Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-06-20
Published by request,
y,, !. his Intermediate State.

Volumes have been written on this subject,
still many persons seem 10 he in great dark
,,.,. IN regard 10 it. We think much OF The
Ji,6.,,lt, has arisen from not adhcrng strictly
q, The scriptures Tor light, instead of the
prrrlaiistIs OF pretended philosophers True
,ti.o>dpliy aud the Bible are ever IN harmnnv .
ut the lttles OF men, now - common, have
nearly &C p,cd the trutn of the Lord, AMI LEFT,
inr mass To grope their way Ia darkness,
Su, Paul. "B ware Lest any mn spoil you
tbrourh rh losophy." iiaw many might have
lrrn saved from rain had they needed the in.
.truction ui the Apostle. People wish 10 he
Visa "aboye that which is written" Let rs
90 to the word OF the lord for truth and abide
Iyit even it il does spoI our creca>
What /, man, Answers vary, thus showing
flat all do not iRjuk alike. Some regard man
q, merely higher order of animal, and when
he dies that wI.l bc the last OF HIM Accord
ins many PROM uent writers on the subject
rAlm i a compound being possessed of body
anil soul These are but Instances of the
clrrcnt opinions which try to find support in
Hua's word.
Uf cuulse all these opinions cannot be RIGHT
We sill nuT lUrn ia Gen. , :: I, Aud the Lord
cod tornc man OF the dust OF HE ground
Lr,alhrd INTO his nUstrils the breath of it,. !.
and man became Il living suulN Also Gen
~, And God said, let us make man in our
oUr image, after our own likeness" These
lcYts are often quoted by immortal soulists TO
rrayc the separate existence OF the soul but
when viewed in the light of revelation. il
tuulblcr "lke the basclcss fabric OF 4 VISION
L. the ground
BIZ these quotations VIC learn. first tl,at man
w,a made Of the dust of the ground second.
,aat This dust was formed in The image of God ::
third, this same being when brcathcd uIon
became Il living soul Giving man)
II the being thus formed OF the dust is not
nan. then We ask who or what is man. We
have sometimes been told that it was he breath
Of lie. We think these who hold this position
will abandon it after little examination. If
the breath OF life as the man, then he whom
tac Lord made and called man was misnamed
by the Creator. 1t will be observed that
nothing VAS added after the breath of life,
hence Tie breath must he the man if the ma
ttial Organization is not.
Which Is he accountable being Let us
suppose this breath is the real man, and his
body only prison house to hold him while on
this earth. This beng true. wherever we
lind this breath Of life VIC find a man, whether
In hunlan organism or not
The word rcndr:d in Gen. , Z, is an shah.
man We find an example in Isa . %
cease We from man, whose brtat HIN shahmsh)
is in his nostrsn Which is the man in this
rxt Can anyone suppose i, is his breath !:
Tue idea is absurd, for il would locate the man
IN hlo own nostrllsl -Four times the same term
Giving soul or Crcaturc) was applied To the
brute before il was TO man. And how much
ducsit prove 1t no more proves that man is
immortal than it does that the Whole brute
creation i Enlnorlai. 1t Is a truh--wc say il
hmdlH sorrowinlly, but true it is--thst this
doctrine sQusreIy supports the gigantic false
hood OF the devil to our first parents when he
sald, "le stall not surely die but eat and We
shall be as gods ! T. be all immortal And
sIu -, IL,
lhnH art, ana unto dust shalt thou return"
lIs doctrine declares that the real man does
not DE ut all, The soul, the real personality
'uSt sluned, llycs-llycs all immortal as the
gods. 1t declares that there is Il divinity in
man. That he is impcrishable rs the God that
made him.
Having considered what man is, let lis now
hc Flaln b s condition between death and the
reSHrfecllon. BY referring Ia job IA Z to IL
Verses We find, There is hope Of tree if it
nc cut down that 1t will sprout again, and
'HHt The tender branches thereof will not
cease though the root thereof wax old in the
ground, yet thr ugh the scent OF water it will
hHd ana bring forth boughs like plant But
IN IN dleth, and wasteth away YEA man eiveth
up the ghost and where is lac As the waters
iaii from the sea, and the Hood decaveth and
dlyclh up; 50 man licth down and rscth not,
III line heavens be 40 more, they Shall not
awake nor DC raised out of their sleep" Job
is here contrasting man with il tree aud SAYS
there Is hope Of 4 tree, but man DYING is ut
lery gone; and he Is 90 more. For a sea in
Irl,th OF time, wastclll and a ryeg fails and is
dtcd up But II man who has died shall GER
IsnIy not rise agaR while the heavens con
uuuc." Does this teach that Il man goes to
ooa'cn or he'll Qhc place Of punshmcnt) a.
soon rs he dlrss III 50, the question, "If Il
man die shall lie rise again." would be of no
Use. fau! says, If there be no resurrection of
ihe dead, then all they which have fallen asleep
III Christ have perished.n Cor Is: 49, Docs
Pcn>hed' mean gone to glory Perish, as
cehncd by Webster, means To waste awav. to
uie' TO be eNlirpatcd, to come to nothing
cuch then is thc condition of those who have
!"H'u asleep IN Christ, If the dead rise not ;
"ht lhls cannot be true il the real man moves
away at death and goes 10 his reward
VIC now take the position that man is in Il
Mseot unconsciousUe,s between death and
Iae resurrection. Turn 70 Psalms, GA. "For
III @Hlh there is no remembrance of thee
'"> passage is too plain to need any com
Aeh'>, for there is 40 work, nor knowledge,
nor wisdom IN the grave (sheol, the place OF
'"' dradD whittier thou gOcstn From this
SNtHehL we learn that the part OF mas that
''es>es knowledge goes into the grave at
".+lh; hence, il the soul is the part that pos
S'>s'e knowledge, it is the sou that goes to
.HG @rdvc Or, if the body only gees To sheo
~ ~ ' t''N'0sV hli'Ni' ttgt btioIt uFdtH
AaI She soul being destitute before dcalh can
EN'| nothing after death David tells us"The
Cs"' praise not the Lord, neither any that go
S'"h INTO silence" Ps., rs l.. Again " lis
-Nea'u %petk forth, lie rctuiuclh to his earth,
"a 'uat Natg day his thoughts perish, Fps l4G 4
IAN stops man from thinking, under its
.l Iand MANS thoughts perish, While his
una lives and acts thoughts win exist. But
men The powerful hand Of death Kills the
.-,He7, his thoughts perish with Kim. Miad
wv u'dN arc 50 connected as to keen pace with
t changes from feeble infancy 10 the summit
81 iinr>t manhood and then retrogrades into
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