To Correspondents by Editor

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 4, 1875

To Correspondents.

By Editor

M. L.: For our views on the tree of life, the disposition of the wicked when Christ comes, and an explanation of such texts as Mark 9:44, see Thoughts on Revelation, and Man’s Nature and Destiny.

F. R. Richmond: The word man is frequently used in a general sense; but in Mark 2:27, reference is made to the time when the Sabbath was made, when there was but one man in existence, hence it seems proper to give the article in that case its full office, and let it designate the man, Adam. Again, the next verse speaks of Christ as the son of the man: not the son of the human race generally, but called so in reference to his position as the second Adam. In reference to Josh. 10:13, we think there was a miracle wrought, probably by a retraction of the rays of the sun and moon, so that they appeared not to go down. Verses 12–15, seem to be thrown in parenthetically, out of their chronological order.

ARTICLES DECLINED. “Great Contrast.” Would require more labor to prepare it for the press than we are able to bestow upon it.—Review of 106 Important Facts on Sabbath Question. Further study will convince the writer that he has yet much to learn on this subject. “The Longed-for Home,” and “The Wanderer’s Reform.” Defective in rhyme and measure.