It is not our desire to indulge in personal criticism, or needlessly to occupy the saints with movements manifestly not according to God's word. But when fundamental truths are openly denied, we are responsible to warn the beloved people of God against error.

The two prominent doctrines of Mr. Dowie have been, apparently, what is known as divine healing, and the establishment of a restored earthly church, which he calls Zion. These two features of his
movement have been presented in every way to at-the attention of the public; the most common method, apparently, being that of abuse of all who _er from these views. The well-nigh blasphemous assumption of the name Elijah, coupled with a re-to the legal system of tithing, an elaborate rit-J and a complete clerical system, show the whole movement to be devoid of those elements of Christian truth known to the simplest babe in Christ who ! has been at all instructed.

It would be easy to remind the child of God that by this system he is robbed of the precious truth of the priesthood of believers; of the blessed assurance that we are not under law, but under grace; of the knowledge of a heavenly position as united by the Holy Ghost to a glorified Christ, while we wait for His coming again. Practically, for occupation with Christ is substituted occupation with this man.

But we may be assured that Satan has even deeper errors hidden beneath this mass of self-glorification and legalism. His object is ever to attack the person or the work of our blessed Lord; and of this we have evidence in the present case.

The following extract from the official organ of this movement, "Leaves of Healing," is taken from Mr. Dowie's address prior to the visit of himself and several thousand to New York:

"The Christ who went to hell to preach to the antediluvians, who in the days of Noah rejected Him, is still the same Christ; and although men make their bed in hell, even there shall His right hand find them.

"We will tell them that the Good Shepherd will seek them throughout the earth, throughout hell, and throughout eternity, until He finds them and brings them back to Himself, and that not one shall perish ; for He said that if He be lifted up He would draw all unto Himself.

"We believe that the Father hath given Him power and authority over all flesh, to give them eternal life; and if not in this life, in the life to come, the Saviour will seek the sinner until he sins no more.

"We will carry the gospel of everlasting hope to the hopeless, sorrow-stricken hearts of those who are taught the infernal lie that God has sent their dear ones into a hopeless hell, from which they can never come.

"May God help us in presenting the gospel, which bids men to know that His mercy is from everlasting to everlasting; that it is above the heavens and deeper than hell; and that some day, somewhere, the Master, the Shepherd, the Saviour, will bring home the last sinner!
" Oh, I thank God for that gospel!(Amen.)

"The gospel which saves to the-uttermost-the gospel which will seek in eternity as well as in time, until the last sinner is saved."

Here we have simple restorationism, the denial of the eternity of punishment for the ungodly-similar to the error propagated by the advocates of " Millennial Dawn." Let our readers then take warning. They have not merely to combat error, abuse and levity in connection with "faith healing," etc., but to turn from this old lie of Satan, "Ye shall not surely die." We need hardly add that the equally deadly error of annihilation is to be guarded against on the other side.

Solemn and awful truth-to bring us on our faces in prayer, and to lead us to plead with men-souls passing out of this world without Christ are hopeless for all eternity. " Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men."