Q. 1.-If one has sinned, and has it not in his power to undo or make amends for what has been done, and pressed down with a sense of failure, what ought he to do ?

A. If restitution be really impossible, and full confession have been made already, nothing more is of course possible, so far as man is concerned. The great thing is to have one's feet in the Lord's hands, without reserve, that He may show all that is amiss, and not only the sin be judged, but the root detected also.

With regard to the question as to the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, it is sufficient to refer you to Hebrews 13:8,-"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and forever."

Q. 2.-Why does it say in Romans x, " If thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord"?- Is it the same as "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ," in principle ? or is it something special for a Jew who had rejected Jesus as the Christ? Is it Jesus as Lord, referring to His being made Lord as man, as in Acts ii, or like Peter in Luke v ? and should we make it a condition with souls that they confess Jesus Lord with their mouth, "calling on the name of the Lord," to be saved ?

A. The controversy between God and man throughout the present dispensation is as to the rejection of Christ, as in the old it was with regard to idolatry. Man has crucified Jesus; God has made Him Lord and Christ. He who bows really to the authority of the Lord Jesus-that is, "whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord,-shall be saved." Of course it must be real. "Confess," I believe indeed, points to this. To confess is something more than to "profess." In a day of abundant profession, the owning Christ with the lips is very little :none but an infidel would deny Him to be Lord; yet it is not in vain to press confession; but it is that sort of confession, in the face of a still really unbelieving world, which brings one out of the enemy's ranks into the ranks of those openly His. The passage connects with Acts ii, clearly; the word to the jailor does not speak of outward confession, but that would be the fruit of it. There can be no question that immense blessing to the soul flows from the full and unflinching owning of Christ before men. The world is composed of two great camps, and neutrality there can be none; the line between Christ's people and His enemies is the limit of salvation; and hesitancy between the two must undoubtedly cloud the soul and hinder peace; but "with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" is true in the most absolute way:"Whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and of My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of Man be ashamed when He cometh in the glory of the Father with the holy angels."

In regard to another question asked, I would say that I do not believe salvation from sin is enough preached. Salvation from wrath to come is however the first necessity in order to realize the other; and thus the passover is the basis of the Red-Sea deliverance. I have touched upon some other points in another paper.

Q. 3.-Is one put away from the Lord's table handed over to Satan, as in 1 Corinthians v ? or was it only apostolic power that could do this ?

A. The formal delivering to Satan was only apostolic; the assembly can only put away from among themselves; its power is confined to the sphere of those "within," and one ceasing to be within was outside its jurisdiction. Apostolic power was not thus limited. It is of all possible importance not to exceed the strict limit of (I do not say, authority, but) duty, or lack of all true power will be the result.