The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-11

ditions, fermentation began, and Noah
| in ignorance of this was not aware
that the Juice of the grape could be-
lack of knowledge he became unduly
under the influence of wine.-(Genesis
| tx, 20, 21). 1t appears, too, that,
| owing to the changed conditions, meat
became an article of diet Genesis tx,
| 81 where before the flood the race had
! subsisted upon fruits.-Genesis i, 20.
! The extremes of heat and cold de-
mand a more vitalizing form of diet
than was necessary under the equable
climatic conditions existing prior to
the flood.
| Q-Does the Bible intimate that the
whole man was made of the dust, or
the body of man, or the body of the
soul? q. o. ID
Answer.-It is to be regretted that
the theologians of the darker past in
the consideration of some of the sim
plest teachings of the Bible got to-
gether and formulated creeds and sys-
TENS of theology which are the source
of nearly all of the Misrepresentation
of the Bible in our time, and which
| have served to drive millions of the
| people into infidelity and skepticism.
| The Bible has been made to appear
as the most unreasonable and nonsen-
steal book ever written; whereas it is
thoroughly in harmony with all the
laws of logic and common sense. On
the subject of man and the soul, moth
ing cOOlQ De palmer ana sim pier than
the Bible teachings, and yet there is
scarcely a clergyman to be found who
can give a reasonable expression re-
garding this subject. The Bible says
that 1.-The Lord God formed man of the
dust of the ground" Here was the
man but he was a dead man. Some
thing was needed to make him a liv-
ing man. We read land God breathed
into his noStrils the breath of life"
The man, wholly formed of the dust,
became living soul-a living being.
Man did not receive a soul; he became
soul. There was no divine spark or
essence impaired to man; he was not
created half spirit and half flesh, but
as the Apostle explains, '"The first
man is of the earth earthly Il Corin-
thians XIV, 47) Man is a soul whose
vitalized by the breath of life.
Q.-Where in the Bible is it taught
that God is a trinity-that is to say,
ing the Son of God; is He the Son of
the trinity? (Buddha.)
Answer.-The word trinity does
not occur in the Bible. There is not
a single passage to be found in the
Scriptures in which it is stated that
God is three persons in one. There is
a spurious passage to be found in I
John V, 7, and part of the eighth verse
in which this absurd theory is con-
tanned. However, all Bible scholars
recognize that the words-"in heaven,
the Father, the Word, and the Holy
Ghost: and these three are one; and
there are three that bear witness in
EARTH" were injected into the text by
some overofficious commentator along
about the fifth century. The trini-
tartan idea is absolutely a heather
one, having originated in darkest In
d. among the HindooS. AS the peo-
pie are breaking away from the ignor-
ance and superstition of the past, they
are recognizing the ridiculous non
sense of this three in one and one in
three connection of a diseased i'm
aglnation. Let us smile over the child
ish pattle of some who still try to per-
Suade US that three times one is one.
Q.-Where does the Bible state posi-
lively that there will be an opportunity
for salvation after this life? CA D. s.
Answer--Salvation signifies to be
saved. The race of mankind is dy-
ing one, of which the evidences are on
every hand in the cemeteries, hospi-
tails, inf1rmaries. etc. The world is
under sentence of death. The Scrip
lures outline a vast and wondrous
scheme Of salvation for the world-an
arrangement whereby all of the race
shall be delivered from the awful
death conditions which passed upon
all through the first man Adams DISC
bedience. The first step in the con-
summation Of this gracious design
would be the satisfaction of the Di- |
vine principle of justice, under which !
the race was condemned to death A
perfect man had sinned and forfeited
his life and that of his posterity. 1t
would require the exact equivalent, !
the life of another perfect man, paid
over to justice to effect the release Of !
the first man and all that was lost In /
him. THE Man Christ Jesus gave !
as a corresponding price for /
saved (from death) and come to !
knowledge of the truth Il Timothy |
H. 4-6) The worl1 is not yet saved |
from death; it is still in dying condi- |
ton. Neither has 1t as yet come to a |
knowledge of the truth. The worlds |
day of salvation and enlightenment is. !
therefore, still future. This will be !
second coming. when "al1 who are in /
their graves shall come forth at the |
voice of the Son of Man. His first adj t
vent was for the purpose Of redeem
ing the world; His second advent is
for the purpose of saving the world |
from DEATH all the willing and ODE
dent. For positive statements see the
following-Acts i'll, 1921; xvii, 81; XIV,
14-1S; Isaiah xxxv, $40.
ON the preface of the Revised
Version of the Bible, there is a state
Hades is the abode of deported spir-
it's. Where is this shown in the Bible?
(St. Louis.)
Answer-It is difficult to conceive
why the translators of the Revised Yer
sion of the Scriptures should make the
above erroneous statement, as there is
not the slightest Scriptural authority
for it. The Bible declares that the
spirit returns to God who gave it,"
This spirit is the breath of life or life
energy and at death returns to God
who is the source or fountain of all |
life. The word sheol means the hidden
state, and by association signifies the
grave. The translators rendered it
Itgrave,, and ss1it', thirfv-fn1Ir times in