The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-30
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY JULY 80 1s71.-rRPLE SHEET

or the learned few-men IKE Sir william Hamilton,
for instance But we forgot Il use the plural 1--WE"
ss mot aeas no dny on
dreds. but OF tnousands) to mention that class to
designate it by lis right title or snail merely
gest an appropriate one. with the motto, "a little
M bat line OF In Views
when attempting to discourse upon themes little
beyond the mental altitude OF sciolistsS IA. AS
have been an almost Infinite number
Of theories with regard to the que. question ION
souls that doth not perceive itself always to con-
template IDEAS" We know by philosophical ex-
u.s. We are aware Of its immateriaity by self
consciousness which it is impossible to define salts
factOrily by words, and that this 1mmaterialty
has form or assumes one; but to explain the sem.
blance OF that form we cannot do any more than
statement, which he says is such "a notorious fact"
sembance Of this FORM though ape to state the the
or takes some form. 1t is selr.evident
that a substance. whether material or i'm.
the soul Is an immateria substance II must there.
fore. take some shape or form. We shall not dwell
stances certain substances may assume certain
forms. Let sc. w." II he is not well ACQUAINTED
with physical phenomena STUDY the various lessons
is to himself the mightiest prodigy OF nature he
mind; but least Of ali is re able to conceive how
body can be united to mind; yet this is his proper
than a presumptuous knowledge; but this ia les
son which seems the last that man is willing to
learn. "Ad0na i71anao marina pars sdpfentiG est
EDGAR ALLEN POE HARTMAN.
President Of the Society for the Advancement and
PRONUNCIATION Of Psychological knowledge
NEW YORK, July Is, 1871.
Nature and Locality of the Kingdom of q cd
in the Age TO Come.
To TIE EDJTOR THE HERALD:-
Permit me to submit few remarks on the follow
ing passage Of Scripture:-
In whom Christi all trusted after that We heard the
Ss 81 se sealed
promise which is the of our inheritance until the re-
is%I'n Of the purchased possession A'-hphs'An' H.
| In the above passage we have an alusion to o
| ''prOmse"-no other than the promise OF God to
Abraham that he, with his ''seed" (WHICH saith Paul.
is Christi should posses the land Of Canaan for an
| everlasting Inheritance.
Then this PROMISE with which all believers were
'sealed" by the Holy Spirit is said to be the "ear-
nest only of every believers nherltance until the
redemption" OF the purchased possession.
From this we learn that the promised inheritance
Is at present in bondage, and that II has TO be re-
deemed or reclaimed before 1t can be put in posses
sion OF those to whom it was promised; that there
fore those to whom 1t was promised have for the
present be satisfied with the promise ana accept
1t as the earnest" Of the Inheritance I'LL sucn time
as God, who made the promise shall ''redeem'' the
thing promlsed-namely, the 'inhertance'' from
those who now hold or possess 1t.
1t is, therefore, Interesting to know where the
promised inheritance is and who has, at the present
time possession OF it. Now, all who understand the
covenant of God with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
know that the promised entertainer is the "Hoy
Land,n and those who know the modern history OF
Europe are aware that the 'lnfidel Turks obtained
the Holy Land-the land covenanted to Abraham
and his 'seed'-by conquest, and that 1t remains In
their possession to this day.
It is therefore, evident that If 1t is ever to be pos
sessed by Abraham and Christ 1t must first be IRE.
redemption Of the land covenanted by God to Abra-
ham is the redemption OF the purchased posses.
the subject OF these remarks And till this redemp-
ton OF the land from the Turks takes place be-
OF possession and accept the "earnest' Of the
inheritance until II Is rescued or redeemed" from
81 e Of o
1t is natural to inquire, when wlll such an event
take ne f fSa se Of tine
Used inheritance land Of Canaan) should be 'trod-
den unoer foot Of the Gentles till the times OF the
Gentiles be mlnlied.n The Turks will, therefore,
hold Palestine TILL nearly the close of the pres
ent Gentle dlspensation when VIII be redeemed"
directed saints. among whom Will be Abraham,
Isaac and Jacob. Then the crescent of the unbe
leving Turks Will be replaced With the emblemS or
The central idea embodied In what fs termed the
eastern question" the great question Of all
European political quesonsl has for Its object the
Of G NE ane Gn rom
the grasp Of the in1de Turk These professedly
Christian Powers acknowledge that an anomaly it
is that there have been so many military and naval
powers in Christian Europe, and that the "land'
held sacred by all Christians should be permitted TO
be held in possession century after century and
desecrated by nation who have no faith in Christ
and the Cross-wh0 have raised heather temple
1.-THE Mosque Of Omar upon the site OF the once
glorious Tempe OF Solomon.
And in this sense Christian nations may well
tons of the earth-I6e scene OF the nativity life,
ministry. suffering death, resurrection and ascen-
sion Of the saviour Of the world even il the holy
fdeis hostile TO the Christian and ms creed and vet
surrounded by the most powerful military and
naval powers III the world, all processing tnem-
Thus from testimony of holy writ we draw the
yet been put possession OF the pr0mised inherit
ance" And further that no believer can be put in
from the grasp OF the Turk VINO now holds IL. All
believers have to be satisfied with the ..promise OF
chased possession" Christ purchased the posses
| sion with His blood; lie endured the cross, de-
GROWN" mo cross, no crown" is an oft.quoted
Scriptura phrase, but little understood even by those
VINO quote It. AS It Is frst the cross and then the
| tory; and to be kingdom there must be KING For
| declaring Himself the future King OF the Jews
| Christ was subjected to the ignominiOus death OF
the cross. He has declared himself TO be the future
King OF all the kings OF the earth and that he viii
hereafter reign on the earth till lie has subdued all
| things to himself.
In view Of all these statements what becomes Of
the orthodox notions Of believers receiving their
| reward or inheritance" at deatnS What becomes
OF the notion that believers go TO heaven at deathP
What becomes OF the orthodox notion that heaven,
mt the earth, Is the future eternal abode OF the
saints? What becomes OF the notion that man is by
| niture immortal The fact Is, all these notions are
mere thinklngs OF the flesh, heather doctrines and
| dsgmas, false as the Word OF God is true. They
ale not to be found In the Scriptures from Genesis
&c Revelation, II you search till the day OF
re,ton. The testimony OF Scripture Is that man, IN
hi present state, is purely mortal, and tina. mmor
| tally can be obtained only by resurrection from
tn dead that this earth, not heaven, Is the future
ettrnal abode OF the resurrected saints that there
no conscous existence between death and the resur
rettOn and that the resurrection takes place at the
| second coming ADVENT OF Christ, when he Will
| Judge rule the world In righteousness. such