Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-30
SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE EASTERT|DE
Immortality of the Soul Discussed
by a Protestant Episcopal
Layman.

Lent, the pcnitential season, has ended.
writes an Episcopal layrnan Ia Every
Evening and today, he continues. the
world is in the shadow of the tragedy of
Calvary, the greatest of all times and
ages The bells of all lands Of the earth are
silent, the affairs are drapcd in black. while
the ,llrge of the Tcnehrae is heard in the
temple; the desolation of the church is
complete We of the present day know
that Christ arose; the gloom preceding the
first Easter can only hc imagined as
prophecy was then uhfufillcd; with us II
partakcs of the nature of n yearly OBJ
Servancc. With these serious reflections
IN mind. and standing in The shadow Of
the titanic world struggle now upon Ms
and noting the various stages ot psychol-
ogy now manifest among the fighting
people including all classes oi Christians,
these thoughts come tn mind
To one who will take but the slightest
degree Of effort in seeking the sentiment
of the world of Cod with n concordance. n
most astounding array of facts stand ont
that seem to he III positive variance with
the tenetR taught rs touching future life
and how II Is acquired First We arc told
that All scripture IS given by inspiration
of Cod and is profitable for instruction in
righteousness Now he declarations OF
the only one ''i}ook rs Shakespeare sald
are cmphatlcalv clear and explicit IN the
WAY and manner II answers the questions
oi Job. the greatest 81 MI ages of men.
9 II man die shall he live again2 Ntcr
man was created the masterpiece f the
tImightys haniicraft. hc blow into hls
nostrie the breath of life and man hocafne
- living being and m examination of the
marginal tcxt rcvcale the identical torn
applying Ia him So made tn all preceding
animals tins IS cunsnnanCe with the re-
markahlc language of Feel. the man
hath no prc-cmncnce above a hcaet, Tor
all are ol the earth and all - the earth
return Please bear ~ mind - Rr 90
along that the personal rfnnoun : n
WAYS used to the man ~ question. and II
his being and destiny
ini how wonderful Wae man made
THIS is the man soul Cod 81 nade The
wonder of creation. AMI tic despair af the
eavant We'll may the pHm,st say !
will praise thee. for nm foariuliv and
wonderfully made. how unlike The teach
ing of theology arr thc=, wonderful fatts :
Man Is hs II classed as = ghost soul or
shadow spirit that has the extraordinary
ability 10 escape from is shell likn q but
tcrhv from lis chtysalls even though
Gagged ~ a hprmctlrally sealed .ase ten
inches thick
Against this condition ae | vlew II
unscrIptural. W. arc told thai IMAM
became q dyInr creature ~ his fall. was
shut 81 from the tire If life lest hc
should eat and live forever. and ~ his cnd
waa 20 return to the ground from whence
he Was taken and tho matter ~ fact
evidence IN duly life clearly bears II OFT IN
painful degree The vtrile strong men
and women of acquaintance pazs along
to decay and with extreme age pltinblr
scnllltv We arc m thousand places told
people ~ riaescd ~ souls are strictly tuars
tai. In Genesis these arr al the souls
tSousl OF Esau', in Deut Bccatlse
the soul longcth to cat flesh Lev, the
same soul viii / destroy from among hIs
people: Job, "Nca his soul draweth near
Ia the grace and his life 10 he destroyer !.
PSa, tor thou will not leave my soul IN
hell nor suffer thy Holy one 70 sec cor
ruptlon". pSa, for thou has brought up
my soul from the grave Isa He hath
pourCd ont his soul unto death, Psa.
lie that turncth from his slts shall save
his soul alive thus III the New fcsta-
mcnt identical IN import We have IN Rev,
Il saw under the altar the souls Of those
slain for the word of Cod, : Rev, again
The seventh angel poured out his vial
INTO the sea and every living soul IN the
SEA died
All this sounds strange il the soul be
immortal. The term IS used tits times and
Is never once claSscd as such
We are told this life is fcvercd dream.
in the striking language of the late Father
Lambert. Mans life is tragedy his
first uttcrance ls a cry Of pam. his last the
groan of death We are then told after
his passing Psa, For IN death there IS no
remembrance of thee, IN the grave who
shall give thee thanks Feel "for there
is no work. knowledec, nor wisdom III the
grave whittier thou goeth Also Job. ii
! wait, the grave is mine house; then the
condition there and future life Is 50 con
tingent ON Christ and ilis coming to Taise
the dead, that we are told III Paul funeral
sermon That If Christ be not raised. our
faith is in vain, you are yet III your slns
and they that are fallen asleep III Christ
are perished +" How could such 4 cond-
ton be possible If our condition never
ends?
From every physical aspect IN daily
life this material condition Is verified,
touching the relation OF thought and
matter, materiallst, you may say, Yes, for
the spiritual Is never opposed to the mt
terial, but is to the natural or decaying.
We note that either by accident or impact
or poisons in daily life the contact be
tween the processes of the thought are
broken. and resumed only when the
physique functions properly \ soldier ot
our Civil War. deprived Of thought ior
twelve years as a result of glancing shot
mt Bellevue Hospital 10 New York after
being operated on at that tune, normal
thought was established. he sat up and
asked how the battle was going The
same thing happened for three and one