MEMORIALN BY WARWICK ASSOCIATION. Whereas, since our last annual meeting it has pleased God to call from our companionship our highly esteemed brother, Elder BENTON JENKINS, | in the full vigor of his usefulness, and in the richest manifestation of his ministerial gift, therefore Resolved, that while we cannot but mourn our great loss in being no more blessed with his precious and valuable services in the ministry, and in being deprived of bis wise counsels and firm defense of the truth as it is in Jesus, we earnestly pray that we may be enabled to confess the sovereign goodness of our God in the bestowal of that grace upon our departed brother, by which he was made a polished shaft in the hand of the Lord for the declaration of his own eternal truth, to the comfort and edification of his afflicted and poor people. Resolved, that while we mourn a loss that is and will be felt, not only by this church, but by all the churches of Jesus Christ, we would pray for that spirit of holy resignation by which alone we can say, "Thy will be done." Resolved, that we do hereby extend to our sister churches at Middletown and New Vernon, which churches our brother for so many years served as pastor, our heartfelt sympathy and fellowship in the bereavement which has likewise befallen them. WM. L. BEEBE, Moderator. A. W. RITTENHOUSE, Clerk. LOANS ON NOTES. Mrs. D. W., N. Y., 5; Ebenezer Clark, Ohio, 20; W. P. Gass, N. Y., 10; James Hall, Md., 5; 66 A Member of Ebenezer Church, New York City," 45; L. A. Buck, New Brunswick, 45; Mrs. John Muir, N. Y., 10; Mrs. Wm. J. Kellam, N. Y., 40; O. F. Ballard, N. Y., 5. Total $185.00. RECEIPTS. TO AID IN SENDING THE SIGNS" O. F. Ballard, N. Y., $1.00. Resolved, that we deeply sympathize with the churches of his immediate charge in their great loss, and most sincerely pray that the Lord may keep them in his especial care, and in his own appointed time give them an earthly shepherd whose care for them may be equal to that of the devoted servant whom they have lost. And to them, and to the companion of his temporal pilgrimage, we extend assurances that they do not mourn alone; our brother held a place in all our warmest affections. To all the church of God he was most dear. None but the God of love can heal our great grief. May his own hand wipe the tears from each weeping eye, and comfort every mourner by the revelation of that glorious fruition of eternal IF the Lord will, I expect to visit the Beulah Old blessedness which filled the soul of our departed School Baptist Church, near Alviston, Ontario, on brother in the hour of his release from the body of Saturday, July 31st, and Sunday, August 1st. Lovers this death. In the hope of that blessed immortality, of gospel truth are invited to meet with the church, we would patiently wait the hour of our own final de-and partake in the solemn joys and fellowship of the liverance at the appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ, who only hath immortality dwelling in the light. By unanimous consent the same was ordered to be spread upon our Minutes, and published in the SIGNS OF THE TIMES, and a copy be tendered to our beloved sister, and widow of Elder Jenkins. WM. L. BEEBE, Moderator. JOHN MCCONNELL, Clerk. BY EBENEZER CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY. Whereas, it has been the will of our God to lay upon us his afflicting hand in the calling from the field of labor his faithful servant, our dear brother and pastor, Elder BENTON JENKINS; therefore, Resolved, that in the falling asleep of our brother this church experiences a bereavement sorrowful in the extreme. The sudden severance of ties so recently formed as pastor and people, fills our hearts with grief. APPOINTMENTS. occasion. The ordinance of the communion supper will be administered at the close of the meeting on Sunday. WM. L. BEEBE. ASSOCIATIONAL. SPOON River Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists, will convene (the Lord willing) with the Mt. Zion Church, six miles east of Astoria, on Friday before the first Sunday in September, 1897, instead of on Wednesday before, as was agreed on at our last session. Those coming by rail will be met at Astoria, on Thursday before, and Friday morning of, the Association, on the Rock Island Branch of the C., B. & Q. R. R. Ministering brethren are especially invited, with all lovers of the truth. S. H. HUMPHREY, Clerk, SMALL, LIGHT BIBLES WITH LARGE PRINT. We are now prepared to furnish a Bible that has been much inquired for by our people; a small and light Bible printed in large full-face type, with maps and family record, WITHOUT REFERENCES, size, 6 inches wide, 8 inches long, and 14 inches thick. We can send these Bibles postage paid, at the following prices, according to binding, the contents of all being the same. 1702. Imitation Roan, red burnished edges, boards, round corners, side and back title, $1.35. 1730. French Morocco, gilt edges, boards, round corners, side and back title, $1.80. 1790. French Seal, red and gold edges, extended covers, round corners, $2.75. HYMN BOOKS. (BEEBE'S COLLECTION.) These books contain 800 pages and 1311 hymns, carefully selected by the late Elder Gilbert Beebe, especially for use in the Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches of America. Also an alphabetical index of the first line of each hymn. Our assortment of the small books embraces: Cloth Binding, single copy, 75c; half doxen, $3.00. Blue Plain, single copy, $1.00; per dozen, $9.00 Blue Gilt Edged, single copy, $1.18; per dozen, $12.00. First Quality Turkey Morocco, very handsome, $2.75 single copy or per dozen, $30.00 LARGE TYPE EDITION. We also have an enlarged fac-simile of the small 1713. Algerian Morocco, red and gold edges, limp, books, being about twice the size, in a variety of round corners, leather lined, $3.50. 1791. French Morocco, red and gold edges, extended covers, round corners, leather lined to edge, $3.75. 1734. Extra Morocco, red and gold edges, flexable boards, round corners, leather lined, $4.00. 1714. Extra Morocco, red and gold edges, limp, round corners, leather lined, $4.50. 1793. Algerian Morocco, red and gold edges, extended covers, round corners, silk sewed, leather lined to edge, $5.00. WITH REFERENCES AND MAPS. bindings at the following prices, viz: size, 6 inches wide, 9 inches long, and 14 inches THEODOSIA ERNEST. thick. 2790. French Seal, gilt edges, extended covers, round corners, $4.50. 2791. French Seal, red and gold edges, extended covers, leather lined, round corners, $6.00. 2713. Algerian Morocco, red and gold edges, limp, round corners, leather lined, $6.50. 2714. Extra Morocco, red and gold edges, limp, round corners, leather lined, $6.50. 2793. Algerian Morocco, red and gold edges, extended covers, round corners, leather lined, silk sewed, $7.50. THE EVERLASTING TASK FOR ARMINIANS. By Elder William Gadsby, late of Manchester, England. Many thousands of these pamphlets have been scattered throughout England and America, and read with intense interest by the lovers of the truth, and still the demand has increased to such a degree as to induce us to present to the public this edition, which we will send (postage paid by us) to any postoffice address in the United States or Canada at the following rates, viz: a single copy for 10 cents; 12 copies for $1.00; 25 copies for $2.00; 50 copies for $3.00; 100 copies for $5.00. Address, GILBERT BEEBE'S SON. Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y. OR THE HEROINE OF FAITH. THE above important book was published forty years ago, but now, so far as we know, is not obtainable. Notwithstanding some objectionable phrases, it was much valued by our brethren who saw it, for its com plete defense of Scriptural Baptism, and the authentic history it gives of the time and place, and by whom changes and corruptions were made in this holy or dinance. Through regard for its inestimable wort and not for gain, it is being reprinted, having been slightly abridged and revised, so that no line of con ditionalism remains. The style, while plain, is very interesting. It is bound in full cloth (scarlet) with stained edges, good book paper, clear type, with stamp and title in black and gold, on side and back. This book in plain binding was never sold under $1.00. In this greatly improved style the price will be DEVOTED TO THE OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CAUSE, PUBLISHED THE FIRST AND FIFTEENTH OF EACH MONTH. BY GILBERT BEEBE'S SON, NEW YORK, MIDDLETOWN, ORANGE CO., NEW To Whom all letters should be addressed, and EDITORS: F. A. Chick, Hopewell, N. J. ORUDEN'S COMPLETE (STUDENT'S EDITION) CONCORDANCE TO THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, (Which enables any one to readily find any passage of Scripture of which they can call to mind two or three words.) With a Complete Table of Proper Names, with their meanings in the Original Languages, a Concordance to the Proper Names of the Old B. L. Beebe, Middletown, N. Y. PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. BY JOHN D. McCABE. This work is no dry mass of details-no bombastic i New Testaments, a Concordance to the Apocrypha,effort to inflame the national pride, but a vivid and and a Compendium of the Holy Scriptures, &c. The above described book of 719 pages 64x94 ches, we will mail postage paid for one dollar and nifty cents; or brilliant narrative of the events of our history, from the discovery of the American Continent down to 1893. The work is printed from plain, new type, on fine calendered paper, and comprised in one octavo volume of 960 pages. It is splendidly embellished with nearly 500 fine engravings, embracing battles and other historical scenes, portraits of distinguished men, views of our principal cities, &c., &c. Bound in Fine Silk Cloth, Plain Edges, $2.00, Postpaid. Middletown, Orange Co., N. Y. G. BEEBE'S SON, SIGNS OF THE TIMES. DEVOTED TO THE OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST CAUSE. "THE SWORD OF THE LORD AND OF GIDEON." VOL. 65. MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., JULY 15, 1897. NO. 14. CORRESPONDENCE. THE DESTINY OF MAN. And scan his work in vain; And he will make it plain." The destiny of man has been a subject which has interested the children of Adam, who look forward to eternity, from the day when Adam was created, down to the present time. In the creation of man, God purposed for him a destiny which he must fulfill. He made man in his own image and likeness. This was but an image, and was not the substance itself. The shadow in appearance represents the substance; and that man was created in the image of God, is significant of a destiny held in reserve for man, which God purposed should be manifested in time. The purpose of God in creating man was fixed in eternity, or before the worlds were made. The creation of man was a fulfillment of the eternal counsel of God. There was no mistake made in the creation. The life, the transgression, the fall of Adam, were all purposed in the counsel of God before the dust was fashioned to a man, to the end that man should afterward be re deemed, and heir the glory of his Creator; and to be the heir, that which was but the shadow, must be made substance by the resurrection power of God. Man being created in the image of God, must pass through his existence in time a subject of the power of God, and by that power be clothed upon with immortality, and so the image be made the substance in the realms of eternal life. Therefore the creation of man, his fall from a state of innocence, his life and his death, were all according to the purpose of God; for without death, there could be no resurrection from the dead, and man would have remained a natural creature upon the earth. Without transgression, man would not have been a subject of salvation, and the plan of salvation would not have come in, fulfilling the purpose of God. To this end was man made, that the purpose of God might be fulfilled, and that man might in the end be glorified before God. Human wisdom becomes lost in contemplating this great and glorious subject. The dark shadows of death often make men shudder when they look into futurity, not knowing what their destiny may be. It is only by an eye of faith that we can have any con ception of the purpose of God in the des- creature of God, more subtile than any tiny of man. We may speculate, and fix beast of the field which God had created. up a belief, and worship a delusion that His destiny was also fixed by the God suits our carnal desires; but Paul de- that made him. His work was for the clares that eye hath not seen, nor ear perfecting of the work of Jesus in the reheard, the things which God hath pre-demption of man, by making hinra transpared for the subjects of his love. It is gressor through his subtilty, that man all a mystery hidden in the counsel and should become a subject of death, and purpose of God, to be revealed unto therefore of redemption. And being a whomsoever he will. We look over our subject of death, he multiplies and relife and experience in this world, and plenishes the earth, thereby manifesting what do we find? There is nothing with- the seed that was in his body. We have in ourselves to recommend us to the favor a view of the order of all created things of God. We find within ourselves all the that are upon the earth-every seed prolusts of the flesh, a cage of unclean birds,ducing its own body. Thus we see Eve, whose desire is to partake of every lust, and the mother of all living, having in her satisfy every carnal appetite. There is body the life of all her seed, which should nothing holy or spiritual in our flesh. be manifested upon the earth, eating of Our hearts are deceitful, and desperately the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of wicked. Then what ought to be the des- good and evil, according to the purpose of tiny of man? Our own judgment is, to God, by which act she became a transgresreturn to the dust from whence he was sor, and subject to death. And being a taken, and blot out the image in which subject of death, all her seed whom she he was made. Yet when we look at this should bring forth in the order of nature, matter by an eye of faith, we see that were also subject to death. Like a grain God had a purpose in view, and that pur- of corn, she must die to bring forth fruit. pose was his predestination in Christ So with all earthly things. Even man, Jesus of all the heirs of glory ere time who was created in the image of his was, to be conformed to his image. Maker, must also die to multiply and Jesus was the substance. By him were bring forth his seed. In this we see the all things made that were made. He is manifold wisdom of God, who created declared to be the word and power of man in his own image. For in Adam God; and by this word Adam was cre- were all the subjects of salvation who ated and formed out of the dust of the should be born into the world. Thus it earth. By this word his destiny was was necessary that man by his own act fixed, all his ways were appointed, and should transgress the law of his God, every step which he should take. It thereby becoming a subject of death, that would be folly to place the purpose of the vessels of mercy contained in him God upon a more restricted foundation, for then all would soon be confusion or chaos. All from the beginning has been done according to his eternal purpose, which he purposed with himself ere time who was created in the image of God, should be manifested upon the earth, so that according to the purpose of God, man should be raised from the dead by the resurrection power of God unto eternal glory, and be clothed upon with imThe serpent who deceived Eve was a mortality. Thus the same man, in the was. |