Graham guardian., 1913-11-14
THE SECOND DEATH
Wicked Will Suffer Second
Death at the Close of
the Millennium

will a just and mericiful God
punish the wicked in hell-fre thru
out eternitv?" This important ques-
ton drew a good audience at the
Seventh Day Adventist Tent Sunday
evening to hear Evangelist w. l.
Sims. Results showed that the aud
ience was not disappointed. Listen.
ing with rapt attention our citizens
heard a most unusual sermon. Mr.
Sims proved himself to he thorough
ly acquainted with the scr ptures
dealing on this question. The fol.
lowing is a brief synopsis Of the
sermon:
Does man possess an immortal
or never dying soul?' This was the
first question consiuered. la reply
to this question the speaker read a
number of scriptures showing that
man is mortal Dob, AID. Is aC-
monished to seek for immortality
from. 2:7J. 1t is brought to light
in the gospel Il Tim. l:lOJ. And
will be bestowed upon believers only
at the resurrection of the righteous
dead Il Cor. 15:5l-56).
The word immortal occurs but
once in the English version Of the
Bible & Tim. I'D, and there it is
applied not to man or any part oi
him, but to God. The WORDS soul
and spirit, so often by modern preach
rrs jpincd with the words Immorta +.
deathIess and never dying, are used
in the Old and New TestamentS sew
eraI hundred times, and yet not once
in the original are the terms i'm
mortal, death esS or never dying ap-
piled to them.
The speaker called attention to
the fact that the creeds and dogmas
of modern orthodoxy have for their
supporter the immortal soul theory.
remarkable corner stone, placed
by the great deceiver in his first de
ception brought to bear upon the
human race. See G9n. S:4 5. Here
by single act of disobedence man
was told he would not die. This,
however, was direct contradiction
of the word of God. Gen. 2:l6l7.
The wages of sin is death the Sec
ond death and not eternal life in
eternal torment. Rom. 6:23 And
ye know that no murderer hath
eternal life abiding in him John
Ills. But if he has never dying
soul in him he surely does have
eternal life abiding in him.
If man possess an immortal soul
whence came it in him? At his birth
or before? Is it from the human or
from God? If from God it must be
part of God. Then what is it that
must burn in hell-fire throughout
eternity? Answer: 1t must be this
immortal part of God and not the
body that sinned.
The next question | wish to con-
slider is: What is the condition of
man in death? Is he conscious or
unconscious? In answer to this
question will read a few plain state
ments from our Guide Book-the
Bible. Speaking of the dead man,
David says: His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to his earth; in that
very day his thoughts perish Ps,
1864. Solomon spoke to the same
effect when he said: For the living
know they shall die, but the dead
know not anything; also, their love,
and their hatred, and their envy is
now perished. Their is no work nor
devise, nor knowledge, nor wisdom
in the grave whittier thou goeth.
Eccl. 9:5, 6, 10. The dead have no
remembrance of God, and do not
while dead render him praise. For
proof of this | will read a number
texts. Ps. 6:5 and Ps. 115:l7 and
lisa. 1918. 19 was emphasized.
1T is vain for anyone to claim
that these texts l have read applies
to the body only in distinction from
the soul. For no one of intelligence
will hold that the body of itself
thinks or has knowledge while the
person lives. Therefore, without a
resurrection the dead will forever
remain without knowledge. And
this is just what the Apostle Paul
teaches when he says; If the dead
rise not, then they which are fallen
asleep in Christ are perished. Cor.
1918. If the souls of the dead are
immortal and live right on are they
perished?, Perished, and yet enjoy
ing the attendant blessings Of ever
lasting life in heaven. Hence we
must conclude that the two doc
trines, viz: The immortal soul and
the resurrection of the dead cannot
exist together.
The doctrine of the immortality
of the soul and an eternal burning
hell is in these days esteemed by
many would-be vaudeville evangel-
lists, the very marrow and fatness
of the Gospel. With it they would