The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-21

proof positive of any theory that may be advanced
dated creed, and skeptcs who only care to prove
that the Bible can be made to contradict itself
they Wish. LET him that stole ssss ' Is Bible Ian
Euage, and would sanction very bad habit wert
i not for the words mo more" which complete
the sentence. The quotations nom EcclesiaStles
to prove the doctrine OF annhiIation, are very
much OF this character. az viii be perceived Dy
Ing book in regular course from beginning
to end. There Is no disputing the wisdom
valuable on account OF being drawn from the sad
lessons OF his own bitter experience. In this book
OF Eccleslastes he very frankly tells US what ne
knows about the vanity OF life Devoted to sensual
indulgence. man OF strong passions and with
ample means OF gratifying every desire and smbi,
concubines throw Brigham YOungs domestic ar
rangements completely in the shade, he came to
out dsbaucheo Of the present day has finally
at ssa aa aSwns ns 0u Wa oata
senses does not pay. When therefore, He says
THAT which befalleth the sons OF men befalleth
beasts" and that "the dead know not anything
neither have they any more a reward' 1.-THE right
GUS being accomplished In the earth much more
He alluded to the earthly or animal portion OF man.
to which the sensualIet becomes slave while
under It's influence for He clearly distinguishes the
upward and the spirit or the beast that goeth
dGiWnward and to make Himself stu more sre
gradual wasting away of the bodily organs
e a dS asa e s1r f to w
gave it," Who so well qualified TO give advice as
this man ofvarled experiences, when he says Give
God and keep His commandments, for this is the
whore the word 'souI" applies to animals 1t is very
evident that had the word been translated ''fe' 1t
therefore, not be received as sufficiently weighty
to sink man, with oil his progressive powers, to the
level OF the brute, which Is not one whit higher in
win set my, face against that soul that eateth
blood" Is there any law against wild beasts eat
ing bloods Psalms XIX I, 1.-THE law OF the Lord is
perfect, converting the SOUL" II there Is no differ
eence between man and the beast to which does
this apply "Bible Christian" says that animals
were created before man. Admitted; but there Is
no auslon to the process which Is so infinitely
Paul ought to be good authority with a ''Bible
Christian" and he says, "As In Adam all die, even
the spiritual resurrection universal as the death
Of the body; and not only that, but he sOlemnly
AYERS that this corruption must put on incorrup-
ton ana this mortal must put on immortality.
Some have thought 1t strange that st. Paul
should have been so much more minute in descrlb.
ing the resurrection to the future life (see OF
First Corinthans) than Christ has been in his per-
sOnal teachings, but II should be remembered that
Christ confined his efforts mainly to the establish
ment OF the Kingdom OF Heaven on the earth
THY kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as
1t is in Heaven is the prayer he taught us to
tue, from sin to holiness, from hatred to
love, was the theme on which he dwelt
my Fathers house there are many mansions hit
were not so would have told you l go to pre-
pare place for yOu"-nOt for animals; and that
he sanctioned st. Paus views Ia clearly proved in
the case OF the woman who had had seven hus-
bands. On being inquired Of whose wife she should
he In the resurrection. he replied, 'They neither
marry nor are given In marriage but are as the
angels which are In Heaven Now, II these seven
husband had been nothing more than seven beasts.
once by saying so .. H.
"Is the Soul Immortal 3''-Vindic alton OF
Science.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
This Il the heading OF recent report II Sun =
day paper Of a lecture by Dr. f. r. Marvin before
the Liberal Club. The simple question betrays
materiaist OF DIR. Buchner's type, whose work.
matter and Force" has passed in Germany
| through no less than ten editions already, and is
now being scattered broadcast also over our land,
both In the original language and in TRANSACTIONS.
To any sane mind but that OF the materalist the
question itself il not an open one, since the mo-
ment we cast q doubt on the immortality
! OF the soul we destroy all significance of the
| word "spirit," with all its relations. Whys Can
not a spirit exist for day and disappear
like a shadow True, II IL be taught but shadow !
We will not offend the reader by defining shadow.
All the world knows what that is; but none knows
what the soul is, but all feel that 1t is power,
force, and there being force In shadow, the soul
is not a shadow. But need force be spirit Science
recognizes two elemental principes-viz., matter
and force and II spirit be anything 1t must be one
OF the two; while the materalist claims that mat
Of all We see, feel and think, and that
matter alone IL immortal, as a cause, and
not in its effects. Yet science has univer-
sally adopted the doctrine even as an axiom
that matter per IL inert-that is incapable of mo-
ton without an outside implse thus recognizine
tend that RravitatiOn IL force inherent in matter
Then let him account for the oblique direction OF
the orbits OF all the planets which Sir Isaac Newton
said could not be explained by the law Of gravita-
ton. and let him also account for the polarity OF
matter. The naturalist, ignoring the outside
OF science and iorfets his right Of appeal
to that court it must nonsuit him a. a Migrant
transgressor OF its first principles, That court has
long since decreed the indestructibiity OF force
which, being outside of matter, must necessarily
be OF different substance but OF substance II must
he, since force is inconcevable without 1t. Science
recognizes matter and mind, the materlalist only
we recognize mind, OF course; but only as
thought, as u chemical process OF the brain,
which goes out with the r,, dissolution S,o Ont Of
when n camille IL extinguisned. This analogy
being the main force OF his argument we would
ask him where in all the experience OF science,
has he ever met with chemical process that knows
of ITSELF reflects upon itself and controls Its own
activities What becomes of his analogy Has
| he never reflected upon the significance OF the
words Ito knowy' ltmeans "to be able" "Kenn
and .can" spring from the same root. "Know
! edge Is power" That which knows ia a force, and,
| as such, indestructibe, hence immortal according
| TO science. And as to the materialistic doc
| trine OF matter, such, being first cause,
\ and as such, immortal, science mathematically
/ proves the absence OF the absolute in all material
things hence the impossibility Of their self.exist
| encc. ave say" when we see the works OF man,
they are the result OF thought" What right have
We to deny, whey we see the works outside OF mans
operations, that they are the result OF thOughtY
Hence II ia possible for thought to exist outside OF
| the medium Of brains: and after death the soul
may be clothed with other mediums through which
TO manifest its force, which II cannot help exercising
or IL would cease TO be force, which Is impossible
From all the above we cannot otherwise than ar
rive at the conclusion that 1t Is libel on science
to represent her as opposed TO the Immortality OF
the soul, and the materialist appears as msera-
bic buDgler OF science. He speaks OF "matter and
praa nd NJ = oil her