The New York herald., 1872-10-13
Forcing interpretations Down the Threats
Of the People.
TIE DOCTRINE OF TIE RESURRECTION
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS, CHANGES, &C.
Services To-day.

three p. M.
Rev. DR.. Krotel dscourses at the Evangelist Lu-
theran Church OF the Holy Trinity at both services.
Services will be held to-day, morning ana even
ing, at Zion church
Rev. Mr.. Berhends speaks at the Trinity Baptist
church.
Rev. J. Z. Cookman viii preach at the Trinity
Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. E. P. Rogers win speak at the South Re-
formed church.
Rev. DR.. Kendrick breaches at the Tabernacle
Baptist church.
Rev. John Kay delivers q sermon ut the West
minister Presbyterian church.
Rev. J. L. Danner breaches at the Sixth avenue
Reformed church.
Rev. M. Pendleton speaks to-day at the Fifty
third street Baptist church.
Rev. B, Heber Newton will preach in the Anthon
Memorial church.
Rev. Henry Powers viii preach in the Church Of
the Messiah Park avenue.
Rev. w. O. Dawson, pastor will conduct the SER
vices in the Christian church, West Twenty fourth
street.
Rev. Dr. Flagg win preach twice during the day
in the Church OF the Resurrection, Fifty-seventh
street.
The Moravian church affords free seats
| Rev. Mr.. Narrower will preach In st. Lukes
Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. George H. Hepworth will preach in Steinway
Hall twice during the day.
Rev. DR.. Morgan will preach in st. Thomas
Church. Fifth avenue and Flfty-third street. this
morning.
Rev. DR.. Ever will conduct services in st.
1gnatius' church.
Rev. Henry A. Brann, d. d. pastor OF st. Eliza
beth's church, Fort Washington, will deliver
lecture in ST. Bernards church, West Thirteenth
The
building OF the last-named church.
Universalist preaching in building 124th street
and Third avenue.
Rev. Henry Northrop will preach in the Presby-
terian church, West Twenty third street.
A Plea for the Immortality of the Soul
A Row Between q Believer and a
Sccptic.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Cato wants to disprove the immortality OF the
human soul by citations from the Bible. If he means
the continuation OF its individual consciousness
after DEATH surely the Old Testament is poor and
unreliable place to quote from disprove his asser-
tions by any person not Interested IN a conspiracy
which, according to the insnuatiOn OF w. G. D.,
claims the exclusive privilege to interpret the
tents OF 1t land then to force their 'interpreta-
tions" down the throats OF an unwilling people, II
they have public opinion sufficiently on their side
to make 1t a safe business) man must be fool
II he cannot interpret anything which will procure
for him or his clique power, money real estate and
the first place on public and private tables.
The citations OF w. c. D.. out of the Old Testa-
ment are perhaps only intended to show his blind
followers how deep he has dived into Bible lore and
how brimful he is OF kindly sentiment but for any
one else not caring q straw for his office or au-
thority 1t is rather poor stun below the aver
age. And as for the sentimental twaddle, It
shows too Enthusiastically the character OF cant
merely to serve little bit or rhetorical effect
1t must be clear to his superiors that he can
neither prove nor disprove the immortality OF the
soul. But let us follow the points OF his foolish
pleading:-"God breathed into Adam living soul
that is life eternal" The latter part Of this SEN
tence Is gratuitous and not warranted by the text
IL Is an 'interpre tation,n and w. q. ID. insists
that that IS not private affair 1t Is fair to
presume that ne is member OF the
the peop.e and then rule them with rod OF iron,
to intimidate them for safe neecing) All organ
lied matter receives and has its animation from
the life principle OF the universe which we call by
the appelIatioh OF "God" and that life principle is
eternal Even chaos must be impregnated with it.
does not leave the dead and rotten cadaver which
excites our adherence and nausea only our
grosser senses cannot perceive the new character
plants II il could impart and sustain no life In
themS But there Is no trace OF individual con-
scious cont continuation after visible death contained
the text is rather unfortunate II not intended to
be understood In a literal sense, because 1t
innating bladder In what way the ''burning
bush' proves the immortality OF the human soul
% NAV be = interpreteds by trying Very hard and a1r.
ing good deal Of stun and nonsense. The "Ten
commandments are the precepts OF Moses TO form
and consolidate commonwealth OF certain and
distinct race, otherwise threatened to be absorbed
or be Kept in perpetual degradation by the Egyp.
tians The 'Ten Commandments" were precepts
a
tion, regulating their earthly AFFAIRS, principally by
incuicatng a,I, ana enoining love % and fear for
means to. attend honestly to the earthly
members. There is no allusion without
.snterpretation'p in the teachings OF Moses to a
The quotation Of the building Of the tower Of Bs
bel to prove the immortality Of the soul is another
bold stroke OF the general. We can see nothing
and the form OF the earth's surface OF the people
at that time. Imagining the earth to be a nat
disc they naturally conceived the idea OF erecting
mark as central point for the meeting and col.
lection OF scattering tribes. or perhaps 1t was
sn q TnE
But the idea for the Capitalization mark came too
late because the tribes living outside the central
from It already for such long time that they had
lost their sympathy for the people In the land OF their
origin, and had consequently formed hapits am, ana
modes OF communications among themselves, each
one In particular to render them Incapable hence
forth 70 live in harmony with the rest; each one
cursing and scoding in his own dialect and scam
pering on IN disgust with the enterprise. the iable
OF Elias bodily ascension cannot be sustained BY
SELF The earth rolls free in UNIVERSAL space. Be-
yond our atmosphere no organized being can live,
and whatever i encloses belongs to the earth.
Where, then, Is the heaven Tor the body OF Elias or
anybody else, for all that, TO existi According to
the notions OF his time, however there was plau-
.siblity for such an assumption. II comes quite
natural according 70 such childish understanding.
We find there, first, the plain OF the earth for
mortas; then the armament, vauting over
st for the abode Of the gods or God according
to the varied religious opinions OF the time, from
the elevation Of which all creation could be
watched and managed; and, lastly, region as
deep below the earth as heaven" was presumed
departed shades OF man, whose fate was thus TO be
bIottsd out from the memory Of the hvina-s