The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-24

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which Jesus died to save from death,
not the immateriality of spirits. Does
Mr.. M. want to say that soul and
spirit are one and the same thing? If
so, when we read Gen. XLVI, 90
"All the souls that came with Jacob
into Egypt, which came out Of his
loins, besides Jacobs sons wives, all
the souls were three score and six"
are we to understand sixty-six imma
terial spirits come out of his loins
and accompanied him into Egypt?
Did the spiritualists know of Mr.. NJ,
they would certainly make him their
Pontifex Maximus.
1t is next asserted that we have at
length set forth that both sinful and
sinless souls have an eternal exist
ence. Can it be possible that Mr..
Ms mind is so obtuse, that he can
not see that we were exposing his
acrobatic logic in regard to the eter-
nal existence of souls, sinful and sin
less, which he confesses, he always
believed, but which we fatty deny, OF
has he been guilty of a palpable mis-
statement? If the first, it would be
loss of time to attempt to reason with
one whose perceptive faculties are so
blunted, but if the latter, he is un-
worthy of notice as controversialist.
We wish to be charitable and there
fore believe the first.
The remaining part of Mr.. Ms ar
ticle is a mere flourish to avoid the
issue, which we don't propose to do,
and, therefore, again call upon him
to answer categorically. Does not
the Scripture-Gen. II, Z, say that
the dust rmation-man-- become
the living soul and not the breath of
life, created into mans nostrils !!
And does not Paul say that the
living soul is the natural body when
in LIST Cor. XIV, As, he affirms that
''there is natural body and there is
a spiritual body" and to prove the
first part of the proposition quotes
Gen. II, 7, "And so it is written the
first man Adam was made living
soul" Ifhe answers yes, we ask him
whether the dust formation-the nat
ural body--;s material or not? But,
if he says no, intelligent reader to
whom Mr.. M. has submitted himself,
examine the references for Yourself
and see whether he does not fatty
contradict the only infallible author
ity as to what is truth.
In conclusion, permit us to say that
we fear Mr.. Ms mind is of the kind
above intimated, or else he is endeav-
oring to evade the issue. For what
has his proposition that "the spirit
did not come from any relative con
dition of the atoms comprising the
form, &c to do with the issue or our
questions? The first contention to
be settled is what is a living soul?
lis it man of the earth earthly"
1st Cor, XIV, At, or is it the breath
of the spirit of life which was not on
" in his nostrils, but in the nostris
of all flesh that moved upon the earth
both of fowl, and of cattle, and of
beast, and Of every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the earth, and ev-
cry man--Gen. VII, 81, %. And the
second. Is man the object Of saliva
ton, or the breath of life in his nos
trils? A candid answer to these
questions is wanted, and / call upon
him to answer them frankly and
squarely, if he wishes to discuss them,
and that the discussion should be
profitable to any one. Men do not
want display of theological which
by the way is misnomer) pyrotec-
MICS. They want truth. Skillful po-
lemic fencing, and disputative aero
batic lodging, may be very amusing,
but there is no profit in it to any one.
So come up manly, and answer the
questions in plain, simple manner,
so that wayfaring man though a
fool, can not err as to your position,
and do not occupy space and time
erecting men of straw of your own
Imagination, the original matter OF
whom does not contain in itself the
potency of all created forms; getting
into print little cheap unaskedfol
lecture on Russian Nihilism, and OF
the blowing up of the world general
ly, and other useless hieroglyphics
having about as much to do with the
simple questions we have asked, as
an Grafton on the Fourth of july"
or est Patrick's Day in the Morn
ing"
Finally, Mr.. Editor, like the call
by political trickster for a Hip.
Hurrah! to drown the voice of his
opponent, when submitting PROPOSE
tons he is unable to answer; the
dodge of thief, to run and cry mad
dog! to divert attention from him
self, or a lawyer with a bad case,
talking against time, and about every
thing other than the issue, and abus-
ing everybody in general to mislead
the jury; so Mr.. M. raises the cry of
materialism, to create a prejudice in
the mind Of the reader, knowing we'll
that it renders a fair and unbiased
consideration of any subject utterly
impossible. But this is an old meth
cd and scheme of priest craft to keep
people in ignorance, lest they should
revolt against their ecclesiastical
thralldom, and hurl their oppressors
from position and power. The truth