Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-12-23
PROPER VIEW OF DEATH


divided and dissolved; the soul is un-
divisible and indissoluble. The body
is constantly changing, constantly in
creasing or decreasing; the soul re-
mains the same under all diversified |
phenomena Of its manifestations
maintains an uninterrupted conscious
ness of its identity through all the
stages of its progress, and amidst all
the accidents and vicissitudes of it's
outer life.
It's conscious identity proves its spir-
ituality and its spirituality is the
basis of its immortality. In all ages
and among all nations all traditions
bear witness that the soul lives in a
conscious active state when the body
has disintegrated. Either it is an or
iginal impression, or it is deduction
of reason, or it is revelation from
God. There is no other assignable
source of the idea In either case the
argument is conclusive. If it is an
original impression, God Himself must
have given that impression, inweaving
the sentiment of immortality with our
very constitution, and that sentiment
cannot be false If it is a deduction
of reason, there must be sufficient evil
dence to warrant that deduction by
the great mass of mankind, and in the
! face of such evidence it must be high
ly irrational to reject the doctrine. II
it is a revelation from God, that revel
alton has been sufficient to satisfy the
world for nearly six thousand years.
and there is no room for controversy,
nor excuse for unbelief. So that which
ever hypothesis You adopt, this always
and everywhere prevalent opinion of
mankind constitutes an irrefutable ar
gument for the immortality of the
soul, and the decisive tes imony of
Scripture forbids our regarding it as
the terminus of our being, or ever sus-
pended consciousness for any period
! however short.
Gods plain account of death does
not represent it as state of uncon-
| sciousness, consciousness continues in
sleep, and sleep often intensifes con-
: ciousness. The doctrine that death is
| a suspension or cessation of con.
, sciousness was invented to accommo
: date the materialistic philosophy
l which attributes all mental phenome.
3 ma to organization. All who are con
1 versant with the materialistic philos
a ophy, will know what l say is true
: and | could say further that more
9 demoralizing, damning doctrine coult
t not have originated in the yawning
g seething nav of hell. 1t has no war
: rant in Scripture, but is contrary t,
e the express declaration of the Word O
t God. To-day shalt thou be with M
o in paradise. "For me to live i
n Christ and to die is gain" ~ have
/ desire to depart and to be with Christ
II which is far better. - "We are will
j. ing rather to be absent from the bod
l. and to be present with the Lord.
= How do these and similar passage
J, comport with the view in question:
n paradise state of Inconsistencies
Is being with Christ being with th
is Lord-a state of unconsciousness2
e. Christ then-is the Lord then-in
or state of Inconsistencies Is state
t. Inconsistencies either desirable {
A. gainful to the good-better than to r,
al main in the flesh, serving so good
lg Master, sharing so rich bounty, g,
Ill pectant of SO vast reward The do
of trine is wholly unscriptural.
My next article will be on "Tl
T. Eternity of He'll. With best wish
is for the success of the News,
n ALETHOU HUPERASPISTE
be Pikeville, Tenn,