《The Correspondents of J.N.D. 1800~1882 (Vol.1-2)》
TABLE OF CONTENTS
151F 266 Mons Eynard, 1858
152F 266 November 10th, 1858
153F 267 E Meylan, London, November 13th, 1858
154E 268 G Gausby, London, November 15th, 1858
155E 271 G V Wigram, [Date uncertain]
156F 273 Brother, February, 1859
157F 274 E Meylan, London, May 3rd, 1859
158F 275 June 23rd, 1859
159E 275 C H Mackintosh, July, 1859
160E 277 W Moore, Dublin, October 16th, 1859
161E 278 W Kelly, 1859
162F 279 Sister, 1859
163E 283 Brother, 1859
164E 284 R Chapman, Plymouth, 1845
165E 286 Miss Hayes, January 14th, 1860
166F 290 Brother, London, 1860
167F 291 Mons. Eynard, February 10th, 1860
168E 292 1860
169E 294 J G Bellett, Nismes, April, 1860
170E 296 F Cavenagh, 1860
171E 297 Dr. Cronin, St. Agrève, August, 1860
172E 299 G V Wigram, September 2nd, 1860
173E 300 G V Wigram, Lausanne, October, 1860
174E 300 G V Wigram, Lausanne, October, 1860
175E 301 1860
176E 302 G Gausby, 1860
177E 304 W Kelly, 1860
178E 306 W Kelly, Chaux-de-Fonds, November, 1860
179E 308 W Kelly, 1860
180E 309 G V Wigram, Lausanne, December, 1860
181F 309 June 19th, 1861
182F 310 G Biava, 1861
183F 312 G Biava, Rochdale, June 28th, 1861
184F 314 Elberfeld, October 23rd, 1861
185F 317 G Biava, Elberfeld, October 30th, 1861
186F 319 London, December 3rd, 1861
187F 320 London, 1861
188F 321 London, January 23rd, 1862
189F 322 G Biava, London, July 2nd, 1862
190F 324 G Biava, Bristol, July 27th, 1862
191E 325 Mrs. Lancey, 1862
192E 326 Mrs. Lancey, July, 1862
193F 327 Canada, 1862
194F 327 [To the same] 1862
195F 328 [To the same] 1862
195F 328 [To the same] [Date uncertain]
196E 328 Mr Beddom, Toronto, September 17th, 1862
197F 331 London, (Ontario), October 2nd, 1862
198F 332 [To the same] 1862
199E 334 G Owen, Hamilton, [Rec'd] December 12th, 1862
200E 336 G V Wigram, Hamilton, [Rec'd] December 24th, 1862
201E 337 R T Grant, Hamilton, 1862
202E 338 R T Grant, Hamilton, 1863
203E 340 R T Grant, 1863
204E 341 R T Grant, Hamilton, 1863
205E 342 Dr. Cronin, Guelph, January, 1863
206E 343 C McAdam, Guelph, February 10th, 1863
207E 345 G Alexander, Minto, February, 1863
208E 346 G Alexander, Guelph, finished at Toronto, 1863
209E 347 G V Wigram, Toronto, February 26th, 1863
210E 348 J G Bellett, Toronto, March, 1863
211E 351 Mr Pollock, Toronto, May 27th, 1863
212E 353 F G Patterson, May 27th, 1863
213E 355 Governor of a jail, Enniskillen, N.I., Toronto, May, 1863
214E 356 R T Grant, 1863
215E 357 Brother, May, 1863
216E 359 R T Grant, Toronto, 1863
217E 360 P. A. Humphrey, [Date uncertain]
218E 362 Dr Cronin, Toronto, July 14th, 1863
219E 363 R T Grant, 1863
220E 364 Dr. C Wolston, Canada, September, 1863
221F 366 M Monthenez, London, November 23rd, 1863
222E 367 R T Grant, London, December, 1863
223E 369 December, 1863
224E 369 G Biava, Lausanne, February 7th, 1864
225E 370 1864
226E 370 1864
227E 371 R Evans, Pau, March 3rd, 1864
228E 372 R T Grant, Pau, March, 1864
229E 377 G V Wigram, between Pau & Valence. June, 1864
230E 377 Brother Hill, South of France, 1864
231E 380 R Evans, Zürich, August 12th, 1864
232E 383 J G Bellett, September, 1864
233E 385 1864
234E 386 F G Patterson, 1864
235E 387 F G Patterson, London, October 1864
236E 387 Brother, October, 1864
237E 393 G V Wigram, October, 1864
238E 393 F G Patterson, Montreal, December 9th, 1864
239F 394 January 4th, 1865
240E 394 J B Stoney, 1865
241E 396 Dr C Wolston, Toronto, 1865
242E 397 W Kelly, Toronto, 1865
243E 398 F G Patterson, Toronto, March 7th, 1865
244F 399 March 30th, 1865
245E 399 1865
246E 400 J B Stoney, West Townsend, Mass., June, 1865
247E 401 G V Wigram, New York, June 23rd, 1865
248E 403 Brother, 1865
249E 405 R T Grant, 1865
250F 407 October 10th, 1865
251E 408 F G Patterson, Ryde, October 12th, 1865
252E 409 F G Patterson, Dublin, November 8th, 1865
253E 409 F G Patterson, Dublin, 1865
254E 412 R T Grant, Dublin, 1865
255E 414 R T Grant, Glasgow, 1865
256F 416 G Biava, London, January 23rd, 1866
257E 417 R Evans, Dublin, February 23rd, 1866
258E 418 1866
259E 421 Miss Thompson, 1866
260E 425 Miss Thompson, 1866
261E 426 R T Grant, Dublin, 1866
262E 429 A Ord, Paris, May, 1866
263E 431 C McAdam, Paris, May 13th, 1866
264E 432 H H Snell, June 9th, 1866
265E 438 H H Snell, June 10th, 1866
266E 441 J Stancombe, June 18th, 1866
267E 448 J E Batten, June 21st, 1866
268F 451 G Biava, London, June, 1866
269E 451 C McAdam, [Rec'd] August 8th, 1866
270E 454 W Kelly, Detroit, September 18th, 1866
271F 456 G Biava, Hamilton, en passage, 1866
272E 457 G Alexander, Toronto, September 25th, 1866
273E 458 C Wolston, Toronto, October, 1866
274E 459 A B Pollock, Toronto, October, 1866
275E 461 G V Wigram, Toronto, October 15th, 1866
276E 463 W Pickard, New York, en route, November, 1866
277E 464 G V Wigram, New York, November 22nd, 1866
278E 465 G Alexander, New York, November 22nd, 1866
279E 467 J B Stoney, New York, November 29th, 1866
280F 468 G Biava, New York, 1866
281E 469 R T Grant, New York, 1866
282I 470 Mr Haldo, 1866
283E 472 1866
284E 474 G V Wigram, New York, January 2nd, 1867
285E 476 F G Patterson, Boston, February 13th, 1867
286E 477 G Gausby, Boston, February 13th, 1867
287F 479 [Date uncertain]
288F 480 [To the same] Boston, February 17th, 1867
289F 485 Mons Eynard, New York, 1867
290E 486 Mons Eynard, March, 1867
291E 489 H M Hooke, 1867
292E 492 R T Grant, 1867
293E 494 R T Grant, New York, April 4th, 1867
294F 495 New York, April 23rd, 1867
295E 495 John Pollock, New York, April, 1867
296E 496 W Kelly, Cambridge, Mass, April, 1867
297E 499 G V Wigram, Boston, May, 1867
298E 501 G Gausby, Boston, May 23rd, 1867
299E 502 R T Grant, Boston, 1867
300E 503 C McAdam, Guelph, June, 1867
301E 504 Mr Slim, Guelph, July, 1867
302E 505 H M Hooke, Toronto, 1867
303E 507 1867
304E 508 1867
305E 509 H H Snell, Toronto, September 18th, 1867
306E 510 F G Patterson, October, 1867
307G 513 C Brockhaus, New York, 1867
308E 515 1868
309F 517 New York, 1868
310E 518 C McAdam, New York, February, 1868
311E 519 Mr Slim, 1868
312E 520 C Wolston, Montreal, March, 1868
313F 521 Montreal, April 3rd, 1868
314E 523 H M Hooke, 1868
315E 524 R T Grant, Montreal, 1868
316E 525 May, 1868
317E 526 T Weloon Trench, Dublin, July, 1868
318E 528 G Gausby, 1868
319E 528 F G Patterson, London, August 24th, 1868
320E 530 F G Patterson, London, October 16th, 1868
321E 530 F G Brown(e?), October, 1868
322E 532 H M Hooke, London, November 2nd, 1868
323E 533 W Kelly, 1868
324E 535 R T Grant, Douro, November 20th, 1868
325E 537 F G Brown(e?), Demerara, 1868
326F 539 Demerara, December, 1868
p266 [From the French.] Mons. Eynard, The value of revelation, of the word, increases for me daily, in a manner that I know not how to express. What a precious thing to have God revealed in Christ! How the Person of Christ stands out alone against the background of the scene of this world, to attract our gaze, and associate us in heart with God. In this respect, the commencement of the Gospel of John has been of much blessing to me of late. Christ is unfolded there in so complete a manner! He gathers around Himself; He must be God, otherwise He would be turning us away from Him. He says, "Follow me." He is the Man who makes the way, the only way across the desert; for, for man there is none, since he is separated from God. On the Man Christ, heaven is open; He is, as Man, the object of heaven and of the service of the angels of God.
John (a beautiful example of the absence of all selfishness and of all self-regard) receives a testimony from above, but he speaks of that which is earthly. Now that is but a testimony; but He who came from above bears witness of what He has seen, and in Himself He reveals heaven. He gives - He is - the eternal life, in order that we may enjoy it. What a thing to say, that heaven, its nature, its joys, what it is, should be revealed to us by the word and by the presence of Him who dwells there, who is its centre and glory! Now, without doubt, man has entered into heaven, but it is none the less precious that God should have come down to earth. Man admitted into heaven, is the subject of Paul; God, and the life manifested upon earth, that of John. The one is heavenly, as to man, the other divine. This is why John has such attraction for the heart. There is nothing like Him.
. . . There are two classes of religious movement at this time. The first takes the word, sees man, the child of Adam, dead through sin, and will have nothing but Christ, His death, His resurrection, a heavenly state. The second class holds with the world, maintains worldly connections as an accepted system and does not consider the world as a system to be passed through by motives outside of that system. People wish to have part in the movement: there is zeal, but they wish to remain self, not to become Christ.
[1858.]
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p266 [From the French.] * * * As to the Epistle to the Philippians (in reading you may judge of this), the christian life recognises nothing but the fruit of resurrection, because we ought to walk according to the Spirit, and never according to the flesh. God is faithful, not to suffer us to be tempted beyond our strength. The Christian is considered as walking always according to the Spirit, and reckoning himself dead to sin, but alive to God. Then there is, "My grace is sufficient for thee; my strength is made perfect in weakness." If we pretend to the absence of the flesh, or that we have not to take any notice of it, or if we pretend that we have not to judge ourselves inwardly, we are mistaken; and, even if we are sincere, there remains a mass of subtle things unjudged, and the general state of the soul is below the true effect of the light of God. But the strength of God is with us, to make us walk in communion with Himself.
As to the passage in John 21: 18, I do not think that the Lord points out in Peter an evil will. He had desired, that is to say, of his own will, to follow the Lord. He had to learn his powerlessness, because there was will in him, human strength; but at the end of his life it would not be so; another would gird him, and he should go where he would not. There is no question here of an evil will, but it would not be his will which would gird him, or cause him to die. He could, without doubt, bless God for it; but he did not seek to suffer. I am the more convinced that this is the sense, because the Lord adds, "This he said, signifying by what death he should glorify God." What Peter had to learn at that time, and what the Lord taught, was that the will of man could effect nothing in the pathway of life through death, and that is the only way of life.
November 10th, 1858.
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p267 [E Meylan] [From the French.] DEAREST BROTHER, - I was glad to have even a few lines from you, the more so because you tell me a little about the beloved brethren in Switzerland. I am beginning rather to want to see them, but I am waiting for the guidance of God. I had so long neglected England that I was somewhat their debtor; and our God, in His great goodness, has not left His blessing to be waited for. Our conferences have been singularly happy, and blessing is not wanting to the work in general. The number of brethren is increasing, and the meetings, on the whole, are in peace; where there is anything unpleasant it is rather that God is delivering them from a condition of feebleness in which evil was hiding itself, in which the water was stagnating to some degree. Here in London conversions are frequent, and many souls attracted. What I fear is that too external a work may be doing; still the consciences and hearts of brethren are well exercised, which is a very good sign, and there is a good spirit. I hope that God will cause those most recently converted to reach this exercise of soul, so that they may gain in depth, as they have rapidly gained the assurance of salvation. As to the rest, the work is a work of God, and His Spirit must accomplish it, a work of life in the soul which is settled in real - and thus, blessed be God for it - eternal relationships with God.
May God in His goodness keep the dear brethren in Switzerland; if they are not spiritual, and if God does not keep them in a very real way by His grace, it would be only too natural to fall into this snare of Bethesda, if God permits it to come near them. . . . When people love the world they go to Bethesda; when they are in a bad state of soul they are inclined to throw themselves into it: when the conscience is upright they leave it. Christ having been placed after their own interests (ecclesiastical) everything is false: they have been obliged to follow a false system in order to hide this, and this spirit is imprinted on everything and everywhere. It has been remarked everywhere. Many souls have been delivered lately. . . . But souls must be kept by the Lord; this is my confidence for the dear brethren in Switzerland, and for the meetings. Without the protection of God the simplest things become insurmountable, the most excellent, at least the most amiable motives become snares. I trust in Him: He has kept them until now, and I reckon on His goodness to keep them still until the end. . . .
As to your children, dear brother, may God guide you, and may He not allow you to subordinate Christ to anything whatever. If Christ calls you more or less to leave His work in order to take care of your children, He will bless you in caring for them. Our only rule of duty is Christ Himself. We have to do many things in all kinds of relationships. If you follow His will, He will take care of your children: outside His path all your care would come to nothing. I must stop, I have too much to do even; I can hardly hold out longer, but the Lord is sufficient for everything. Greet the brethren very affectionately.
Your very affectionate brother.
London, November 13th, 1858.
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p268 Dearest G Gausby, - I read - 's letter before yours, and I was going to say to you that I could not judge it honest. I looked at one paragraph (the first is quite right) and it seemed to me at first sight somewhat obscure, but I will examine it carefully when I have a moment. As to the doctrine, I need not hardly say that I abhor it, and judge that he who wittingly holds it has a false Christ - but one has to be careful even as to words. I have no doubt as to the doctrine I desire to teach. A question came from Manchester, and the answer to holding Mr. Newton's doctrine will appear, written before I received yours. - is the more evidently on false ground, as Mr. Craik wrote the other day (I read the letter) that he was not aware of a single person at Bethesda who would consider Mr. N. a heretic in the ordinary sense of the word.
Affectionately yours.
My letter having been delayed, I have been able to read through the articles. The doctrine is quite right, and the very opposite of Mr. N.'s, but not perhaps clearly brought out. It is carefully stated that He always says "Father," in contrast with the atoning work, in which He speaks of being forsaken. He was enjoying the relationship of a Son with the Father. In the passage itself it is clearly said that Christ entered into it for them at the close, afflicted in all their afflictions. The essence of Mr. N.'s doctrine was that He was born under it Himself, and escaped much of it. Here Christ is entering in grace into it at a given time, when God's time was come. I have no doubt that on the approach of the cross, when His ministry was ended, He entered into a new character of suffering in which the power of Satan was to be all exercised against Him in view of death and judgment, which was not before - he had departed from Him for a season; that He viewed this death, though not yet actually in it, as the judgment of God against sin, and thus entered into Israel's sorrow of the last day; that what He saw in it was the hand of God stretched out on Israel; that this was connected in His mind with the rod of God upon them, and that this closely connected itself with His coming death and their sins, but He was not then bearing them.
The fact is rightly stated: what is not unfolded is the way He entered into them; but I have distinctly stated - though of course, in the case of Christ, they were not His own personally, and that He entered into the sufferings for them, afflicted in their afflictions, but - that the relationship of a Son with a Father who was always heard, He was always in the enjoyment of, till the cross. The way the cross is connected in this Psalm with sufferings, not atoning, is of the deepest interest, though it was the time as a whole that atonement was going on; in which the judgment of God, the hostility of man, and the power of Satan - all were against Him. Though the act of atonement was only His drinking the cup on the cross, yet who can doubt that in Gethsemane He was looking at God's hand in judgment, and took the whole of what He was then delivered up to in all its details as coming from His hand, whoever was allowed to do it. God had now shewed Him that He must suffer: He walks as the smitten One in thought, does not answer, recognises it as the hour of the power of evil (which it was not before). He is to be reckoned according to God's counsels with the malefactors, delivered up to the Gentiles, and His perfection is that He takes up this from God's hand, and will from none else. "Thou hast lifted me up and cast me down." (Psa. 102.) Man, then seeing Him thus given up to it, adds every insult and wrong to His sorrow. They are the things done in the green tree, the true vine - what in the dry? Christ's entering graciously, voluntarily, and yet obediently into this place of sorrows, and subjection to the power of evil, when the time of God's will was come, is exactly the opposite of His being born under it, and escaping it by piety. But it is not the atoning work, nor was it the serving in active love to reveal the Father's name. He was going through conflict of a new character before He actually drank the atoning cup.
Note, too, that under the government of God is not distance from Him - a most important and essential difference. My mind is so totally on another ground from Mr. N.'s, that all the terms which are connected with it are not before me. So far from its being distance, that it is said in this passage that even in Gethsemane He does not say "My God;" it would have been out of place, because it was not the expression of the unclouded relationship and conscious blessedness of sonship in which the blessed Lord always stood. On the cross God was dealing with Him about sin. Now all this, which is part of the passage, is in direct antagonism with all Mr. N.'s doctrine. The only thing I see is that it is not fully explained how He entered into it, though the alleged way - Mr. N.'s - is positively denied in the passage.
London, November 15th, 1858.
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p271 Dear G V Wigram, - The Observations on the Psalms* are not so precise as the Synopsis, but there is more freshness in them (this at least), so that I enjoyed it more when I read it. The essential difference is that many more Psalms are applied to Christ in the Observations than in the Synopsis, as is habitually the case. In the Synopsis the remnant is much more prominently brought into view, and I think rightly.