The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-06-25
Thoughts for Thinkers.

Mr.. EpIToR:-In your issue of
May 2lst, find Mr.. NJ. has furnish
ed a. reply to mine of the 18th. III
health has deferred my review until
now. ] am truly astonislled that the
gentleman seems disposed to turn
away from the subject in hand to low
testing. Now, sir, he shall have all
the glory to himself: | will not en-
gage in buffoonery. Mr.. NJ. asks
me to show him a mortal soul. Now,
we are told 10y Moses, in the 10th
chapter 18th verse Of Genesis, that
Zilpha bare Jacob lG souls, that Ra-
chel bare him II souls, DE-; that all
the souls that came with Jacob into
Egypt, which came out of the loins
of Jacob, were 6G-verse 26. Stephen
SAYS in the seventh of Acts that
these all died, hence we have souls
beeotten, souls born, living souls, dead
souls, dc. Whoever has seen a liy-
idg man or woman has seen living
soul, and whoever has seen dead
man or woman has seen mortal
soul. Has Mr.. NJ. never seen a dead
man?
Men arc said to bcget souls, women
are said to bear souls-give birth to
souls. These souls are said to die.
The fact of their death proves them
mortal. Mortal parents cannot be
get or give birth to immortal souls.
That (those) born of flesh is flesh,
and this is the reason Mr.. NJ. cannot
show us an immortal soul.
Mr.. NJ. seems determined to have
Socrates as witness to his theory of
the souls Immortality, and says he
cannot see any disagreement between
Socrates, Christ, or his Apostles. We
now propose to examine the doctrine
of all the parties, and let the sequel
show the agreement or disagreement
Socrates taught that the soul was
part of Coda spark of the Deity,
and when it entered the body of the
infant it ceased to he part Of Deity,
and became Divine PERSONAL---VERY.
immortal soul, and if kept pure at
death it took it's departure to realms
immortal and divine. Consequently
he knew nothing about the resurrec-
ton of the dead, the overthrow Of
death, the naturalization and eter-
nal life of man, which was the prin
cipal theme in the. preaching of
Christ and the Apostles. He that
belieyeth on me, though he were dead,
shall he live, and with great power
gave the Apostles witness Of the res
direction of the dead.
Jesus said he came into the world,
that we might have life through Him.
Socrates says we have immortal life
in ourselves.
Jesus said, Except you eat of the
flesh of The Son of Man, and drink
His blood, you have no life in you
John 10, 10th ". and John 16, SO v.
Socrates said that man had immor-
tai life when born.
Jesus said that he came into the
world that men might have life, the
thing Socrates said man had at birth,
thus ignoring the mission of Christ
into the world, to give it life. The
Apostles all disagree with Socrates.
Paul says,in Rom. I'd, It'll v, that i'm
mortality is obtained by patient
seeking. That in him, that is in his
flesh, there was nothing good. Ro-
mans 7, 18th ", he says that if the
dead are not raised to life again that
those who are fallen asleep in Christ
are persisted. How could that be If
/ they had immortal souls, as Socrates
| says they have, how can that which
is immortal perish? Answer this,
whoever can? This is the doctrine
ef ali the Apostles. Then their doc
trine is that until mortality IS raised
from the dead there eau he no life OF
Immortality engaged by man. Soc
rates taught that immortality drop