The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-01-23


which we report, was from the text,
"What is ManY psalm viii, A..
Notwithstanding all 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 type
or order. In this. science is in abso.
lutte agreement with the Scriptures,
which declare of our first parents, THE
first man was of the earth. earthly" q
Corinthians XIV, AZ. our text agrees
with this, declaring that man W :
made a little lower than the angels
angels being the lowest form of spir
II beings. man the highest type OF
earth beings A particular account of
mans creation is given. and when we
examine 1t we find 1t i'm full agreement
with what we have seen TO be the
teachings Of other parts OF the Scrip
lures. That account declares that God
formed man of the dust of the earth
and 1t tells us that after mans trans
gression had brought him under the
Divine condemnation of death, his
Creator said to him. Dust thou art
and unto dust shalt thou return"
Whence Came Our cenfusion7
In view of these facts which we
now have clearly before our minds.
how strange 1t seems that most OF the
civilized world denies all and declares
to the contrary-that man is n spirit
being, and that his death Is merely an
evolutionary step by which he passes
on to his real nature as a spirit. This
is supposed TO be very scientific. be-
cause many. presumably wise and sci
entiic people. thus assert themselves.
However, according to these same peo-
pie. such an evolution. from human
nature to spirit nature at death, in
stead of being n desirable progression
or evolution. Is decided disadvan.
tage. because, as they tell us. the ma.
tority of those thus graduated from
flesh conditions 10 spirit conditions
will find themselves tortured, either
purgatorially or eternally. II would
seem. II this be true. that this at least.
TO the majority. would be n step Of
de-rolution rather than one of evolu-
tion.
But upon what are these scientific"
and learned assumptions based? Who
will vouch for the change said to take
place NJ death? Who will prove to us
that man in dying becomes a spirit
being OF n 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 death.
II they believe. as the creeds declare.
that tortures await them In the spirit
lsnd-await nine hundred and ninety
nine out of every thousand? Al. here
again humanity does not believe It's
own creeds The devilish suggestions
are allowed to remain in the creeds
unbelieved by the intelligent to NJ.
fright the unlntelllgent. But alas,
these Misrepresentation are really
blasphemies against our Creator which
misrepresent his Wisdom. Justice.
Love and Power And these blasphe
nous thoughts are accredited to the
Bible. with the result that It is disbe.
lieved and its great Author doubted or
denied and thousands Of the intelli
gent of our race are agnostics.
One Voice Only Answers.
SpirItism speaks up TO assert that It,
and ii alone, can furnish proof that
man. OF the earth earthly, is after
death spirit. It furnishes us medi-
ums at whose instance tables are tip.
ped and rappings are heard and 9th
er evidences are given Of unseen pow
er: aud these unseen powers, We are
told. are the spirits of dead men seck
ing to prove to humans that they are
not dead, but that In the moment Of
death they were transformed into
spirit
And now our scientific men are TAX
ing up the subject. They decline to