Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1894-07-02
ETERNAL LIFE AND DEATH
REV. J. l., WHITES SERMON
SUNDAY EVENING.
The second Of The Series On
"rhe Immortality Of The SOul"
Preached Before a Large Con
XregasjOn.

FfeAcne0 before Large Con
xrega,iOn.
eternal Life and Eternal Death in
Contrast" was the subject of the
second series being preached on "The
Immortality of the Soul" by Rev.
]. l.. White, at tic Fnst Baptist church
last cvcing. The congregation packed
the church. Mr.. Whites text was
And the Lord God formed man of the dust Of
the ground and breatlicd into his uostrils the
breath OF life and man became living SOUL
Gen. at.
And these shall go away into everlasting
punishment but the righteous into life eternal.
Matt. 2SAb.
In beginning his discourse Mr.. White
briefly reviewed the arguments in his last
sermon on the evidences outside the
tonight" he continued, 81 deal not
with human theory. but all say shall
be taken from the Book before me, the
Book by which all of us must be Judged.
The first reason for believing is that
found in the creation OF man. There
arc two elements in man-.body and
spirit. God did not first create a living
soul and then surround it with body.
| is only said that He brcathed into
mans nostrils the breath of life and man
became living soul. In Adam the
species was created, hence, as our an
ccstor, all who sprung from Adam have
been living souls. God gave him this
crown of glory, jnbrcathcd into the
body, by which he became living soul
There are many other evidences that in
man there is an immortal soul, as
shown in Job 27:3, 32:S, 33:.t; Mum.
1922, Gen. 35:lS, Kings 17:2l22,
Exc. 1871.
what was the image God gave to
Adam: Was it that OF the drunken,
blurred face VIC frequently sec on the
streets nowadays' The inbreathcd
spirit is the image of Cod stamped on
man. There was no faint or speck of
SIN ON him when he left Gods hand.
When man sinncd his moral nature, his
mind. his personality went wrong. The
essence of man is his personality. There
Is something in man to save God
created every human being in the world,
and now in that poor dcbauchcd man
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| love his sim but his soul. God doesn't
save the dog because the dog has moth
ing to save but man is made in His i'm
age and has Il soul to save.
| "Anothcr argument is the doctrine OF
the resurrection OF the dead. He will
quicken everyone that has gone back to
dust. The spirit leaves the body and at
the word OF God comes back and is made
alive with the body. AS in Adam all
died, SO in Christ shall all live. We have
it declared there shall be Il resurrection
of the dead. In Revelation it is said
death and hell shall give up their dead.
Before the Judgment bar there will he a
Judging OF all alike. 1t is simply absurd
aud r;d;culnus to say there is no immor-
ta!ty of the soul. The man is crazy
who says to you, You needn't be afraid
after awhile you'll be part OF my waller
dog. AS | see these Llindiolded people
say pity them; they are blndtoldcd by
the devil.
spiritual death is "A breaking up of
communion between God and man. God
told Adam and Eve they should surely
die, and yet they lived long time be
fore suffering physical death. What is
spiritual life 1t is reconciliation. re-
generation on the part OF man; not the
adding of a new soul, but the recreation
of the moral naturc-a rev heart. Christ
comes into us. but we do not lose our
personality in Christ. Spiritual life is a
reconciliation with God; spiritual death
is separation from God, O,dying man
and woman | would throw my arm
81 4
do you know know where YOU are
going: Pray God YOU may stop.
"As to the teaching of this doctrine
of annhilation 1t makes me think OF
story told OF Randolph and Macon,
While they were talkrg together
Macon went out and saw number OF
jackasSes in the street. Returning he
remarked to Randolph that some of
his constituents were out there, where
upon Randolph went out. When he
came back Macon asked il he had talked
with them. No. he replied, they didn't
have time, they arc in such a hurry to
get down to North Carolina to teach.
And think some of them must have
gotten down here.
"ln all Soemnitv let me say what
tell YOU is from Gods word. The same
Christ who said eternal death said etcr
nal life; you must accept neither or both
, They stand together. The saddcst
2 thing about it is they are so, whcthc,
,you think SO or not, and when too lat,
you will find it out. Wake up bcior.
/, the trumpet calls and it IS too late 70,
| you to repent. In Gods name rcalz,
| what Won are and where Won re poinu y