Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-03-13
What IS the Soul3
BY Mrs. w. II. coppase.

In a recent issue of The Journal was
noticed a clipping that says professor
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has located the
soul Of man in the spine. This brings
question, and one that every one VINO
has arrived to any knowledge has oIten
asked: What is the soul?" Now, II we
turn to the word of God which is the true
wisdom and science, and not depend on
human speculation and wisdom, we hnd IN
the second chapter of Genesis, seventh
verse that man has not a soul but is
soul. God formed man OF the dust OF the
ground and breathed into his nostrtls the
breath Of life and man became living
soul. God having formed an inanimate
body the next step was to give lie 10
it, The body was not man, soul OF
being until the breath was blown into It's
nostrils. 1t had eyes, ears, mouth. tongue,
nostrils, heart, blood. lungs, but was
powerless until the breath came to IT,
when IL became a living soul,
sentient being IT took both the
breath and inanimate body to pro-
duce a living soul, man; lreless
human organism had by the breath OF
God became a man, which before was
corpse. The body is not the soul 1t was
formed first, then the breath, (ruah, He
brew, spirit Of life) coming in contact with
the formed body produced the living soul,
sentient being, man, giving 1t power 70
live. and when the man dies, Then shall
the dust return to the earth as 1t was,
and the spirit (power Of living), shall re-
turn to God who gave it," Eccl, II, 4
God created man in his image, that is,
with intellectual powers and qualities OF
himself, who is of higher organism. OF
spirit: He gave man dominion over the
earth, in his likeness as he has dominion
over the universe. Job. p, s says: But
there is a spirit. or breath of life, in man,
and the inspiration Elimination given by
Cod giveth, or causes, them understand
ing. In Feel 8, s, we find: There is no
man that hath power over the spirit.
Power of living which comes from Cod
to retain the spirit neither hath he pow
er in the day of death" for that power
returns to God who gave 1t.
Solomon in Eccl g. 10 says that man
and beast have one breath, (power of
living) one kind Of life. las the one
dieth so dieth the other" When he asks
Eccl. g. 81: who knoweth the spirit OF
man that Qt goeth upward and the spirit
of the beast that Qt) goeth downward to
the earth?" he is controverting the heath
en- theory which even at that time had
begun to speculate that man had some
inherent quality which would prevent his
death. even when he seemed to die. He
challenges any proof or knowledge to such
effect.
Yet Goa says the soul NlANlilB OSAhSJ
that sinneth it shall die; the power to live
will be withdrawn.
Then is there no hope for all mankindY
Yes. bless God in his infinite mercy, he so
loved the world of mankind that he gave
his only begotten son to redeem them.
Our redeemer poured out his human soul
Cbeing) unto death for us; He made his
soul (being) an offering for sin. Isaiah 90,
10. u and it was the soul (being) of Adam
III IT. nh he thus
bought with his own precious blood. He
redeemed our souls (being) not our bodies
Paul tells us in LIST Corinthians, 81, 80,
that "Thou sowest Gp DEATH not that
body which shall be- but God gives it (the
being) a body that pleases him in the
resurrection.
AS in the creation of Adam, the bring
Ing together of an organism and breath of
life breathed into the nostrils produced
being or soul Zone capable of thought,
sensation preception) so the dissolution
of these puts an end to sentiment being,
stopping thoughts, feeling. ETC., the body
returns to the dust as 1t was, while the
spirit returns to God who gave 1t. one
cannot control 1t any more until God
chooses. But God aims that being to live
again through Christ, and for this reason
they are spoken of as asleep by the in
spired writers, or unconscious until the
resurrection.
Christ was the first to arise from the
dead First Cor. 10. 20 and st. John, 3, 13
says: mo man hath assembled up to
heaven but he that came down from
heaven even the son Of man."
In Acts 2, "a. we see that David Is not
assembled into heaven. and the Apostles
did not expect glory at their death. but
through Christ at his appearing Col. 3.
4. John, g. 2. The bible teaches us that
the dead know not anything. Eccl. 8, s.
Psalms, LAG. A. Isaiah S. 49, 10, Job A. r.
10. 90 p. The dead do not praise the
Lord Psalms 10, II. g. 8. Feel. 9, 6.
Neither did the Apostles expect to be re-
warded at death. 1 Peter. 8. 4. Tim. 4,
g. Pet. l, 4. 8. When the chief shepherd
shall appear. If Gods dear children
would search the scriptures as our master
told us to do. they would not be barren
or unfruitful in knowledge, and how the
m.sts of error would fly away and things
called mysteries would be unraveled by
the light of truth shining so abundantly
in the precious word in place of abiding
in darkness to the grand and glorious
truths shining therein, which the Father
hath revealed for the children of men If
they would but turn to him and his word.
depending not on human wisdom and
PHILOSOPHERS, which shall come to naught,
but the word of God only.