The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-18
& Does Science Contradict I'm.
mortality?
Editor Of The Times Dispatch:

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Editor Of The Tlmes-DIspntch
sir,--I have said in print. that DR.. Taylor.
the State chemist. coroner and lecturer at the
Medical College OF Virginia is q materialist;
Or has similar faith TO that Of the ancient
that Tho soul dies With tho brain" And
because no holds the theory Of the naterialist.
l am obliged to presume him an Atheist. tes-
aphorism OF the doctors. that, two out Of
three doctors are Atheists. In my arg,i-
ings OF both natural philosophers and meta
physcians to be; that the attributes Of mat ma,
ter such as fiGure slze, color maiiani1ity ny,
the attributes OF soul; which, according to all
the mental philosophers are cognition memory.
judgment. mnginatlon. freedom Chat Is the
power to decide for or against any line of life)
emotion moral sense or capacity to see or do
erght or wrong BY these any school % boy
strike one impressivey, that the only attribute
that mind and matter have In common, Is
uon than Or. Taylor say nothing can be an
initiated In nature. Fire does not initiate.
Its two properties besides heat and light arc.
In tho fires Of the last day, "the heavens
| shall pass away with q great noise. and the
elements shall melt with feryent heat, the
up" Not annihllnted, for tho same author
says: Nevertheless. we look for a new
Phoenix bird, it will rise from its ashes with
| brighter plumage md swectcr song Thus tho
parts Of matter may be separated and , its form
annihiIatlon is an lmposslb!lity. Indeed.
Of them have single ssa atd nnt w th
destroy the equilibrium Of tho universe, Or
break the even balance Of worlds So only
! God can annihilatei nnd yet tho record OF sixty
centuries shows he VIII not
The bnrnngs OF the last day only separate
ans Du %nd carried s0s soash V @
| philosophers call distinctive distillation, loses
only Its form BY tho burning, I,
weigh as much as the original piece OF wood;
| sepurated-not unnihllated
II then there y nonp p COMMUNICATION .!
verse OF matter VIII be annhlated, as both the
Bible and science teach; how Gun Dr., Taylor
body Is separated which Ia the generic though,
OF death. and that "tho soul dies with the
i brain"
death, but is not Itself separated, for 1t Isl In
dicerpetibs. and cannot BE- divided; and I, =
t as c @n 9 p
Taylor and HIS school OF thinkers believe tina
science teaches the law o. tho surHayas OF IN
Verse tas viii ii's suryve soul Of man whsi
nSs having to Dr. ntr Syss Nj i If
ferent from matter. and stands higher tina!
matter IN the universe. and because vs. q, as tn,
& and so We have what Professor Drummon'
calls Natural law In spirit world ant
4 hence tho survival OF the fittest /"
II, therefore, ndcstructlbllity DO the law o
matter in the lower spheres; how much NOR
VIII II be the law Of soul or spirit IN TN
Here, then, lay the foundation for immor
8 tally In the argument from the researches 9
science don't know what electricity IL
Men call II a force Men Of science say y !
constantly being generated IN nature by matte
and mind, and by the two ~ union. II tioW
in circles They call It q fluid or two fluids
and say II may supply the universe With Ign
and heat, and the sun itself may only be "a, a
electric burning supplied With fuel from IN
source. si4s5s y, !!
Soul is also a force. and H. above the slee
tric fluids and man only y little lower ina
The angels made, and they excel IN strenstn
Is above matter, and by his genius. Gan con
troll electricity and make Il flash oIt ~ pulm
Ing tightening, and Ia therefore, Q foree ap ape.
electricity and stands next 20 God, whose Spit
tua essence fills immensty, eentering every
where and bounded by nouslt ana W W d
mysterious activity constitutes tho purse 81 y
nature. . !.
And so man standing next to God on cart
must exist under this law OF the survival !,
tile fittest The 100000 Christians OF VIRGINS
and the t0.OO0 members Of secret oraers " "
State will not receive q materialist ana A'hs's
M GEORGE II, kA.g,