The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-09
Does the Jewish Law Apply 70 All Creation 2
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:--

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:--
The Apostle Paul says:-
"As many sinned without law shall perish without
BY the law IN the day when God shall judge the secrets Of
men by Jesus Christ, according 10 my gospelRomans H.
Those. therefore. who may have smned without
law tali nations TO whom thelaw not given will
not be resurrected to judgment. Now. the law was
given to the Jewish nation alone. No Gentle ma
tons (Which includes all nations save the Jewish
natOnJ ever had the law. How, therefore. can the
Gentle nations OF the earth be brought again from
the dead to be judged for breaking law which was
never given to them? whatsoever things the law
saith II saith I'd those under the laws" that Is, to
those to whom the law was givcn--vtz the Jewish
nation The law binding upon those only TO whom
it was given. IL was not given to any Gentle nations;
therefore those who snned without the law shall
perish without law-wlll not be resnrrected for
Judgment All such are dead and done with. "Por
where law Is there il no transgression" dm-
puted) Therefore those VINO 'persn without law''
l,ave no resuectlon) perish not because OF having
broken rhe law hut IN virtue of the sentence pro-
nounced at the "fah." "Ip Adam all die;" "f0r,
until the law from the Iall' till Moses received the
law on Mount Sinai, sin was in the world; but sin
IL not imputed when there IL no law. Nevertheless
enough SIN was not imputed to any one before the
law was gven) death reigned, rom Adam TO Noses
even over them who had not slnned after the sniii
tude OF Adams transgressions.n Therefore, for all
those over whom death regned ar1n Adam to
because, as many as sinneG before the law
given shall perish, without being judged by the
law for where no law is no transgresslon Is i'm
puted; whereas those who sinned III Tor under) the
dispensation OF law must be resurrected to be
judged by the law, in the day when God shall Judge
the secrets OF men by Jesus Christ.
Paul's doctrine. contained In his argument on
claw, SIN and Death,' IN the second chapter OF his
falsty anu falacy OF the popular heather orthodox
neo tS 2, ma o Of Ss
Soul'' " there no other passage in the Scrip
lures of which there are hundreds II not thousands
mOre) this would be sufficient to prove that the ApOs
tie Paul held no such heather doctrine. The fact
that according to Paul. all VINO died In sin before the
"Iaw', was given to Moses are now sleeping the
sleep of eternal death in virtue Of the fiat that As
many as sinned without law shall perish without
law''that is, viii not be resurrected IN order to be
Judged by law which was never given them, but
are already dead and eternal!y done withi or itself
sulcienJ to prove that man In hts present state Is
purely mortal; that there Is nothing In or about him
That does to exist at death, and that is
only nv q resurrection that life can be restored even
to those who die in the faith and hope OF the Gospel
after the breath has ]ert the body.
According TO the theory that man has an immortal
soul that goes at death to heaven or hell all those
who died in sin prior to the Mosaic dspensatiOn,
ought now nc suffering the tOrments OF lost souls
In he'll; whereas paul declares they are already per-
tshed; ana what Paul means by the term persisted
is that they, from the time of Their DEATH have had
no conscious existence and never will have at any
future time, for the simple reason that they are not
to be resurrected 10 jndgmcnt for how can they
be Judged for breaking law which was never given
to them So here We have the truth In nutshell
that all who died sin prior to the giving OF rhe
Law by Moses. are dead and done with eternay;
that since their natural death they have had no con-
scous existence and that they never will have any
conscious existence as members OF the Adamic race
again.
or saw there Paul's plain decisive declarations
on the subject: and neither Pope, Cardinal, Arch.
bishop, bishop, priest, parson nor layman Can dis
prove or gainsay the reasoning or Paul on this or
any other subject in the writings OF the New Cove
nallt.
AS before stated, II there were only this pas
sage In the whole Scriptures whereas there hum
.lreds, n not thousands, OF similar import 1t would
be sufficient to disprOve the popular orthodox
neathen doctrine that man Is naturally immortal;
death to heaven or hell. No such doctrine is to be
found in the word of God from Genesis to Rcvela-
tions and therefore no such doctrine was taught by
Christ or His Apostles or by their disciples.
Truth mmd Wisdonn-What 10 the sTusuge Of
G0dT'
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
And COD said let us make man in our image
alter our likeness" The question often arises IN
the mind OF men, and 1t has been discussed III the
Church, What is meant by the Image and likeness
Of Gods' To understand this matter 1t is necessary
TO know what God has told He is. He said to Moses
"a am that am" which signifies that He is life
itself, the very esss and existence OF all things In
the spiritual and natural universe In other words,
He IL love and wisdom ITSELF from which all things
exist and subslst Love and wisdom is not prcdi'
Gated OF the ord. bu. He is absolutely love and wis
dom itself a substance as much as the solid rock
IA the foundation OF the EARTH Man being an image
and likeness OF his Creator Is not life Of himself
but receptacle OF life from God; ana, God
being in very essence love and wisdom, man is
but a form OF the essence OF
his God or Maker. Man endowed with
two faculties which constitute his life. One s called
tha thar fha t,n1n vrtan lno Tkosn
faculties are distinct from each other, but are so
created as to form one; and, when they are thus
united, they are called The mind. AS all thugs In
the universe which are according to divine order,
have relation TO good and truth, all things IN man
have relation TO the Will and understanding; for
good In man pertains TO his WILL and truth in him
pertains to his understanding. These two faculties
IN man are respectively their receptacles and sub
jects, the will being the medium, and subject OF all
things which are OF good Qovel, and the under
standing the Medium, and subject OF things OF truth
(wisdom). Good and truth have no other part with
man. Sd neither, for the same reason have love and
faith for love pertains TO good and faith pertains
to truth. Now, as these two constitute
the very lie Of man, In which the
image and likeness OF God dwells, Il proves
the importance to man that he should have
most positive and correct ideas OF what faith is and
"
Church. For insomuch rs religion rs In good ana
truth, from the Lord by His Word, insomuch 1t is
the Church Of the living and only God Faith IL an
ndng OF truth and charity Is the life there
from. Faith and truth, charity and love being
~ anonymous termsthe one being predicative OF
OF his mind and the other OF his
will (which IL man,
The true faith OF tho Church is that God de.
TO the earth and assumed the human form,
and that lie made His humanity divine. TO believe
IN Hin Is to have conjunction with Him and live In
strict accordance to HIS precepts The true charity
Of the Church Is TO love your neignbor as yourself;
TO exclude utterly from the mind the love Of self and
the world, except 80 far be useful to yourself
and others, which Is heavenly love; the 0p-
posite or hellish love, is the love Of
ment Of SELF without any regard to thy neighhor
such. for Instance. IA building palaces for your
selves and novels FOR your neighbors and getting the
largest amount OF rent 70 support YOU in your lne
houses. True charity VIII try and do well for the
neighbor as for SELF Truly, you sell your bthrght
which Is heaven, for mess OF pottage when We do
these things and dsObey the commandments
They VINO are princpled IN good and truth have will
and understanding, but they VINO are princ;pled In
Evil and falsty have Will or UNDERSTANDING pro-