The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-23
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70 THE EDIroR OF THE HERALD:-
In last Sundays issue OF the HERALD an editorial
was published with the above heading aud, by your
kind permission, should like TO say few words IN
opposition to the position assumed by you and your
correspondent who signs himself "Truth." Be1ev.
ing the HERALD to be quite all you claim for 1.-THE
exponent Of the ideas OF all and the partisan Of
none-I do not think Its columns will be closed to
me IN this instance simply because have taken an
opposite stand. All should 60 on the PRINCIPLE
hear both SIDES, then decide"
In introducing the subject you admit "there Is no
such declaration, In words, In the Bible as that
man Is Immortal, which admission, TO my mind
Il quite an argument against the position assumed
by you and which Is held by nearly all the socalled
Christian world. Nevertheless, you undertake to
prove that man is immortal. Tn you have not
succeeded shall endeavor to demonstrate.
To begin you assert shat facts IRE stated which
presuppose ana which rest upon tie immortality OF
the SOUL" and III support " this you instance
verse forty-four OF the nfIecnth chapter Of First
Corinthians. Let US look at 1t a moment. The
Apostle Is speaking OF resurrection, and, In the
course OF the argument he asserts that there Is a
natural body ana there Is q spiritual body;' hence
we ind It written in the next verse. 1.-THE first Adam
was made living soul tnot an immortal soull, the
last Adam quickening spirit" Now Mr. Editor.
the fact which Is mere disclosed Ia that the
spirit Is o body, and as real and tangible
a. the natural body. Now. II ID notorious
that the whole world denies that the soul
Tor spiriu has either body or parts We
have an example In the person OF our Lord
who, to all appearances, had the same body after he
arose FROM dead before; but IS the result OF
resurrection, He was made quickenIng Tor life I'M
partingl spirit the same principle that the nrst
Adam was made a living soul, as the result VI nav
Ing breatned into his nostrs the breath Oh lie Paul
plainly declares In the eighteenth verse Of this same
Chapter that '1f the dead rise not, they who are
fallen aisle y In Christ perished." Where Is the
sprItualiiy OF man IN this Paul shows beyond
dispute that they are dead 10 all intents aud pur-
poses, and only gives hope by affrminR that there
will be resurrection oil the dead. Dotn Of the just
and the unjust We have another witness in III c
person OF solomon, who says THAT the living know
mat they snail die but the already dead know not
ANYTHING Men receive Immortality or spiritual
bodies nj the resurrection. As Paul says, "at ris
appearing and In His Kingdoni-"wnich lie wal re-
eore again to Israel Matthew XIX, zs) as He proms
ieed AIS disclpleswi Christ give 10 those glory,
honor Immortality, eternal lne.' Romans. H., ~,
who nave sought these Things by @ patient con-
tinuance in well DOING" MT Editor, appeal 10
the int geuce OF every reasoning personl TITS an
evidence OF sanity expect man 10 seek lor tha'
winch II IN assumed he has already TO Wit lnnot-
tauty TINS Il the conclusion winch the popular
mode OF reasoning would have Us come 10. II you
exsnue stall cioser you Will See, Too tnat imnaoI