Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-04-22

"Nuih u Nuem inhL were hlniuN
not dead mon, or slAin
souls, but Just what II faye. They
were not rcsurfecled hciugs, a. tho
Time hal not come, and, yet, they had
organic forms, Tor white robes were
gwen them. They also hal intelli-
Eencei ltet eyes, ears and voices, for
thny cuei out with loud voice,
"ftow long, On Lord, dost thou not
Judge anu nvcngo our blood on them
thAt dwell on the enrth.p Now these
spiTl't, together with thn four ana
twenty Elurts aud many others who
had been redeemed from the earth and
were waiting for the first resurrection,
that they might reign with Christ on
the earth, were Intelligent beings,
maniioStng knowledge and wisdom
while they were dead, in tho language
pf Scripture.
How could tho spirit re.enter iis
body at tbs resurrection II II did not
oXitH Paul IN speaking Of the resur.
fection TO tie Corinthians, makes u
clear that the spirit continues 10 exist;
that 70, predicated upon tho aclunHty
II Christie resurrection, may again be
given IT, own body, and snyr. at
Christ bo not risen, your fnith Ia
VAIN Then they ulsU which are
fallen asleep iu Christ arc per.
ished. Let Nv eat and drink Tor
tomorrow wo die" But his abiding
ihith was that Christ 10 risen-tho
dead viii rist; therefore their faith
was not vain; those who had fallen
asleep were not petishcd. Therefore,
ne concludes; Let US not engage In
the dchaucheries OF tho Epcufenng,
l-r tomorrow We DO not die. What
logic can bo more pointed or plain than
thlt2
There arc many other passages In
the Bible % prove tho existence Of the
Identical spirit apart from the dead
bodyi among which nrt; "And he
cried unto the Lord aud said, o Lord
my God l Imy Thee, let this child's
soul come Into hls Inward uafts
again" Il Hinge, xyil;gl, seu marginl.
"Maid, arlstl And nor spirit came
again." Luke viii: 55l. Deliver
such "A one unto satan for the duatruc-
ton OF the flesh that the spirit may be
saved" "ihe body without the spLfit |
is deau." The Apostle Paul alAa de- |
clarcu that "therr ia "a uatuul body
ami there Ia n Spiritual 60dy." There |
are also celestial bodies and b1dIpa |
tofrestrial; but the glory Of the teffei- |
trial IN awake" These Insertions ARE |
not spoken Of "a conditions that nre 10 |
he, but thai now exist, aud show that |
tho soul, Orspirit " an organized entity. |
A local writer some time ago, IN com. !
mcntiug on the immortality a the
soul, shows that Paul makes this trulh
apparent also when hu says. eve
know that II our earthly house of this
lOr tent, sec original were
dissolved VI killed, we have build.
ing Of GUd, houro not made with
hands, eternal In Tor with the
heavens" e. cor. Y: ~ IL does not
reior 10 future state, he faid, Tor
the Apostle m speaking Of the present
inhfmitlcs Of the hosh and longs Tor
the time when the body, like the
iuirit, shall be immortalizei, and NOR.
.ullty be swallowed up u life. - That
Nnicit VIII be rcsurrected viii b. the
'arthly body, the spiritual body In a ,
lullding Of God. The former uis5olvcs;
Ec latter Is ete rnEl with tho heavens.
But, not OILY this, every seed Ia {, ]
~ given it, own bJdy-that Il, the
pirlt T., at the resurrection, 10 receive
10 own body. The spiritual body is IA
no form Oi tho human tabernacle i'm
,hlchit iwellslas seon from reve ntions /
fore quoiedl anu II 81 10 that which !
ives feeling aud sensation 10 eyprv \
part tf the AMMAN frame. .
I gives feature aud expression 10 the S
Hdividuhl and 10 ENABLES ua 10 dis. I
inpuish one person from another. q
through u We know frIends bprs d
nj will recognize friends hereafter. o
o say that the spirit does not retain
q knowle1go-tbat which has taken @
ears OF laboriOus study TO gain,-in Il
,ct, that most Intricate aud wonders n
lily constructed apparatus, the MIND II
instantly lost and anuihilated NJ q
,aih's touch-wOuh be the very VI
imnx Of irrauonality, Ignorance
Ipreme! To dony its continued
iistence anu separate identity In
gaDlzod form after the body is lad In
10 tomb, not only antagUnizrs the A
lord Of God, but simply revuises the
der Of creation anu makes a gar Ina
10 path of eternal Increase. IL mike,
20 resurrection an impOssibility, for
ere II no germ or principle oil lie In h'
10 diasipated dust ny which II can n
VI its parts together. But admitting Il,
9 existing identity Of the spirit, or NJ
al, with all IT. characteristics and >,
dividual qualities, tho fitness Oh Civ. 81
& SIT lie own body" rs apparent ia ,,
e economy Of divine wisdom. III
There are positive eviiences OF a 70
fused spiritual lifs In all animal 4,
.ture; anu every tree and plant and | I'll
wer Possesses = distinct spiritual n
tity that survives IT. own dissolution ~
ii Is left In ils seed ia certainty OF Tc
ntinued life aud Increase. Such Ie
Ing the case In Nature, h Ii not con- IN,
Try TO reason 10 deny this eternal w
Ter In relation 10 mgu-the offspring Nv
God Himself! TTE
instead, therefor, OF tho existence of 20
d soul or spirit In an intermediate r.,
,te between death aud tho Eesurrec. IN
n "destroylng the possibility Of the slS
rrrotiOn," 1t makes that doctrine ~,
tue more reasonable, Ia inct. tho 81,
isihillly ~ The resurrection IL dopeu. se,
nj upon HE Immortality Ot thespirit, ~.
'us Christ Himself, who was Like lis
10 Ourselves and parl00k OF our 81
iure, when Ho died on the ofoss. Nv
1t He might atone Tor original ain IN
! Driug flight and Immortality 10 Tw
nt" through tie resurrection, gave Nv
the ghost" Was u "a dead ghost IN
gave up2 Was II also a dead apirit w.
Il "pteached 10 the spiriis IN prison Cet
i some tins were diEObeuient ia ths w
rs Of NOah2" IL 81 evident that
ing tue thrvH days ChHsl's body
In The tomb, HIS intelligence was ,nf
claiming the Gospel OF REDEMPTION IA.
tho prison house Of spirits--not Moi
-its la the Hesh-and this Of igslf SOU
= 'slihn 'Ho uAlatthVe ot tho spirit era
I'D aud Of the intermediate state SAL
Ween death and tho resurrection. li,l
was hut liebNulNh uAIlAk tnOt0 kuTpN Ilry