THINGS TO COME:

A JOURNAL OF BIBLICAL LITERATURE,

WITH

SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PROPHETIC TRUTH

AND

“THAT BLESSED HOPE”

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Vol. V. 1898-9

July, 1898, to June, 1899.

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1899

“We are not to be held responsible for every expression of our respective Contributors. Our readers must try everything by the Word of God.” “Many things with which we may not wholly agree are inserted as being either suggestive or worthy of consideration” (Cautionary Notes appeared in Things to Come).

No. 49. Vol. V, No. 1, July, 1898 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	Working In and Working Out [Phil. 2:12,13; Structure of Philippians]	E. W Bullinger	1-2
"	“Jesus and the Resurrection;” or, Different Ministries But One Gospel [The Ministry of Peter (Acts 2 - 12); The Ministry of Paul in the Synagogues (Acts 13 – 19:20)]	"	2-4
Contributed Articles	The “Covenant” and the “Sacrifice” of Daniel 9:27 [1. The City and People; 2. Transgression; 3. Sins; 4. Iniquity; 5. Righteousness; 6. The Sanctuary]	Frederick Newth	4-5
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	The Church and the Canon, or the Inspired Word [Ps. 40:7] (At the Mildmay Conference, 1896)	Rev. Canon Fausset, of York	5-7
Selected Gleanings	Christ in Judea and Galilee (also see Vol. III, p. 127) [Selections from Darby’s Synopsis: from the Preface (Vol. I, pp. 7-8; Vol. III, pp. 415-18 on Jn. 4:27-54)]	J. N. Darby	7-8
"	Biblical Chronology [by J. Oppert, the Celebrated French Oriental Scholar, Member of the Institute in Paris, from his paper read before the Society of Biblical Archaeology in London, entitled: “A Mathematical Demonstration of the Exactness of Biblical Chronology,” based in his book Salomon et ses Successeurs, Paris, 1897]	Quoting Professor Julius Oppert	8-9
"	“On Pisgah’s View” [from The Palestine Exploration Fund “Quarterly Statement,” April, 1898]	Quoting Rev. W. F. Birch	9
Questions and Answers	Question 179. Will you explain the difference between James 1:13,14 and Matt. 6:13? (asks A. B., from Liverpool)	E. W Bullinger	9
"	Question 180. Does Rev. 20 teach that there are two millenniums, and that Christ does not come personally until they have run their course? (asks H. O., from Kilburn; the answer starts: “Most certainly not…”)	"	9
Our Monthly Bible Study	“Preach the Word”: Reasons (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	9
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [“Coming Dark Hours:” The Situation in Russia; What to do with the Russian Jews – Two Suggested Solutions: (1) Colonise Central Asia; (2) Repeople Palestine; What Lieut.-Colonel Conder Says]	E. W Bullinger	9-10
"	Religious Signs [“The Non-Religion of the Future;” The New “Feeling for Christ;” Romeward; Signs of the Romish Conspiracy; The Mass and Protestantism; “The Decay of Tractarianism;” The Church Militant]	"	10-11
"	Spiritist Signs [The “Ascension”]	"	11-12
Editor’s Table	Mr. Newth’s Proposal [first letter describing the finances and needs of Things to Come] (from Oakleigh, Grove Road, Sutton, Surrey))	Frederick Newth	12
Books Review	We (propose to)…discontinue our Reviews… There are no book (beyond the Bible) which are wholly correct, and few therefore that we can really commend... Neither it is a pleasant task to be pointing out what we believe to be error… When we meet with any valuable and useful work, we will commend it without being requested to do so.	E. W Bullinger	12

No. 50. Vol. V, No. 2, August, 1898 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	“Raising the Masses” [1. Who are the masses?; 2. Where is it proposed to raise them?…]	E. W Bullinger	13-14
"	The Salvation of God Sent Unto the Gentiles (Acts 28:18) [1 Cor., 2 Cor., Gal., Eph., Col. Paul deals with Ordinances (First. Circumcision and baptism; Second. The feasts, new moons, Sabbath, &c.; Third. The fasts, &c. Touch not, taste not, handle not)] {continued from: Notes on the Acts of the Apostles. Fourth Paper. Vol. IV, p. 123}	"	14-16
Contributed Articles	Dispensational Truth; or, Rightly dividing the Word. 2 Tim. 2:15 [Seven Ages or Dispensations (Edenic, Ante-diluvian, Patriarchal, Mosaic, Messianic, Holy Spirit, Millennial); Three-Fold Division; The School of God; Summary]	William G. Carr, of Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.	16-18
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	“The Things Concerning Himself” [Luke 24:26,27] (At the Liverpool Conference, November, 1895)	Dr. Thomas Neatby, of London	18-19
Questions and Answers	Question 181. 1 Tim. 4:10, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe? (asks C. D., from London)	E. W Bullinger	20
"	Question 182. I cannot find any sanction for the word ‘startle’ many nations in Isa. 52:15, R.V. The Heb. word Nazah, ‘sprinkle’ in A.V., has no such sense as ‘startle’ according to Fuerst (asks G. W., from Battersea; the answer starts: “We are not concerned to defend the R.V. We must go to the root…”; Structure of that passage and of the five first books of the Bible)	"	20
Our Monthly Bible Study	“All Things” in Rom. 8 (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	21
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [The Zionist Movement: The Basle Congress; The Chovevi Zion Association and the Federation Scheme; The Zionist federation; Turkey and the Jews; Turkish Toleration and Palestine; Argentina is not Palestine!: The return of Colonists from Argentina]	E. W Bullinger	21-22
"	Religious Signs [The Church of the Future: The Coming Church: What is Ought to Be!; “An Ecclesiastical Drama:” “The Clergy as Actors;” “Modernity” in Religion: “The Note of ‘Modernity’;” ‘As for the Evening Services;’ The Spiritual regeneration of Man: “Spiritual Regeneration Society;” The True Importance of the Body]	"	22-23
"	Spiritist Signs [Spiritists in Congress; Items of the Congress; At the Soiree]	"	23-24
Editor’s Table	Summer is Here (to help the invalids and poor, by Miss Annie F. Perram, Hon. Secretary of “Help to the Suffering Poor,” London)	"	24
Books Review	Marturia; or, the Testimony of Ancient Records and Monuments in the British Museum to the Historical Accuracy of Holy Scripture, by Rev. W. Bramley-Moore, M.A., J. W. Pitman, London; The Coming Conflict of the Church, by Samuel Garratt, M.A., William Hunt and Co. (from the preface: “These pages… drawn from my commentary on Revelation”, so see Vol. IV, p. 144); John’s Apocalypse, Literally Translated and Spiritually Interpreted, by H. Browne, M.A., Simpkin and Marshall; Second Coming of Christ, its Certainty and Supposed Nearness, by Rev. A. T. Steed, M.A., John Kensit (lack of standard as who are the “privileged men,” but contains some good things about Babylon and its binding commerce); The Coming of Christ. What is it?, by I. H. Burridge, 2^nd ed., Pickering and Inglis, Glasgow (confuses Matthew with 1 Thess. 4, that is part of the Mystery, but much of the book may be commended); Sacred Similitudes, by M. I. Pillans, G. Stoneman	"	24

No. 51. Vol. V, No. 3, September, 1898 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	Death and Judgment [Heb. 9:27,28, its structure; two categories: “Men” (“Death,” “Judgment” and “Those that look for” Christ (No question of sin, “Salvation”))] [1. Who are the masses?; 2. Where is it proposed to raise them?…]	E. W Bullinger	25-26
Contributed Articles	The Last Seven-Fold Command of Christ [“He that hath an ear. Let him hear what the Spirit saith…”] (to be continued…)	Dr. Bullinger	26-27
"	The First Chapter of John [Outline and epitome of truth connected with the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus, the Son of God]	G. J.	27
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	“The Day of Christ” and “The Day of the Lord” (At the Liverpool Conference, 1896)	Pastor F. E. Marsh, of Sunderland	28-30
Selected Gleanings	Palestinian Statistics (taken chiefly from Lunzc’s Almanac; from A. C. Gaebelein’s Palestina, and from a description of the Jewish villages in Palestine, written by the indefatigable Zionist W. Bambus, on the opening of the Judaeo-Palestinian Exhibition in Berlin) [Pashalik of Jerusalem; Pashalik of Akka; Pashalik of Nabulus; Pashalik of Kerak; Jewish Colonies; see also Vol. I, p. 17]	Quoting W. Bambus, A. C. Gaebelein, and Lunzc’s Almanac	30-32
Questions and Answers	Question 183. When and how I ought to pray? (asks T. D. M., from London)	E. W Bullinger	32
Our Monthly Bible Study	“Blameless” - Amōmos (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	32
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [The Fast of Ab; The Zionist Movement: The Colonial Bank: 1- Objects, 2- Head Office; The Basle Congress (from our own correspondent, Berlin, July 17, 1898); Zionism in Egypt; The Zionist Movement: The Sacred Places (long excerpt from Die Welt, official organ of Zionism, Jul. 8, 1898)]	E. W Bullinger	33-34
"	Religious Signs [Religion at Oxford; Unitarian Notions: Religious of Higher Life, the Religious Rationalist; Temperance and Theology; Sunday Church Concerts: The Same in Canada; A “Rebuke” from Rome: “Music at the Churches,” the Decree on Church Music; Religion “Switched On”]	"	34-35
"	Spiritist Signs [Spiritism and Socialism; The Late Congress of Spiritualists]	"	35-36
Editor’s Table: Books Review	Daniel and the Revelation, by Rev. Joseph Tanner, B.A., Hodder and Stoughton (book full of mistakes, compare with Mr. Newth’s article in July, 1898, where it was shown what the “covenant” was, and what “the daily sacrifice” is, not from history, but from the scope of the chapter itself, allowing the Word of God to be its only interpreter); Six Short Discourses, by Rev. R. Waters, A.K.C.L., Robert Banks and Co. (“Christianity of the present day seems to be wanting in almost all the essentials of faith”, but the Bishops do not appear eager to appear as reformers); Inspiration of the Bible, by Gordon Furlong, C.J., Thynne	"	36

No. 52. Vol. V, No. 4, October, 1898 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	The Footstool of Christ [Matt. 22:44, Mark 12:36, Luke 20:42, Acts 2:34, 1 Cor. 15:25; Heb. 1:13, and 10:13]	E. W Bullinger	37-38
Contributed Articles	What is the Spirit Saying to the Churches? (from page 27) [the structure of Paul’s Epistles, by main topic and also by geographical location]	Dr. Bullinger	38-40
"	“The Counsel of God” and “The Purpose of God” [Acts 20:25-27, Eph. 3:2, etc.]	E. W Bullinger	40-41
"	“I Would Not Have You Ignorant, Brethren”	"	41
Our Monthly Bible Study	The King and His Servants (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley Bow., Kent)	T. George	41
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	“The Time That Now Is” [Rom. 13:2] (At the Liverpool Conference, 1896)	Rev. James C. Smith	42-43
Questions and Answers	Question 184 and 185. (a) ‘In Christ’, a member of His Body, would that apply to Gal. 1:22 (‘Churches of Judea which were in Christ’)? Context to a very early period in Paul’s career, for the phrase to apply to the Body; (b) What is the explanation of the ‘better sacrifices’ of Heb. 9:23?, and of (c) the ‘statues that were not good’ of Ezek. 20:25 (asks F. P., from Walthamstow)	E. W Bullinger	43-44
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [The Second Zionist Congress: The Congress Itself, the Closing Scene]	"	44-45
"	Political Signs [“Universal Peace”]; Religious Signs [The New Gospel a Failure: The Fatherhood of God; Traitors in High Places; False Shepherds and Hirelings; “Curious Church Service: Eggs and Buttons Thankfully Received; Strange Sights;” Salvationist Developments; “A Clerical Impressario:” “West End Vicar’s Musical Company on Tour:” A Band of Entertainers; The Latest of Modern Methods: “A Pugilistic Parson”]	"	45-47
"	Spiritist Signs [“Authorities and Powers:” “Speaking Lies in Hypocrisy”]	"	47-48
Editor’s Table: Books Review	Some Famous Bonfires, by W. Stanley Martin, J. Kensit; Leaves from a Preacher’s Note-book, and Tongues for Gospel Bells, both by A. F. Wolley, G. Stoneman; A Riband of Blue, by Hudson Taylor, Morgan and Scott (A meditation on a passage in Num. 15, seeking to “make the Word yet more practical and precious for Christ our Redeemer’s sake”); Prophetic Chart of the Seven Prophetic Ages, by J. J. Sims, Pickering and Inglis; Rich in Faith, by J. E. Hawkins, Pickering and Inglis (some memories of George Müller); Because ye belong to Christ, by John C. Caldwell, Pickering and Inglis; Childhood, a monthly publication, G. Stoneman; The Lord will Come. Papers on Prophecy, W. W. Fereday, Alfred Holness; All the recorded words of Jesus Christ, Anon., Nisbet and Co.; In Rainbow Weather, by Margaret Haycraft, G. Stoneman; Types in Genesis, by W. P. Mackley, M.A., Hull, author of Grace and Truth, John Ritchie, Kilmarnock (one of the series of: “The Christian Library”); A Summary of the Psalms, by David Dale Stewart, M.A., Elliot Stock; Things written in the Psalms concerning Christ, by M. S. Clark, Alfred Holness	"	48

No. 53. Vol. V, No. 5, November, 1898 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	“In Adam” or “In Christ” [1 Cor. 15:22; All in Adam – die; All in Christ – are made alive]	E. W Bullinger	49-50
Contributed Articles	The Seven Church-Epistles as a whole: Their Inter-Relation (from page 40) [the detailed structure of Paul’s Epistles]	Dr. Bullinger	50-52
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	“The Sufferings and the Glory” or The Transfiguration and its Lessons [1 Pet. 1:10-12] (At the Prophetic Conference, Kewick, 18^th July, 1895)	Rev. Dr. Bullinger	52-54
Questions and Answers	Question 186. The Primate (“His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury”) and the Bible. The Archbishop’s chaplain confirmed: The Primate has joined the ranks of the Higher Criticism, ‘he had ‘no doubt’ there were inaccuracies in the OT’, he said “the writers told the truth as far as they knew it,” for instance 2 Sam. 24:13 and 1 Chron. 21:12 (several friends asked, the Primate was based in an inaccurate article published by The Westminster Gazette, Bullinger solves the problem by describing the Two Accounts and the Two Kingdoms. N.B. - “Gog and Magog” till next month)	E. W Bullinger	54-55
Our Monthly Bible Study	The Throne of Christ (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	55
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [A Startling Sign of the Times: “Revisionists”!; The recent Zionist Meeting in London: Because There is Hope; Palestine and the Great World Railways]	E. W Bullinger	56-57
"	Political Signs [The Csar’s Millennium]; Religious Signs [The “Dramatic Gospel:” Priest and Theatrical Choristers; The condition of the “Free Churches:” Nottingham and its Churches; Harvest Festivals: The Local Newspapers; Nonconformist Down-Grade at Southsea; The Recent Church Congress; Norfolk Village Nonconformity]	"	57-58
"	Spiritist Signs [The Religion of Spiritism: “Denying the Only Lord God, and Our Lord Jesus Christ;” Spiritism and the Religious Press]	"	58-59
Editor’s Table	“The Protestant Month” [In Nov. was born: William III (1650, Nov. 4, same day, his wedding with Mary (1677)), Martin Luther (1483), and Dean Goode, “the modern Luther” (1801), both in Nov. 10, Richard Baxter (1615, Nov. 12), William Cowper (1731, Nov. 15), died: John Knox (1572), and Archbishop Sandcroft, leader of the 7 bishops (1693), both in Nov. 24; Accession of Queen Elizabeth (1558, Nov. 17, “Elizabeth’s Day”); the fall of the enemies of the Reformation: Queen Mary dies (1558, Nov. 17, same day of queen Elizabeth’s Accession), Cardinal Wolsey (1530, Nov. 29), Discovery of the “Gunpowder Plot” (1606, Nov. 5, same day: the landing of King William III at Tor Bay), Royal Order, substituting Tables for Altars in Churches (1550, Nov. 23); Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., etc.]; Letter by R. Anderson regarding Bullinger’s article in the Oct. number on Ps. 110; To Correspondents; To Our Readers on the Pacific Coast (the “commitment” of the Rev. Walter W. Moses from San Francisco); An Appeal by the Rev. H. W. Webb-Peploe, President of the Barbican Mission to the Jews; Prophetic Conference (3^rd Annual, held at St. John’s Iron Church, Bexley, Kent, Nov. 23 and 24, further particulars from rev. F. Cecil Lovely); The Order of the Seven Church Epistles (we have just found that it “never changes in all Greek manuscripts”!, this order not being chronological)	"	59-60
Books Review	Recommended Books by Rev. Samuel Wainwright, D.D., of Clapham Park: Christian Certainty (Halchard); Voices from the Sanctuary (Partridge); Scientific Sophisms, a Review of Current Theories concerning Atoms, Apes, and Men (Hodder); The Modern Avernus, or the Descent of England. How Far?, a Question for Parliament and the Constituencies (Halchard); Ritualistm, Romanism, and the Reformation, a Question of Fact (Partridge); Loose Leaves from a Minister’s Manuscripts (Simpkin and Marshall). The Higher Critics and their Mistakes, by P. and R. H. Marshall Brothers	"	60

No. 54. Vol. V, No. 6, December, 1898 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	Our Greatest Encouragement [1 Cor. 10:11]	E. W Bullinger	61-62
Contributed Articles	The Spirit’s Voice to the Churches 1- The Epistle to the Romans. First Paper: On the Epistle as a Whole (from page 52) [its structure; “The Gospel of God;” The Two EPISTOLARY Members Compared, by structure; Expansion of the structure of its Doctrine]	Rev. Dr. Bullinger	62-64
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	The Work of the Holy Spirit Under the Old Testament Dispensation [in Nature, in Inspiration and Revelation, and upon the Individual soul] (At the Annual Conference of the Yorkshire Evangelical Union, York, June 10^th, 1898)	Rev. Canon Fausset, D.D.	64-66
Selected Gleanings	What the Church is Not (extract from An Installation Sermon Delivered at Rochester, N.Y.)	Quoting Rev. E. P. Marvin	66-67
Our Monthly Bible Study	History of the Church of Jesus Christ (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	67
Questions and Answers	Question 187a. Will you kindly let me know who Gog and Magog are, in Ezek. 38 and 39, and Rev. 20:8? (asks Inquirer, from Crockham Hill)	E. W Bullinger	67
"	Question 187b. (1) Are the 42 months of Rev. 11:2 the same period as the 1,260 days mentioned in the following verse? (answer: Yes); (2) Are they not one-half of Daniel’s seventieth week? (answer: Yes); (3) Are the three and a half days of ver. 9 day-years? (answer: No); (4) Explain first clause of Gen. 15:16 (answer: the four generations would be Levi, Kohath, Amram and Moses) (asks E. C., Blackhill)	"	67
"	Question 187c. Paul states the he up Acts 26:22 had said ‘nothing but what the prophets and Moses did say should come.’ it follows that the “Chronology of the Acts and the Epistles” contained in the Oxford Helps, is erroneous, as it states that the Epistles to Thess. And Cor. (inter alia) were written prior to Paul’s defense before King Agrippa (asks J. H. C., Rotherham)	"	67-68
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [An Eastern Surprise: Important Result of the Kaiser’s Tour; Sultan and Emperor Agreed in Palestine; Benevolent Sanction Given to the Zionist Movement (a Daily Mall Special): The Jewish Agricultural Colony; Press the Right Hand of Dr. Herzl; Not Easily Overestimated; Zionism in Politics]	"	68-69
"	Political Signs [“Peace on Earth;” “The Universal State”]; Religious Signs [Citizen Sunday; Episcopal Neros; “A Nonconformist Crisis;” A New Anglican Missal; The Clergy and the Law; “The Unrest of the Age;” “Church” Notes; “As Others See Us;” The Religious Condition of Norway; The New Christian Evidence; The Latest Materialistic Gospel; Y.M.C.A.: “Fun and Lots of It”]	"	69-72
"	Spiritist Signs [Joan of Arc]	"	72
Editor’s Table	Answers to Correspondents. J. P. L., Dublin asks as to the use of music in the worship of God (answer to be found in a paper recently read before the Annual Conference of the Evangelical Protestant Union, also see Vol. IV, p. 68); A. J. C., Coventry, writes: “I am a brickyard manager, and feel that I would rather work for less money, so I could have a Christian employer (‘in such a way that would do both good and glorify God’)”; Another Appeal from Mr. Newth, Nov. 7^th, 1898; Acknowledgments	"	72
Books Review	From Glory to Glory, by Dr. Thomas Neatby, Pickering & Inglis (excellent, i.e.: “Let us never seek to make a ’one body,’ let us recognize what God has made”)	"	72

No. 55. Vol. V, No. 7, January, 1899 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	The Christian’s State [The Confession; The Prayer; The Plea]	E. W Bullinger	73-74
Contributed Articles	The Epistle to the Romans. (2) Chap. 1:16 – 5:11 (from page 64) [Expansion of its structures: The old nature: and the fruits of the old tree; Man’s ungodliness stated; The wrath of God against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of man; The power of God, and his Righteousness revealed, and declared in the Gospel of God; Translation of Rom. 3:21-31 ‘God’s righteousness revealed in grace as to its source, from Himself’ (objective); God’s salvation revealed in power, as to its effects in us (subjective)]	Dr. Bullinger	74-76
"	Anglo-Israelism: The root of its Error (Remarks at a recent Prophetical meeting) [1. The two Houses, 2. Judah (i.e., the Jews), is to return absolutely; but Israel only representatively?, 3. Judah and Israel shall return “Together?”, 4. Judah is to return from every direction, while Israel only from the countries whither they were carried away, 5. Israel has now got the spiritual blessings?, 6. Israel at present is “afflicted,” “poor,” “afraid,” “driven out,” “put to shame”, 7. Until the restoration they will not have a monarchy]	"	76-78
Things New and Old	“Putting on the Breastplate of Faith and Love” – 1 Thess. 5:8 [from Counsels and Thoughts for Believers]	Thomas Moor	78-79
"	“The Personality of Christianity” (from the Structure of the Acts of the Apostles (?))	Zetetes	79
"	“House and Households” (from the Structure of the Acts of the Apostles)	Zetetes	79
Questions and Answers	Question 188. In Matt. 27:10, the prophecy is ascribed to Jer, But I have been unable to find in that book any parallel, though Zechariah’s prophecy on this point appears to be really the same (asks R. W. H. B., from Preston)	E. W Bullinger	79-80
Our Monthly Bible Study	“Israel Mine Inheritance” (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	80
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs; Religious Signs [A Warning Cry From U.S.A.: “The World in Not Getting Better;” Is the World Getting Better?’ “Cosmos;” Popular Theology; Sunday School Teacher’s Literature]; Political Signs [Man’s Proposed Millennium and the World’s Commentary Upon It: Jerusalem, Oct. 31; Capetown, Dec. 2; Berlin, Dec. 4; N.Y., Dec 4; Toulon, Dec. 5^th]	E. W Bullinger	80-83
"	Spiritist Signs [God Knows His Own; “Raging Waves of the Sea, Foaming Out their Own Shame;” Primitive Christianity]	"	83-84
Editor’s Table	Acknowledgments; Notice; Answers to Correspondents. M.S., Shide, regarding Bullinger’s project on Figures of Speech	"	84
Books Review	Golden Text Calendar, Alfred Holness; The Lord will Reign, by W. W. Fereday, Alfred Holness; Golden Grain Pocket-book and Diary – Golden Grain Almanack. Gems of Gold (series of booklets), His People; or God’s Promises for His Own, all by James E. Hawkins; What Ritualists Teach the Young, C. J. Thynne; Sunlit Spray from the Billows of Life, by M. A. Chaplin, G. Stoneman; Fire Ships, Fireworks, Fire Brands, by Stanley Martin, G. Stoneman (excellent, to see at what a cost we have gained our present liberties); Study of Types, by Miss A. R. Habershon, Morgan and Scott; Helpful Half-hours with Dr. Neatby, Pickering and Inglis	"	84

No. 56. Vol. V, No. 8, February, 1899 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	“All in All” [an ellipse, from Bullinger’s Figures of Speech]	E. W Bullinger	85-87
Contributed Articles	The Epistle to the Romans. Third Paper. The first part of the second half of the great Doctrinal Division [Rom. 5:12 – 8:39] (continued from page 76) [Expansion of its structures: The old nature - the old tree itself; The first man and the second]	Dr. Bullinger	87-89
"	Jeremiah in Ireland: A British-Israel and British-Ephraim Fiction [The Record of the Authentic Sources (two very ancient books: the Book of Lecan (not printed), and Chronicles of Clonmacnoise, then The Annals of the Four Masters, Dublin, 1850; The Cambrensis Eversus by Bishop Lynch, Dublin, 1848, A General History of Ireland, by Geoffrey Keating, London, 1723, Ogygia, by Roderick O’Flaherty, Dublin, 1793); How “Tea-Tephi” was Forged]	Arthur Rowan Fairfield	89-91
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	Looking for the Lord (At the Gloucester Conference, 13^th December, 1894)	Dr. Neatby	91-92
Questions and Answers	Question 189. Kindly explain the expression, ‘the breaking of bread’ in Acts (asks M. C., from Boston)	E. W Bullinger	92-93
Our Monthly Bible Study	The Second Advent: A Brief Chart (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	94
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [Joseph Rabinowitch on Zionism]	E. W Bullinger	94
"	Political Signs [More About Man’s Millennium. The Workd Not Hopeful About It: “Tesla Declares he will Abolish War:” Disarmament Conference Postponed; “Following Germany’s Lead,” “New Army Corps in Austria to be Formed;” and the spiritist Mr. W. T. Stead]	"	94-96
"	Religious Signs [Doll Sunday: “Dolls in Church:” “An Appeal Which Met With a Very Hearty Response;” Peace Sunday]	"	96
Editor’s Table	The Rapture (On reviewing an article by Dr. Parsons of Toronto, Canada, the editor of Watchword and Truth misrepresents Dr. Bullinger’s position); The Barbican Mission to the Jews (Prediger C. T. Lipshytz); Acknowledgments	"	96
Books Review	Answers to Correspondents. Answer to C. S., Wood Green: 1) The best Bible for your purpose is “The Student’s Bible,” published by the Trinitarian Bible Society (study version also used by Bullinger for many years), 2) The best Etymological English Dictionary by Professor Skeat, by Clarendon Press	"	96

No. 57. Vol. V, No. 9, March, 1899 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	“The Fear of the Lord”	E. W Bullinger	97-98
Contributed Articles	The Epistle to the Romans. Fourth Paper, Rom. 6:1 – 7:6. (continued from page 89) [Expansion of its structures: We are not in “sin,” because we died with Christ; Death to “sin” and Life in Christ. Association with Christ in Death and Life; Translation of: Rom. 6:1-2: Death to “sin” cannot entail life in sins, and of: By association with Christ in His death and life there cannot be continuance in sin, there must be life with God, death to sin entailing life with God, “sin” (the old man) no more to have dominion; The subject illustrated, Master and Servant, Man and Wife]	Dr. Bullinger	98-101
"	Jeremiah in Ireland: A British-Israel and British-Ephraim Fiction. 2. The Sham Marriage Contract and the Pillow Stone, with some Forgeries (continued from page 91) [The Genuine Evidence; Some Selected Forgeries (forged by, Mr. Glover); The Life Story of the Pillow-Stone Later Developments]	Arthur Rowan Fairfield	101-103
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	The Throne and the Land: or, Seven Things Relating to Israel [The Inspiration of the Scriptures; the Lord’s Coming; and the Jews: Books, People, Cities, Lands, Persons, Thrones, Men] (At the Nottingham Conference, May, 1894)	Pastor F. E. Marsh	103-104
Questions and Answers	Question 190. Why ‘mercy’ is found in the salutations of Timothy and Titus? (asks Anon.)	E. W Bullinger	104
"	Question 191. James 5:14,15 (asks R. S. T., Smethwick)	"	104
"	Question 192. Rev. 12:7-9, if future it would seem as though Satan and his angels have got access into heaven (asks W. H., Romsey)	"	104-105
"	Question 193. Are the officers of Acts 6:1-6, the same as the deacons of 1 Tim. 3:13: (1) In regard to their Ecclesiastical standing?, (2) In the discharge of their office? (asks W. C., from San Francisco)	"	105
"	Question 194. Where to Worship? (asks G. T., Grangemouth, partially answered by quoting from The Christian Witness, Plymouth, 1837: “He is an enemy to the work of the Spirit of God, who seeks the interests of any particular denomination… it is drawing back the Church to a state, of which ignorance and non-subjection to the Word have been the occasion, and making a duty of its worst and most Anti-Christian results. This is a more subtle and prevailing mental disease (he followeth not us) even when men are really Christians”)	"	105
Our Monthly Bible Study	The Resurrection Saints – Their Condition (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	105
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [The World’s View of Zionism; The Jews’ View of Zionism: A Great Positive Idea; The Spread of Zionism; Concessions for Railways in Palestine; “The Next Congress”: “The Colonial Bank:” “Official Statement”]	E. W Bullinger	105-106
"	Religious Signs [“New Truths for a New Age;” Music – Mad; “By the Waters of Babylon;” The New Churchmen’s Union; Rome Unchanged]	"	106-107
"	Spiritist Signs [“In All Their Thoughts There is no God;” “Hard Speeches Spoken Against Him;” “Deceivers… That Confess Not That Jesus Christ Cometh in the Flesh;” Speaking Perverse Things]	"	107-108
Editor’s Table	“All the Truth;” Anglo-Israelism (the error introduced that the “144,000” of all the tribes of the children of Israel (Rev. 7:4) are Gentile Christians, an interpretation of Scripture supported by spirit-communications (spiritism) outside the Word of God)	"	108
Books Review	God Spake all these Words, by Dr. J. H. Brooks, Pickering & Inglis	"	108

No. 58. Vol. V, No. 10, April, 1899 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	Strangers and Pilgrims (Heb. 11:13 and 1 Pet. 2:11)	E. W Bullinger	109-110
Contributed Articles	The Epistle to the Romans. Fifth Paper, Rom. 7:7-25. (continued from page 101) [Expansion of its structures: Sin is in us though we are alive to God in Christ; The Law: Its conflict with the Old nature; The manifestation of the law in the conscience, in the life and experience; The conflict of the Law with the New nature; ]	Dr. Bullinger	110-112
"	Jeremiah in Ireland: A British-Israel and British-Ephraim Fiction. Third Paper. Dan the Pioneer, from Dongola to Dangan Castle (continued from page 103) [Dan, Last from Dongola; N.B. – Chancellor Hanan follows on the steps of the forger Mr. Glover]	Arthur Rowan Fairfield	112-114
Things New and Old T	“In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? The New Theology.” Yet, old – as old as “the way of Cain”	E. W Bullinger	114-116
Our Monthly Bible Study	“Abound” (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	116
Questions and Answers	Question 195. Nature of the wine mentioned in the Bible (asks M. A., from Birmingham, and others)	E. W Bullinger	116-117
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [Zionism and Palestine; The Zionist Movement: The Colonial Bank – Official Manifesto]	"	117-118
"	Political Signs [the Peace Crusade: Ripe for Revolution: Is Prince Victor the Coming Man?, 28 New Ships to be Laid Down, Six Submarines to be Built]; Religious Signs [“Bring forth the vestments for the worshippers of Baal” – 2 Kgs. 10:22; “Despise Dominion;” “God Loveth a Cheerful Giver;” Sunday Music-Halls: “The Pater, or my Dad;” The New Gospel of Socialism; The Climax of Blasphemy]	"	118-120
"	Spiritist Signs [Christ “the Centre of Electric Force:” “Deceivableness of Unrighteousness,” “turned Aside After Satan,” “conscience Seared”]	"	120
Editor’s Table	“What Would Jesus Do?” (“We are to witness for Jesus as rejected; to warn the world of coming judgment; to tell of His speedy coming again. And to testify of God’s grace to lost and ruined sinners. That is what the Lord Jesus would have us do! If Jesus were here the day of grace would end at once, and the day of His judgment would begin. He is not here! He has sent His Spirit here to witness of His absence, and fit us for witnessing as to His grace, and warning as to His judgment.”); Acknowledgments	"	120

No. 59. Vol. V, No. 11, May, 1899 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	The Guilty by No Means Cleared (Ex. 34:7)	E. W Bullinger	121-122
"	Notes on the Acts of the Apostles. Fifth Paper. 5 – Its Contrast with the Epistles (continued from page 16)	"	122-123
Contributed Articles	The Epistle to the Romans. Fifth Paper, Rom. 8. (continued from page 112) [Expansion of its structures: “No Condemnation” and the reason; The spirit-life (or New nature) in us, now leading us; The Holy Spirit’s work in us: leading the new nature; No separation from Christ, no condemnation in Christ; God’s purpose, as affecting our standing; God’s love, as affecting our state]	Dr. Bullinger	123-126
"	Jeremiah in Ireland: A British-Israel and British-Ephraim Fiction. Concluding Paper. (continued from page 114) Professor C. A. L. Totten’s Tara Trilogy. Our Race, etc. Series II, Nos. III, IV, and V [1 Kgs. 22:6-11; The Irish Historical Evidence Illumined by the Professor’s X-rays; Eochaidh Heremonn and Jeremiah Meet at Joppa; “Upon the Plains of Flanders, our (supposed) Fathers Long Ago;” Tara and the Marriage of Tea-Tephi]	Arthur Rowan Fairfield	126-128
Things New and Old	The Two Natures [from Counsels and Thoughts for Believers]	Thomas Moor	128
"	Chastisement (“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me” – John 14:6) [extracts from two sermons on “Christ the Way” (Jn. 14:6), by T. Crisp, sometime the minister of the Gospel, at Brinkworth, Wiltshire, and who died in 1642]	Tobias Crisp, D.D.	128-129
Our Monthly Bible Study	Seven “Sure” Things (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	129
Questions and Answers	Question 196. Why some words and sentences are printed in capital letters in my Bible? (asks H. G., Bickley)	E. W Bullinger	129
"	Question 197. John 15:2 (asks A. L. A.)	"	129
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [Zionists, Revisionists, Adventists: Signs of Awakening and Reviving; A New Movement]	"	129-130
"	Religious Signs [The Working of the Leaven: Unitarianism, Roman Catholicism, Christian Science; worldliness and Missions; “Woe Unto Them That Call Evil Good:” Sound the Alarm!; Preparations for Antichrist and “The Worship of Humanity”]	"	130-131
"	Spiritist Signs [“Great Swelling Words;” “Answer a Fool According to His Folly;” “Destitute of the Truth”]	"	131-132
Editor’s Table	Anglo-Israelism versus The Royal Rights of the Lord Jesus; Acknowledgements	"	132

No. 60. Vol. V, No. 12, June, 1899 (our additions in italics, mainly in Author)

SECTION	TITLE	AUTHOR	PAGES
Editorial	“Made Meet” [marks to differentiate Religion, as distinct from Christianity]	E. W Bullinger	133-134
"	“In His Steps”	"	134-135
Contributed Articles	The Epistle to the Romans. Concluding Paper. The Rest of the Epistle (continued from page 126) [Expansion of its structures: Dispensational; Paul’s sorrow regarding Israel’s failure; God’s purpose had respect only to a portion; God’s purpose regarded only a remnant; Israel’s failure, in spite of the Prophets, in spite of the Las, in spite of the Gospel; God’s purpose regarding the remnant accomplished; God’s purpose will ultimately embrace the whole; Paul’s joy regarding God’s purpose (the nature of God, the operations of God); structure of the practical division, Rom. 12:1 – 15:7]	Rev. Dr. Bullinger	135-138
Conference Addresses [Cautionary Note]	The Nearness of the Lord’s Return (At the York Conference, May 1894)	Pastor F. E. Marsh	138-140
Things New and Old	“Him” or “It”	Stephen Merritt	140-141
Questions and Answers	Question 198. What is the character of the ‘conviction’ spoken of in Jn. 16:8-11? ‘He will convict the world of sin.’ Is it an evangelical conviction of sin awakened by the Holy Spirit to the reality of the Truth? (asks J. J., New York)	E. W Bullinger	141-142
"	Question 199. How should we read Eph. 2:21, and Eph. 3:15? “All the building”?, “All the Family”? or “Every building”?, “Every Family”? (asks J. J., New York, answer “the Whole Building” and “the Whole Family”)	"	142
Our Monthly Bible Study	Strength or Divine Power (T. George, from Christ Church Lodge, Bromley, Kent)	T. George	142
Sings of the Times	Jewish Signs [Prospects of a False Messiah; The Spread of Zionism; Concessions for Railways in Palestine]	E. W Bullinger	142
"	Religious Signs [“Past Feeling;” “Un-to Date Religion:” “Phonograph to Shout Exhortations to Sinners;” “Souls Saved by Uppercuts;” “Rightly Named;” “Preach the Word;” “Of the Earth, Earthy”]	"	142-143
"	Spiritist Signs [“They Prophesy a Lie Unto You” (Jer. 27:10); “Doctrines of Demons:” “Speaking Lies in Hypocrisy;” “Brotherism;” The Niagara of Religion]	"	143-144
Editor’s Table	Notices: Mr. Alfred Holness has arranged to become our Publisher; Acknowledgments	"	144
Books Review	The Fulness of God, and Other Addresses, by Marcus Rainsford, B.A., S. W. Partridge & Co.; Nuggets of Truth from the Epistles, Hodder & Stoughton, and Scripture Studies and Bible Readings (sold only by the author), both by William G. Carr, Brooklyn, N.Y.	"	144

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