Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-02-07

might attain unto the resurrection of the
dead. Phil. 8. and IL.
The use of these passages makes no at
tack upon the doctrine Of the Immortality
of the soul or spirit If it damages any
thing, it would be a doctrine of the I'm
mortality of the Body if such doctrine
was claiming attention, but as it is not,
the wrestling them from their legitimate
relationship to the mortal fiesh,' to apply
them to the spirit or soul, seems like
sacrilegeous attempt upon the truth, as it
is in the Word revealed for our instruction
in these things.
The writer is still more unfortunate In
bis use of Tim. lilo and Rom. 81.
Let us read these verses :: /" But is now
made manifest by the appearing of our
Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished
death and hath brought life and aphttar-
sian, or interruption, (not atsanasia, or
Immortality to light through the gospel
3 Tim. lilo. In support of this. rem
dering, quote /. DR.. Adam Clarke on
this, he hath ILLUSTRATED life and incorrup-
ton by the gospel and Rev. Thomas
Sheldon Green, NJ. A., in his Greek Test
Bagsters edition, who renders it, thrown
light on life and undecay through the gos.
pei
Rom. ri: TO them who by patient
continuance in well doing seek for glory
and honor and ephtharsian, interruption,
mot athGnasia, Immortality, eternal life
Green renders this ARE endeavOring alter
glory and honor and interruption, ever
lasting life.' How glibly the writer Of the
open letter. applied these two texts TO
spiritual things where they really referred
to material, and endeayored to build up a
theory upon a faulty rendering of the or
iginal, and took occasion to ridicule an
earnest minister, and denounce christians
who differed With him, will doubtless be
understood aid appreciated, and 1t will not
be necessary fol- me to notice it farthe,
than to say, it runs in the family. But
to clearly establish the rendering | have
presented, | will give you other places
! where it Is used Iii The New Testament,
and rendered III the recelv cd version, as
above: /. And changed the glory ot the
aphthd9t0y, lncorruptiole God. -Kom. az.
Z. Now they do II 10 obtain a corrupllDle
crown, but we are aOttharton, incorrupui-
ble.'-1 Cor. 9-25. 3. 1t Is raised in aph
tharsia, interruption. Il Cor. ii ~. f.
Neither doth corruption inherit dphttar-
siG, interruption. II Cor. 1850. .. And
the dead stAa be ia,sed aphthHtyS, incor-
ruptlblc.'-l Cor. ID 5z. i. For this
corruptible must put on aphthrrS'an, III
corruption. Cor. 1906. Z. so when
this corruptible shall have put OH aphthar
san, interruption. Il Cor. l5-54. Ii Is
also used III several other places, with the
same or similar lenderIngs, and We are
forced TO Conclude that the apostle does
not teach US to apply his words against
his testimony, given elsewhere i'll this al :
tlcle, but III harmony VITA 1t, and that
timothy and Romans do not refer to any
| thing but the Immortality Of tue mortal
flesh, to be attained in lie resurrection
and not to the DOCTRINE OF the lnmoI laiily
Ut the soul or spirit, at all.
| But he says, there is one more passage
where tins word immortality Is Iouud
Perhaps It will throw so.Ie llsnt upon this
question: US, let us look al II. Ii Is
I'm. liz, ana reads thus: Now unto the
King eternal, aphtharto, Incorrupti.le,
Inot athanaSta, lnu.orlal), lnvislbie, the
only wise God.' Grcca gives this, Now
to the everlasting King, undecaylng, un-
seen, only Cod u,re again the mind lis
TURNED away from the direction that til.
open letter would point 1t IN, anu II be-
comes very evident that instead of these
being mighty to the pulling down of the
st org holus' oil tao scriptural doctrine Of
the Immortality of the Soul or Spirit
they leave it untouched to comfort all who
are always confident, knowing that, whilst
we are at home in the body We are absent
from the Lord, but are Wiling rather to
be absent from the body and to b. present
with the Lord. = Cor. 9Th and 9Th YER
SEES. EE#
AS for the classification Of all who be-
lleve in the Bbl. on this point as Spirit
lists, people Will draw their own colclu
sions as to the propriety of these, and |
care not to reply.
Yours for Christ, salvation, and an open
Bible. Ill. J. WALKER.