The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-23

q little and their little, and line upon line, the
was to be remembered In the later evolution OF
the nature worship. The 613 divisions OF the Word
e s% 0, sae W a. H
'sThus saith the LOrd"-and woe betide any
familiar spirit who should speak not according to
this Word and its light shining unto the darkness.
Here, indeed, was a large range for riddles. dark
sayings and parallels, where every scribe in
out his treasures, old and new. On every hand
there were fresh fields and pastures new, and yet
would remain very much land to be possessed. Lo
here was the Son. and loi there was the Lord, and
the Word, In mystic wise, be spoken by the mouth
of God. Says the Psamist, "a viii incline mine ear
To the w S
OF heaven and Of earth nom which the harpers dis
coursed their eloquent music OF the spheres. Says
Deties the imagination OF the poet plays with
grand images only. Its objects are the great spec.
the seditious elements represented under the
images OF the stars, the beaming sun and the
SHINING mOon--all which objects, being endowed
better materials for poetry than for plastic art"
There Is always q mythical or mystical drapery
enveloping these beings The Son or Heaven with
healing in his wings becomes interchangeable with
the Son OF Man. From time immem0rial the myth
cal drapery or swaddling clothes had been gathered
around the star rom the East hence the many I'M
historic legends and mythical DISCUSSES. Strauss
would show how the legends Of the Old Testament
ment, while the "English Life OF Jesus' rules the
legends out OF court without showing how they
arose. But there Is no less beauty in the teaching
ofjustice, love and mercy in the name OF tho Most
HIGH whether the base be historical, pOetical or
mythical The kingdom OF God within us is no less
sure and steadiast that its grand moral and spir.
itual truths are OF the personated "wisd0m',
in the NEUROLOGICAL DISCUSSES by them OF
old time Shall we cease to admire
Homer because Mr.. Cox discovers that the Trojan
war Is not historical, but "a magnificent solar
epicf'' or that the Exodus may be The same myth.
ical role the sun the lord OF heaven now looking
out from the pillar OF cloud, and In other Disguise
setting on fire the foundations OF the mountains
and burning to lowest helli shall we IKE Milton
warp and wool Of all the old mytholOgiesf Since
that same old serpent called the Devil and Satan
may lose somewhat his prestige In being no longer
person but pers0nncation OF the night side OF
nature; but even So let the Devil go for what he Is
worth among the sons Of God rs he walks to and
fro and up and down the earth In untOward aspect
OF the solar scope from Alpha to Omega. G. b. ?.
.sDisciplc' Having Taken 'sCato'' to
Task, Is Himself Taken TO Task by
.Belfevcr.''
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Having become much interested In several art
cles in the religious columns OF the Sunday HERALD
ask the privilege OF few lines on the subject OF
the immortality Of the soul. In an article two or
three Sundays ago writer. signing himself 'Dis-
cple," takes ''Cato' to task, and accuses him OF
"begging the question: think 1t would
be well to look ut "Discpe's proofs OF
the immortality OF man, and see who
Is begging the question. l will first
take the ground that the Scripture Is the
word OF God and the truth, and will be accomplished
to the letter. "Disciple" says he will present
some thoughts and quotations to advance the
''presumption' that man is immortal; the Gospel
yea and amen, and not ''presumption;n
therefore we want facts. 'Discipe" says there
will be q resurrection Of all the seed Of ADAM
will quote one or two verses, and see what the
Prophets say Isaiah, XVI, $40 Lord our Cod
other lords besides Thee have had dominion over
Thy name" A-'They are dead, they Shall
not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise;
therefore hast Thou visited and destroyed them
and made all their memory to perish" John ill.,,
36-"He that beeveth on the Son hath everlasting
life but the wrath Of God abide tn on him."
john vi, 50 and 54-"Then Jesus said unto them,
Verify, verify, l say unto you, except We eat tho
flesh OF the Son OF Man and drink His blood We have
no lite in you; whose eateth My flesh and drnketh
Ny blood hath eternal life, and will raise him up
at the last day." ! Timothy vi, 14-"Paul gives
Timothy charge: that thou keep this command.
ment without spot, unrebukable, until the appear
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ" 15--"Which IN his
the King Of kings and Lord of lords.v 10
''who only hath immortality; dwelling in the light
power everlasting" Here ought to be proof enough
that none but Christ hath immortality or eternal
life, and that no man can obtain 1t unless they
conforms to his plan, and that by faith and obedi
ence, which harmonizes with pauls teachings in
Corinthians XIV, % %, which "Discple" forgcts to
quote-"For as In Adam all die, even 80 in Christ
shall all be made alive. But every man
afterward they that are Chrlst's at his coming.''
Here the Apostle tells who the all are we know
that we are all OF Adam, but do all belong to
inthians XIV, 17"And II Christ be not raised, your
faith is vain We are yet In your sins; 18th, rnen
they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are per-
ished." Galatians, ill.,, 28 '.for We are all the
children OF God by faith in Jesus Christ; 9th, 'For
as many ofyou as have been baptized into Christ
have put on Christ; 10th, "And II ye be
Christs, then are We Abraham's seed and heirs
according to the promise" This shows what
conditions man Is eligible to resurrection, ana
we well know that all the seed Of Adam have not
cOnformed to these requirements, aud on what
principle disciple raises AL OF adams seed can
not see, unless, as he says, man has spiritual
man. or as some say, an Immortal soul, in his
mortal body II must be this spiritual body that he
part OF man TO death, except what was taken from
the earth; the curse did not include the soul or
spiritual man. 1t must follow, then, that this soul
must 90 into the grave with the body,
them up. How win Paul's argument, when
disciple quotes apply to "Dlsclple'sn spiritual
man. which never dies. l. Corinthians, XIV, 42..lt
is sown IN corruption; Is raised In interruption"
A." 1t is sown natural body; 1t Is raised spir
itual body. 45-"And so IL is written; the hrst
man, Adam, was made a living soul; the last Adam
q quicke ming spirit" 4e-"liowbeit that was not
and aiterward that which Is spiritual" 47-"rhe
first man is OF the EARTH earthly the second man is
the Lord from heaven. The apostle here states that
the irst man Is not spiritual. but natural;
aiterward that which is spiritual; then
this immortal soul is not born in the man, but
something to be obtained afterwaId He then
shows that they become spiritual beings by being
raised from the dead: 52--"In moment, In the
twinking OF an eye. at the last trump, for the
trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised
iDcorruptibly and we shall be changed; 63-for
this corruptlbe must put on interruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality. | would ask
DISCIPLE If his spiritual man Is so dead that 1t re-
quires the trump of God to awake 1t. How would
the Apostles language read If he should say, "For
this incorruptible must put on interruption, this
immortal must put on Immortality 1t Is such
arguments as "Discple's' that make men turn
from the Bible and say II such Is the doctrine it
teaches it is unworthy OF belief Again he speaks
said unto him, Verify say unto you, to-day shalt
thou be with Me In Paradise" He says, as Christ's
body was buried and, according to the Scriptures
remained in the earth until the third day. II follows
that He did not meet the thief in Paradise in the
flesh but In the spirit think II imnosaihe to con-