The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-29
De. nRIcK a1AN.s LEcruRE
On +Ths Certainty Of Our Future H.
istance, or the seul, Its Sab
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t8t9nCes or the kGuIs Hts S2Es-
stance and Form"
A very fair audience assembled at The
Congregational church Monday evening
to listen to Rev. Arthur o. Brickman's
lecture on eThe certainty of our future
existence, or the the soul, its substance
and form, and the question answered,
where is the eternal world -
The speaker began by stating that
without religion there can be no belief
or conception of hereafter. and that
the foundation of our religious life is
the belief in Immortality, and without
the revelation of Immortality there
would be no religion. That we should
have tangible, human form in the
realm TO which we pass when we have
ended our earthly existence he felt pos
tive, but it would be a spiritual body
and not this mortal, corruptible body as
many were taught and believed. Then
followed al explanation of the differ
ences between substance and
matter. Our. bodies are COM
posed of matter and not substance; that
which is perishable is composed of mat
ter; hence. as our bodies are perishable,
they are composed of matter, and not of
substance, for substance is not nor can
it be perIshable. Therefore, there is as
much difference between the compost
ton of the soul and body as it is posi-
BILE to CONCEIVE of two things being un-
like. To possess the elements of being
there must be a substance and q sub
stance must necessarily have q form, q
tangible existence, and its existence can
never be annihilated; 1t must live on
throughout the ages Of eternity; this is
the soul Of man, it thinks and acts and
is responsible for the movements of the
body; the body does not carry or move
the soul but the soul actuates and car
ries the body whIthersoever it pleases,
and when the body dies the change that
takes place is similar to the change
which the snail undergoes when it
throws of its crustaceous coat, or
the worm when it throws off IFS old form
and takes On that OF the beautiful but
terfly which fits hither and thither be-
fore the eyes of men and is so much
admired. In the spirit world this trans
formation of man Is hailed with joy and
giadness; there is no lamentation when
the soul leaves this house of clay in
which it has existed for few short
years; there is nothing to lament over !;
the man has only entered into a more
exalted state of existence when he has
laid aside his mortal body; it is natural
tor men to weep AMI feel sad when their
friends are removed from their sight by
death; and we are sad and weep, too,
when our friends 60 from US for season
on visit. Man is so constituted that
he must feel and express emotion when
that which he loves is removed from his
sight, whether fora long or short period.
but in reality the removal of our friends
by what we call death is only longer
or shorter separation, partaking of the
nature of visit abroad; we shall
meet them again and enjoy their society
more than ever. In this connection the
speaker dwelt at considerable length
upon the idea that the spiritual man IS
exalted in comparison as the mental
faculties are developed. The spiritual
part of man must be right if he would
be happy in this world as well as in The
next. But we do not have TO wait until
we pass from our mortal state to enjoy
the society of spiritual beings. They
surround US every day of our lives. and
they are good or bad according as VIC
are pure in the sight of heaven; we are
travelling toward heaven or hell every
day, and good or bad spirits attend US
on every hand accordingly. Finally.
death is the gate through which the
soul leaves the body and passes to its
immortal estate, whether good or bad,
and there To be surrounded by spirits
of kindred ties which haYe attended us
while iourneying on here below.