The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-15
Mr.. Murray's Lecture.

Erie Press July 13t":l
Last Sunday Mr.. Murray, who is consid-
cred fine speaker. delivered lecture in rur-
ner Hall on religious topics in general and
about life after the death specially This Mr..
Murray is a unique mixture of enlightenment
and deep superstition, representative of
specific spiri,ualisn, to whom the teachings Of
the church in regard to the immortality of the
soul are intangible, and who. for want of
courage to accept the consequences Of in6del-
ty, nor the comprehension of the eternal gov
ernment Of nature, forms a theory of his own
about the the life after death, which is only
more clumsy, unnatural and imbecle than
those Of the church.
lie begins his lecture with sensible view
of the theology Of the present day, then occu-
pies himself with ''hell.' He proves that
the bible knows of no nell, it is
of heather origin. The present idea
of hell originated from the vivid depictionS
of Dante and Milton. The spirit (soul)
he called the product of the body; it would be
better, ''the product of organized matter
Wien matter dies and decays, its product, the
soul, must perish with it. Thus far all is in
teigible. But now his logic ceases, he is
like many others who with all the freedom of
reasoning cannot grasp the thought that their
insignificant self must in the course of time
totally perish. These people are not satisfied
that their mental products will live beyond OF
after them, that they continue to live bodily in
be an individual life for them after death.
With the same right might be claimed for ami
mails and all vegetation, a future life after
cause man is nothing more than higher or
,,ti from the
from which sprang animal and vegetable life.
We have nothing superior to them except an
elevated development of brains, and conse
quently higher mental activity, which, how
ever dies with many one, even previous to
the death Of the body, and which at the slight
est deviation from its normal formation will
disable the brain.
There is not better proof than this, that
the spirit (souD is dependent on matter
Mr. Murray cannot reflect, that a spirit
(souD can continue to live without the body
Who has ever seen ghost or spirit by
what means do they make themselves known
Of what essential qualities are they! do they
possess form?
To all this we answer him that no faithful
believer has ever formed conception of the
substance and essence of a spirit. He just
repeats the prattling of others, to contemplate
and think are his weak points. A spirit is al
indehnable conception Or idea, a something
the existence of which has never been nor
never will be proven.
Instead to be contended with logical con
illusions out of these premises and acknowl-
edge the fact that the death of body includes
thu cath of the spirit, Mr.. Murray builds for
Iii II Theory CT hiS avn, the ContradiCtlng
les Of which ought to be clear to every
,lble man at first glance He shows
at the prophet Elijah vent to heaven in ?
fiery chariot, that Christ arose bodily nom the
grave and also went to heaven, that
angels with and without wings in human
form have cOmmuned with mankind. circum-
stances which he finds recorded in the bible,
ana notwlthst4 nding his acknowledging The
bible to have been wrltten during barbarous
ages he yet believes in heaven =ascensions and
angels. This gives proof and is evidence of
deranged mind, it is a logic that taste
strongly of sophistry.
But now comes the most wonderful, accord
ing to Mr.. Murray, the human body after its
Death by node of transit turns itself int"
another n,ois beautiful. spiritually transngWeI
body, in which none OF the evil attributes and
qualifications are existing.
With this definition he is contented, and
must he, for of this new being he knows as
much as new born child. They are to him
undefnable conceptions like the spirits, he
doesn't tnow where to locate them, if the
breathe they viii nave iemalh Iii the atnos-
phere and then the tenth part of those that
have died would not have room in this atmos-
phere even if their bodies were but half of
their present size
Mr. Murray's work is unavailing in subst-
,ufing ops superstition tor FnntheF.
Ifa belief GA immortality is necessary, then
the teachings of the church are just as good a.,
any other, and whatsoever is unable to free
himself t,ou. THIS beliet had beftet re.aain il.
the church, he is best OH there, for there is
neither thought nor reflection necessary.
Great Clearing Sale for the Season.
On Monday morning, July 18th, we vii!
conin,eA.s u seli ali seas,,isbis goods at
greatly reduced prices.
We have made great reductions on the fol-
lowing lines
Wash dress goods.
Worstod dress goods.
silk GrsnSiiRss:
Summer Silks.
Hosiery and Gloves.
Laces and Embroideries.
Lace Collars anG Artificial Flowers
Our stock of white goods is still large, hav-
ing made heavy purchases late IN the season;
these goods have been marked down 20 per
cent.
Our stock of cOrsets Is entirely too large
and must be reduced, several lots have been
marked even to cost. in order to clear them
out. We mean business and request our
friends to call early to secure a good selection