Evening journal., 1913-05-19
Dr.. Dole Says Dead
Are in Spiritual Bodies
Surrounding the Living

In the Church OF the New Jeru-
salem yesterday. the Rev. George
Henry Dole, preached on the sub
ject Where the Dead Are" basing
his exposition on the text, God is
not the God of the dead. but OF the
living. for all live unto him. Luke
xx.3S. The sermon was a reply to
the address delivered here on the
previous Sunday by the Hon. John f.
Rutherford. Of New York. whose
subject was. where Are the Dead?'
Dr. Dole said in part:
rs II true that man is naught but
dust, and that when he dies he goes
back to dust? Is Il reasonable TO sup
pose that on resurrection day the Lord
will raise up the righteous, give them
new bodies. and leave the wicked still
in dust? Is it Scriptural TO teach that
only the righteous are resurrected,
and that the evil are annihilated upon
the death OF the material body? To
mo such reasonings seem neither Just,
Scriptrral. nor useful. In contrast
will briefly state what | believe to be
the genuine teachings Of the Bible, and
OF true Christianity.
The Scripture. where the text is
found is remarkably clear. The Lord
is telling about the resurrection. He
says that the dead are raised mot
will be), even Moses showed at the
bush. when he called the Lord the
God Of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for
He is not a God of the dead, but OF the
living: for all live unto Him Notice
three things in this declaration. First
the dead are already raised. Second
not only the good are raised. but all
ere living. Third. Moses taught that
all the dead are alive. for in calling
the Lord the God Of Abraham. Isaac
and Jacob. he taught that these pa
triarchs are alive. and II one lives, al
live And note the almost trenchani
words Of the Lord God is not the Goo
Of the dead. but of the living Ever
the scribes saw the point, for they an
sVered. Master, Thou hast well said.
And, my friends let us so say, for nc
one can ever say better.
"lt is not fair TO quote the Bible C
prcve that man Is naught but dust
and has no spiritual body. and stop
verse short Of the declaration OF Paul
There is a natural body, and there Is
a spiritual body. II one rightly uses
that sacred book he must quote al
that is said on a subject The trutl
/ explains not merely a verse here anC
there: but that is true which ration
! ally harmonizes the entire Bible.
ITO reconcile the existence of evi
with the Justice Of God. It is necessary
10 assume the wicked are annihilats'
upon the death of the body. an'
that only the righteous undergo resur
rection. Nor is such belief rational
for the same power that raises on
soul must by the same laws raise all
! Justice IS seen in the true conception
Of the states Of the evil and the gool
in the other life. Nor is such teach
/ ing Soriptural for the Bible man
times states clearly that there is
hell, and that IL is eternal and tha
the evil live as we'll as the good is eyi
dent from such statements as DepaI
from Me. ye cursed. into everlastin
FIRE These shall 60 away into ever
lasting punishment, but the righteou
into eternal life Justice is found NJ
. by doing away with hell by assumin
that the evil are dissipated in dus
but in knowing the natue Of hell.
Heaven and hell are essential
states Of life. Heaven Is the state {
those in whom love TO the neighbc
and the Lord prevails. in short, heave
is the state of unselfish love. He'll
the state wherein self-love reign
Those in self-love are gathered in
kingdom called hell, and those in VI
selfish love are collected in the kinE
oom called heaven. The evil are /
the delights of self-love. just as
maI may be in the delights of th
world. who does good to advance hin
self. Those in hell do only good
each other. but they do it from I'll
love of self Angels do good fro
the love Of others. There are no pul
ishments in hell other than that
being a form of self-love, unless on
violates the order of hell. The Bib
! says that the Lord rules there. an
leads each. The everlasting hell il
is the everlasting burning of self-lov
! The evil in hell are to themselvs
. pleasing forms. but TO the angels the
are revolving and disgusting, becau:
they are forms Of selfshness, Will
the angels art forms of unselfshnes