offering for sin;" His resurrection, His ascension, His intercession, His second coming, the judgment of the world, the resurrection of the dead, the translation of the saints, the destruction of the wicked, the establishment of the everlasting kingdom, "the restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets, since the world began." The above are some of the items contained in this _wonderful_ book--the "Bible." And who can wonder at the remark of Paul to Timothy, They (the "Scriptures") are able to make thee wise unto salvation? "All Scripture," says the apostle, "given by inspiration of God, is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect,--thoroughly furnished unto all good works." Instead of looking to commentaries, or depending on what the _Fathers_ of the Church have said for doctrine, or making creeds for our own use; we are to _search the Scriptures_--relying on what has been spoken by the Saviour and the "Prophets," and the apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ, as the only doctrine able to make us "wise unto salvation." But the apostle goes further, and declares, that the Scriptures are profitable for reproof; they are able to convince men of the truth, and to confound those who would deny it. Says Charles Beecher,--"This specification," viz: _for reproof_, "fairly covers the whole ground of the prevention or extirpation of error." In familiar language, the keeping the Church pure from heresy. That this is the force of the term "_Elenychon_," will be perceived by any one who will compare the "New Testament" usage on this word, and its parent verb. The Bible will not only teach truth; it will kill error. It may not kill every thing that you and I may consider error. It certainly will, when used rightly, extirpate what God regards as such; and, be it remembered, that He alone is to pass that sentence. That the Bible will have this effect, follows of course from the first specification, viz: for doctrine; for truth and error cannot exist together: they are as fire and water. The more truth is taught, the more error dies. This also follows, because the Word of God is constructed with direct reference to the cardinal errors of the human mind, by a divine reasoner, with such tremendous ability, that those errors cannot live under a conscientious study of that word. This also follows, because the Scriptures are self-interpreting, self-rectifying, self-vindicating. And the sure way of testing an error claiming scriptural support, is, call it to the spot where it claims parentage, and call in the rest of the Scripture to testify. In this way, erroneous interpretations must die, and do die. And if there be any interpretation that will not die so, then "in God's name let it live!" How foolish it is for a class of persons to get together in conference capacity, and resolve what is and what is not truth! It is assuming that