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Rev. G.L. Stone
Incumbent of the Rossett,
Denbighshire
d. Oct. 1, 1863 at Stoneleigh, Denbighshire (aged 49)
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK:
The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy;
or, All pure prophecy terminated in the Advent of Christ and the
establishment of Christianity
G.L. Stone - "It may as well be stated also here, that the Professor (Samuel
Lee) appears to have been more indebted to Calvin than he seemed to be aware of;
while the valuable labours of Grotius and Hammond — indeed, it may be added, of
Bossuet and Calmet—immensely helped towards the same conclusion."
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1. The Apocalypse fulfilled in the consummation of the
Mosaic economy and the coming of the Son of Man ; an answer to the "
Apocalyptic Sketches," and "The End," by Dr. Cumming. By the
Rev. P. S. DESPREZ, B.D., late Evening Lecturer of the Cathedral Church,
Wolverhampton. Second Edition. London: Longmans. 1855. 8vo. pp. 528.
2. The Testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy; or,
All pure prophecy terminated in the Advent of Christ and the establishment
of Christianity. By G. L. STONE, B.A., Incumbent of Rossett, Denbighshire.
London : Whittaker and Co. 1854. 24mo. pp. 104.
BOTH these works are the result of a re-action against
the absurdities of the spirit of soothsaying, which infects the visible
church to an alarming extent. There is reason to fear that an extreme of
folly in H H affirming may beget the opposite one of denying:—" Incidit in
Scyllam, cupiens itare Charybdim." We do not say that either Mr. Desprez
or Mr. Stone have fallen into this error, for, while we do not agree with
all their opinions, we think they have done good service by calling
attention to some serious and prevalent errors. We have before noticed the
work of Mr. Desprez, of which this is a greatly enlarged and improved
edition. In the present preface he says— " He desires to express his sense
of the importance of the present subject of enquiry, both in itself and in
its consequences. If he is right, the expositions of the Apocalypse, with
which, alas, hundreds of pulpits are now resounding, must be; as utterly at
variance with truth and Scripture as they are with reason and common sense;
and views like those advocated in Dr. Cumming's End of the World, must he as
false and presumptuous as they are deficient in argument,
and in a due consideration of the rules of biblical interpretation. If he is
wrong, it is incumbent on those in authority to expose his error, and not to
suffer heresy to stalk through a second edition unreproved."
The argument of Mr. Stone proceeds somewhat on the
principles of prophetical interpretation adopted by the late
Dr. Samuel Lee.
Mr. Stone states that the learned Professor was more indebted to
Calvin for
his views than he appeared to be aware of; and that
Grotius and
Hammond,
Bossuet and
Calmet, also " immensely helped towards the same conclusion." (The Journal of Sacred Literature, Vol. II, 1856, p. 467)
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