The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-10


Scripture impels mo 10 sny yes, wo
shall live after death. but / also be.
lieve WHARF we spend eternity de-
ponds absolutely on ourselves.
Yours respectfully.
ID. w. LYMAN.
To the one VINO firmly believes In
God and trusts In God. and II any
nation should have this confidence
In the great Creator II should be
America who adopted the motto. Sin
God We Trust" there Is no question
as 10 whether the dead live again
Immediately after death.
IL Gods holy word In your guido
you will find no place In the Bible
where II teaches that tho dead live
again. except nj the day Of the res
direction.
One must admit there are rnys-
FERROUS and supernatural manifesto
lions In spirituaiinm. concede that
there are signs OF physical power
and mental intelligence In this sys-
tenn which cannot be explained BY
ordinary scientific principles.
From careful observation one must
also concede that communications
are received from spirits and from
the spirit world. But I insist that
the power thus exercised In an evil
power. tho intelligence thus mani.
Tested Is an evil intelligence. and the
spirits from whom messages are re-
coived are not the spirits OF the dead
all tNhAn HA
ever since sin entered the world, a
satanic power has been Ut work con-
trolling the minds of many people.
u In easy 20 understand how the doc
tyine of life shortly after death has
swept over the world like wildfire.
However. tho true child Of God
viii never be deceived In this mat.
ter. for II In written. The living
know that they shah die. but the
dead know not anything. neither
have they any moro n reward. for
the memory OF them In forgotten.
Alao their love. and their hatred. and
their envy. Ia now perished: neither
have they any more a portion for
over In anything that n done under
the sun" Eccies. ix..s.s.
RAYMOND HARVEY.
Late Of Medical Corps. u. q. Army.
Editor The Star: Where do the
dead GOT Absolutely nowhere, &C.
cording to the natural law of all
dad things of this world.
"Wh.n we are dead we waste
away and are no more" This In the
natural law of all creatures.
Tho Bible says u belief Ia suffi-
cien, for eternal happiness In Heav.
an Where IN Heaven No one has
ocen able TO return from that prom
isc<s haven TO bcckon ua this way or
that. It's n consolation 10 some 20
live on imagination. Religions basic
principles are imaxinntions. have
listened to those gifted In tho art Of
Imagination. taking us TO Heaven
above tho clouds. Now we can get
above the clouds by scientific meth.
DDS Of reality. planned and laid out
by n Supreme Ruler in the begin
ming. This Supreme Ruler. with his
wonderful mysteries already discov.
cred by human intcliigcnccs and re-
search. has not placed before us
rule whereby we can tell where the
dead go" Yet the ewotIst viii tell
you where the dead go.
The Bible Ia n book of human ex.
pestences. written by man. Inspired
by God. just as man In inspired to-
day to write a book. or write and
print newspaper, or as we Ameri.
cans were inspired TO whip Germany
or Germany WAS inspired 10 rule the
world. Inspiration f. the life OF
everything that lives. even TO the
fathomless universe with its mil
lions OF planets and back to tho great
Supreme Ruler. But nothing has
yet been revealed as TO where the
dead go. v. w. CLDUGH.
Editor The Star: DO the dead
liver There Is not single doubt In
my mind that they do.
Ia there anyone who has not had
a prcsentiment. as II is called. some
time In their llvcsg
My life has been saved upon three
separate occasions by having a pre-.
sentiment that a certain thing was
going 10 happen TO me. and. acting
on that preeentiment. avoided the
danger and saved my life.
Now. what is presentiment7 r
claim IL In the spirit OF departed
friend making himself known TO the
spirit of the ono affected.
Who OF your readers have had
some experience with teiepathy or