The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17

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| clsm. OLIVE BRANCH.
L. Man Immortal e-Reply to "Cato.''
| To THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
| In your issue OF March you print an article
signed "Cato," in which 1t is asserted that 1t
be proved by the Scriptures that man Is not immor
tai. or has not the essential elements OF Immortality
within HIM. Ii you will be so kind as to allow me
the space, think, by several quotations from Scrip
ture, I can bring strong presumptivs proof that
man is so far as the essentials for eternity are con-
cerned immortal
to the eart9 as was and the spirit souD shall re-
turn Ea. unto God God. who gave M A." .,.,.
soull OF man that goeth upward and the spirit of
the beast that goeth downward 70 the earthg"
ali the COO or tine me G dead
but The God OF the spirit llfe.)
Himself Els sps snG h nsG9
q, 1ec cn r,h5 XII Yart-And formeth the spirit
Matthew, K. rs, our blessed Redeemer said:-
Fear not them which kill the body but are not able
to KIN the SOUL but rather fear Him which able to
1 Peter. ill., lsM"For' Christ list also hath once
suffered for SINS, The just for the unjust, that He
nesn, but quIcksned by the spirit"
Verse 1a-"By which also he went and preached
Verse 2o-"Which sometime were disooedent,
when once the long suffering of God waited In the
days Of Noah WIN while the ark was preparing wherein
L Peter, ~. 6-"FOr, for this cause was the Gospel
preached also to them that are dead I'm the fesh,
nesn. but 1--we according to God in tne spirit"
Matthew XIII 81. 80. Jesus said--"But as touch
that which was spoken unto you by God, saying. I
am the God OF Abraham, and the God OF Isaac and
the Goa OF Of Jac9D God Is not the God Of the
RICHMOND, Va, March IL. 1872.
''Cato' Again on the Immortality u tho
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
Having Just returned from visit to the sunny
South. where, BY the by, your valuable paper Is
more highly esteemed than any other In the cOun-
try, l now hasten to put in my replication to the
answer OF N. Greb to my former communication on
the subject OF the Immortality OF the soul. should
hardly attempt this II did not hope to draw MIN
out IN his next with at least some snow OF argu.
ment, instead Of his mere tpse dtrits, with when
his first article 80 profusely ab0unds. For instance
he says Plato did not originate the doctrine or dogma
OF the immortality Of the soul; but he fails to tell
US who did. II this belief existed long before
HIM, where and among what peoples MI. NJ.
Greo, nope, does not think We should be satisfied
spiritual, aud therefore immortal'' The world has
long since learned the value OF such naked assert
lions; the true lOgician Will not be misled bV any
SUCH premature propositions. The Bible shows us,
not dualism as our philosopher does, out triple
union OF three parts to wtt:-bOdy, soul and spirit
We are told God breathed into mans nOstrs the
breath OF life and he became Q living SOUL The
taxing away OF this breath, by revers0n OF the
process causes dissolution and the loss OF the
soul Is the consequence. So we are told In another
place, That tne dust shall return to the earth as It
was, ana the spirit to God VINO gave It,"
While admit that the soul Is not matter or parts
am also convinced that II cannot survive separa-
ton OF Dody and Esprit; and l am the more and
stralning OF that silver cord which binds them to-
getnef VIII 30 soon produce oblivion close OF the
gatewayS to the beautiful land Of memory and
silence even the sweet music or the dream land. /
know we all long for Immortality and that longing
mas begotten all those false theories we so cling to-
But who told man he had an immortal soul Z God
never did. On the contrary, His Word constantly
declares, Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return" In fact man IN his pristine condition was
1t would have been as inconsistent IN Him
TO have doomed HIM to death, as 1t
would be inconsistent and impossible as
orthodox people claim, Tor him to Kill the soul
which they say He maze like Himself Besides what
need was there or tree OF life IN the garden OF
Even II our first parents could have lived without
ltP
II Mr.. Greb thinks 1t is so paradoxical for me to
say the Bible teaches mans mortality, suppose he
begins to look into the matter and tell us where &c
teaches OTHERWISE; for II, indeed, we have immortal
souls IN the sense OF orthodoxy then to Plato more
originality Tor more inspiration, as the case may
be) Is due than to Jesus OF Nazareth, who, l con-
tend, first 'brOugnt life and Immortality TO light
through the Gospel" CATO.