ZION'S WORKS THE following Work (commenced and mainly written in the Fourth Year (1829), vide letter of July 31, and probably continued by the week, when published printed in the Sixth Year (1831), ie., the Third of Zion's public appearance, was published at London during the same Year, in serial weekly parts, and extended from No. 1, May 30, to No. 17, October I, comprising in all 204 pages. Its publication was then discontinued, both from want of funds, and Zion's increasing public engagements—as may be gathered from the 'Sixth Year' Letter Series, MS.-though it was written in continuation much further than printed, at any period of leisure he could snatch, but the MS. appears to have been mislaid either in the hands of the Printer (W. Barnes, 44 Bridge House Place, Newington Causeway, who ultimately failed), or put aside from pressure of the many occupations of that busy (London) Year; this will account for the apparently abrupt termination. This copy is made as a whole, without observance of the weekly divisions, and the completeness of the unbroken, yet infinitely varied theme, is conspicuous of the one undivided Truth, that can never be broken, nor stopped by power of man.-C. B. H. October 31, Year 71. VOL. X A 'THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST.' THERE are at the present time, in this country, fifty-two different denominations of professing 'Christians' [and this number much increased since that day]; but if the inquiring mind should begin to inquire the cause of these differences of opinion prevailing among them, which reflects such dishonour upon the Bible and its Author, and has been and still is the cause of so many evils among men; the Sectarians with one voice cry, 'Let us alone, thou art come to torment us before our time!' We are all agreed in the grand essentials of religion, we only differ in the non-essentials!" But the first of these assertions is false, and the second is not true, and they make two grand mistakes,-first, the 'essentials of religion' they are not acquainted with, for they have had no revelation from God, and therefore could not know them; and as for non-essentials,' where are they? for none such are to be found in the Inspired Word from one end to the other of the Bible. ' And were the 'essentials of religion' known, there would be no difference of opinion, for the Bible, when understood, will be found to speak one language only, therefore it saith, in allusion to the time when God should reveal the hidden mysteries of it, 'In that day there shall be one Lord, and His name one' (Zech. xiv. 9), and yet the whole 'Christian' world is a Babel of confusion in the different modes and forms of 'worship' practised! But it may be asked, 'What are the evils that arise. 1 See on this, Vol. IX. pp. 135 on, His 'Refutation' of a 'Preacher,' June, Year 5. |