The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-11-05

why does he slur it over, taking it for
granted that it always means an 'im-
mortal soul?'' The fact is he dare not
define lest he be ensnared by his defai-
tiOni He does well to keep in the dark,
because the light would show up the
monstrous deformity of his argument.
Now let us examine this passage. And
first. | affirm the term soul in this text
means life, and nothing but life, which
is an attribute of the body. Life is not
an entity, or essence. but an attribute OF
the man. The soul or life, is not in
telligent or conscious in, and Of, itself.
Hence Jesus said to his Apostles-"And
fear not Them" &c. The word here rem
dered kill" is apoleteinO. and signifies
to kill-to put to death-to murder. 1t
carries with it the idea of a Uiolent death
of being executed, or put TO death by
UiOlence. Of this the body may be sub
ject. but the soul, being an attribute, and
not an entity, like the body, cannot. The
murder OF the body or its execution, in
wolves The suspension of the fuactiOnsyof
life; but as the soul, The life, 1.-THE breath
VI 0'Ci. 'iNihS t"ihS IL III tHc h"HuS Va
God; and especially as the soul. or life
of the Christian lis hid with Christ in
God" Christ says 10 his Disciples
Fear not them who kill the body, but
utter that have no more that they can
do."-Luke II: d. 5. But rather"
says Christ, fear him who is able TO de-
strOy both soul and body in hell" The
word here TRANSLATED ''destroy." is not
the same which is rendered "kiU' in The
preceding part of the text. Here it is
apoIesai, from apollyo, which signifies
to destroy. to perish, TO render uain, to
bring to nOught Now, when we apply
these terms to the body. what do we UNI
derstand by them? Do We not under
stand the total destruction. or bringing
TO nougLt, of the body. Well, here they
are applied to both soul and body; and
cannot mean less than when applied TO
tHt body only. Fear him who is able
TO Destroy" or bring to norght both
soul and body in Gchcnna." The term
Gehenna refers TO the valley of Hinnom.
south of jerusalem. where the filth Of
the city. The dead bodies of animals and
malriactors were consumed by fire. The
reference. there fore, imports final and
utter destruction; which God only could
imfiict. How beautiful and forcible,
then. is the language of Christ in view of
the facts we have submitted. And fear
not .hem'-your prosecutors. who"
Murder The body" or Kill you. but are
not able to mnYGcr 1.-The soul;" but
rather fear him who is able 10 bring TO
nought." both soul and body in ..Gehen-
aa = which is the ''impending ven-
geance" hanging over sinners. Having
lyzed The paragraphs quoted, the
reader will see that the '.lndianians'
construction OF them is forced, inco.sist-
ent. and contradictory; forced, because
he fails to define his terms; inconsistent.
because the integral parts Of the passage,
according TO his view, cannot be made
to harmonize; contradictory, because his
exposition is not in unison with collat-
eral testimony. Next we conc to notice
the case of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
The question between Christ and the Sad.
ducees was a resurrection, or no resur-
rectiOn. Christ affirmed and the Saddu-
Gees denied. And as the Sadducees re-
jected the Prophets. he appeals to the
Books Of Mosrs, whose authority they
regard as divine. He makes the follow
! ing points. lst. God is not the God of
the dead" The Sadducees believed the
dead would live no more, and. therefore.
the Lord makes the first point to meet
this ohjection-'God is not the God of
the dead" who live no more, as you Sad
duceeS believe. Jesus did not say that
God was not the God of the dead" i'm
any other sense than that, in which the
Sadducees held the doctrine which was
in the sense of there being mo resurrec-
ton The ''Indianian' lahors hard TO
prove that these WORTHLESS are not dead
| hence he says. they are living" What
Il strange doctrine that must be. which
subverts the Christians hope. and stulti
Ees the meaning of language Now |
affirm that Abraham, Isaac and jacob,
are dead" unconscious and profoundly
asleep in The dust. But they are NOS
dead in the sense Of the Sadducees, i, e.
10 lire no more. We have the record of
the death of these saints in the Old Tes-
lament and Paul says-''l these all died
in faith. not having received the prom
lses. They are dead. then. and accord
ing TO the ''lndianian's' theory, ncrer
can be raised This is modern Saddu-
ceeiSm The "Indianian's' doctrine of
consciousness in death is based upon
false assumption, VIZ. that man nay
be dead and aiiUc at the same time. This
is just as absurd as 10 say, man may be
in heaven, and in the grave decomposing
at the same instant. If Abraham, Isaac
and jacob are not dead they eau never be
resurrected. The "Indianian" has COM