Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ... Saviour, or from the friends which He has restored to us. Thenceforth we shall be ever with the Lord: we shall follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. And with thoughts of this glorious future we are to comfort one another in our bereavements. Not by intercourse with demons, who feign to be the spirits of our dead that they may allure us into paths of destruction; but by looking on to the time when Christ shall come, and, with every other blessing, restore to us for ever those whom we have loved and lost for a while. XXII. The Mystery Finished. In writing to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul bids them regard himself and his colleagues as " stewards of the mysteries of God "--an expression often twisted by sacerdotalists into accord with their own views, and interpreted to mean " dispensers of the sacraments." But neither Baptism, nor the Lord's Supper, is ever called a mystery in the New Testament: the term is invariably applied to revelations given by the Spirit for communication to the Church. And the nature of the mysteries of which Paul was steward may be readily understood from the following complete list of those which are mentioned in his Epistles. The mystery of Israel's present condition and future deliverance Rom. xi. 25, 26. The mystery of the wisdom of God . . 1 Cor. ii. 7. The mystery that we shall not all sleep, but shall all be changed . 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52. The mystery of God's will .... Eph. i. 9. The last on the list is the great mystery of the present dispensation, and the most frequently mentioned of all. It is said to have been hidden from the ages, and its secret was that God would invite Jews and Gentiles, without distinction, to be one in Christ, to become members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones, and to...
