Arizona republican., 1912-04-08
F A MAN DIE
 SHALL HE LIVE?
Judge A. s. Hawkins De- livers Easter Address at Y. M. c. A.; Immortal ity," He Said, May Be Demonstrated"

Judge A. s. Hawkins addressed the Easter mems service at the Y. M. C. A building yesterday.
 Judge Hawkins selected for his subject. ''If man die shall he live again." The address was an unusual ly clear cut. logical presentation of the greatest truth in history and science that death does not end mans existence" There was a large attendance at the meeting which was held in the educational rooms of the building.
 Judge Hawkins spoke in part as follows:
 l speak as a lawyer and not as a religionist. This subject shouh ap- peal to irreligionists more than any. The will of Col George Ingersoll pro- vides for an annual lecture at Har- ward on Ihis subject Socrates. Plato. Aristotle and Cicero discussed immor- iality before the birth of Christ
 Immortality addresses three classes: CaD those who don't think or Care about it: CbD those who dread is; Ntb luoSt'- WHO utSlIt II.
 To the first class I suggest: Know then thySen. presume not God to scan: the proper study of mankind is man.
 Immortality. though doubted by the materialist, may yet be scientifically demonstrated COmte. the French philosopher. gave up in despair and said it would be impossible ever to know anything about the fixed stars. But he was hardly cold in his grave before the specuoscOpe was invented. An English scientist once declared il would be impossible for steamships ever to cross the ocean. The flight of Rogers in an aerOplane across the continent was but recently a scien- tific impossibility No one knows what the future will unfold.
 Of class Cb). those who dread inn mortality are very few and their ideas are confused by erroneous ideas concerning death. Socrates said of death: -To die and be released is better for me" St Paul said of death: To depart and be with Christ is better for me....Jo die is gain" Victor Hugo said of death: The tomb closes with the twilight to open with the dawn" Bob Inger- soll said of death: In the night of death. Hope sees star and hears the rustic of wing" The poet says of death: There iS no death: what seems so is transition. The stars go down 10 rise upon some fair gl1- 5olaf in, | -1,,r- iaF clled crown they shine forever more
 The third class. who desire inn mortality constitute the great ma jority
 ta) The idea of immortality is in herent in man. This idea is found among all the peoples of the earth. If We find a certain mark or inn pression on all gold coins of a certain denomination coined by the United States mint, we have but to hunt up the original die to account for the general impression thus made. So in man universal we find the impression and idea of immortality, which we refer back to his original creator.
 Cb) ChTist's coming announced to the world new doctrine. the resur- rectiOn of the body. which the Phari- sees accepted and the Sadducees re- jccted. St. Paul gave this eXplana- ton: Tt is sOwn in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weak ness it is raised in power: il is sown q natural body. it is raised a spir- itual body This explanation of our twO-fold nature. that of body and spirit. is most reasonable. There is no such thing as the annihilation of matter Why should there be of mind, which is superior to matter? The mind of man measures the sun and is therefore superior 70 the sun. The sun never will be annihilate1. so why should the mind or soul of man suffer such a fate? As an eX- tinct sun continues to shine to the distant Orbs long after it's fires are out So will the mind and soul of man continue to live and shine in