The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-08-10
Vox Pobuh.

Lillian, Ala, Aug. ., 1917,
Editor of The Journal
In the excerpts Of q sermon by F.
Rev I. F. Phillips in August issue /
of The Pensacola Journal, I have
much to approve.
wish to call attention to the fol-
lowing expressions: "They all have
souls that shall never die. T&cy, like
the rest of us, either shall go to
heaven or hell" Meaning by hell a
place of everlasting torment In my
studies of the Scriptures I am unable
to find anything supporting mans in
herent Immortality. For example:
Gen. 1:20- God said let the waters
bring forth aburdantly the moving
creature that hath life Heb. Soul,
| sec margin) 21st verse. and God
! created great whales and every liv-
! irg creature" (Heb. Living SouD
| 20th verse. And to every beast of
the earth, and to every fowl of the
air, and to everything that "reepeth
upOn the earth where there is life
deb. SouD Gen. 81. And that
Lord God formed man Of the dust of
the ground, and breathod into his
nostrils the breath of life, and man
became a living soul.
Take special note that it does Not
say that God put something called a
soul in man. but that the union of
body formed of the dust of the
ground, and the breath of liz. made
the soul the man. Also notice the
fish, animals and soul are in the
Hebrew original called souls same as
man. The origin of the inherent i'm.
mortality Of man is shown Gen. "a
The serpent (Satan) said unto the
woman, aye shall not surely die"
The prohibition with the penalty of
disobedience, death. "But the tree of
knowledge of good and evil, thou
shalt not eat of it; for in that day
that thou eatest thou shalt surely die.
Gen. 2:17. The sentence rendered
and put into effect. Gen. 10, %, 1924,
That the soul can die or be destroyed
see Eze, 1874. 20, %. Fear not them
which Iill the body. but are not able
to kill the soul; but rather fear him
which is able to destroy both soul and
body in hell, ,(Gahenna. a type of
the second death from which there is
no hope of a resurrection Pill, 10,
20; 20-6. IA; 8:21. In the Old Tes-
lament Sheol is the word translated
hell. the grave. and pit. In the New
Testament Hades is translated hell.
Both Sheol and Hades have the
meaning of hidden or covered place
as also was the meaning of the
Anglo-Saxon word, "Helan." from
which our English word hell comes
Our word, oblivion. comes nearest to
the sense of Colts "SheoI" and
"Hades."
What man is he that liveth and
shall not see death? Shall he deliver
his soul from the l0nd of the grave
("Sheol'0 For in death there is no
(SheoD who shall give thee thanks.
THE dead praise not the Lord. Meth
err any that 60 down into silence
His breath goeth forth, he return
eth to the earth, in that every day
his thoughts perish"
For the living know that they
shall die; but the dead know not any
thing. Whatsoever thy hand fndeth
to do, do it with thy might, for there
is no work, nor device, nor knowledge
nor wisdom in the grave (SheoD
whittier thou goest."
For the wages of sin is death; but
the gift Of God is eternal life, through
Jesus Christ, our Lord. Pisa 89:48 Ps.
6:5. Ps. 115:17. Ps. 1864. Fec. 9:5, 10
Romans. 6:23. Eccl. 3:19 to 81.
FREDERICK LANE.
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