West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-01-17
WHAT II DEATus

(S iat rs mans experience and re-
lt searches can go, all sensation ends
- with The cessation of all the vital
functions, and If the organs have
los, the susceptibility to renewed action they
return TO "dust 3"
The theological answer is: "Dealh IS
alienation of the soul from God, or perpet-
ual separation of the soul from God. and
eternal torment" Another reply has been
that "No man knows what death is. vet
men fear il as If they knew well that /, was
the greatest of all evils, which is jus, ase
of the worst Of ignorance. the coneeit of
knowing what you really do no, know"
The scriptures show as follows .'Aud
Jehovah God formed the man of the dus,
OF the ground and brea,hcd into his nosirils
the breath of life; aud the man became a
living being - Gen a,7. Leeser's Trans)
''Moses was Iso years old when he died !;
his eye was not dmmed, and his natural
force had not abated. ."-(Deut. s4.7l.
Here, is purposely recorded the reversal of
the creation act Moses did that which was
typically objectionable. In Adams case
the breath of life infused Gods handiwork:
then every tissue began lis functions, and
the man became LIVING soul. In the case
OF Moses, the breath of life was withdrawn
from his undiminished organism and he
died. Adam lived $50 years "and he died.
from wha, we call natural causes; his or.
sansm wore out, aud ceased To be suscep.
tible to vital action.
\ lincman on an electric read who had
received slight shock described il as fol.
lows Il felt as IL | had swelled up and
burst" An experienced electrician who
had received a severe shool. gives his sen
saiions more fully. lie says: 81 n,stook
an arc light feeder, which had sagged down,
for dead wire. had pair of pliers in
my left hand, and attempted to push i, out
oi the way with them. So much remem.
bcr perfectly. Then all of a sudden had a
most extraordinary sensation. felt as II
my blood was expanding and swelling every
vein in my body to the las, pitch Of tension.
The grea, arteries in my neck seemed TO
stretch until they were as big as as ships
cables, and were suffoca,ing me with their
pressure; and had the same bursting feel.
ing in my eyeballs, my tongue. my nostrils
and even the roots of my hair. All this
came over me with terrific swiftness. but il
was nothing like a stroke Of lightning or
twinkling of an eye. On the contrary
several geconds seer,eI - of..-- - -
feeling was so entirely different from wha,
| had always imagined it would be that j,
never entered my mind that / had been
shocked by high power current. Then.
as nearly as can describ, il, nv oyers,rain-
cd tissues appeared to give way. Something
exploded in my brain like a hundred ton
gun, and everything became black Al.
most Immediately. or 50 I could have sworn.
opened my eyes and found myself lying
ON the floor, fully conscious, but very weak.
As matter of fact / had been hurled
dozen feet. What imagined had con
Sumed at least tenth Of a second had p,s-
sibly occupied thousandlh part of sec
oHd, and had been unconscious fully two
hours" Evidently dead during the sus-
pension of vital action, and the instant Of
his awaking would be the instant Of sus.
pended action. as far as nc was concerned;
whether two hours or two centuries; all
conception Of time ceases. '"rhe dead
know not anything. ."-tE,cl. o:s).
''For there is no work, nor experience.
nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol
whittier thou goest. "-Q Q-ceser, See Re
yiscd volume.)
The mothers Of Israel refused 10 be com
fOried for their babes slain by Herod's
order Because they were not" Matthew
2I6-IS.l Their babes had ceased 10 be;
how could the mothers be comforted OF
men and beasts "All 90 to one place; all
have one kind Of breath. All are Of the
dust and all return to dust sgain, SO that
man has no pre-eninence above beast
(isccl. 3I0-2f Read last verse as in the
Hebrew 'who knoweth that the spirit Of
man goeth upward ? The word "Ruaeh"
spirit Of life, thst returns 10 Gods. is ap.
piled 10 all living creatures alike. II is not
strictly interchangeable with "Nephesh"
soul, being. which is also applied alike to
ali. The "Ruach," is Withdrawn. the
"Nepesh' ceases 10 be and The organism
returns 70 dusi.) 'Dust thou srl, and unto
dust shall ibou return. "-(Cen. s.foJ
$50 man lieth down. and riseth not: nli
the heavens be no more: they shall rot
awake, nor be raised out Of their Sleep
Job i4u2).
"rhou turncst man to destruction. ~
psalm go:3l
Space will not permit further showing
that the scripture agrees with mans es.
pcricnce upon this question. That death IS
The opposite Of life IN every s-nse-destuc.
ton Of being. But because Of the intuitve
hope implanicd 10 The dawn Of mans ex
istcnce, be cannot accept ths evidences as
total extinction, and enquiries after his con.
duion in death; and the scriptures again
agree thar ono man knows what death IS
unless be can accept the evidences of his
experience, and the declaration of s.ro,ere
that 9th. soul t.'Ncphesb'J that sinneih.
IL shall die" Hence The idea Of q place +,
naturally substituted for condition. or state.
This imaginar, place. is called "sheol.
"fisdes," "lielt. 'rausfus." ETC.. al
having originally the same meaning, VIZ.
The unknown hidden, covered "und-r
world" Of ths dead. The theological an.
swer to our question is supposed % b. scrip.
tufal but L Is ryaeiye and roof,ttfn., ,,d i.