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Show I.IIVIMJ, Mill KtJlt llM). "A Hubirrlbor," wrltli g from Cache Juaallon, makea Ihia Inquiry ol tha ISnwa. What ara we t unilervlanil by the lot-lowliigt lot-lowliigt "'I herrfore Iravintl the prinnl-p prinnl-p ea ul ton diH'irluo of I'brlat, lol u go on unto porfei-tt'in; mil laving ngaln the fi. iiiiilalli.il of n-pnnlaiioe Imiu iload tturk.. and of Lull K.waril Ood;" llebrewe, O.h vbap.er, til ver-T In order to miaa the matter perleotly olear w will quota Iba whola aac-leuce, aac-leuce, which our i-orraipondent hat not dona (aa hie u.ueotleo avldemly hlagea to a great extant upen Ih word leaving), and alao Iba last three veraei ol Ih preceding chapter. The writer ol llebrewa, altar referrlug to lha I'rloetnood, a portion ot which waa held by Iboaa wboin he waa In-atruoil' In-atruoil' g, aa ehewu by Iba manner ol hla addraaalo them, aayi: For whan lor the lima ya ought lobe leaoheri, ye have Ut-otl that una Irarh you again whlrh he the hrit prln-eiplea prln-eiplea of the nraulea ol Hod ami are l-ocoiue euoh aa have n.o.l ol milk, anil not or atrnng ini-al. Kor avnry one ili.t u.eih milk I. nii.ailful In thfi word of rt-thtnnuani'aa: lor he la a unlit. Hut etii.ltbl nival belungeth to II. ..in thatare uf lull ana, oven Iho.e who by rtiMitou ir itat havi ibelr aauatia eaer-liai.it eaer-liai.it tu tllt-certi lMlb giMMl anil n ll. 'I ht-ralore Inavlt.g tbo illnelplea of Die doi.tntie of Thrill, lut ne go oil unln per-fri'iloiif per-fri'iloiif not laying egain ibe tounda ion of riipenlaiiott' Irom iloail worka, auil of faith lowanl liod, of the doctrine ol bap-lUMia, bap-lUMia, aud of laying ou of hamli, alot uf the reaurrei'llou ul the do-id, aud uf eternal eter-nal Judgmeut, A careful reading of thla text ought to make plain tba meanlug of Ibe aantenra ooaoernlng whloh laulry la made, and over wblah aorue obscurity kaa bean thrown by an arbitrary dlvta-len dlvta-len lelo chapter.. If tha chapter hiadlug, wbloh la uol a part of Iba original eplatle, had been after lha third vena la Iba alxth chapter, or had nelbooulnat all, Ibara would ba do dllhcullyln understanding Ibe quotation quota-tion made; suou difficulty aa there la allies wholly Iroso failure la aeaeeleto tba Ideat ol lha oloslug aanteacaa al ohaplor Ave and lha opoalug words at euepter six, and Is readily removed by tka student af the sorlptures ramedylag tka de'eel la blnsself la lha text Itself tbera Is Bothlng doubtful, It will be absarved tbat tha Apotilo Is reprimanding Ihosa whom ha la ad-dreaalng, ad-dreaalng, became tkelr oondltlon Is suob that lUay need ta ba taught agala tba fir it prlnolples, luatead el balug able ta teaoh II. am, aa should ba lha caea with tbosa who minister to the Semis, aa thty were doing; lu other words, they bad ueoj ol milk ae babee, aud not of tba alroag meat required by thoaa who admlolater food to babea, II a told them haw they should advaaoe, that It waa "by reaain af uae" of the that prlnelplee In tha Inatrucllou by example and precept wblah Ikay gave, aud net by being merely passive llitcn-ara llitcn-ara to auch aa taught Iheui those prlnclplee. Then ba urged them to "gu en unto perreolion" to do a-i by IravlDg those plluclples aa a foundation, founda-tion, aod tot by attempting to ley aiialn Ibal foundation, Which haatier-wardaaayala haatier-wardaaayala an Impnialbillly to thou ouoaeallgbleued aud who have fallen away. The foundation ouca laid inuat rtnialn; If abandoaeg or lorn up there la no replacing II a l.iiou lhal is uniformly oouDruisd lo the oiuree of aji .staler. There are some periens who ainiiine lhal the word "leaving" mutt be Interpreted In-terpreted as "abandoning" or "ra-lecllug." "ra-lecllug." Hucll delltlllloo, however, is not 'unified ky any pari af Iba trxt; and In order to exclude aay possibility . I wlltully wroug construction, some translators have given Ibe word Itila lueaulligaud luaertad the word "not belore ir, to conform to tile idea of tue text. Hut aa the miliar stauds there lino real neoeaaily lor that variance In furm, to exuress the iirui Idea. The wurd lenvlng In Ibe verae ijuoled shruld have Hi ordinary deflultlon as given by lexlcographerit "lult.rlng to rouuln; nut rainovlug.' Vhls Is the only Interpretation lhal the lusplrid writer hlmiell glvee, In his Instruction Instruc-tion for the Hebrews to leave the principle prin-ciple as a foundation ou wklou a to promt-1 to rrf' i",l n; that la, "leaving (.iflerlug ti remln; not remnvlnp) t o p Inclples," etc. This waa what Paul did In bis adilieas; ha told them of the prlnolples, tha nenre-ally nenre-ally of their aclual "uie," and passing on in his rrmarki, ha Irft thoa .rln.-l-pleaasa foundation, aibortlng them t' bnlld lbaron to perfection. There haa been alao Ilia autgrstloa the! pcvple who have oboyrd th flrat principles, and fully believe In the six rariltrial elements mentioned fy Paul faith, reivntanrr, bapllim, laying on of handle for the reception rt the Holy (Ihual, lha resurrection, and lha Judgment Judg-ment mey then depart Irom the same and go ahead af Ihem to perfrc'lrn. The abmrdlly ot thla Idea la aa great aa woulJ ba that nl a eomplrled bousit without a foundation to a p port II. Three principles cannot ba departed de-parted Irom, Ignored or emitted. Tliey era eternal as their A Jl'ior Ihry nach In p.'rfec'.l n l i Ibeni.l'ei. bvery Uospel principle Is aternnl lu the sphere where II operator, faith exists ex-ists aad acta eternally, lha lull doctrine of repentance ll an eternal forsaking of aln, Ike eDerti of baptism ky tba water and the rJplrll are ete'nal forgiveness aad eternal gu'.tanco l i truth, the reaurrectlna haa en everlasting everlast-ing efleil, ae dure alio Ilia elrrn.l Judgmeut. The first principles of tho dispel named by Paul cannot le al.audonrd or rait aalda except id apoatisy, which permits no renewal when It oeeomee complete. As lo an Jtb-r part of the quotatl n by our correap indent, and which t-o ma wisa ro'iie expression upon "the prlnclplee of tba doctrine of Christ" we will euggrat lhal principle meant "a fundamental truth or ten.'; a comprehensive com-prehensive law or .'octrliis,trciu trhlc'.i otbera ara UoriveJ, or lo whlc!) cthert ara founded; no elementary prop)-iillon," prop)-iillon," This Is the position the prlnclplee prln-clplee named ocoapy, other daelrlnia growing out of there aa aletnentery, lo lha woik ol perlrollon. Therefore let thos who hav laid tha foundation In Ihalr Uvea by obedience to "th first pnnolplMof the oracle of lied," leave Ibal faun Jail u In Ha place, hot vainly attempting to lay II again, or negli. gently etopplng at Ibe foundation, aa 1'iul orltlcltsa the llsbrawa for dolim; bjt going oa le that perfection In the exerrlieof theeejprlnelplea and nthers derived tberufroiu, to the lull ege of 'aithlulueea which charaolerlaea tha real followers n' Christ Jeun. |