The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-03-22
ANNrH1LATIoN OF THE SOUL.

n, 4Is Edition. .g1,o NOT eseIy;r1rr r,,,-
... H.,
i'S 'ouS ooi''i 'o' i.'
heNed that more Marin imam goo" IS
done by the clash Of arguments in heat
ed religious controversy, but
having good reason to know that
some half-iuformed persons are being
led into error upon the subject of FLU
ture punishment" | write IN response
to what | CONCEIVE to he my duty.
/ have reason 10 know also that the
mails are loaded with the publications
of neutrality-suspicious., "MIllenial
Dawnisn,' Second Adyentistism, eJ
id genus omue, And l have reason to-
know further that some OF these books
are sent to many lawyers. Why law
vers should oe aviyc,ed / cannot i'm
agine, unless it be only because they
;.le supposed TO be experts in splitting
'tWiEt tWeedle-dum and tWeedie-dee;
for lawyers, as class, average very
high in heart ais well as brains.
My object mainly is TO combat the
doctrine OF the Humiliation OF the
Soul which IS being pushed by the
SccOnd Adyentists and others, / shall
not occupy space by Scripture quota
tons, as | know full well that all pas
sages l might quote have been twisted
and tortured INTO some plausible sup
port of the falsest doctrines. But IN
the face Of all this twisting OF the
Scriptures, / venture to lay down the
broad proposition: That the whole
scheme Of redemption, involving Gods
moral government, assumes ana teaches
necessarily the immortality OF the soul.
| shall not argue this from a Scl1pturai
point OF view, because that has been
we'll done by others, and therefore my
article does not assume to demonstrates,
but only to be suggestive. Bear inns
in mind Neither do ] propose to
argue anything as to the ieh@th Oh
future punishment. ihat ] leave 10
the boolt-mallers.
The doctrine OF tine anuihliation on
/ the soul IS not new II IS at IeaSJ Il
hundred years ola, ana every now anu
then it gets new lease ON life from
some one FESTIVE under the teachings
o. the Bible. everlasting punishment
rs not palataole doctrine 70 the WICK
ed heart, neither is IL pleasant con
temptation to the sensitive GOOD heaft.
But the annihilation OF the soul to ger
| it clear OF future punishment Nouio
be soleclsm IN 1od governments an
IabsurGJty IN philosophy ana coh1i"-
diction in letters.
The sum OF the teachings OF scripture
as to the difference between the right
eous and unrlgnLeoos beyond Cile sIsINe
/ is about TINS; ne immortality OF inc
wicked soul IS SIMPLY everlasting AURA,
ton, TO say hothIllg OF Iile mature VI
rs punishment Nhlie Cile M, .3 'ali.E
o. tle rlg Il1e'u2 - st;t,'' MI - -
Iili ~ WIZ lit'i -, 80 l.
ilol sliLp' s,,1 "a on o,,-
y 1lie ull 'Ilo ~ - ~ GI;, ,,. Tffe
etis'7 liiH Pc 80 - 't 49, So 70
p 'il"e ~ 'i ~ ,-,.iJ.l,,,ol,ts as
5,.gP' l,;r5 ard MN The rirh+eous
/ l@es' 7" ~ ~ ~ f,e' - IL ftgaIf
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ever
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FoiiilleII17 ~ 10. - -, Cd i,
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/ the judgment cay sIsTs = 1i rs, =
Ealts uIl1ll tl'sH ~ - 80,
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/ me Is mere @'la ~" - ~
/ Al, .-..,-s. rERba avtrai-
nature as 'he 1Nl'os.ie ss9 ~ o. 49,,
hliatioiislS arg e 81 9 ..74as1 re-,
MOI Valitg " llie so',l az, ..1aes
! we're one anu ,ile SAINT o.i'i's
/ they are totaliS uilGIeh''
one otheF 1houSnt az ING POI, :.
| When we say sPlrlI or s'4l' Mils ~, sL.s !
! OF God, Angels OF .HeA, we w Ep' tit; ~
I a ncnenuty. Inc 6reeN WORD for spirit
means breath or wing, showing that no
one ever had conception OF spirit be-
/ ing nothing. it is substance, just as
F.. truly as electricity is substance, or as
iron, for that matter; and it required
as much power to create it as to create
the North star.
/ Now. to say that soul is annihilated
* To contradict the whole analogy of
nature. No created thing is ever anni-
/ bjIatqd The conservation of all sub
J stances is as true in philosophy as the
conservation Of force and heat. I'm our
,g,.,.antion ~ God there is positively
no provision for His annihilating any
ching which he has created He makes
some +hiugs and for wise purposes
CHANGES their forms. As man is made
III his irnaoe. ne can do the same thing.
m. can mike n house and then burn it
- ashes eifb the materials God has
furnished him. but there is Just as
,,rtrb Of the matter Of the house in ex-
..tan.. as there was before it was