The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-23

I tally n ONLY conferred upon those who have done
Who Who have done evil According to the general opin
ion dt has never yet been proved q facth all men
possess Inherently immortal p soas Now tins
only hath unherenp immortality who dweIls
in unapproachabc hight, whom no man hath seen
nor can sect. Timothy, vi, 10. The term '9m-
mortal soul" is as meaningless and empty as any
thing can be, and Tor this reason:-Those VINO be-
leve IN 1t hold that 1t Is part OF the man which
is capable OF receiving moral ana intellectual I'm.
hatred, envy. malice, capacity for acquiring know.
ledge. DC. Now, If thus Is the soul, whether OF the
good or bad man. when death overtakes him II
Next in order you cite H. Corinthians ", g. to up.
hold the doctrine. II You VIII turn TO the chapter
and take notice OF the context, Paul Will explain
what he means by being present with the Lord.
For" says he. 1--WE must all appear before s. the
Judgment seat or Christi that every one may receive
In bouy and we get no bodies till resurrection
neither natural spiritual as we have seen In the
whether good or bad" The Apostle in this place
takes no account OF the interval which might eapse
@ sppy TO % H. 49, Should W
therefore, endeavor TO Ill up the gap with our own
In order to sustain s one ,S Of the od
false teaching or working Of the mystery OF mi
quitx" Paul calls It, which had already begun TO
w0rx the days OF the apostles. The origin OF this
mysticism Is traced to men who were utterly igno-
rant Of Cod and therefore contrary 70 Him. Speak
thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your
ways my ways saith the Lord, for as the heavens
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than your ways and my thoughts than your
thoughts" You Will perceive, Mr. Editor, how
mode OF thinking and acting unaided By the Divine
Next you have produced Peter ILL.,, Is. 20. shall
not attempt to 60 into explanation mere. as IL
would take up too much space; but, IN the light OF
what has already been proved and disproved. Il ls
impossible to take your view OF IT. We should. Paul
saws interpret spiritual things by spiritual tnngs"
and II we observe this rule In this case only
come TO o conclusion which Ia In harmony with the
general teaching OF the Scriptures this subject.
ITO the law of Mosesl and the testimony lof the
Prophets)-f they speak not according TO these 1t Is
because there Is no light In them"-are the words
quoted by Paul from the Prophet Isaiah for the pur
whether men spake according to the truth Or not
You have instanced the appearance OF Moses and
Eltan at me IT insaguration and appear to be at
the hypothesis Of the souls immortality. would
ask Is the power Of God slraltenedf While proves
sarrecsion Of Moses; though in his mortal state.
Elijah never having died. Of course It was not
necessary TO raise MIN from the dead, for 1t was
translated that he should not SEE death.
Marx XIII, p, Is next produced. II you will look
under copsidession was resurection Jesus Was
arguing with class who denied any such thing.
~ a COD sse no e Ga the
dead. but OF the living" for as He says in ahother
place all 1--we unto Him. Not at the present tune.
not having received the promises; but having
seen them afar on ITO the day Of Christ.
embraced them, &c. God, having provided some
be made pesrfecv - XII, 10, 40. It d.
vine principle that "God speaks OF things that are
ply to the text you have quoted from john III. S6.
The principle laid down by Paul to Timothy also
eternal lie as also does the passage quoted rom
Romans; and as Paul has 1t In another place. Hope
tnss Is seen Is not nope for what man sceth why
In your quotation OF Ecclesiastes, ill.,, 81, you
have ignored the words Of solomon IN the previous
IN viii hn hof mo U rQ hala n
"For that which befalleth the Of men befale
beasts: even one thing beialleth them. As one
breath Tor splritj, SO that man hath no pre-emi-
| nence above Q beast" Now M Editor, It is Just
fer He has given US TO understand distinctly what is
the end ofman and beasts and that one thing befas
that man vso Tor his spirit GOES 70 Heaven Or he'll or
meDts solomon says, "As the one dies so dies the
Other" Now In order to make harmony we must
allow that the beasts have souls which are capable
OF realizing happiness or misery; but this would be
sheer nonsense, and person OF the meanest intcll
| eence would scout such ridiculous theory. Now,
as we have the true sense OF the passage just quoted
we must read the twenty FIRST, so as to make har-
mony. thus:-"Wno knoweth tnat the spirit or
breath) or man goeth upward, and that the spirit Or
brea:h OF the beast goeth downward to the earth ~
OF one must alter the other, for "they have all
In Ezekiel xviii, IL 1t Is written, 'The soul that
sinneth it shall die.' Popular theology says that 1t
lives and is tormented. In Psalms KILL Is, ~, 1t Is
written "Beho.d the eye o. Jehovah Is upon them
TO denver their soul from DEATH &c. Is 1t possible
to save that from death which, 1t is assumed, can
never die Common sense will answer this ques-
ton. Was there any necessity for the angelic guard
TO prevent Adam and Eve from eating OF the tree OF
viously In Genesis xviii, "a, Abraham declared he
was but DUST and ashes. Popular theology SAYS ne
And might 60 on citing text after text, but
| enough have been produced: But one word more
10 Doubt accoids with the
| belief OF the human racer Allow me to inform you
That wnassoeyer is highly esteemed among men :
that 1T harmonlzes fully with human conscious.
ness" Remember that "the carnsl mind Is enmity
| against God; Il Is not subject to the law OF God,
neither indeed can be-" so long as man thinks and
acts according TO the imaginatons OF his own EVIL
heart
| Surely the ''strong deusion" spoken OF Dy Paul
has taken deep root In the minds OF men. as Is ey
| and gross darkness the people," And this state OF
| things will continue too. until 'JenOvah's Judg
ments are abroad In the earth, when the inhabitants
thereof Will leal righteousness" and truth y. V.
A Reply to ssTruth" ON the Nature Of Gsd
| To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
1t seems TO me that II 'Trutn,n 10 his article en-
| titled THE Nature OF God Who and What He ls,
which appeared on Sunday 10th, had commence,
with the first verse OF the first chapter OF Genesis
instead Of the OF that chapter and had
given an impartial scope to the meaning OF "cre
ated, D." his article would not have aDounded Il
'.absurdities" concerning God and His production
creation.
'Truth" would take God as O mere coordinate
existence with matter and view Him as the mer
animator. He would narrow His creative power
emu excellent attributes down TO the genius an,
merit Of mechanic. Could error do wOrsef
The beginning OF the Bible introduces US to the be
ginning OF the world 1t goes back to where nothln
existed but In spirit, and makes the unqualified an
nouncement that "God created the heaven and tn
eartn,n which announcement "rruth," In the hon
esty and purity his heart passes without re cogn
ton.
The word ''created' occurs three times In thi
chapter In connection with three natural ana im
pOrtant stages OF that memorable SIX days WORK
Inc frst-Genesls I,l-describes creative EFFORT o
God which resulted in the existence and presence
OF every needed Ingredient and element.