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be nothing to destroy. And can

| pace, SO TINS passage proves too
much; 1t proves the soul destructi-
ble, susceptible to death, and mortal,
instead of being immortal. But for
the true meaning of the passage,
the Savior is here speaking of two
lives, this temporal life, and that
eternal life; which he says, he will
give to every one that believeth on
him" Fear not them which kill
the body" or take this life, bat are
not able to take the life to come
which it not in the power of the as
sassin, In the eighth chapter of
Mark we find this parallel passage,
"tor whatsoever viii save his life
TOR his souD shall lose it; out who
soever will lose his life for my sake
and the gospels, the same shall save
it. The same word here rendered
life is rendered soul in Matt 10: %,
and is rendered soul in the 36th and
3Ith verses of this chapter. They
are all from the same greek word
prwkee, which corresponds with the
Old Testament nepherh, the Hebrew
word for soul, or creature. "a
sword shall pierce through thy soul
also" Luke, 2:35. Can an i'm
mortal, immaterial, impenetrable
soul be pierced with a sword! This
theory if let alone will destroy it.
self. No wonder that its advocates
are so reluctant to have it tried by
the gospel and sound logic. Truth
wants no defense.
"He seeing this before, spake of
the resurrection Of Christ, that his
soul was not left III hell, neither did
his flesh see corruption Act. 81.
1t could not be supposed that
Christ's soul went to a burning hell,
(gehenna) where "the worm dieth
not and their fire is not quenched,"
but to the grave (hades), the uncon-
scious state Of the dead. LET him
know that he which converteth a
sinner from the error of his way,
shall save a soul from death" James
500. This death is not temporal
death, but an eternal death for the
righteous die temporal death Just
as really as the wicked, but it is the
second death--the death which John
speaks of when he says, BLESSED
and holy is he that hath part in the
first resurrection; on such the sec
ond death hath no power" 1t isl
not death that never dies, nor eter-
nal torment. Much better believe
the word of God, which declares,
''The soul that, sinneth it shall die
Eek. Is: 20. All the wicked
will God destroy" l45: 20. And
host Of other declarations which
prove, conclusively, that the final
end Of the sinner will be eternal ex-
tinction OF conscious being, "FOr the
wages of sin is death ; but the gift
OF God is eternal life, through Jesus
Christ our Lord" Rom. 6:23. This
view does no Injustice to the sinner.
He refuses to obey the command of |
the Creator and God turns him back
to dust again. Thus, mercy and |
justice unite in saying, ''let the sin
ner die" and the voice of the eternal
is heard saying, "Let the wicked
ness Of the wicked come to an end"
Ps. 40. "And every living soul
died in the sea-" Rev. 1913. "And
when he had opened the fifth seal,
| saw under the altar the souls of
them that were slain for the word
of God. And it was said unto them
that they should rest yet for a sea
son (how long} till their fellow 81 r.
wants also, and their brethren that
should be killed as they were, should
be fulfilled" Rev. GILL. There
are two things to be noticed in this
last proportion. First, These souls
were seen, which does ,ot look very
favorably, of the soul as it is pro-
nounced invisible. S .cond These
souls were killed, from which, by
any 1alr eNe8eSls, there is no evad-
ing the concius ION that the soul is
mortal, as thG Scriptures so affirm.
In conclus ION, | would ask, is it
true that all men are immortal, when
the 81 ole says that, "God only hath
lmr Iortality." | Tim. GIG. Is it
rue that man is conscious between
death and resurrection when Paul
says, IF there be no resurrection
of the dead, they that have fallen
asleep in Christ are persisted" LIST
Cor. IS: BIS. Is it true that
man is rewarded at death, when
Christ says, Il come quickly, and |