The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-12-29
HOME IN THE NEXT LIFE.
Ex- Senator Chandler Believes II VIII
Be In One Of the Stars.


William L. Chandler, former United
States senator from New Hampshire
and former secretary of the navy, has
come into the limeight again as the
advocate of new religious doctrine.
lie believes that after we lay down
our physical beings upon this earth
Eour souls will 20 10 some Of the starr.
there to be reinvested with physical
bodies and to have the same con
seriousness of existence as here, only
Ito greater perfection
+ Mr. Chandler. who talked with re-
porter of The New York world III liis
summer home az Waterloo. y H.. be-
fore his dcirr;,irc for Washington.
whore he will ,ic q The WHITES. aid.
My faith in future life is strong and
ever present with me, II rs Only faith.
We have no knowledge, and it Is intend
ed thlt we shall have no knowledge We
do not live as disenbodied spirits. We
go TO one Of the stars. where we inha bit
new physical bodies, which embrace our
present souls, We see and hear and have
the senses taste, smell and touch. and
perhaps other new and more joyous
senses
we IHuSl start WIN the vast, SldTt1Ing.
overwhelming thought that there exists
power that can create an immortal soul.
capable of living for ever. Once created,
the soul must go on and on throughout
the cons Of eternity. The great object OF
existence could not be satisfied by ami
hilation. 1t can DO satisfied only by i'm
mortality.
! Admitting the future existence OF tho
| soul what more logical thought can we
have than that our souls go to some 9TH
| er part Of the universe to take up their
Eabode there? They do not exist here on
| this earth. What can be tine object of
such an existence? There is no communi-
cation between the souls OF the departed
+, and the souls of those who remain. Such
| a spirit would be very unhappy one. I
do not believe in spiritualsm In the com
imon meaning Of the word. The idea of
t&pirit rappings Is entirely unreasonable.
7 II we go to some of the stars-to Sirius.
Eto the North star to the sun-we shall
be reinvested with physical bodies. The
| Joys of existence attendant upon the use
| OF the five senses must not be sacrificed.
! And what more reasonable thought than
| that we shall be invested with new senses
Is enjoyable. II not more so, than the five
I've have In this existence?
Ny idea is that when our souls leave
this earth we do not scatter to different
planets. This would be a terrible separa-
| ton Suppose we are sent TO Mars and
/
! The very thought Is distressing.
| Surely in the great beyond we shall re-
! ion our friends. We shall not scatter.
| we SHAH know each other there as we
have Known each other here and shall
| have friends among those we meet in
i THIS lfe and among the countless millions
| who have preceded us to the necropolises
| of the past ages. 7,'-
love to think that in the next world
life will be a little easier than it is here.
| After the cares of this life are over we
shall need rest. The most prevalent hope
! is that OF little rest before entering
| upon new labors. The new life will be a
| little easier little rest is what We long
| for. But when we reason upon the sub
| ject we must believe that the life to come
is one OF activity, life OF work, life
Of service.
Senator Chandler does not believe in
the transmigration of the soul on this
planet Nor does he believe that the
soul has had any previous existence.