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THE REV. H. J. R. MARSTON, M.A., ON 



Atonement, and the Reconciliation included Redemption ; as stated 

 in Heb. ix, 12 "by His own blood He entered in once into the holy 

 place, having obtained eternal redemption." 



The absolute perfection of Christ's sacrifice of Himself in entire 

 devotion to God through life and death was the " one act of 

 righteousness " that " much more " than atoned for the former 

 " one trespass " and also for our abounding sins, and therefore 

 " where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly ; that 

 as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through 

 righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" 

 {see Rom. v, 17-21). 



So we see that Christ's tremendous victory was also the Atoning 

 Act that pleased God, and it procured for the Reconciler the throne 

 of grace and glory, and also the New Covenant of grace for 

 mankind ; and by that Covenant He assures grace and glory to all 

 who accept His salvation, and trust in Him. 



The Rev. John Tuckwell said that we could not add to that 

 which God had Himself told us about the Atonement. He did not 

 see that there was any force in the objection that had sometimes 

 been made to the use of what had been spoken of as the " commercial 

 terms " in which the Doctrine of Atonement had been expressed. 

 The Scriptures themselves spoke of "buying the truth," and 

 similar terms were in ordinary usage amongst ourselves ; thus we 

 would say of a man who had ruined his health by overstudy that 

 " he paid a heavy price for his knowledge," but here there was no 

 question of anyone receiving that price. There was one view of 

 the question which should not be overlooked. God was not only 

 our Heavenly Father, full of mercy and love ; He was also the 

 Moral Governor of the universe, who could not look upon sin with 

 the least degree of allowance. Light thoughts of Atonement 

 generally went with a light estimation of sin. We can form no 

 ideas of our own as to how it was possible for a just God to receive 

 sinners back into favour ; He Himself must tell us ; the plan must 

 be His entirely ; and His plan was seen in the sacrifice of the 

 Incarnate Son of God. 



Mr. J. Schwartz, Junr., read quotations from the writings of 

 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mr. W. H. Mallock, Dr. E. B. Tylor, 

 the Rev. George Henslow, and Sir Oliver Lodge to show that 

 these writers were not in accord with Mr. Marston on the 



