JOHN 3.7 (BEEBE)

“Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.”

JOHN 3.5 (BEEBE)

In reply to brother John W. Henley, of Georgia.

“Jesus answered and said, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”

JOHN 2.17 (BEEBE)

BROTHER BEEBE: –As I have never troubled you with any request before if it is not asking too much of you, I would be pleased to have the benefit of you, I would be pleased to have the benefit of your understanding of John ii. 17, especially of the words, “The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.” What kind of zeal was that, and whose house?
As ever, your sister in hope of immortality beyond this vale of tears,

MARY PARKER.
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 21, 1879.

MY CHRISTIAN LIFE (SANTAMARIA)

I have read accounts from hymns and stories of the experiences of different Christians throughout time. Many of them are moving and dramatic. For example Paul’s experience. But I will try to relate mine lately. I have been through many highs and great lows with my Lord. Here is my present condition - ed.

ELDER WILLIAM K ROBERSON'S OPINION OF THE "WISE MEN" IN THE PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION AFTER THE OLD/NEW SCHOOL SEPARATION

Letter written from Welsh Tract Church to the Signs of the Times:

JOHN 1.9 (BEEBE)

Brother Beebe: - When you have leisure, please give your views on the words, “That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world,” in its connection with the preceding and succeeding verses.

W.F. Kercheval Hanibal, Mo., August 17, 1863.

JOEL 3.14-17 (BEEBE)

"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the Lord will be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel. So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her anymore."

JOB 19.25-27 (BEEBE) 2/2

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.”

JOEL 2.16 (BEEBE) 1/2

“Let the Bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.”

JOB 19.25-27 (BEEBE)

At the request of Mrs. Elizabeth King, the only daughter of the late Mrs. Ruth Hoyt, whose obituary was published in the preceding number of this paper, we publish our views on the following portion of the scriptures. We had failed to learn that the deceased had expressed a desire that it should be preached until after her funeral. The deceased had been very much exercised in her mind some years ago, and it was believed by those who conversed with her that she had passed from death to life. The interest manifested by her in this text strengthens the hope that she felt in her declining hours the blissful assurance of hope in the living Redeemer.

JOB 15.15 (BEEBE)

BROTHER E. Moreland, of Tennessee, desires our views on Job xv. 15, viz: “Behold he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.” However correct or incorrect the declaration of this text may be, we certainly are not warranted to receive the testimony as a part of divine revelation, as that which is written by direct inspiration of God. 

JAMES 5.14-15 (BEEBE)

Friend Beebe: — I have been a reader of the “Signs of the Times” for about ten years, and have not asked for your views on any subject until now; I will ask your views on James 5:14,15.

NO MEANS OF GRACE! (SANTAMARIA)

As astonishing as it is to think that grace is UNMERITED FAVOR sovereignly given by the Holy Spirit, it is even more astonishing that some think that if they practice certain acts, like prayer, etc., they will obtain grace.  They admit that it is through and by the Spirit that this grace is obtained.  They also agree that the Spirit, like the wind, goes wherever he wishes.  Then how can they possibly do anything that will influence the almighty and unchangeable God to give them grace??  We are mystified by this.  These men claim to believe in salvation by grace ALONE, not by any actions they perform - ed

“THOUGHTS ON THE LORD'S SUPER: THE ELEMENTS AND SELF-REFLECTION” (SANTAMARIA)

The liturgy used for the Lord’s Supper even among Baptists -  Is it warranted from the New Testament? - ed

BEING TAUGHT BY CHRIST AND BEING TAUGHT ABOUT CHRIST (SANTAMARIA)

But ye have not so learned Christ; If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:  Ephesians 4.4-5 KJV

But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, Ephesians 4.16 NIV

JAMES 5.19-20 (BEEBE)

Remarks on James 5:19,20. “If any of you do err from the truth, and one converts him; let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.” Our brother T.S. Hatton, of Indiana, has requested an expression of our views on this text, especially on, “What death is spoken of?”

IS THERE NO BALM IN GILEAD? (BEEBE)

From infancy we have been in the habit of hearing this passage referred to as implying a full provision in the gospel to meet the necessities of the Lord’s people, and the Gileaditish physician has been supposed to mean the Lord Jesus Christ. That there are healing virtues in the gospel for all the complaints of God’s people, there can be no doubt, and that Christ is a great, good, and infallible Physician, is equally certain, but that the passage refers to the gospel as the balm of Gilead, and to Christ, as the Physician there, is to our mind by no means so clear.

JEREMIAH 6.16 (BEEBE)

Elder G. Beebe: - Like the woman of Canaan, I persist in troubling you for your views on a portion of the Scriptures which I see so often alluded to in the “Signs of the Times”, namely, Jeremiah 6:16: “Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is a good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.” Your compliance will much oblige. Matilda E. H. Welch. Sykesville, MD, January 6, 1862.

JEREMIAH 2.33 (BEEBE)

"Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel"

Elder Beebe: - Please give your views on Jeremiah 2:33, and oblige an Inquirer After Truth. 

I JOHN 2.1-2 (BEEBE)

1 John 2.1-2 “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.”

Yours in love,

JOSEPH HUGHES.

Penningtonville, Pa., Nov. 21, 1859.

JAMES 5.13 (BEEBE)

 

“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.” 

I JOHN 4.14 (BEEBE)

BRETHREN G. BEEBE & SON: – If you feel so inclined, and have time, please give your views on 1 John iv. 14. I have read your paper about a year, and am so well pleased with it that I want it to continue for another year. Yours in hope of eternal life, E. S. LEGGETT. Little Red, Ark., March 6, 1880 

ISIAH 45.19 (BEEBE)

I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth.

Brother Beebe: When you have leisure, please give your views on Isaiah 45:19, the middle clause in particular.

Yours in Christian love and esteem, Mary J. Eddy.

ISAIAH 63.5 (BEEBE)

“And I looked, and there was none to help, and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me, and my fury, it upheld me.” – Isaiah lxiii. 5.

ISAIAH 50.10-11; 51.1-2 (BEEBE)

Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyed the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. Behold, all ye that kindles a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. (Isaiah 50.10-11)

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are dug. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.  (Isaiah 51.1-2)

ISAIAH 63.5 (BEEBE)

“And I looked, and there was none to help, and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me, and my fury, it upheld me.” – Isaiah lxiii. 5.

We have no time, space, or ability to do justice to the subject embraced in time text; but, at the request of Brother Singleton, we will submit a few general remarks.

ISAIAH 50.10-11; 51.1-2 (BEEBE)

Isaiah 50.10-11

Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyed the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

Isaiah 51:1-2

Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are dug. Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.

ISAIAH 45.23 (BEEBE)

I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.

Brother Beebe: - I have been a subscriber to your paper for four years, and I feel unwilling to deny myself the luxury it affords, especially in these trying times, for it contains all the preaching I have, except that which is devoted to the do and live system. May you be continued long to publish the “Signs of the Times”, and fear not to declare the whole counsel of God.

Please give your views on Isaiah 45:23, and oblige, Yours, etc.
Benjamin Luellen.
Howard Co., Ia., Jan. 25, 1864.

THE PERNICIOUS DOCTRINE OF PROGRESSIVE SANTFICIATION: I THESSALONIANS 4.3 (Santamaria)

"For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication" ( I Thessalonians 4.17)

This passage has been used to support two ideas: that the term sanctification has some moral implications, and that there is a "progressive" idea to the concept of sanctification.

ISAIAH 45.7 (BEEBE)

“I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things (Isaiah 45:7).”

Our esteemed brother, Elder George Cottrell of Ohio, has requested our views on the above text, especially on
the creation of evil.

ISAIAH 43.4 (BEEBE)

(Reply to G. W. Cottrell)

“For I am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Savior. I gave Egypt for thy ransom; Ethiopia and Seba for thee. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou wast honorable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee and people for thy life.”

ISAIAH 52.3 (BEEBE)

“A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.”

ISAIAH 40.20 (BEEBE)

“He that is so impoverished, that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.”

ISAIAH 40.11 (BEEBE)

“He shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.”

ISAIAH 33.20-22 (BEEBE)

“Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams, wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King; he will save us.”

ISAIAH 52.1-2 (BEEBE)

 “Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.”

ISAIAH 4.1 (BEEBE)

Brother Beebe: - Please give your views on Isaiah 4:1: “And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel, only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.” Who do the women and the man represent, and what is meant by being called by his name to take away their reproach? I have been a reader of the Signs of the Times for a number of years, and this is the first time I have asked for your views on any subject. Please reply soon, and oblige.

I.M.
Halcoti Centre, N.Y.

ISAIAH 2.2-4 2/2 (BEEBE)

(Concluded)

ISAIAH 2.2-4 1/2 (BEEBE)

"And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore." (Isaiah 2.2-4)

Brother Beebe: Please give your views on Isaiah 2:2-4. We live where we can have the pleasure of hearing the gospel preached but once a month, and even then I often have to stay at home: but if I can have your valuable paper to read, it is richly stored with fruit that is sweeter to me than honey, and I am often made to rejoice in God my Savior, for his goodness and mercy in calling poor lost sinners out of darkness into his marvelous light, for

He takes my soul, e'er I’m aware 

And shows me where his glories are.

Yours in Christian bonds, Barbary Bruce.
Perry County, Ia.
August 4, 1864

EXODUS 13.17-18 (BEEBE)

“And it came to pass when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; but God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.”

PSALM 37.1 (BEEBE)

“Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.”

PSALM 16.10 (BEEBE)

Brother Moody, of Maine, desires our views on the words, “For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell.” Psalm 16:10.

PROVERBS 22.6 (BEEBE)

In reply to a sister who has desired our views on the text: “Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

PROVERBS 1.24-26 (BEEBE)

Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded, But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

THE SCHIZOPHRENIC GOD OF ARMINIANISM (SANTAMARIA)

We were inspired to write this article by a sermon preached by a Reformed Baptist pastor on YouTube.  He asserted the typical reformed view that there are at least two wills.  There are NOT two wills in God's mind, there is only one all-inclusive will - his eternal purpose and will that existed before the foundation of the world - ed.

EZEKIEL 18.27-31(BEEBE)

Elder Beebe: - If it is not trespassing on your tune and patience too much, you will oblige an occasional reader of the “Signs of the Times” by giving your views on Ezekiel 18:27,31; also 33:11.

Very respectfully,
E.G.D.
Howard Co., MD, Nov. 22, 1862.

EZEKIEL 33.11 (BEEBE)

ELDER G. BEEBE AND SON – DEAR SIRS: – Please give your views on this passage of scripture, and oblige a reader of the SIGNS: “God wills not the death of any, but would rather all would turn unto him and live.” I have been searching for this passage, but failed to find it, and consequently cannot tell where to find it, but I have heard it quoted frequently by revivalists.

Yours truly,
A WELL WISHER.
Cedar Grove, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1881

II PETER 1.10 (BEEBE)

"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall."

EXAMINATION OF A PAMPHLET TITLED "TRUTH AS IT IS" Circulated Among the Members of the Agingdon Ass'n With a Refutation of false statements and misrepresentations where in contained, in regard to the Warwick and Abington Associations 5

This last installment is part of a series that reached up to part 4.  We apologize for not realizing that there was additional text in this 5th part that was not in the previous parts.  We think the material is essential to understanding what was happening during the Old/New School split in the 1830s.  For those who have not read the previous parts we included them in this link: 

https://welshtractpublications.blogspot.com/search/label/Elder%20Gabriel%20Conklin

II PETER 1.9 (BEEBE)

In his letter on the first page of this number, Brother Mitchell has desired us to express our views on 2 Peter i. 9, “But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”