New-York tribune., 1910-12-17
THE SOULS FUTURE
sneeulations on the Problem OF
Immortality.


..-rhe theory that immortality is not
-etive endowment. but a moral acGuisl-
.,on finds an able and new advocate in
the Rev. Frederic Palmer. rector Of Christ
church. An6over, Mass. In 1.-The Win
-.,r Of Immortality (Thonlas Y Crow
I'll = COD Mr.. Palmer reviews the doc
--ine Of the future state taught in the
p,b,e and he trace. its subsequent de-
1eIoprent in the Church Owing 70 the
influence. from the second century, OF
Plsroois-a, with it's doctrine Of the death
r.ss soul. Christendom 81 present accepts
.re notion OF e resurrection Of the
wicked as well as the just, but in prirni-
rive Christianity Immortality was
thought OF as identical with spiritual
lie. an achievement rather than an in
hereut human quality. Other sides Of
tie perennial problem Of the future OF
-aan are approached by Dr. Newman
srnvtb sr his essay Modern Belief IN
immortality 6Charles Scribner's Sons)
%o brief is held by the author for
literal resurrection OF the flesh or for the
souI as a pure substance He points 70
the uudving energy of Personality, with
tts :nsistence on its own SURVIVAL
value" The immortal hope Is to be
-ho5srht Of as the outcome OF the best
eyper.ence OF life and the resurrection
creed is 10 be interpreted as a faith IN
the completion Of the person II the IL
-ee-itv OF his whole nature, commence
that eternity viii not rob time OF boons
that the soul has already won
Many inducements TO the same talfn
are named bv the lay preachers whose
exnositious have been edited oy Ny
William Dean Howells with the tue
In After Days" (Harper & Brothers.
Professor Guglielrno Ferrero takes teXt
f-orn Horace and from mans insaIlapie
hopes amid change and decay. Dr. " VIII
IAN Hanna Thomson bases his assurance
OF the historical reality Of the resurrec-
-jor Of Christ Mr.. John Bigelow cites
Emanuel Swedenborg and that mystic
re-sanal intercourse with the world OF
-7hodied scirits Mr.. Howells brings
: counsel Of consolation 10 the newly
bs-eaved. while Mrs. Phelps-Naro reaoS
re lesson Of fidelity to living rrlenos L
.-,a World be spared in time OF bereaVe-
-nen1 the misery Of reTnorse- There are
Contributions by Mr.. Henry James Mi0'
.T,,Iia Ward Howe and Mr. Thomas
wentworth Eigginson- OF her own
--,5-,-,,.l conviction Mrs. Howe has this
to say
To ne has been granted so1neN t3IIi GTi
.,r,1IslIal experience OF NE -Ni--e.S -t-ei-
ears have been measured on 70 ne. lilFL ~
fSsn7e and opDortunities unabridged pS
= sstiflE. disease or gnawing poNe4e
have enjoyed general 5000 nes-t.+' .a-,,Ia-3v
.pS me Indictments 10. personal elorI
-z-I-i-H civilized society o1eTs . II liz
hers For tfls +tsexff ne <nl cane into this
vcrlG q helpless and lgnorahL pis " LaI-s
-,sritv I have found II IL many uVIP-
16uard thu attainment CT my III +E;s
os-@--e -1s-r-iai mental moral IN. 1nls
Sow process OF attainment many Zee - --e
have proved transient FlsicrS 49, O.-5
-ioSez rassiors have famed ana laott-. lat
Eor7r-Jfrg has never lest ne ~ e. -
p il has suffered many chahses. ~ sec
s-rf remains the founoat1on o. tHs fs-.e -
ii-l- = 5a-kness consolation in hi-IoTIU4le'
guide IL uncertainty
The doctrine Of raetenpsychosis as ah
.rcien- and a serious # feeble attempt
n dAcipber trle meaning OF mans asplra-
-son toward the infinite Is the text OF
monograph By Professor D Alfred Der
-hoIe-- os the University o. Basic, he
Transuig~ation Of Souls" (Harper q
Prothers). The instinct for per1eccloI'
thwa-ted By the stern fact CT deaIh'
seeks conversations against the ever
rrssent consciousness Of human made
ouacy. and il finds refuge in beliefs IKE
he Catholic conception Of purgatorlal
e --1Tr
authors survey includes the Cei'io'
Tedic- -Brahman. Buddhist and Creek as
Pects OF the belief in netempsychosis' as
VEL as some examples Of hospitality al
forded the doctrine in Islam and ID the
CHRISTIAN world. Of the u1ooerns more