tears are wiped from all faces, sorrow, crying, and pain cease, Death is abolished forever, and all things are made NEW! Glorious and grand termination of the Redeemer's efforts! In the beautiful language of Henry Brooke: "Then shall arise the grand and final consummation, when every will shall be subdued to the will of God. . . . The universe shall begin to sound with the songs of congratulation, and all voices shall break forth in an eternal hallelujah of praise trancending praise, and glory, trancending glory to God and the Lamb! There shall be no lapse thence forward, no falling away forever! But God in Christ, and Christ in a redeemed world, shall be a will, and a wisdom, and an action, and a mightiness, and a goodness, and a graciousness, and a glory rising on glory, and a blessing rising on blessedness, through an ever-beginning to a never-ending eternity!" Amen! Amen!

From this beautiful picture we turn away to the more disagreeable work of foiling the darts and malice of the reviler. Mr. Hall objects to the Universalist view of the text as follows:

1. "It is true the Lord will wipe away tears from off all faces; but all whose faces? That's the point.The remainder of this verse will decide. "And the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces, and the rebuke of his people shall be taken away from off all the earth." Thus the all faces has refference to the

people of God."

ANS: If by the "people of God" all men are meant, the assertion is admitted; for prospectively all are the people of God in the mind of Him who "calleth the things which be not as though they were." Rom. iv. 17. If but a part are included in the phrase, the assertion is denied. The objector should have proved that

all faces and his people are synonymous; but this he will not attempt, for subsequeutly he compassed his own destruction by quoting such passages as the following: "All faces shall gather blackness;" which would hardly do to apply to the "people of God."

And God shall
Mr Hall tells us

The same phrase occurs in Rev. xxi. 3. "Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS PEOPLE, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. wipe away all tears from their eyes!" this is precisely parallel with the text. It is so; and therefore explodes to atoms his erroneous criticism! See also Matt. i. 21, where his people are represented as being saved from sin; which is conclusive that a world of sinners are prospectively the people of God!

2. "Read the next verse: "And it shall be said in that day (i. e. in the day of the resurrection,) Lo this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us; this is the Lord, we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation." Thus Universalists have to admit, in quoting this text, that none have the promise of salvation in the resurrection only those that have waited for the Lord."

ANS: "In that day" means in the resurrection or the "operation of being raised!" Well, in that case, how can any one be saved? Did not Mr. Hall say in section second, that men could not be saved in the resurection, for that they will have no hand in! Careful reasoner, is

Mr. Hall—very! And suppose we quote scripture after his fasion, helter-skelter without any regard to its proper meaning. In that day, means in the resurrection: Let us see: I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, Ex. viii. 22. I will surely hide my face in that day!

Deu. xxxi. 18. So, so, Mr. Hall; dont you see if we were base enough to play back your own game upon you, you would be perfectly handcuffed! Let others take warning.

Mr. Hall's application of the text to the precise period of the resurrection of the dead is unwarranted.We have shown that it covers the period of the Redeemer's administration, and the term day, therefore, signifies the Gospel day or dispensation, as it frequently does elsewhere. In this view of the subject no inconsistency appears.

SECTION VII.

Isa. xlv. 22, 24. Look unto me and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else. I have sworn by myself, the word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. Surely, shall one say, in the Lord have I righteousness and strength.

This is the positive oath of Jehovah, predicated in his own immutability, that all intelligent creatures shall pay unto him spiritual homage-that every individual being shall say, "In the Lord have I righteousness and strength." An examination of the whole chapter in which the text occurs, will confirm this proposition in the mind of the reader beyond the probability of a rational doubt. The first four verses contain a prophecy concerning Cyrus; the fifth, and sixth, declare the fact of one living and true God; the next five speak of his great power, and the remaining part of the chapter, says Dr. Clarke, refers "chiefly to the salvation by Mes

siah, which it is declared shall be of universal extent, and everlasting duration."

In verse twenty-first, God declares himself to be the only true God and Saviour as stated in verses six and seven; and hence he bids the ends of the earth look to him and be saved; i. e: ascribe salvation to ME, for I am God, and beside me there is no other Saviour. Confirmatory of this, he proceeds in verses 23-4, to state what he has sworn to do: "I have sworn by myself [my oath, therefore, is immutable] the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, [shall not be annulled nor rescinded; what I have sworn to do shall be accomplished; and this is my oath:] That unto me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear. Surely shall say, [we omit the unauthorized word] In the Lord have I righteousness and strength."

This testimony unfolds a beautiful portraiture of the triumphs of divine goodness in the subjugation of a world of intelligences to the rule of righteousness. ALL shall render homage to God: ALL shall swear that they have righteousness and strength in the Almighty!— Will God viclate his oath? No! for "it is impossible for God to lie." Will a large portion of the human family swear to that which is false? Never! for the veracity of God is concerned in the truth of his testimony.

Mr. Hall thinks this a very important text for Universalists, but avers the effort to bring it to their support is perfectly suicidal. This he promises to prove to the entire satifaction of every intelligent reader. This however is no indication of the actual result; for it is just as natural for Mr. Hall to boast and vaunt his

prowess, as it is for water to run down hill. Therefore we fear not; for

Streams that bawl most loud

Along their course, are oftenest shallow;
And loudest to a doubting crowd,

The coward publishes his valor !"

We will hear, however, with candor what the gentleman has to say:

1. "In the first place, Universalists have to deny the King's translation, by expunging the word ONE, before the text will come within a thousand miles of Uniniversalism. The translation of the Polyglot margin, is also against Universalism. . . . Hence Universalists have to deny two translations, and make a new one of their own, before they can make Isa. 45 harmonize with their theory."

ANS: A pretty fellow to talk about making new translations! Did not his great master Alexander Campbell, deny the King's translation of the New Testament altogether, and make a new one of his own?— And has he not denied the King's translation in more cases than one? as for instance in 1st. Cor. xv. 22.He ought to be ashamed of himself! He knows perfectly well the word one is unauthorized, and that it makes nonsense of the text.

As for the Polyglot version, we care not a straw which is relied on, that or the common version. The result is the same. It matters not whether all men confess they have righteousness and strength in him, or as the Polyglot has it, that in the Lord is all righteousness and strength. If the latter confession is made, it is presumable that men will be aware of the fact by having experienced its effects. If it be objected, It is said that