The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1860-02-10

/ pftJuulceu fniud, winch Is earnestly III
search Of truth, we opine, mus
acknowledge that life is something
within and beyond nature, that nature
alone cannot produce it; that na ury
lis its subject, and has life impaired te
it from this iuner principle, This inner
| principle, or life giving principle, W.
call spirit. Then there is Something
beyond nature, on which nature de-
pends itself for an organized and ami
mated existence. This all pervadin9
spirit, that no philosopher can detec
Through natural experiments, is tie
Divine audor of God himself, that gives
universal life to the animal and yegita
tive kingdoms, yea to the mineral
kingdom also. Tie naturalist may Gu
this the soul of nature. Let him cal
it what he will, only that he acknowI
edges its existence, for tits eqnivalen
Ito acknowledging that there is a realn.
beyond matter, a realm Of spirit II
which an organized spirit or soul NIGH.
be imagined to exist in a spiritual ho Y
It j, not hard 0 conceive that God VIII,
IS The iHmost of spirit, might Great
from himself an ultimate spiritual king
dom or world. Such world could
not be located according to our natural
conception of a location or place, for
these ideas all pertain TO nature AMI
not spirit. This spiritual realm. VII IN
once acknow edge. will be found neces-
sary for the existence of nature itself
which is the ultimate of creation its If
If there is a general life prineiple
thus established for vivifvingt the mineral
vegetable and animal kingdoms. NAV
there not be still an inner life prinriple
or soul in each man; seperate spirit
ual sphere discreled from the general
spiritual sphere and dwelling in each
human body. that elevates it above
he brute, that gives it a spiritual iden
ltity as well as a natural identity. Has
not man faculties infinitely beyond anv-
| thing pertaining to the brute9 Manhas
the capacity of reviewing his own CON
duct, or from higher elevation, looking
down upon bis lower plane. He has also
the distinctive facul Y of looking up to
a higher Power Then as the spiritual
sphere, common to all animals, clothes
Iitselfin seperate natural bodies, may moi
/ these inner spiritual spheres be clothed
with ultimate bodies I? IF so, is il moi
reasonable, to suppose that this spiritual
body should possess corresponding ia.
culties with our natural bodies that is
that it shonld possess the organs and
viscera, senses and perceptions in the
general spiritual sphere, that. our bodies
possess in the nutural sphere. Thi'
mode of reasoning is capable of being
extendeded to a great length, but We
will leave this branch ofthe sntjeet to b
further developed IN bis own mind, by
BY him who il willing to be convinced
, of a future life. after the dissolution Q
i the natural body.
!, We now come 2ndly to treat ofspiri
ualisrn in the light of revelation. W.
: will not stop to discuss the necessity {
revelation from God to man. but tax
S tingthe Bible as the revealed worl {
q God to man, We wish to show that
! teaches, that there is the spiritual 0
n substantial man. as we'll as the natura
i or material man; that this spiritua
' man lives after the death ofthe natura
i. man o. material body; that spirit j
: capable Of manifesting itself through Ii
: natural,to the perceptions of the mater
ial man; and that the spiritual eyes o
q man wilhelm the natural body is cap.
i. BILE of being opened SO as to see thing
IS in the spiritual world.
J The existence of a Supreme Bein
i together with that ofangels of light an
. angels Of darkness is SO constant
u fought througho t he Bible, that "
y will not weary the reader by citin
le passages to confirm it but deduce frol
a this fact that there is spiritual worl