Eve and Mary— Mary, the Solicitor-General— Jesns : His Human Nature and Constitution— Twain- one-ism— Abrupt Termination of the Talk. - 1 7 III.—THE TOWER AND THE GLORY. Spiritual Manifestation— Glory, visible and invisi- ble — Authority and Power : Spiritual and Temporal, False and True - Bill Mac, (he Radical. - . . . 57 IV.-THE MOTHER OP JESUS. Twain-one-ism again - The Immaculate Conception— The Law and the Testimony - Concluding Remarks. 69 |HAT WHICH MAY BE known of God is manifest §i" ... for God hath shewed it. . . For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by THE THINGS THAT ARE MADE, EVEN H IS ETERNAL POWER and GODHEAD.— Rom. 1 : 19, 20. 'i^ i^^ <^ ijtinon ii.rown : Mjix j^nHt. I. THE SWORD AND THE Kill. ii ►,ypro ^Il{, if the Bililc was written r. Hebrew, people needn't untlertake to ix-ad the Ln'Mish of it hiiokwarils. A neighbor told mo the other day he had Ween trying to find out from the liihie wiicther at the Kesnrrection the dead woidd rise with the bodies they had." "' Gieen,' I said, 'you are most through the book ; when did you begin it?' " ' O, blame it, no !' said he, ' I didn't never begin it ; only thoiight I'd look to see if the minister is riirht.' «»f Then, Green,' I mk\, ' if yon want to find ont about the Resurrection yon begin with the Creation ' " There are a great many Green's," Parson con- tinued, "a great many: they begin at the wrong end of the book ; they begin here, there, everywhere but the right place— the first, the very first of it." "Parson,"! said, "that reminds me there is a passage in Genesis I cannot see through ; perhaps you can throw some light into it." " I don't know ; I don't know ; perhaps so— perhaps I can. What is it ? Where is it ? " I opened to the fifth chapter and read,— " ' Tbis is the book of the generntion of Adam. In the day that God created man, in tlie likeness of God created he him, male and female, created Ije tbcm, and called their name Adam in the day when they were created.' " " Give me the book." 1 gave it to him. " Why, sir, that is plain enough — plain as A, B, C. Adam was created complete ; he was a whole man. 'Male and female created he them, and called their name Adam in the day when they were created.' They were created together. We read, sir,'A.id God said, Let us make man in our image after our likeness, and let them have dominion,' and then, next verse, ' So God created man in his own image, ^/ f 5 I h h ill the imnffe of God created he him, male andjemale created he them, and God said unto them, Be fruit- ful and multiply j^ etc' The woman— man's other self— was at first an indwellitig spirit ; the partner of his bosom was within his bosom ; she teas a holy spirit tcithin him. Adam had then within liimself the elements and the attril>utes of manhood full and complete. He was strong and he was tender-hearted. He had, so to speak, the head of the man, the heart of the woman. The one was ever present to counsel and to control, the other to — what shall I say?" — " to bless and to do him good. Will that do?" " Sir, the spirit of the woman was the angel within man's bosom — a ministering spirit — a comforter. She was an Anna, a prophetess, which departed not from the temple— I speak of the temple of his body — but served God continually, night and day. She was the hi^li priest (or priestess) of Man's profes- sion, originally, who was entered within the veil, that is to say, his flesh, thrcmgh whom they both had access by one spirit unto the Father. Then, sir, they had inter-communion, the one with the other, they were of one heart and of one mind. This was all new to me. I muttered half audibly, "Can this be so?' He heard. H "To ho sure it is. Doesn't it say, 'an,! lot f/um Imve dominion v'a„,] ',„,!,. .,nd fon.ulc coated ho them?' Xothin- sm-er, sir. And, mark von ! the rih was not taken, norcf eonrse woman made-made a tan-ihle, visihie hein-_till G..d had p„t the twain- one man int., the -arden and ^iriven him [thomj Hi. la^v, and hlo.sed hi.n [then,] in respeet of offspnn.^ nor tdl after the works of eroation wore linishe.l and pronounoed 'very ansay? listen ! 'This is now hone of mv hones flesh of „,y fl<..sh. She shall he ealled wonmn" heoanse she was taken out of man.' Sir, no one, Bihlo in I'and, has the right to say woman was not oroatod tdl she was made ; h<,ly scriptnre, reason and eom- nion sense condemn the notion. Woman's spirit and •nan's spirit-man's in oontra-distinction to woman's -were created with the one l.reath. Woman's spirit existed for a time conjointly with man's, distinct hut wedded to his; they twain wore one flesh. Man was the.i complete ; he was very <.ood. I have more to say on this suhjoct ; when we get further on in the discussion you shall have it, sir. The proof of all this? The proof is at hnd. f»V f# !) " But let me Hrst hoar what you (hiuk about it." I lold hiiu I hail always uiulci ,st(»(Kl the words of Adam, "she shall he railed woman, honuise .she w"s iMkoii (,iit of man," to injply that a scvenmcc and M'lKMntion had been wroiijrht, hut that I jiad supposed part of man's nature as originally organized had heen taken from him along with part of his bodily structure. « "And made a woman." " Yes." "So II part of the man, spiritual and physical, u?as mmh a woman— was made the woman ; the twain were indeetl one. A part, but not an indispensa- ble part, was taken ; (uu; was not spoilt to make the <.ther. No, no, that is not (iinVs way of doin«r. .Alan and woman dilFor; compounded of the same, they differ greatly. The elements arc the same, the proportions arc unlike; hence the difference. No, no; bone of his AoHc.?, not bone of his boiie,— a complete, not a fragmentary [H.rticn ;— a part that he could part with. The woman was a help, a help meet, fl for him— help he individu.-dly could get along without, somehow. I used to think, sir, I I cont\'ss, that man^ as created was made up of the elements of l)oth se\'-s-:i simple con.pound. I don't think so now ; I know bettor. I used to think 2 ' I i i! 10 "••" he w,„ the,,. I„ f,,,, If P "^ '«'" "■■«- "The uormal state of BofMcV" ^''' ""> "<"n»l state of IJ<,i„„ .p.. , .„ . P'otoed; I cannot deal with it .. ""■•-tno in l,vnosf.„i„ ""'•■'" "fwotlier-tLe """-„". V : """■" '^ ^'''P'^'". '-king <-; »."> .ho .,„n„ ti:;e - 7 :;:"■' »-"-' -^ aft' """«o. after „,„■ li'. "" "'"''^ '"■"' "> our -"■ ■-■cal ed V- " '' """ '"' ""•" '•••'- *»"in- •'.oy woJ "L,.!;; ''■™" ^'""■"- - «'■« '>..r wi.en -'^wirr't:?™-'"^™-^'^- ^ ""'-pi-'. It ha, -7 T " *> "f™ « '"■iN..I,ot:,„ el, ;"'''''''''""•-''■■*•« l".t «'-'-nv„ it to live! t 7r:'"'' '-'""-- plant. tl,o lellow „f,l,.„ /'"'"' ''™""'<' " ti-oo „,. '■"*• ^'"^^•-■"'i»™onia incomplete i 11 r I* it is very imperfect -the woman was not an off-shoot of the man— but it may serve to illustrate the case of Adam-Eve and Adam and Eve. ♦♦*••• " What did the serpent say to the woman ? Was it this : Yea, did Admn tell yon God hath said— so and so? No, sir ; what lie said was, ' Yea, hath God said ?' W) is the answer? Did Eve reply Adam tells we— so and so ? So I understood Adam to sat/? Is that her answer? Nr, she said,— 'Wo may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden : hut of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it lest ye die.' Sir, it was not for the breaking of a law, a knowledge of which she acquired by hearsay, that woman's sorrows were greatly multiplied. Eve knew that the mouth of the Lord had spoken it, for she heard it for herself, heard the original utterance, heard it with Adam's ears. You smile, sir, but a little reflection will assure you that I speak the thing which is true. "Before adducing further testimony from Holy Writ in respect of woman's distinct individuality within man as originally constituted, when her life was hid with him— whew she was the hidden man of the heart,— heforc doing so, let me remind you, sir. i ! I' ' 12 tl".t m perusing ,h„ „„„„„,„ ,„,„.„„ „f »l>o w„3 (/,e AMm mm, o/t/,e he„H. "Fiist, Adiiiii's roply to his Vt.it.r "ri , , ' -^ '"» '""Ker, The WMiiaii w.iD.n IhcMi g.ivost with rao •_" " ' To be ivitli mo,' fs it ii„i ? » "Don't i„te,.„.,„ ,„„ ,h„t „,,,, if y„„ ,,^ '"*;"'""""»' I "'ko We to o„it it. ih"; " l)"rfect ri;tht to omit it, si,.." " I licg pnnlon, I _ " "".•.".M. Xow lot ,ne get started again. Wh. , om ,o,,g,,vest with ,,,„.3,,„g„„„,„ ,,,.,,„ ,^^'. '-• II, „. s,,.. thi, p,„.,,g„_,v.h,.t „„.„, „,, „„, iiirlhor witness? -^ y f«i/ert stoonl,jHevcmg even H the DiViij. V^ i_ 13 J( l# INO ASUNDER o/"80lH. and 81'nilT atul of TIIK JOINTS and MAiiRow,' etc. " Here, certainly, is distinct allusion made to the twaiii-one exiatonce and relationsliip of the two and to tTieir dcpanition. As I said before, What need we any further witness ?" After some further talk, and a smoke, Parson spoke of the mai/o, or indian corn, some of which was growing before the door. "The Aearfof the individual plant," he remarked, " is the male ; or the male is represented by that part of the plant which is set over the female por- tion, or female-representing portion : conjugal twain-one-ism, sir; conjugal felicity, let us suppose. ♦ • • • * * » " Wo are told, sir, th:»t the Lord took one ot the ribs of the man, and that the rib which Ho took 'made he a woman.' Tell mo, sir, if yon can, why a rib was taken — why a rib?" '* Don't know," I said, dryly; " because it was u little crooked, I suppose," " No jesting on this subject, if you please." " Well, Parson, can you tell?" " I can : — Because^ sir, the ribs are to man'.t bodily structure what the in-dwelling spirit was to 14 the man^a complete part of the fabric, m 'firm mtimate Jetlowship and wed-lock. ''And, «,, the rib wa. not only a complete and a completely attached part of (he man, but the rib. are the ramparts of the citadel of I if e^of the fortress of the heart; they contribute sfrenpth and ffraoe and symmetry: in fact, sir, a man mtho^U ribs rcould present a pitiable, a most ungainly appearance.^' "He would soon cave in." "Tt..o,sir,Uun-,Uytruo. In a word, 6y /aK,.y au^ay the mn, making it a u,omun, and brin,- ^ng her unto ike man, God ^oould have t'he separate man and man's UK-EMi.omED sistek sp.u.t THE WOMAN, to p.r.eive and to recognise the character and intimacy of their relationship to each other and to Himself their reciprocal claims and their mutual obligations; and, sir, it ^ould appear from what Man said ^ohen Woman u.ts brought to him, that that relationship and the obli- gattons it imposes, were so perceived and recognized:^ And the Lord God ,„id, It ,-, „„, g„„, ,,„^ , ill Jirni, hte nnd a he ribs arc fortresn of fmce and 'bs tcould "ance." by tahintj d briuff- have the IK SPIRIT, nize the nship to 'l claims it would inn was the obli- gnized" that the Ip moot 15 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and cyary fowl of the air; and brought thcin unto Adam, to see what he would call tiiom : and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, nnd to every beast of the field ; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. And the Lord God caused a det |) sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept : and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made lie a \voman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, Ihis is now bone of my bones, and flesh of n)y flesh : siie shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife ; and they shall be one flesh.— Gen. ii : 18-24. And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daugh- ter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, and had lived Avith an husband seven years from her virginity ; And she was a widow of about four score and four years, which departed not from the temple, but seiTed [God)* with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks like- wise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jer„salem.-LuKK II: 3()-38. *It is worthy of note that the sgcred name, as it occurs hnVT ^ !. . departed not from the temnle ing spirit of woman, Parson says, " was an Anna r prophetess, which departed not froJn he Temp^e-I speak nth'Sl;'' ''^'^'^'■"'"' ^^'-^ God^nthSy coniinually [m the human temp e] : how clearlv in d.cated ami deJined Woman's legitimat^ work an Srto^Go'H'r'r'' '""'"-^"^ rflationshipTnd oblil gatwn to God her Creator and her Maker, and to the ffuiPfi §rawii : §i^ §tlk -»<#>< II. THE MOTIIKR OF JESUS. ii POU put Eve before Mary ?" i^ "I do not." ^ " You don't !" " No, sir, I do not." " How is that ? " "Sir, Eve is l)efore Mary, for Eve rca., before Mary : What have I to do with the arrangement?" "I understand you now." •* Eve, sir, is tfie woman ; Mary, a woman. Mary Avas blessed among .Vomen, she was not exalted 18 4 •'I'-re w. „,c„. A ,v. „,„„ «„. ,|,e „,„„„, „f „,^ '■;"'"-"'" '■"•'-"'- "«»' •'""fs; Ho .™ ,|,„ fr„it ,„■ M.»r. w.„„l,_i„.,i,,,„,, .„• »„•, ,„i,,, , .,,,0 «„l '" '/« ,„„„„„.•„., M.u,.„«,ao .,{„„,„„„„.. y.^, ";".'"" '""•" "'»' '"> '^'-y. k.r p,.„x.v. Tl,e f„l„o.s ..,»,..-,„•, l,e i„,.,.i„, ,,e,.v....„ „.e „,„ki„^ „„.l „,„ ;;"'•■'"'•';•; ""-"•i-"'i..^ <.»...„.• .;u.i..,.,_.,f — ooni of a virgin. •• nv vi,ti„ ..|,.,so„ ,„• (1,„I ,„ r,o ,r,.. l,o„r..r „(■ ||„. ,.....„,,. .„,_„,„ ,„„,,„. „,^„^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^ _^^ ^ _^^ ;'"■ " -^'"^■•"•'■"'' -i'""« ■' '" « ».«.. « iH« „,„ >,,,, ■'""'''''• "•■ ""^' '"■"»-^' • <■ 1'avi.I , «,Hl „„ vi,-.i„.. iiaiuc was Mary. " «i;k.i>.,,,v„„e „ i,*.„ lutgiru il's,e':rv"2"V"" -HI i"« ..«...oC,Z'1;i:^V-»-^;;;;;!;;;;";h -..., »,„i .Cii other of llio * the frnit of ♦ : 'tlio seed )inm). T/ie The fill no !!l)S i Woman — f Jiuhih— of nothlchem* Mior of f lie God, Mils nainc was he vir«rin'.s h tlioii ho >ft hoe shall rati ; wliose !vorla>ting. ■'■ that slTo v:2, 3. that I will Kiim shall t and JOS- saved, :ind ic wlioieliy J«i a .sig:n : , and shall t Hi - WJkhj was this Mavy horn ? How old was she when her Hist horn was hroiight f(»rth ? Whon did she die? Who stood hesidc her doatli-l»ed ? Her last w can none need o^er-estinlate eare to know save they who «rreatiy Mary, and who may wish to verify their reekoninir. We Minst diserinnnate, sir, hetween Jeins, tl >e son of Mary, and jKsrs, rm.: Sox of (Joo. Diiflerin is onr CJovernor-Cioneral. and a f Lord nnons (nie lu'i.s: what is his mother to ns? What is she t him, the Vieeroy? What has she to do, dead xavninif-street? His lordship was 1 (» or living, with I) little Fred; I IV rejral ler not or viee-regal hecanse he is. And as we dis- is her son Frederiek : she i^ tiDjjnish hetween the son of her ladyship and he Majesty's Representative, let us d iseriminatt! he- ioiir. Hear this tween Mary's son and Mary's 8av (and he read the followinjr, of the seeond ehapter of the gospel l»y Saint John) : — And the third day th ^iiUii ot (iaiilee ; and tl ere was a marria yni? What imnw.isc' I', » s»r, (>x( ppt ni •»e that I de net k "•'"»»«• ; ami hou' tley k'lOH', and I can- I»oi>het.s in those cl iys. I> '» to do tJ,o talk *<' vou tindoivstand?' MliT '^'. you may \v •''scalledandHi,disdpl •e was an unseen, unl Tb « \vnie was ' out sa y> what Was to I e^ to the '»iflden g^uest, ,'or •g|vi„jr '/^'/^ y^M Cl( 'o. Ifouv need; loUh h '0 (lone? qnoth the t(] 11 iiptor er get Maty to a.sk Ih son on yotir behalf^ im. -on 21 behalf of your gue.ls^ Ws disciple., 11, ^oiU chavne you nothing: " ' Charge me nothing! He will take no com- pensation then; if He would I .could u.k Ilin, rnu- «e//. What IS to he done? ' - ' Done! havnH I told youV say. .Satan, ' ob- tain oflhm or go without: *' * V'^o, why not go to llim direct T - ^Because He i,s Marfs son,-that is .vhy; He mil not deny His n,other; her requests are, in fact commands. Hut then, in addressing the mother of Jesus, remember she is no ordinary .coman; honor -nd reference her; let her see that you do. Salute her thus: II.a.l Makv ; then remembering she is full oj grace, for Ih is who was made of her, tell her so, it will please her. Then again HoLV Marv i. ihs.sed among roomen, remind her oflhat,-and then, not till then, make knoxvn your desire. Do as I tell you, and my word for it, in that way. and in that way only, gon will obtain an adequate and a .seasonable snpplg; I,,, ,io,,,,,, ,,., ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ the office and work of intercession, and do it effectu- aly and .x oxck ; only ask her. I .itt be on hand together to assent. There she goe.! Quick! don^t stop to parley, to consult or to consider; of ,,n you: •'' 22 iiiMitnfoiI— HuniLMMMtrd ."• "Gr)(i(l!" I ('vcl.ii|,w.,i . "H » • 1 tMi.imu.l, that iscli-vfr, ,in„„ piv 7"- "■'■;;•— ■• i „„,„,.., J, „,.„ ■.•.•-Mh..^,,„,.„.o,.,,i,,,,,.,,i,,H,ci,,,,,o., , "it r,«c ,.,,.„. ,li.li,? TlK.,c.i,„ro«„.roe.i„„,s,>, '""■■-'■'"•J...S. ..ml „f ,1,0 ,„,,•„,, ,, ,l,i, i, „„e „f ";'""" '"'•l«Hi,...»,,»„f ,„..„. V„„„„vol ,1 ... .0 «.v>„,.o,.„.v,.,,,- I,K.„.„. „f „,,. ,ve.„c.,„ S,at,.. <>i AnuTioa?" "I have." "Sir, It Is ever so with the .oocls of error ,,„d of •••■J.Htv., with whatsoever worketh aho.niuation mill makoth a lie. "TlK.„o,vP„pe,Ws,„„.o™,„„e,„„e|, „fl M.ry.,v.„.,|„|,,,or: ' lV„c.|, C„u,st : H,s l,fk ax„ "V"- -ucl, f,.,. Chri»t : Hi, lift „„, „„,„, ,^,^ -t.,fM,„.,,iH.i.™,,«..o«. i.„„e ,...., gi;s Ma,;. the intercessor, his toe." "To kiss?" '^^•o, sir; 1 hope there is eno.igh of Paul and itT, iip(»n njy r roii<], or(]i<; in tlie secojul nreetion, sir, this is true of II liave hojii-d ^stoJ•n Slates 'JTor jMid of aI>uiuiiiatiou ' niiicli of a S LrFK AND !i- reported. ■•:.>ry-Joii;ui iin»rs testifv gives Marv f I*aul and 2'^ HMrnnhMsiM Loo XIII, ...kI I in.-Iin. I. thlMk tlu-re •n.i.v 1,0, CHM.^rl, „t ,[,, Ajm.tle in Id:,, ,., ,„,k,. ,,i,„ «'■'•' like oryi.iir out, u |,.-u people i,ov d i"> wine, when: lo 1 her n.outh is stopped !- ' WOMAX, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THKI-: ?'-that is the ans ver she gets. Mary never tried it again. She never forgot that rebuke; she remembers it vet " I smiled. ♦Acts xiv: 15. tRev. xix: 10. i ^ ' ( ! 11 I 24 " If *f)c«Toos not m*i. It :. I .•o„.i,uu,.. i, ,«e„:, -k:^": . 7;;' •"'" "-> '- oi«o like ,h... ■ '' """"■ »'""'''«• "»yi'«iy ^^ niat, there was never s,. m.. 1 . "« ->«., ..„., ,ie „..„„., ,.;;":" '7-'""- -"C.'^;:;;:;:;£ F^^^^^^^ '""•«c was the,e-fho . 'i "'"' '** *'»« •>»• these e„n,e tc, Tn«... 1 '^ ""*' '^•' '""•'<> ?»'J>eloif.s In- 25 ""' '->• -'- r-Kl ,.ill. to<,, if ,„,, ,,,j „.,,^„^^ I • i, i'"tt. Joj-t'iHl one to pcrsoii.ii " » nu niJit tlicy liiiv.'l.s fo oHt'litl God - - • "^ *"" • r f 26 formed, the rioi>e of glory. Why insirlt the God- T>egotteii with the intimation that He, who the Prince of this world could not overcome; might sniTcnderto n woman?" " You would'ut, anyhow." " Wouldn't ? -would'nt what ?"— frowning. Wouldn't— would'nt solicit Mary's intervention?'' "Not I sir ; thank (jod I know better. ' Wonmn, irhat have I to do with thet?' There is one modiaior Iwtwcen God and men*— not God and man; l)e- twoen Ood and individual men— the nutn Ciikist Jesus,— the only begotten of the Father." Then, oiK'uing at the XI chapter of Saint John, Parson read t!)eso words, — " ' And Josns lifted np his eyes and said.Futlior I thank thee that thou iitist heard mo. And I knov,- that thou hearost me always : but because of the people wliieh stand l»y I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.' *♦ Then, sir," he continued, ''you remember those Words of the third chapter, — "'The Father lovcth the Son, and hath given all thin""-aM.U.,„vcl,i„f;,i. "O, liiit tliiit is iii»t,rl||» ;■-"; ^'■'.- ^.>i..eo,. .:,,j;r :;:*;'.:': ^"' ■"■ liiive knoun rest r.r n.f • • '"^ ''"•""'^t '''■^^^' VoMrs M..r. I ,'"""' ^'"' ^'^^I'toen hun. l>«l.c.(„,,lly_,l„i„„ i . ' 1'">-(lo„,g i, » ^ 29 *' Let me sec," Parrfoii contiimod, " what wns that wo read a minute a * .' " All tl„.s, sir, and no mention of Mary ! I tell you, s.r, Mary.wor.hipper. cannot adduce one iota of testimony from Holy Writ in support of their- -h«tsh„„Ie„I,it? ^«me it yourself, «ir; call it what you like-anything hut Truth." "B«it, then," said I " diVl„'f \f -IJidn t they got what they asked for?" *Onnvfnce, marginal rending. f4 nnto you, do d unauthorized? e can be but one om the XV juid ; John : B, whom I will ^ the iSpiiit of ''uthor, he shall th ; It is expe- I go not away, you; but if I nd when ho'is jf sin, and of me nothinrr. r)everyo shall I give it yon. y name ; ask, y be full.' ^laryJ I tell luce one iota rt of their— f. sir; call it y succeed ? SI "Didn't Mary succeed? No-yes. Yes, Mary succeeded if Mary's object were what it was not-if it were to elicit from the Son of God a withering rebuke to creature usurpation of divine functions- divine attributes-divine glory, and to have that robtike put on ondurin^r, irrefragable record I Did Mary succeed? Did she, indeed I Mary, sir, did not succeed at nskiuff; don't talk of ffettinff. Mary asked for nothing ; Mary was not permitted to ask, . much less make intercession. The most that can be said for Mary in this connection is this,— that the company were not denied on Mary's account-were not denied because of her interference. When they were in present-not prospective need, as was likely the case when Mary undertook the mission " '♦ You don't mean to say that Mary " "No, of course not, but this I will say, that al- lowance may here, perhaps, be not improperly made for lack of precision in verbal expression, character- istic of the East, and not unknown amongst our- selves, which deceives not the listener, nor is it intended or expected to deceive. Well, when they were in present want, and realized their need-when other and ordinary sources of supply had failed, or were known to bo unavailable-wben they who sent Mary found He would not listen to her. would have I HI 1 f •>"'•;• 'i-V "M..t lo„k lo ,F..u« ,lin.,.|lv, n.n.s, ,..,.M fo(hnMMloM.._r,M.mMI,...f '('M,.H.',|o..,„.» ,„,.,„, W,-wI.n.W-, r, ,..^, ,,„,„., t.l tluM.) <..Kl.su,,,.lu.lHM.i.-,u.nl,u.n,.. -HI, iriMMho '^o,Ki uin,.'ornisp..ovi.hW; tlH\V dn.nk niMl ,vi,.ln.,l lK.ru,Ml.(. I>,ml." IKMJMnjT ol'lluMlivilK. IXMIIUV." "Ix't.KsHoo. W. I.avo MlnvHl.v r.H.n.l It u„s not ^Mvon «o,.|K.r,,sk,n^._ro,..,«l,„|,, ,,;,, ,„„^ „^,^. ^,^^^ ^v.••^sno.,HM•milkMlto; lot, u. ,vml .,„ „.,| |,|,.ssi,„r_ ^vhotho.. or .u.( i, was rocoivo.] ... di.po.sc.l cM.y M.-.rv.,r tluo,,irK Ihm- ,,jxo.uy - nlu-tluM-, i,, a w,ml "".v part i„ 11.0 transaction was assic.,,,,1 t„ „r per- '•»iHo.l Mary l»y th. IKmmI oI thoCluMvh, as per tho sai rod roooni : governor of the f,v„t. A„d tLoy I re i, ""u.,^: 33 i"«'".v, must (niNt "»"' (If liiul not n'<'<'IIo tliniii to His |»rovi(lin'- «" '-hk, or i„Z "DM Jos,H talk ,..,e Hi,,, to l,,.vo done .„. Let us s,,,,. 1-0, .,.o.,,.,t,ho ,,,,,,,,,,, J,, ,,^,,^^,^,^^^^^^.^^^1 - . JW, o„.e..„l „„<, „,,s ,„„. ;„„„„.,, „„„ «o,.tod Let us suppose that „u her euteriuj, Jesus saluted her thus : o-'"-s"s "'IU.L.M.,UV1 PLLLOrciUO^, BLESSEDAUTTItoU '^"D' ">'d U shall be granted Ihee.' "Let us suppose all this to have been said aud d„„e -""'iat blither f/. Let us 8lip- Ik'j' wore hidden ■s i^')norod, thtis entering, Jesus .ESSEDAHTTIIOU >/y mother, shall behalf of these readily grant. '>e enthroyied on Jctithjul, pre- nd supplicatit. 's thy requfst? said and dojie 3 the Queen- now turn we we nijiy learn 35 Perhaps, sir, I Ijad hotter conuect preecdi it with the w^i ' — said unto him Ikhold thy mother and thv hroMiron stand without, (hvsirin- to sj.oak with thee, lint he answered and said unto him that told him ' t replying aloud to the private intimation] ' Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? And he •stretehe. forth his hand toward his disoiplcs, and said, liehold my mother and xu- brethren* For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother and sister and motJier. ■'Go on, sir; let us hear how it ends." *' Wliat further would you learn?" ♦« Why, Mary's and her other sous' purpose in coming, and all the rest." " You want to know," 1 suppose, - how Jesus spoke to her this time." " Yes, and what lie said." Parson handed me the book, or rather he pushed it towards me, for it was heavy, saying, " You can read it for yotirsclf, sir," adding-'' if you can find it." I looked. I found— nothing. " What I " I exclaimed, " nothing further ! " " Nothing further, sir. I read, as you see, to the end of the chapter; the next begins with ' The same I 3(J dny wont Jesns «„t «f the h„„so [luny so<.„ „fte,. }« ""t stated] :.„d 8„t I.y the sea side And pet multitudes wore crnthered t,>een noted hut fo'r the' great truth the announcement elicited. Saint Mat- thew, sir, for one, was not. evidently, a Mary-wor- 8hif)|)er." - How about the other Evangelists ? What do they say about it?" ♦' Well, sir, Mark is next; let us see if Mark has "lore consideration for Mary. Let me have the 'Ml.e ; the account is, I think, in the third chapter ot the gospel by Saint Mark : t,.;;lZ!''T ^'"'"« *'^^" his brethren and his mo- " ^Vorse still ;_• his brethren' first." •' • There came then his brethren and l.!« m,.fi «".l, standing „,t|,„„,, sent unllrhlmf 'rife^ilr:: [lifjw soon after is side. And peat V "iito Ijim, so that need n't repeat It : >II'>W3 the par«l)Ie or »l»()iit visit or 1 syllable. What I — whether or not 8II.-J — whether or of the house, He ^1 • In fact, sir, noted hut for the ited. Saint Mat- >tly, a Mary-wor- listH? What do I see if Mark has 'ft me have the he third chapter •en and his mo- st." and his mother, ini, calling him. 4 37 And the multitudosatalmnt him,' [a low pulpit that '1 ;;•; they .sa.d unto hi.nlJehold, thy mo'the an thv M'thren without seek for thee. And he answe eW thorn .ay.n.MN'ho is n,y mother, or n,v In Vl ^mT' i" md '-tr' ->;-<. -.l-ont on them whi;.h sat al.out ini, and ..aid, I}eh(.l,l my mother and my l.retj.ren » I'or whosoever shall d„ the will of (J,.,! tl e s mo •s .ny brother. an,l n.y sister, and n,othe A„d e iH'gan again to teach by the sea side.' - There you have it, «ir; Mark is as indilferent to the clain,s of Mary, as is Matthew. Mark, sir, is no "lore a Mary-worshipper than Matthew is." - Luke comes next ; try the Gospel by St. Luke." He turned to the Vlll chapter, and read- y ' Then came to him his motheV and his brethren and cou d not come at him for the press A ,1 »' was told hin. by certain which said, Tl y m.,the ,.d thy brethren stand without, desiring I ehee Anddie answered and said unto them, My mothe,' it. •' There, sir, you have all that Luke says about " Why," said r, .. Luke is not even /^/C-e-warm in Mary's behalf." "Sir, neither Matthew, Mark, nor Luke was a worshipper of Mary, that is evident. And, as for John, he says nothing about the visit. This is hard on the Mary heresy, b:it it is honest." I 38 •« Perhaps they didn't perceive wh«t Mary was," I suggested. "And if she were what some think her, onght her divine Master not to have known it? And had he known her to be of more account than other of the disciples, would He not have treated her difforcitly? In fact, sir, Mary-worship is the most unjustifiable, the most absurd thing con- ceivable ; it is most God-dishonoring : « My'^glory will I „,.t give to another, ,»either my pnuse to gRivcn images.' What is that Jesus said to Mary from the cross? * Woman,' said He. 'behold thy son 1 '"* " That was Himself?" " Some think that, but I do not. I tak-i « son ' to be John, f<,r He said right after, • Ix^hold thy mother ! ' John seems to have so understood, for from that hour he took her unto his own home. John thenceforth was to be to Mary as a son; Mary, to John as a mother. -'Now, there stood by the cross of Je^us his mother, and his mother's^ister. Mary, the wife f Cleophas, and Mary MaguaJene. - >yhen Jesns therefore saw his mother, and the nis motlier, W (mian, behold thy son ! *St. John, xix : 20. rh«t Mary was," k her, ought her ? And had he t than other of ve treated her fvorship is the nrd thing con- ng : • My glory her my praise Jesus said to ither, and the , he saith unto 39 "'Then saith he to the disciple. Behold thy mother I And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.'" ' "So," said I, "the mother of Jesus was His hitest care and solicitude." " The object, yes, and a worthy object she was ; but you must not suppose that Jesus cared for her at the last, only, or chiefly at the last. " The lledeemer's work lacked but the final stroke ; the man's might be attended to. Jesus was never lacking in love and reverence for Mary, His mother ; to so judge were to greatly err. It was Mary's Lord that called her Woman-not Mary's son. It was her divine Master that said at the marriage, ♦ Woman, what have I to do with thee?' It was the Son of Man that declared ♦ My mother and brethren are thfse which hear the word of God and do it.' If Jesus rebuked Mary as at Cana of Galilee, it was not that the son loved the mother less, but that the Teacher loved the disciple more. If, on another occasion. He did not respond to Mary's call, it was because He was al)out His Father's business— because Ho was doing a great work and could not come down— doing the will of Him that sent Him,— be- cause, too, He was willing to practise what Ho preached— because the man was under and subject 40 |^^«.e S,,,, of M,.„, .,,„ 3„„ „f Mao- to .h. S„„ „f " M„,y, n,i«io„ ? Mn,.y, ,„;,„,,„, ,,,, „, „,.^ ^ Sl.e «..„ to have l.oe,, moH.e,-, „„r.o and matemul guard,,,,, of Jes,,,,, ,„„, ,,„j ,,„^ ,j.,,,_^ ^^^^ m,«.io„, „„d ,.ig,,t ,v„r,|,i,,. did sl,o acoomplisl, i,, Ood help,-,,,, „er. Mary ,,„s 1„ ,- ..wa.d , «,,„ ,,„,, ontere;! ,„to ro,,, ,he ,«t that ,.o,„ai„.,tl, to ,l,o pnopleofGod.' •' M'..'.V i» ..nt doi„g d„„l,|„.,,„,„,<,<, j„„,^ j|,^,_y„ " Pool.1 Fro,„tl,ctimoofMa,.y, h.tervio-- with the a„gol till ,o,„o ti,„e after the Savio„r', hirth H;"-y w,„ of „„ iu,,,„ ,„,„„„(, ,.,,,,,,_„; .".gl.t ..avo .,id, ,. „,d Joh„ „f „„ „,„;„„,^ He „„„t „,e,ease, l„,t I „,„st dee,o,,,.e.' Marv «, the,, ,,f „o liule „„, „,hel,„d„,vo,ktodo "' 0,K ,„,. „,a„ie which hear the word of God and do it," Then Mary is not now Maiy. mother? " " Do you mean to ask if Mary is or is not at pre- sent the mother of our Lord— the Lord Jesus? •' Well,— yes." '• Consider Christ's words,—' my mother and ray brethren are tht;:3 which hear the word of God and doit.' Does He speak of the departed ? No. Why, sir. nothing can be more absurd and ridiculous than t<» talk about the maternal and the filial relation beyond the river. You remember what our Sav iour said in reply to the enquiry alH)ut the woman that had had seven husbands, as to whose wife she should be at the Kesurrection?" •'I do— about marrying and being given in mar- riage.'" 43 spveii in inar- «* You may look it up; look iu the twelfth chap- ter of the Gospel by St. Mark." I did so. " I have it, sir." "Read it." " ' And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the pover of God ? For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, neither are given in marriage ; hut are asHhe ano-els which are in heaven." '^ '♦ If then, sir," said my friend, " if in the re-em- bodied condition, nobody shall be nothing to nolmdy, to speak boy.fashion, think how absurd it is to talk about blood relationship out of the body. They are as the angels of God ; they are as the angels of God. " My throat is dry. I have talked myself hoarse. Go down cellar and get me some apples, l>est you imve; Bishop's Pippins, if you have them, lean eat a dozen, I think." I went. I filled a peck basket. I brought thorn to him. He put the basket down upon the flf»or, between his feet. He seemed intent upon eating them all. I started to go after some for myself. t I;, 44 ♦' AVhere are you goinfrV" ^ I toIJ I)hn. I told him, too, what I was n apple-eater, with appetite and capacity for the task-after twelve at night, esi)eeially After a while I asked him, .^ Are you of opinion, «a-, that death dissolves family relationship once and for ever ? " -. "Of curse it J„o„, tl,o Tester U merged i,„„ the greater. TAere are no /„™,Vy j,,„, ;„ ,;„ aanc/uar//.*' '■ He got talking again about Jesus' regard for Mary His mother. " It is a mistake, sir, a great mistake, a very ' great mistake, to suppose Jesus lacking in love and reverence for his mother, the best of women. Ihe very nature and constitution of Jesus forbid the supposition. He cannot but have been a most ten- derly affectionate son ; none so appreciative of filial ^H,iJ li iU8' ivgiird fill' 4S "Wigation,. „„„e ,, ,,,d^ ,„ 1 Oil judge ':>" " ^ J"^-"' «"•' *■••"'» His composition ■ from H;« constitution I infer thi. .... . »• '"" • i»om His '"'^'^ *'""' •M^-»rt from every thino- else The f,rst man Adam is ^e figure of iL t^l to rn»i^ A„ . Jn '■^ ^j J:itm that teas ,1 '""• ^' "•* '"»<= '•'e-. 1.0 was originally o/- «n habitation of God ,!..„. i ., miuaed— was „/• «/, tf / , : '^* '*' ''•"■'■'• She 1/ '"' ^'''' '■'"' "f '"' ion.,. Jo,„3 was Ho ■s, Iho 8c«,iHl Adam. Ho was »/• / ■ «-■, a"? !:.;rSc:.' K:f i^ '::''n'i-"" """''' "...i. titio,, bctwce,, us Inv ," il' r r'l'' " """ "f l""-- eiimity.ovei, tho law nf"/ ^^^^'" '" ''!» H'sh the i" onIi„a„ces , for to ,,,/ko 'n'" ""T"'^ """»"'«' eile hoth unto Go fhw 1 i '"" .''^ ""S'" ■'"'on- Jlain the enmity ?hc,":;" "'^l ''^ '!'» "T ' '"'^"'S ul t"l',',jr.'..r '""" ""vo aecess by o„o Spirit Gell';' """'■' ™^'*''''"'""--''>-'ews,,„d *EpIi. ii. 14-18. 11 If 46 women, fellow-heirs, and of the same body ; I re- peat it, sir, and apply ft to man, who under the law, was of the circumcision, and to teoman who under the larw was not of the ciTcumcision. •' 'The measure of the staturo of the fuhiess of Christ,' is that of a perfect man ; • neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.' Man—of twain one originally- separated and re-united, remained two nevertheless distinct and separate. Fallen, woman's sorrows were gredtly multiplied : put in subjection to her husband, he is to rule over her. In the second Adam they are re-united : the re-union is complete ; —one body and one spirit. The twain, you per- ceive, are one body in Christ— members one of another. If sons of God, by regeneration, « we are not of Ifie bond woman but of the free. ^ " ' Wherefore as by one man ' *♦ What man ? The man and the woman— the ori- ginal twaiu-oue man- woman. ♦« * Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned : (For until the law sin was in the world : but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the 47 e body ; I re- uiider the law, nan who under the fulness of ther is the nian in without the le originally — nevertheless nan's sorrows jection to her n the second 1 is complete ; lin, you per- nbers one of ition, • we are man — the ori- tered into the passed upon ■ until the law mpnted when reigned from ad not sinned ission, who is 3ut not as the ofTonce, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many he dead, mwh more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which iis by one man, Jesus Christ, liath abounded unto man}'. And jvot as it was by one that siiuied, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the ft'ce gift is of many offences to justification. Fw if hy one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judg- ment canie upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound : That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.'* ♦♦ Observe, sir, the joint transgressors,— the man and the woman— are here spoken of as one, and pro- perly so, for one they were, though distinct and separate. Man sinned, man must suffer. Whom? the seperate man or the twain? The two, most assuredly. Joint offenders, they must jointly suf- fer. The man without the woman, can he atone for the joint transgression? By no means. " • But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil *Rom. v: 12-21. 48 thoiT sIiaTt not eat of it ; for in the day thut tlioti eatcst thereof thou shalt surely die ' When and to whom was this said ? When ? Before the rib M'as taken — before the woman was taken out of the man. To whom ? To the complete, the very good man — to him her. 'Thou must surely die.' Whom? The man subsequently separjite?— one of the twain? a part?— not the whole? Xo, sir, thmt shalt surely die' — thou MAN. Joint offenders, he— they— must suffer. As in the great transgression, the man was not without ithe womin, neither the woman without the man, so in the making of atonement therefor, the one is not without the olher; the sacrifice is n.ust have been, full and complete. He— they sin- ned not without the body (tiiey ate) he— they were one, (the woman :vas taken out of the man, she was of his flesh and of his bones), he — they must suffer in the body —in one body. He— they ate of the tree, — to the tree must he (they; l)e brought; on it must he— they suffer the penalty due to his— their— trans- gression . He— they ate of the fruit of the tree ; he - they must hang upon the tree. He— they sinned openly; he— they must suffer oi>enly. Death the penalty, he— they must die, hanging upon the tree — must die, not necessjftily be killed. " Having sinned voluntarily, voluntarily mu^the— ,54WlL iK 49 they suffer, must ho-thoy die to make atonement therefor; having surely sinned, he-they must 'shall surely die.' Judgment against the evil work is not executed speedily, else ' no flesh should he saved ;' the fruit of the body shall atone for his-theircatinlr of the fruit of the tree. Man, the whole man, musl die-man in the state and condition in which he was when the Jaw was proclaimed and the penalty announced— that Justice may be satisfied and Mercy prevail — a twain-one, a complete, a very good man-one holy, harndess, undofiled, separate from simiers, for such was man originally— „nc made, Adam-like, not after the law of a carnal comma.id^ raent, but after the powers of an endless life. The seed ofthe woman, he is to have been made of a womnn; hence, the fruii ofthe spirit-oi the sepa- rated, re-embodied, re-formed ('formed anew') human spirit-the first-fruit, that of a virgin; fruit ofthe tree of Wio-fnut it is the Spirit's office to take of and give to man if he will receive it, and eat that his soul may live-fruit of which he may freely eat ;_fruit of the Spirit, the gift of God, spiritual not materhil food, the bread of life sent down from heaven, spiritual manna, with which the weakest may he fed and increased in strength, of which the toothless and the lock-jawed may eat and be satis- 12 j J 50 fied — not that brend which perishes with the using — substantial not tran-substnntial bread. " Then, sir, mark ! The fruit unlawfully eaten of was of the original tree of knowledge — a tree of God's own right hand planting — was, of course, of a branch of the tree, of a twig of the branch. 'Very good,' of itself — fruit of paradise — not itself under tv curse, it was made a curse for us — a savour ot death should man eat thereof. Man so offends ; he is driven out — Man : the man and the woman. ' Alone' he entered — in one body ; has he, in the person of the second Adam, re-entered paradise alone — without the woman ? I don't believe it, sir. ' The head of the woman is the man :' has Man got but his head into paradise? and is he therewith content? Does woman, neverthcloss, trust in him? Then, O wo- man ! great is thy faith ! Methinks, sir, I hear the dying, atoning Man say t< the penitent believing thief crucified with him — to her who took of the for- bidden fruit — stole it — and did eat and gave also to her husband with her and he did eat — I fancy, sir, 1 hear him say to her as he hangs upon the tree — ' Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise.' Believe me, they greatly err who suppose that the sexual Adam, in the person of our Lord Jesus Christ, has re-entered paradise alone, that the using — Ily eaten of — a tree of course, of a eh. ' Very ■lelf under tv )ur of death be is driven ' Alone' he rson of the e — without 'The head >ut his head ent ? Does hen, O wo- , I hear the it believing k of the for- gave also to [ fancy, sir, 1 the tree — lou be with tly err who irson of our e alone, that 51 woman has not ^^ith him entered. Mark !— « in one body by the cross.' The woman, sir, has entered in. She is not barred of access to the tree of life. She may take of the fruit thereof and eat, freely eat, and give also to the man with her that he may eat. She may drink of the pure river of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb-drink of the gushing, inexhaustible fountain —fountain opened up to* the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for unclean- ness. She may, I thank my God, she may: and, having quenched her thirst, she may say to ..thors. ' Come. A ».a let aim that is athirst come, and whoso! ever will, let them take of the water of life freely.' O, sir, it is a mistake, a great mistake, a very great mistake, the supposing that the man is without the woman in the Lord. Woman, sir, has not a great high priest who cannot be touched with the feel- ings of her infirmities. She has not in Christ a friend and advocate who cannot sympathize with Hagar in the house of her bondage, and Hagar in the wilderness, cast out, athir.st and afflicted Iwith Raehael in her travail, and Rachael bereaved of her children,— with Mary and her sister Martha. She * Opened up to, not opened up in. 11 .4 52 may go to God in Christ, as to one with whose joys and whose sorrows He is personally acquainted, with whose trials and perplexities and temptations he is familiar- can go to Him with confidence at all times and on all occasions as to an elder sister, assured of His willingness to hear, of His tender sympathy — of present, 'very present help.'" ?E sliall see of the TRAVAIL OF ?sl HIS SOUL, and shall be satis- fled : BY HIS KNOWLEDGE shall my righteous servant justify many ; for he shall bear their iniquities.— Is. LIII : 11. •'Woman, sir, was the first offender; she is first to suffer. The glory had departed. Who can con- ceive of her dread forebodings, her trepidation, her agony in the garden — to her, paradise no longer ! Who, sir, can doubt but that she was ' exceeding sorrowful' — that, reproached and spurned by man her fellow — her foUow man — spit upon, it may be, oppressed with the sense of God's displeasure and awaiting His appearance, she wont by herself and fell upon the ground helpless, hopeless, comfort- Icaa — that she could not, durst not pray, scarce durst exclaim in her extremity : ' My God I my God I why hast thou forsaken me !' 53 " Who was pre-eminently the ' man'of sorrows and acquainted with grief?' Who went forth with His disciples over the brook Cedron, where wsls a garden into which He entered, and His disciples ?-said to them, 'Sit ye here, while I shall pray 'P-took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed and very heavy ?_said unto them, ' My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death : tarry ye here and watch'?— went forward a little and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possiiilo the hour might pass from Him?-said, 'Abba, Father, all things are po8sil)le unto thee ; take away this cup from me : nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt '?-prayed thus a first and a second and a third time, saying the same words? Who, amid the blackness of darkness, within and without,' cried with a loud voice from the accursed tree, say^ mg, ' Eloi, Eloi, LAMA sABACHTHANi ?' Ah, Verily Jesus was a man of sorrows 1 His sorrows were, indeed, 'greatly multiplied.' Was it all for man? Was woman's 'multiplied sorrow' unrepresented in His cross and passion? Is woman to reap where she did not sow? No, sir; she has sown in tears ; she shall reap in joy. " ' But now, saith the Lord that created thce,0 Jacob and be that formed thee, Israel, Fear not: for I baVc 13 m 54 redeemed thee, TTiave called thee by thy name ; tjiou art mine. Wheyi thou p'lss^st through the tmit^rs I will be y^ith ih^e',anrUhrough the rivers, fMy shall not overjl^no ., « • • Foi* I am the Lora lliy Gad, the Holv One of Israel, thy Saviour : * * Since .tlaon wast precious in n.y s.-ht, tliou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore mil I give HK^ for thee, and people /or thy life. Fear not: for I am with thee: I will brinj; thy Seed from the t.ast, and aather thee from the West; I will say to the iNorth, Give UP ; and to the South, Keep not back : bnug my sons from far\ and my slaughters from the ends of the earth; even Vveryone that is called by my name: for- I h-vc^ created him for my glory, I have formed h'm; yea, I ham made m. Brin/forth the blind people that have eyes and the doaf tlmt have ears. Let all the nations be gathered tocrether an<» let the p« .J"8t'- fied : or let them hear, and say, It is truth. —Is. iui, l-y. l\i " Sir, a woman god has been invented ; a very great multitude bow the knee and shout. Hail, Mary! Three-fourths of them are women. I mar- vel not. The tired, suffering child cries instinctively, ^Bock me to sleep, mother: Little Isaac prefers Sarah's to Abraham's bosom. God's children by vii-generation are born motherless, or Christendom is wrong : it is Abraham's bosom or none. Boys find it hiird to do without a mother— the girls, harder; hence— Mary. Nine-tenths of the Mary-worship is attributable, sir, to misconception in respect of the 55 nature and coHstittitiou of God, and of Jesns Christ His Son, our Lord. « O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the projjhets and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gatliered thy children together, even m a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not."— ' The seed of the won:an '_' made of a woman,' Jesus was spirit of woman's spirit, flesh of her flesh Woman certainly had then a part ax Him; has she. oonc whatever now? True, we are to know Christ no more alter the flesh, but in Jesus, in the flesh, is God nuKle manifest. The fir.st Adam ' is the fieflrst and the spirit of the «econd, Adam?-between the woman, seen and un- seen, and the Church, visible and invisible ?- the Church, the 'spouse' «f the second Adam, 'the Bride," the Lamb's wife'?-the spirit human and the Spirit divine ? Do not ' v..generation ' and iorn again.' and the ' new i/.^A,' anl ^ born of the Spirit ' involve maternity in the divine nature ? Has Christ no ' bowels of compassion '? Is there no sis- terhood in Christ ?-no motherhood in God? Is '/7e' never to be interpreted /S/^e? Q, sir I marvel not th.t a woman god has been sot up-that i §6 Mar}' is the god of the women I I marvel not that with many of them Allah is God and Mary is Hia prophet or prophetess ; — aye, and more than a pro- . phet — their mother in God — the mother of God : — that there is a strange God among them, and that a woman. When will men perceive and women be persnaded that in Jesus dwelt, that in Christ dwell- eth, all the fulness of the Man-head» bodily I — when, see in God, as revealed in His only-begotten Son, our Lord, a Father and a Mother I "But— what time is it f " Don't know. Parson ; clock is not going — stopped to listen to you, I reckon." " Sir, a lie is a lie— fun or earnest. If I stop and finish up, I shall be here to breakfast." " Well, suppose you turn in with me, and resume in the morning." "No 1 I am off. I will be here soon again, if all be well. Good-night, or- morning, whatever it is." ^p See page (59 for contimntion of the discussion. §i^r$o^ §rowit • f '« §ntk. i *i 4i III. THE POWER AND THE GLORY. ^^OW, sir, a few words about the glory that ^-^ shall bf. revealed and t7ie manifestation of the sons of God, and then back to Ste- phen—to God 13 A Spirit and the form ov God. "Sir, the glory that shall be revealed is the manifestation of the ii07is of God, or rather, the revealing of the glory before invisible is such mani- festation. The day was when THE SONS OF GOD AMONGST MRK were such inanifestly— when the son looked like the Father. Well, no, not the sons of God, for, alas ! before man began to multiply upon the face of the U [J 58 earth, the original glory, visible and invisible, had depaited. Let nrc say this instead, when a ion of 06d — ibe created Man*^ — was such maDifestly. "the first ADAM had, however, to wait for the manifestation. He was * made' — he had t?ie form of God, but he was without power ; he was a* one dead, as one in a deep sleep. He did ii#t, of courbe, jfenoto Mmietf. He had not the knovdedge of God. He desired not the knowledge of his ways, jftid I say this s: . of God, THE FiBST Adah, had to wait for the manifestation ? I talte that back. He had to wait, rather he await- ed— uncobscioiisly awaited- -the inspirdiion of the Almighty which giveth understanding. Melanwhile he was God's ; God had made him, bat he bf coarse was not a son of God, he was not a child of God, he was not of the family of God— not adopted therein ; he was ' made,' he had the form of God, that'Was dll. God breathes into his nostrils the breath of life, the thing becomes a man— a son of GoD^f fbrlb ! be AWAKES IN HIS LIKENESS. He owokts—he pttts on his strength— he rises— he shakes himself from the dust— he puts on his beautiful garments. He arises —he shines, jor his light is come; for, behold, •" Vhilch was ttie soil of '^dkfti, Wliieh'i^ia^^ ■tfil i/ bod.'^— tiike S : 8. i .'* 'bnt M many m' raoetvod dim, to them 'glkve H« pd#to Mlibbbi^e the ions of Qod.*'— John 1, 12, 59 'i;)il^a3 the atwaittng of power, of the otw op p(JWe'k— pdtocryVowi 6nhigh;fhePeWas the awaititig df that Which give^h Hfe-^Afe Ufe ihat wjts the HgU iif m^n. lilas! voas, riot is. Was, for thiitd*5r — the ddy in Which the gi6ty Periiaps," said i\iLDougall< •' it is my mis- lal it h leiid ; preveyited the free ext'r. cise of the sjv'ritHcn ■; rr^ uity.' " " lint, tut, tut!- riiK authouity (ind not tub PowKU ! Send a man on crutches to catch a horse ! What said our Lord to the eleven Apostles just before Ills ascension ? " ' Tiirry ije in the city of Jerasahm until yc he endued tvith power — ' " Power from where?— from what quarter?— from what source? — from how many soun es? From one source, one all-sufficient source— simply, solely, '/'•ow— ON HIGH. He makes no reference to temporal power— to temporal authority—to temi)oral perinit. Jesus never said, never intimated, without iiiicsii ye can do nothing. The Apostles were not to wait for the overthrow of the KoTnan empire— for the rule over Jiidea— for the keys of the city. What ! the free exercise of authority derived from ox iiioh— from the ETERNAL GOD- fnm Him tvho is above all 2)rincipalilie% and pnvcrs — continu upoi pos session of temporal rule —tcmprral power ! B.di ! I will go after that." 10 ■':~ a).WLg gg'i GCy He went. " Tell you what," said McDougall, after Parson had left,—" Tell you what, Parson is a terror ! Did you ever hear " now PAKSON GOT THE BETTER OF A RADICAL?" " Don't know ; I may have." " "We had a big time at Parson's one night ; there was half-a-dozen of us there— 'Bill Mac,' for one, and you know what a fellow he \h to yo on." '♦ I know. Bob Peters says he can't say How's Sophia? but the engines are out." McDougall laughed. "That's so." " Well, go on." " Well, as I was saying. Bill Mac was Uier., and he was going on crazy wild ; you k, ow how he talks." " Wliat was it all about? Tell us that. ' " O, he'd upset everything— throne—govern- ment— parliaments— everything— u[ let them, turn them bottom-H<••< — IV. THE MOTEIER OF JESUS.* j SET out the otlici night to toll you why I 9^i) judge Jesus to have been to ISIaiy a most y considerate and affectionate — in a word, model son. Perhaps, sir, you thought I had lost my way or forgotten my «'rrnnd, but no. I undertook to establish the fact of His being another Adam — a twnin-one Man, tind consequent- ly holy, harmless, undetiled, .separate Jrom sinners. Such was Adam in his original state and condition." "Before the Fall?" "Dist'ussioi. lonewcd. Sec page 5G. 17 70 " Yes, and before Eve wai a won)an. By the way, I told you, I think, tnat Adam isi this, his first- original ( ?) state and condition, was separate from sinners : had I said s aparate from Adam the sinner, I should have better expiessed myself. Now, sir, Jesus' twain-one humanity established, it follows Ho must indeed Iia\e been holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners ; whereas, if an Adam and not an Adam-E\c— if a man, and only a man, His divine nature excepted, the question is, Wa? He a sinless or a fallen Adam? How is it to be settled? Hence the in portance of establishing beyond pcr- adveuture the fact of His l)eing an Adam-Kve— a twain-one man. This determined, it. follows that Jesus could not but have been to Mary all that parent could desire in son or daughter— in son and daugh- ter." 1 asked Parson if he supposed Jesus died of a broken heart, as some tell us. "Xo, sir; by no such means. 'I am the good shepherd,' said He, 'and I lay down my life for the sheep. . . . Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life that I might take it again.' Sir, Jesus was not killed ; grief did not break his heart. Ho died because He would, and 71 when He would. He gave up the ghost ; it wos not wrenched from Him. Let us back to Adam— 'figure of him that was to come.' The seed of the woman was, of course, within the man originally : when his side was opened and the rib ta^en, it de- parted from him. It went out from liim, for it was not of him— it was of the woman. It was spilt— poured out. The Red*?emer's side was- pierced, but a rib was noi taken therefrom. Why? Because, sir, His Spirit— the Spirit of Christ, that Spirit ' whom the world could not receive, because ' [being invisi- ble] ' it seeth him not'— was, after Christ's death and ascension, to have descended — to have been poured out — to htive been 'poured upon us from on high ' — to have been pour ' out on all flesh— to have been shed forth — shed abroad — to have been ^ shed on us through Jesus Christ ' — to have thereafter continued in the world. His side was opened, but a rib wua not to have been taken— the Spirit of the second Adam was not to have been ' made a woman,' tan^i- ble, separate and distinct — another Eve. Not ^^ the spirit, the holy spirit o/Man. He [Sho?] our mother 'after the flesh,' P>e*— Lifk, hor name pro- perly — was ro-embodied, re-organized, re-formed — *Living, uiarginnl rending, Gen. ill : 20; Z/(/e, Clarke's Couunentary. : ii 1 i 1 72 m;ulo a tnip crentvre — ' mado a wouuin.' Fiiii- m tlic imion, luM" glory that of the nmn, she v. \8 'without spot or wrinkle or niiy sn.-h thing-.* Tho niiin's sister, his sister .>h. it, thus mmle and fashioned, w«8 forthwith his hri<] % !i * sf)f>(jso--tho man's wife ; himself t!io bridegrooj s, llio head of the woman. The side of Josus was pierced, the blood and water descended, was poured out from on /ii(/h, — but a rib was not taken. Why? Because, sir, the Spirit of the second Adam, His *S'/.v<<'r* (His sister spirit) was not t<) have been 'made a woman' — was to have been the inner fife of those with whom Ho [She?] shouid individually take up His [Her?] abode — was to have been the inner (ordinarily, the hidden) man of their hearts — of the heaits of tho.so whose indivi- dual bodies should thereby beeonje 'temples of God,' 'temples of the Holy Ghost.' Because, sir, the Spirit of Christ was to be a Comforter, to dwell with God's people here, collectively — to bo with them always, even to the end of the world. Be- cause, sir, Christ's Spirit was to be in a figure (not actually, as in the ease of the holy spirit of Man) was to be in a figure re-embodied,! re- organized, re- •Solomotj's Songs, v: 1. tRe=c!»bo