Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-01-15
Religious Department.
TIE SOUL NOT ZN.NORT4L.
CONCLUDED FROM DEC. 1lTH.)

thing; neither have they any more
:. rcwsrd, for the memory of them
is forgotten. Also their love, and
their hatred, and their envy, are
now persisted" "Whstsoever thy
hand tindeth to do, Go it with thy
might" Why! for there is no
work, nor device, nor knowledge,
nor wisdom, III the grave, whittier
thou goest" Fec. 9 IS, 8 10.
1t viii aveil nothing to say that
the body is all that is alluded to in
this Scripture, for, according to the
ologians, the body never did know
anything, or think anything but it
is the mind, the intellectual part.
The brain is the organ Of thought,
both in man and beast, and this has
been demonstrated ii many ways.
As Al instance, the man who was
struck upon the head by a falling
limb from tree, while uttering the
sentence, "hand me that wedge"
remained insensible for months ::
while under surgical operation The
skull was raised from the brain,
conscience returned, aud instantly
he pronounced the word ''wedge :"
finished the sentence where he had
left on. Sense was completely sus-
pended for the time being; the
pressure upon the brain produced
entire cessation of thought. And
we would ask where was the immor-
tai Intelligence of the man during
this period Of time! Logically, |
think there was none. We Will
briefly consider the case of Heze-
hiah and see in what light he looks
at death, whether as a friend or an
enemy: an those days was Heze-
kiah sick unto death. And Isaiah,
the prophet, came unto him, and
said unto him, Thus saith the
Lord, set thine house in order for
thoc shalt die and not live. Then
He2ekiah turned his face toward
the wall, and prayed unto the Lord,
and said, remember now O Lord, |
beseech thee, how | have walked be-
fore thee in truth and with perfect
heart, and have done that which is
good in thy sight and Hezel1iah
wept sore. Then came the word of
the Lord to Isaiah, saying, go and
say to Hezekiab, thus saith the
Lord; | have heard thy prayer, |
have seen thy tears behold | will
add unto thy days fifteen years.
The writing of Hezekiah, king of
Judah, when he had been sick and
was recovered of his sickness: 81
said in the cutting off my days, |
shall 60 to the gates of my grave,
am deprived of the residue of my
Years, like a crane or a swallow, 50
do | chatter; | did mourn as a
dove mine eyes fail with looking
upward. Behold, for peace | had
great bitterness, but thou hast in
love of my soul delivered it from
the pit Of corruption. For the
grave cannot praise thee; death
cannot celebrate thee they that go
down to the pit cannot hope for thy
truth" lsa. 80.
We cannot conceive of anything
more absurd than to suppose that
Hezekiah was just on the verge Of
entering into heaven to receive his |
reward--his crown of life. Why |
weep at such glorious tidings. It'll
cannot be expected that he was
going to be punished for his sins,
for he walked before God with a
perfect heart, and did that which |
was good in his sight. Why add |
fifteen years of trouble and misery
to one that was about to enter into
life and glory, and thus keeping
him back from his reward /! 1t was
rather for this cause: because man |
Soeth to his long home 1.-THE gravel
and the mourners go about the
Streets Feel. 1875. Hesekiah |
commences to praise the Lord in
his conyalcscence, and thanks him
Tor delivering his soul from the pit
Of corruption. Hear Ezekiel on
the subject; Behold, all souls are
mine; the soul that sinneth, it ST All
die lcease to liye-perish). LEX.
Is: 10.
We come now to the New Tesla
nant, Tor definite IN of the soul
and life of man. &c are sometimes
ia. "''n ,hiS expression in Matt.
I'm ~ : ID fear not them which
In, I'm we cody, but are not able to
~, ~" me soul f.; but rather fear him