Evening journal., 1918-03-30
Peoples Column
FUTURE LIFE, AND HOW 1T Is
ACQUIRED.
To the Editor Of THE EVENING Joui


NAL.
Dear. sir--Lent the Peniteniial sea
son. has ended and today the world is
In HE shadow Of the tragedy Of Cal |
vary. the greatest OF all times and ages.
The bells Of all lands OF the earth are
silent. the affairs are draped IN black,
while the dirge OF the Tenebrae Is heard {
in the temple; the desolation Of the
church is complete. We Of the pres
ent day know lhat Christ arose; the
gloom preceding the flrst Easter can
only be imagined as prophecy was then
untitled; with us IL partakes Of the na-
lure Of yearly observance. Win
these serious reflections IN mind, and
standing 10 iho shadow OF the Titanic
world sirueslo now upon US. and pot
lne the various stages Of psychology
now manifest among the nghlins peo-
pie. including an classes of Christians
these thoughts come 90 mind.
our esteemed Dr. Randolph has for
some weeks been deivcrlng a series OF
sermons upon the soul, taking the usual
position OF the doclrlnaires; that what
is thus vaguely classed as the ego or
inward man, and was inherently im-
mortal, and that this attribute he pos
sesses irrespective Of anything that
was br0nehl about through the HE
passion, death and resurrection oi
Christ
no ono who viii take but the slight
est degree OF effort In seeking the sem
liment OF tho word of God with CON
cordance. a most astounding array of
facts stand out Shat seem 10 be IN posi-
Tive variance with lhe tenets taught as
touching future life and how u is ac-
Wlred First wc are told That "All
! Scripture Is given by Inspiration of God
and Is profitable for instruction In
righieousncss Now. Mr.. Editor, the
/ declarations Of the only one Book as
/ Shakespeare said, arc emphatically
clear and explicit IN the way and man
nor q answers Tho questions Of job
The greatest OF an ages 0f men, IF "a
Imam died shall he live again After
( man 1Vas created lho mastcrnieco Of
/ the Almighty's handicraft, he blew into
1 his nostrlls the breath Of life and man
became q living being, and an examine
! ton OF The marginal text reveals the
/ Identical term applying 10 him SO made
/ TO an preceding animals: This In con
/ s0nanoe with the remarkable language
D o.
above q beast for all are OF the Garth
and an to the earth return. Please
bear IN mind as we go along that the
/ pert onal pronpun is always used TO the
man In question, and TO his being and
destiny.
And how wonderful was man made ;
built upon skeleton filled Ia with
muscle, flesh and smtws, he Is able to
execute every mechanical motion
! known In the arts; then the wonderful
properties Of the blood the phagootts
/ and ieouoytes with astounding ability
when up TO prime, to ward of disease
with human Intelligence and TO feed
the pituitory and thyroid glands, the
processes Of life generation, to say
nothing OF the marvels OF metaboiism
the engines, and the adrenal glands
. with all the chemistry Of oxygen anC
hydrogen nitrogen and carbon thrown
p in, employing the senses In the deviou
ways OF expression; this Is the mai
g soul God so made the wonder OF ore
y alton, and the despair Of the savanI
g We'll may the psalmist say Il Wi
praise thee, for am fearfully an
e wonderfully made;' how unlike IN
: teaching OF theology are these wonder
f,il fatts-Aman Is by IL classed as
+ ghost, soul or shadowy spirit that ha
s the extraordinary ability 60 escape from
It's shell like butterfly from IT'S chrys
alis, even though Gagged In a hermeilcal
ly sealed case ten inches thick.
Against this condition as ! view
/ unscrlptural, we are told that man be
came a dying creature at his fall, wa
shut OF from the Tree OF life, lest h
! should eat and live forever, and at hi
end was 20 return TO the ground from
whence he was taken and the matte
2 of fact evidence IN daily life cle8rl.
= pears 70 out in a painful degree Tn
3 Yirile strong men and women Of ac
: luaintanoe pass along % decay am
: With extreme age pitlable senllity w
2 are 10 a thousand places told people s
classed as souls are strictly mortal i
:, Genesis. these are an the souls ,sons
D.. Of Esau." IN Dsut, Because the sou
j longeth 90 eat flesh Lev, The sam
e soul will ] destroy from among hl
o people JOB, Yea. his soul drawet
y near 20 the grace. and his life to Ia
: destroyer" Psalms. For thou win NJ
'S leave my soul In hell nor suffer Oh
Holy One 90 see corruption" Psalm
"Fof thou has brought up my soul frol
Pc The grave.' Isaiah, Vie hath pourC
'l out his soul unto death" Psalms II
= that iurneth from HIS sins shall SAY
y his soul alive" Thus In the New Test
" ment identical 10 import, we have
'o Rev. Il saw under the altar the sou
o. those slain for the word Of God
- Rev again, "The Seventh angel pour'
out his vial into the sea-and every II
To- Inc anff1 ga fha eha TfaH
y All this sounds strange, II the so
be immortal. The term Is used 6
H. times and is never once classed
an such.
"a ~, We are told this life Is fever
dream. In the striking language Of q
,o late Father Lambert. Mans life IS
or tragedy; his 1rst utterance Is a cry
n. pain his last the groan OF death Y
hs are then told after his passing psaln
For In death there is no remembran
az Of Thee. in The grave, syho shall 81
IN Thee Thanks, Eccl, For there Is
ai work, knowledge. nor wisdom In {
ed grave whittier thou eoeth" Also j,
II ] wait, the grave Is mine ho
ed Then the condition there and futu
ar. life Is SO contingent on Christ and .
.rg coming Co raise the dead that we 3
told In Pauls funeral sermon that
ez. Christ be not raised, our faith is
er- vain, you arc yet In your sins and th
ld- that are fallen asleep IN Christ are pl
lshed, How could such a condition
- possible il our condition never end
D. But as DR. Randolph. In his recent e