The record-union., 1891-03-08
and increased attachment to the church
on the part of u well-shcpheI1led people,"

EDS. SUNDAY UNION: a Dir. Briggs
has exploded a dynamite cartridge in the
ranks of the Presbyterian Church. He
was to be appointed to the chair OF Biblical
theology In a theological seminary, New
YORK. DIR. Briggs issued a pamphlet in
which he states that the inspiration of the
Bible lies in the concept tor conception)
of the writings and not in the words; and
that there is progressive sanctification in
the other world. The whole church is
ag1tated by it, and many of the clergy
men intimate that Ii DR.. Briggs is right,
then the whole Bible is humbug. When
Darwin came out with his evolution ideas,
all clergymen were confounded, and said
Christian religion was busted. To-day,
nlnety-nine out of every one hundred
talk nothing but evolution, some even
believing that they sprang from monkeys;
at least one might think so from the fool
lsh teachings of many of them. When
these learned copyists understand DR..
Briggs ideas correctly, you will find
them all giving long dissertations on the
proper rendering OF Biblical truths, and
that we can increase our sanctitication in
the other world. If these Presbyterian
clergymen would think moment, they
would discern the fact that hardly two
men, even of the same church, take the
same view of any one sentence in the
Bible. Changing the ancient writings in
the Bible from one language into another
must always cause different way to eX-
press the same idea. The man having q
perfect knowledge of different nations
and their languages must be able to eX-
press thought almost unintelligible to
the man knowing only one language. In
interpreting the thoughts of the Bible
you must be governed by the spirit of
them and not the letter. The Bible itself
says: 1.-THE letter killeth, the spirit
maketh alive.' The same Presbyterian
clergymen, forty years ago, taught and
believed that the six days at the creation
were days of twenty-four hours each.
The same men now teach that day was
an epoch OF time, about 100, 900 years long.
In the revised edition, the spirit OF the
idea has been given instead Of the letter,
and in many places where the spirit was
properly given, the learned pumbuys
gave the letter, by which they damned
the whole work.
AS for DIR. Briggs sanctification in the
other world, 1t shows plainly tho young
man is bordering on Spirituaiisni, viz:
that we bring into the other world our
earthly bodies. No ignorance Is so great
as that of believing that earthly matter
can enter into a spiritual kingdom. They
judge that because Christ's body has en-
tered into Heaven, SO will theirs. The
god-hcad entered tho earthly body so that
man could understand the Father iii a
person like ourselves, and that that
earthly body could deal with us in the
flesh. DR.. Briggs is trying to grasp the
idea that many millions of people die
without the knowledge of Christ, and
hence cannot enter Heaven, although
they were otherwise genuine good people
say, for instance, Jews, Indians, Chi
nese, etc. Now these people must get
chapce to see or know Christ. For Chat
purpose Christ has to come again to give
all a chance to believe in Him. Those
who nave willfully rejected Him cannot
possibly receive him when He suddenly
appears in their midst
From Adam to Christ's death not one
soul entered Heaven. Those who did not
believe in Him have to remain here until
Christ comes again. These are the poor
souls that Spiritualists can see, if they
can see any. L. H. d.
CORNING, CAL, Feb. 26.