Faith of the Baptist Church in Madrid.
DR. S. F. SMITH, in the Watchman and Reflector,—after referring to “the recent formation of the First Baptist church in Madrid, the capital of Spain, and the appointment of Prof. W. J. Knapp as the missionary of the American Baptist Missionary Union in that city,”—calls attention to two of the tracts, prepared for Spanish distribution, which have found their way to this country. From one of them—a “Manual of the Baptist Churches in Spain”—he presents two “articles in an English dress.” Here is one of the articles—let the reader observe how it commences: “We believe that the end of the world is near; that on the last day Christ will descend from Heaven and raise the dead from their graves to receive their final award; that a solemn separation will then take place; that the wicked will be sentenced to eternal punishment, and the righteous to eternal happiness; and that this judgment will determine forever, on grounds of justice, the final state of men in Heaven or in hell.” The above is from the Advent Herald of Nov. 16, and is valuable as giving the faith of the Spanish Baptists on the question of the second advent.