When man had been created, and out of him his bride, Adam was not deceived and utter death incurred, Most justly were they banished from Eden and the Tree, And ere the man was exiled with his less guilty wife, Outside the bounds of Eden a sinful race arose, Brought forth both weak and mortal and heirs of many woes; The Episode of Evil thus moved along its way, Led by the power of darkness until the judgment day. SECOND PART. The Woman's Seed predicted in greatest mystery came; And straightway sought to slay Him, thro' Herod's enmity. Incensed with subtle hatred the Serpent sought the Seed, Filled with the Holy Spirit-the Son of God confessed, The oppressed by that old Serpent he healed and filled with joy,. The fierce and final conflict upon the cross was waged, For Jesus triumphed gloriously over all his mighty foes, He rose again immortal-He reigns in life on high, THIRD PART. By grace of God the Father we now in Christ believe, In Christ we have redemption-redeemed by His own blood; Our Lord will come in glory-almighty power is His, He then will rescue Israel, and save them by His grace- And all Earth's kings and princes His mandates must obey. Evil shall then be shackled by His Almighty hand, : Messiah's righteous sceptre shall rule o'er all the earth, FOURTH PART. "is But when Messiah's kingdom of " thousand years" is past, Then comes the final judgment before the great white throne, The Episode of Evil till then moves on its way; The universe all perfect-made one in Christ the Head, Then will the Son surrender his mediatorial sway, W. MORRIS. CORRESPONDENCE. SIGHING FOR RELIEF. DEAR SIR,-In the course of the discussions which have been taking place among the United Presbyterian clergymen here, over the case of Mr. Macrae, of Gourock, many things have been said, deeply suggestive of the utter perplexity in which the traditional dogma of endless misery has landed its advocates; but none more significant than the following words of Dr. Joseph Brown, of this city. After deprecating the "presumption of Mr. Macrae's" sitting in judgment, on the Divine " government "(which, by the way, was scarcely what Mr. Macrae was doing in denouncing a misrepresentation of the revealed method of that government)-Dr. Brown went on to say:-" He did not wonder that Mr. Macrae had felt the burden of the punishment of the lost. They had all felt that that was the burden of the Lord; and the longer he lived and preached, he felt more the burden, and spoke upon that subject with a tremulousness and solemnity on his spirit that he did not remember to have felt when a younger man. He felt the burden of the Lord, but he dared not forbear proclaiming what he believed to be the truth. They would all feel it a relief if they could, on an honest interpretation of the Bible, come to the conclusion that sin and misery would ultimately perish in God's universe. If, on an honest and conscientious interpretation of the Scriptures, they could come to such a conclusion, that would be such a relief, that he thought a man might be willing to sacrifice his position in any Church in Christendom in order to enjoy that comfort and the joy of preaching it." It is impossible not to sympathise with the venerable speaker in his distress. Yet it seems to me that the wished for "relief," is found in his own words, had he but the wisdom or the courage to apply it. He wishes he could believe "that sin and misery would ultimately perish in God's universe" — by which term he means, become extinct, come to an end, cease to be. Suppose, then, that he apply to the Scripture most persistent of hallucinations, which bids Dr. Brown, and his fellows maintain that sinners are imperishable-in spite of the combined and emphatic testimony of both the silence and the speech of Scripture to the contrary. M. W. STRANG. use of the same term, the "interpre- selves to the fountain of life, opened CONSTABLE'S WORKS. DEAR SIR,-I have several copies on hand of my works on “The Duration and Nature of Future Punishment" and "Hades." I should be glad if the friends of the REV. HENRY CONSTABLE, THE RAINBOW: A Magazine of Christian Literature, with Special Reference to the Revealed Future of the Church and the World. THE SEPTEMBER, 1879. CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY ASSOCIATION. HE Second Annual Conference of the above Association will (D.V.) be held in Maberly Chapel, Balls Pond Road, Kingsland, London, N., on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, September 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 1879. The following is the plan of services and meetings to be held on the occasion : SUNDAY, August 31st.- Special sermons will be delivered in the London District, in the chapels shown in the "Visitors' Guide." MONDAY, September 1st.-A meeting of the "Central Board" to prepare reports and digest of business. Tea at 4. Meeting at 5 p.m. 10.30 a.m. Meeting of Delegates and Subscribers. (At cach day's (morning) meetings, the President, Henry J. Ward, Esq., of Liverpool, will preside.) 1.30 p.m. Public dinner, tickets 1s. 3d. each. (N.B.-Dinner Paper by Rev. Henry Constable, M.A., late Prebendary of Cork, N.B.-At the afternoon meetings twenty minutes will be allowed, C C |