The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-23
WHAT MANI
Pastor "a ! Russell Agrees With Bob
by Burns |; That he "a Mans a
Man For: "a That. 4
Al Interesting and Instructive Dis,
30 course. d ills

uary % Pastor
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Russell addressed,
III M Xfss1 III large assembiages
twice here todnyl IN
III | & IN his usual fresh, ut.
III 8 9t tractlye and I'M
|. IN structiye style, One
III address was on
5=====s 1.-THE Great Here,
g9AsIeARs.ssELL ufter"; the, Other,
which we report, was from the text,
WHAT'S ManT psalm viii, AZ. %
Notwithstanding ali that the Bible
has to say respecting the nature Of
man few subjects seem to be more
misunderstood. Science declares man
to be an animal of the highest tyne:
or order In this. science IS In abso.
lutte agreement With the scriptures,
which declare OF our first parents. 1.-THE;
first man was Of the earth. earthly" Il
corinthians ", Al. Our text agrees
with this, declaring that man, was
made . little lower than The angels;
angels being the lowest form OF spir.
i beings. man the highest tyne OF
earth beings. a, particular account, Of
mans reation is given, and when We
examine II; we find II In full agreement
with what we have seen to sbe the
;teachipgs !of other parts 81, the Scrip:
lures. Z Thataccount declares tint God
formed man Of the dust ,of the earth,
and II tells US that after mans trans:
erosion had brought him Under the.
Divine condemnation Of death; his
Creator said to him Dust thot art.
and unto dust shalt thou return.'
Whence Game Our, cenfusion7
In view Of these facts, Which we
now have clearly before our minds,
how strange II. seems that most Of the
civilized world denies ill and declares
to the. contrary-th man IS a spirit
being, and that his death Is merely an
evolutionary step; by which no passes
on to bis real nature as a spirit. This
Is supposed 5to. 10 very scientific. be-;
cause many., presumably wise and sci.
entific people. thus assert themselves.
However. according to these same PEG.
pie, such IN evolution, from human
nature to spirit nature at death. In
stead Of being a desirable progression
or evolution, Is a decided disadvan.
tage, because. as they tell us. the ma
Jorlty Of those thus graduated from
flesh conditions to spirit conditions
will find themselves tortured, either
nurgatorially or eternally. 1t would
seem, II this be true, that this at least,
TO the majority. would be a step of
Ide:polpiion rather than one OF evolu-.
tfon. NJ
But upon whit arc these Scientific"
and learned assumptions based? WHO
will vouch for the change said to take
piace at death? Who will prove to us
that a man in dying becomes a spirit
being Of higher order than human?
There is no such proof: the wish is
parent to the thought. Yet why should
men wish to be spirit beings at dentl,.
II they believe. as the creeda declare,
that fortunes await them in tho spirit
land-await nine hundred and ninety.
nine out Of every thousand? All. here
again humanity does not believe its
own creeds. The devilish suggestions
are allowed to remain in the creeds.
unbelieved by tho Intelligent. to Of.
fright the unlntellIgent. But alas!
these Misrepresentation are really
blnsphemies against our Creator Swhlcl,
mlsrepresent his Wisdom. Justice.
Love and Power. And these blasphe:
nous thoughts are accredited to the
Bible. With the result TINT It Is d!sbe-
!licved and Its great Author doubted or
denied and thousands Of the, intelll.
gent OF our race are agnostics.
Ono Voice Only fAnswers. -.
spiritIsm speaks up to assert that It,
and It alone, can: furnish proof that
man, Of the earth earthly. Is after
death q spirit It furnishes us medl.
ums Mt whose Instance tables are tip:
ped and rapplngs are heard and 9th.
or evidences are given OF unseen pow
er: aud these unseen powers, we are
told. are the spirits Of dead men seek
Ing to prove to humans that they are
not dead, but that In the moment Of
death they were transformed into,
spirit / !; 81 /, (.
And now our scientific men are TAX.
ing up the subject. They decline 10
be Identified With splritlsm and 'deslg-
mite their findings Psychic Phenomena,
Mediums and their demonstrations
have been subjected to every imagina.
Bile scientific test TO demonstrate that
the results are not fraudulent-that
there IS really a spirit power. m fnvis-
ible power which can do and has done
remarkable. things beyond the power Of
humanity. Accepting these ipvestiga-
tons as scientific. and accepting the
results as scientific proof that there
I Is a spirit power Or force which, can
and has operated in conjunction with
humnh affairs md especially through
mediums, what does this prove? What
scientific fact have We here to eyt.
dence that these spirit powers have
anything to do with our friends who
have; died ~, r, ;s
Lying Spirits Says st. Paul.
These spirits operate through me: