The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-10-18
AT THE GOSPEL TENT

The doctrine of the immortality of
the soul is not true Man is not i'm
mortal. He possesses no such thing
as an immortal soul. which continues
to live after he dies He goes neither
to heaven nor hell at death. for there
is no consciousness in l~2th. do
not mean by this, however, that man
Will never receive immortality, or
that he will never have a future life
| mean only that the attribute of i'm
mortality is Gift from God. and not
a birthright We can secure it only
through the gospel of Jesus Christ
said Carlyle b Haynes. the evange-
list. Sunday night at the closing SER
vice Of the nineteenth annual session
OF the Florida conference of seventh
day Adventists on Oklawaha avenue,
| in an address on The Nature OF
Man" which was the first OF a series
l
man Immortality.
Sunday afternoon Mr.. Haynes bap-
tized seven converts in the baptistry
OF the Baptist church as a result of
the meetings of the encampment 1t
was expected that the baptism ser
vice would be held during the day at
] Oh ~.
tesy OF Rev Bunyan Stephens, the
pastor. the Baptist church was offer
ed for the purpose This action ellie
| tied many expressions of commenda-
ton from the delegates to the confer
ence for the spirit of Christian fellow
/ ship shown, and they have gone to
their homes delighted With the many
courtesies extended to them in Ocala
The ten-day encampment came to
an end, and most Of the delegates and
| visitors left Ocala yesterday, scatter
ing our to their homes in every part
OF the state At the final meeting Of
the conference on Sunday over $1,000
was raised for the Florida sanitarium
AT Orlando, which is an institution be-
longing to the Florida conference
There was a large crowd in attend
ance at the meeting on Sunday night.
Mr. Haynes said in part
There are three general views in
the Christion world concerning this
subject There are what we might
call the orthodox, who believe that all
men possess an immortal soul, which
will continue to live after death in
condition largely determined by the
way in which its possessor has lived.
| II he had been wicked it would 60
! at once to hell If he had been right
eous it would be given eternal life In
i heaven Then there is the universal
| list doctrine, similar to the orthodox
in the point that all are possessed of
| Immortality. but differing in its teach
ing that all, both righteous and wick
ed, will, somehow. and at some time
more or less remote, have their lives
perpetuated in eternal bliss. Finally
there are the condtionalists, or those
who believe in the survival of the fit
test These deny that man has in
herent immortality They teach that
Immortality is the gift of God through
faith in the gospel Therefore. only
those who accept Christ will live
eternally; those who reject Christ
will be punished with everlasting de-
struction, not eternal torment
"To one who has heard from child
hood the teaching that all men are
| immortal it will be a surprise when
he learn that the Bible never declares
the soul to be immortal The word,
SOUL occurs in the Bible SIS times
The word, spirit is found ST times.
In not a single instance is either ever
said TO possess Immortality
In his sermon last night on The
Other Side of Death" Mr. Haynes
declared that the Bible very clearly
showed that death was a sleep. and
state of Inconsistencies He said
that those who died did not go imme-
diately to heaven or hell, but slept in
their graves until the day of resur-
rection, at which time they would be
awakened. some to everlasting life
and some to everlasting death
Tonight at the tent Mr. Haynes will
begin a series OF two addresses on
the subject of 'Hell-Where Is IT."
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