The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-01-07

present state. The other leading view,
and the one in which the Annihilation-
lst, the Restorationist and the Univer-
saiIst theories mainly agree, and that into
which modern Spirit-ism Is rapidly fall
ing, is, that Immortality as taught in
Scripture is not necessarily involved in
the question of the uninterrupted con-
tinuance of conscious being. The lead
ling view IS that held by the advocates OF
Annihilation, which claims that man
never had title to continued life save
as he complied with certain conditions
1t may be stated thus:
Man was made mortal, soul and body;
soul means life and life can be destroy
ed, cut of, etc. The penalty of the law
was death TO both soul and body. Such
as avail themselves of the provisions OF
grace, Though they differ as to how this
may be done will be entitled to eternal
wife and also Immortality as brought TO
light IN the Gospel Those who do not,
7 will be destroyed or annihilated- Ali
the advocates of the various theories
(which find a brotherly footing here, are
lequally aware of the vital place this ques-
tion of conditional or unconditional soul
r,liie holds in their several systems; for ii
Fit is true that the soul is an immortal
substance, possessing within itself the
elements of continued being, then their
n Htbeaut1ul speeulations concerning the
coming resurrection are but chaff, and
LEith this covering blown away their the
.ries are left in common ruin. 1t Is not
, Ntrange therefore, that we find them fall
ing in furious phalanX on all those tests
sually urged in support OF independent
Toul life. Disposing of these after some
Afassion, they tell US man is all mortal,
/ bull and body, and in proof, at once be-
4 lin an indiscriniDate use of all passages
I there the words death, consume, destroy,
I terish and the Ike occur connected IL
ny way with mans present or future
bndition. The conclusion Is easily
eached; man once destroyed is restored
4 h the resurrection; but here again they
j kvide Some maintain that only the
sst will be raised, and that the rest will
{ left in eternal sleep.
IOthers, feeling the force of such pas
ages as John V. a, admit that all will
z raised, but hold that the wicked will
: Judged and then consigned again to
kcond annihilation which will be eter
hi This in short is the master pivot
h which turn both the Annihilation and
| lestoration theories. Universalism in
he past has also had footing here as
,can be seen by consulting DR.. Ballou in
\ VOL. !, Universalist Expositor.
The limits of this paper will not allow
laid gloomy theories nor is it necessary;
: ifit can be shown that the soul does not
die with the body, that its life is uneon-
ditonal and must continue without inter
; rultion, then we have at least the inter
val between the death of the body and
the resurrection that all souls must
: live; and as wicked souls cannot go into
heaven they must go somewhere else,
: and since both the Annihilationist and
t Restorationist contend that hell does not
. now exist, and will not until after the
Resurrection, they must find the place.
That we may not be misunderstood here,
: we call attention to their standard utter
i ances. Mr. DObney on Future Punish
: ment says: The death threatened to
Adam was the death Of the entire man;
the destruction of his being" Storrs, in
; one of his sermons, has the following:
5 "The Bible teaches that man. the soul as
q well as the body, dies, and that man is
. dependent on his resurrection from the
grave for all future existence" Mr..
u Hastings in his work entitled Pauline
j. Theology" says: Paul does not once
/ speak of hell of fire in existence at the
/ present hour" Again, I'VE have now
examined all those words which are
translated hell and all others that bear
: any relation to the word hell, and the re-
D suit is, the Bible does not teach that
! there is any place now in existence where
the wicked dead are in torments.' Now
!, ifit can be shown iIat the death of the
: body does not xiii the soul as here
5 contended, orthodoxy should be quite
content to abide the issue which must
follow, and can well afford to retire from
the conflict.