The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-11-02
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fire and meets "death in eternity That
soul which has satisfied the require
ments of the Creator will enter into life
eternal as an individual soul. Labor
ing in higher and more noble sphere
of usefulness, it will enter fully into the
Joy of the Lord. r. F.
My ideas on this subject are to say
the least of it hazy. Death is the end
of mortal life. Some refer to it as sleep
but as we return from sleep fail to-
see it in that light. | believe that at
life's end the spirit starts journeying
into beyond. But the mystery of the
unseen is beyond my power of defini-
tion. If heaven is the resting place of
the gOdly and hell the abode of the op-
position, why do we not hear more of
the latter, for, on earth at least. they
always seem to have working majority.
[ can not believe that mans soul is
again tortured in the hereafter A very
material hell is here: if it is continued
beyond the grave then would rather
sleep in oblivion. Death / have seen;
but of the beyond have too vague an
idea to express an opinion.
~. L.
Xxx
That orthodox tale of the Bible to the
effect that God made man of His ON
impotence, and woman from. outlet,
is generally considered, at present, as
erroneous. Even the professor of the
OlOgy in the Chicago Baptist seminary
has prOpOunded the theory of evolu-
tiOn from lower animals. If this theory
could be proved, which is not inn
possible, it would settle for all time,
this most perplexing question of
the soul. For surely man can have
no soul to-day if his ancestors had
none. Believing in this doctrine myself,
/ must believe that death ends the in
dividual-that the grave is the last of
him. do not despair, my 'crutches >
are not knocked from under me. |
find it more cOnSOling to feel sure of
annihilation than to believe in impossi-
bilities in order to escape eternal pun
iShment. SUNOL.
Who will say that death ends it all {?
That such minds as of Socrates, Plato,
Caesar Milton, Bacon, Shakespeare, will
crumble and perish, and dissolve into
thin air. as the body does to dust, is
too absurd for reason and faith to hold
And yet, not one real fact, not one au-
thentic word have we ever had from
the other side of the grave, an awful
mystery indeed lies there The theoso-
phists claim that the soul is born again
into new body of clay. but how alb
surd is that or any other belief, when
backed by no proof. If we must be-
lieve any of these chimeras, and have
faith in their doctrine why not, choose
Christ and his way? If that is wrong
then we are surely no worse off, but
should his way be the true way then are
we blessed indeed, and "to die will be
to make alive again" WAYNE.
XXX
AS to whether there is God or not
and consequently hereafter, too much
has been said already. The discussion
has raised school Of theologians that
simply injure that which they try to
support. The life of the soul does not
count with them because it is not sus-
ceptible of demonstration. On the
other hand, the agnostic appeals to sci
ence to prove his assertions. Science
does nothing of the sort, though it may
seem to uphold him. But how often
have they not been proved wrong? The
scientists derided Columbus, the steam
boat was called "Fulton's folly" Eric
son was crazy when building the Moni-
tor So through all the great discov-
cries and inventions. Yet, the same
species continue to decry the immortal
ity of the soul because they cannot
poke their foot-rule through the veil of
DEATH MAC.
Xxx.
It matters not in what station of life
man is placed, no matter how rich or
poor he may be, all are destined to re-
turn to the mother earth whence we
cama Some may travel over the nath