trine gave immedia te peace and joy to the mind, inspired it with hope of future immortality, and purified the hearts and conduct of all who believed it. They said "Blessed be the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again unto a lively hope, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." On the fact that Christ was risen from the dead, their hope rested for an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and which fadeth not away, reserved in heaven. But no Christian ever blessed God for begetting him to a hope of any life in your hades, founded on the immortality of his soul. Primitive Christians did not drink hope and consolation at such a turbid stream as this, but at the well of salvation which gave them unceasing consolation and good hope through grace. No man, Sir, having drank of this old wine, will straightway desire your new, for he saith the old is better.

To conclude. Should any new and important evidence occur to you, please communicate it. Conscious of my liability, to err, I hold myself in readiness to correct my opinions, when truth appears. But until some new discovery is made from the Bible, I must continue to believe you are mistaken in your views on the subject we have been discussing.

I am yours, &c.

W. BALFOUR.

THE END.