Arizona republican., 1917-04-09

| 1 been the fortune of the people of Phoe- 1 nix to listen to. His congregation was deeply touched by his impressive ! words, all entirely new and comfort | ing conception of the great subject 1 being given.
 l Following is the sermon:
 Our text is found in the book of l Job, IA, If a man die shall he liN t again?"
 nsOluble problems crowd the paths of men Mysteries are wrought into the web Of life. But r'v~+erv sh"fl'1 not disenchant the soul, for there Is mystery in lreat1on, mystery nft, mystery in death, mystery everywhere. : As we watch the pilgrimage Of iu- manity from infancy, through the brief experience or smiles and tears, to the bourne whence none return, we ask, If man die shall he live again?" When we see life just budding into bios som plucked from the shores of time; when we see a full-glObed flower smlt-
 en with the mildew of death; when we see the night of death fall on him whose life has scarcely touched merid- ian noon; when we see the craft of human existence shattered on the hid den rock while in the midst of d quiet and peaceful sea; when we see loved one weary of life, lie down on the earth's ocld lap to die the heart scries out. If man die shall he live again?'' Our theme today is
 immortality
 Various conceptions of death have been held. According to Aiger, to the Greek death and sleep were twin boys, one black and one white, borne slum- bering in the arms of their mother night The Romans thought of death a a in a black wings, with iavenous teeth, hov- ering everywhere darting here and thore eager for prey" To the Morse men death Was a cloudy presence, daIkly sweeping on it's victims and bearing them ;3w2y wrapped in it's sable folds" TO the Hebrew mind ''dea til was a majestic angel, standing in the court Of heaven. and flying thence over the earth to obey the behests oi God
 No one can define death. Metaphor and definition have been given in endless variety. but none of them con- Ncys to Us an adequate concentration of the reality. It is like the term life, pr time, which nc one can define. We speak of the loosing of the silver cord of the quenching Oi the vital spark, oi falling asleep, of expiring, of giving mp the ghost. Drummond defines Geath as that breakdown in an organ ism which throws it out of correspond ence with some necessary part of the environment" Herbert Spencer's def milton of life is the continuous ad- justment of internal relations" and so death would be the lack of such adjust ment
 Man Wants to Live Again
 Man has an instinctive love of life. Many a monarch would yield his scepter ard his crown for a longer lease even of earthly life. Kings would become slaves if life could be length ened, Humboldt said at ninety. "0h for another one hundred yearS," But the great yearning Of the soul is nou so much for prolonged life in the flesh, but for lire beyond the grave. So strong is this eageiness for life tha man shudders at the serpent thought of annihilatiOn.
 Vegetation shrinking into decay and death in winter and blooming inro lifn m the spring is a comforting prophecy to man of new life after death. The cater pillar that makes it's cocoon a4-a lies down in it's own constructed grave and later fits forth as the gilded but terfly, is to man a pleasing intimation of immortality This thought has been larpored during the centuries by ig nTant tribes as well as by learned na- tions It has been found by the shrines of pagan diVinities, IS well as by the altars of the most enlightened. It has been found in every continent and island of the sea. It has drifted down across the centuries as an heirloom of humanity. and it finds it's parallel in the heart-throbs and heart burn ingS Of succeeding generations. Let us now pass beyond mans desire for i'm mortality, beyond the analogies and intimations. and consider some of the nroofs of the swondrous fact.
 There is Marked Distinction Between
 the Soul and Body
 You behold the paralytic lying on his couch. Flames from the stove begin to burn the house and they creep closer to him. He sees their approach and knows that they will soon consume his flesh. His will is active but his limbs will not obey his will. That their 1 is plain distinction between the mans volition and his muscles is evi- dent.
 You stand one day conversing with a friend whom you have not seen be- fore for many years. When you first meet him you clasp him gladly by the hand, you feel the warm and hearty grip, you see his flashing eye that beams with intelligence you see his quivering lip and his happy counten- ance. His thoughts clothe themselves in words of beauty and his speech is full of charm, and you rejoice to talk with your long remembered friend. But one day you are called to look upon his corpse. That hand that once clasped yours IS cold and stiff, that flashing eye is dim, those lips are hushed, the machinery Of the brain is still It needs no argument to convince you that your real friend has departed, that the spirit, which was the man, has left the robe of flesh, the guest has deserted the guest chamber We conclude, then that the real man is not the body. but the spirit which inhabits it. When the body sinks 10 dust it is no proof that the spirit perishes, for they are dis tinct.
 From Age to Ane Matter is Not
 AnnihiIated
 Matter changes its form, but still exists. You quarry the rocks from the .in and put them into your sidewalks and by the tramp of millions they are worn away, but not one atom is anni- hllated. You erect q temple and one day 1t burns to ashes. but not one par tlcle IS lost You take gold from the heart of the mountain and place it m the crucIble and drain away the dross. but nothing is annihilated Bakie gives the following illustration: If a piece of silver be immersed in diluted l nitric acid. the affinity of the acid to the metal will occasion them to unite a brisk action will ensue, and in a short time the silver will be entirely dis solved. The liquid will remain as