The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-17
THE FUTURE OF TIE SOUL
New Theories Advanced by VI. Fl.
guier. the French Scientist.


His Idea of Human EN"intion-Lifc
on Earth Fleeing and UnNatisfac-
tory-rhe sun the Final Heaven.
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\ French scientist has recently advdnc-
ID novel theory concerning the here and
hereafter of human existence NJ FL
auier holds that our life is so brief that
il cam only II, arcouutsd am accident. "A
r.ctirg phenomenon. scarcely worth
counting in the history of nature; only Il
moment Of transition, an iutcrnodil re- pc
rind which Providence has condemned us
to- traverse with rapid step 10 reach
better state.
He arrives at this conclusion by dwell
ing upon the Incompetence and short
coInlags OF life in this world.
The physical conditions OF earthly life,
hc says, axe truly detestahlc. Man. he
points out, exposed to every kind Of sut-
Ierirg owing as much to the defective or
gdnization Of his body as to the external
causes which continually threaten II,
dreaaing extreme cold ana heat, feeble
and Wreiched' coming into the world
naked and without any natural defenccs
against seventies of climates martyr
Ana quite as bad are the conditions Of
human existence when viewed from a
moral STANDPOINT II is Il proved fact he
notes that happiness is a thing impossi-
ple mere below. When the HOLY Scriptures
- US that the earth is vale OF tears,
my only. convey to US an inc"ntestable
",i uiiasI d poetie form man suffers
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S"ouiu pt q ueiii'lte one hut What Is tht
second lie that IS going TO follow this
earthly existence In other words what
becomes Of the human sorI after dean,
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BODY
We believe that after death the soul
,,.,ssas into , now b,l,. T., d.. ;,,..,.r.,+,5
=, -, ~,
Al "'iO'hei oisahlsHl an" ''liS'l'u'' d "'-
lng greatly superior to man in moral pow
er. and ranking next above the human
species i'm tn. hierarchy of ratur,. % saws
"A r,i,,,,i,, .,1,,,t- -. -. -. -,
~ uiei' inns peihs ap"'e Hlau !"
the scale Of the living who people the
universe has no name i'm any language.
ONLY the angel that the Christian religion
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"e "N'oiipH N'i' '""'sE ~ "S
any ldea OF TINS being. Let us however
waive this word and give the name Of
siinsrb,nna,, bainp to this irppr,,-ed cr.s-
- -
tuie' VIM as We DeleNe' - l''At ihSHel
to man in the ascending scale of beings
in nature. After the dissolution of the
bnd,- after life Is avt{,,.t tho SON, tho,
- -. -,
iieeu Aioih the material ponds "hlch al
tached 1t to the earth. goes to feel, 10
love, to conceive, TO enjoy freedom in
nov, bod,y endowed ,,-i,b f,,,,i,io,, 80.
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~" III man 'iioSe "iiiSii oeiolS 10 hu-
mainly. IL goes to constitute the super
human being"
In approaching the problem Of this new
beings dwelling-house, NJ F'iguier first
directs attention to the prodigious extent
to which life is lavished on our globe We
cannot take q step, We cannot cast a
glance about us as he notes without
seeing everywhere myriads of living he
ings. The earth is a vast reservoir OF life
The fresh and salt water, and indeed the