, 1860-07-17
uHE SOUL-SLEEPERS
Teneia of Il New Religious Sect.

Wehaye the following from *'Soul-Sleeper,"
a member of the new sect whose zeal ard !abor
may make some noise hereafter. We believe
il to be fair statement Of their doctrines:
1t has been recently stated in the Eaql< aud
Rarat E:t0 yerter sist q" "new sect has ariLen
in the West" styled "Soaf Sletesrs' people
that beliere the "soul sleep, with the body"
Will you allow me to correct this misrepre-
septatlon Of !" tie soul slefping tfifh the Jody,"
ard stete the EeAl Eie1s of tiis so.cslled new
sects In the frs: place, they believe TINT
The primary sense Of the word "souf' in the
Bible is the whol< man-the human bodv or
person. What is their proof: See Genesis
ii. T." The Lord formed man out Of the
-dust Of theQround" Was the scho< 1tan form
ed out of The dustf So it resds; no exception
il made Of any part Of the man that wns formed
out Of something else besides dust. What was
then impaired 10 the dust formed mani The
GOMEZ 4 living soul or person. The same
original word in the previous chapter is trans
lated evea&sreaevera'1 1imes. 1hs plain statement
then is, thAt man was conststu1ed-not talt of
dust and half Of Disini!y-but o: dust en-
tirely, and then made \ liEing creature
life" The word Soul is used in the game sense
in Gen. 4G, &c: "All the Saul. that came with
Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his ioins,
besides Jacobs son'a wives all the Souls ere
three score and ssx." {Ezek. IS. ~ "The Soul
that sinneth, II shall d.. That ia. the pe-son
shall die. or, Aunaa creature. Dsrid s5ys {ps.
49-l5}"B But God will redeem my Houl from the
po.otr Of The grapt." In this case, "rny sonl''
means myself, or, my life, that might be under
the power OF the grave. The Psalm st could NIT
speak Of Tedeemlng an snsnaorsal 1oul from the
mower of The grave. Eing Hezekieh also says
{see Isa. 50, III, "But thou hsst in lore to my
.oxl delivered it from the pit Of corruption" !"
=. al. a.. !
ture il corraptible, and liable to the power Of
the grave Of - pit Of corrapt:- l." Aeain, Paul
tes sout in this same primary sense Acts q
31)'"Aud we were ali in the ship lhrre score
and sixteen souls" Then, in describing the
s'ipwreek, he srys that these souls escaped
| h3Arls aud broken, ,piec; Of the ship. Can't
| drown ~ immortal SOUL, -iher can SUCH soul
OF disembod;ed spirit ESCAPE death or drowning
l,y floating on 4 board. prov, l6, 81 f.And the
second angel poured out lis vial upon the sea
and every Irving soul died in the sea-" j. {.
trtrv cr<1turt. How commonly do the papers
speak Of 4ouis P<Tsshi"g hy sbipwreck, meanine 6
the EbFurd notion that the soul slcep3 with the
body, for 1t would be the satro II 10 say "tl {
body sleeps with the body" Bat mnn ASnstk,
"sleeps in deaths dark gloom, until the fina
morning wakes the hlumbe1s Of the tomb. >
The question il not whether the soul or spiri
| 1:ICto Will VIC WV4Y IL 4EA+A u AhAc5s w
whether nstn. persons souls sloep in death unit
the resurrection. Let the plain testimonies Of iii
Bible solve the question. Job sayR, ~, 49, tSt
man lieth down and riseth not till ths heavep
be no more. they skaH not a,oats or BE raittd on
# thfr sI<eD." David rays (Ps. l7-l5), "As fu
,ue, will behold my face in righteousness.
shall be satisfied when awnke with thy like
Less" (Dan. II, e." Aany that sttp in th
.iust Of The earth sAaN atraEe. some 10 everlast
ing life" &C. Jesus aays to his disciples II OBJ
ID, "Our friend Lfzarus sleepeth; 60 that
may awake him ont Of sleep" ie cried with
loud voice, F." Lazarus come forth" mot down.
"And he that was dead come forth" mot do,en.
Paul says 10 the Thessaion4ans,," ~ would No
are dst<p" If Jesus died End rose agai1
even so also them that s,eep in Jesns so;u Go
bring with Him" ave who are alire and RI
NAN stall not prevent those whc are Gsts*p.
But enough. If thee testim monies Do NJ
j:es:ublish' the fact that til, saints :A2p IN II
du4t Of the tarth-iA ytsus," and will awake VI.
Gud's likeness to everlasting life GA the morr
ing Of the Resurrection, TIE Bidk can pro-
n1shi"g. Soul SLEEPER