New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-11
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ANoTHEH CRITICS VIEWS on THE MEANING OF
THE TWO WoRps.

70 As sdftor OF rae TFtbeae.
s'ri read Professor RayInond's letter on the use
Of deceased" add dead ? and youf remarks there
upon with depth Of interest due 10 the great I'm
portancc vested In certain definition and assumption
contained in the letter. No topic excites deeper at
enon Is Of moro vital Importance in the present
phase Of popular debate, than the one touched upon
but not treated fnlly by tho letter and your brief
rejoinder. n you win permit. viii briefly sts.e
the case according 10 Wow which srn convinced IS
both scientific and serfptursl
accept Professor Raymonds definition OF the word
without qualification The word dead means llic-
less and that only A strict adherence TO That
definition without addition assumption VIII lead
Us straight tho light. Scientific investigation lands
US precisely at that definition. Science scrutniEcs
aud analyses to her utmost the physical the mental
and the moral phenomona Of man. and her conclusion
L. that man u q unit with diverse functions, moro or
less lDterdepondent, and ell contingent upon con-
tinusnec Of tho ls Of the organism. In other words
death stops the whole machine. Thus far human
knowedgs goes. Grant that II Is incomplete and we
appeal 10 revelation tho only and the sufficient source
Of superhuman information.
Your correspondent defined the resurrection Of tho
dead" the resurrection OF the body" This Is tho
assumption 70 which referred This phrase conflses
many who suppose II . Biblical one. 1t does not
occur IN the Bole, but Is taken from creed Ihe
Bfbe repeats the word resurrection forty times
but never in any way iusttytng fractional sppnca
ton Of ~ The phrases connected with IL are " OF
Jesus @of the dcad,S I" from tho dead
I" of he Just" etc, will now say
that throughout the words OF Christ and
tho Apostles therc IS nothing 70 invadste, 50 far
~ know, but everything to prove, the theory that
death IL total Suspension or extinction Of life
in the whole being, from which condition
resurrection only can rescue the decedent Christ
Himself said TO the Rcvelator: al am He that was
dead and am alive forevermore" In this Is IN count
less other unqualified and uncquivoosI expressions
throughout the Old and New Testamcuts, the body Is
not specified, and It would DO illogical In tho last
oegree 10 construe them as applying to but part
Of The being In fact In many Of them, IS In &c
clssasss 0, 10, II Is asserted that in the grave
q sheol' state Of DEATH not eeberS the excavation
the mental powers utterly cease.
evidence is cumulative and open 30 any ono who has
a Concordance aud the will 10 search. Christianity has
he decay Of an enveIops with immeasurable access
OF life TO It's tenant-In reality continuing lne
Christ and The APOSTLES ala Hot 30 %a
shorn OF its first half and fosted upon the church
That Il has done no good viii not assert pgt u mas
%ssnng oP The scriptures as whole and has formed
rho convenient base which 20 found the the9ry OF
amending torment From od H en- Ebrst,ans hone Is
In a glorious resurrection. J. ALBERT sIo"E
New York, June 3, 1882
Mr.. Stoves contribution TO the discussion
started by Professor Raymond is Interesting
Whatever may he the value Of his theory, theo-
logically, the mass Of Biblical quotation TO which
he refers ought % be convincing evidence that
20 the makers of the King James's version, as TO
other authorities in English OF that time, the
word dendH had certainly no such restricted
meaning As Professor Raymond now attempts TO
force upon ik-Ed)