Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-02
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Bible Proving the Soul Immortal.

recently l saw your issue of March 3. containing statements by Mir. | Urchtman of Westerly which are not | at all warranted by Scripture, and of fering "s100 for every text of Scrip l ture proving the soul immortal" I then began note Of disproof of his | statements, but time would not per init it's conclusion until now.
 First-I would say that his state ment that "tartarus" means the air or atmosphere of the earth is utterly without facts behind it. I have just examined both the classic and Biblical use of the word, in several standard lexicons, and they agree that the word meant in both usages the place below Hades, as the Greeks used it, and here to cast down to such a place.
 Secondary rational use of the Bible or any other book bears in mind that the proof of teaching in such book does not at all depend on it's having abstract statements that a given thing is true. For instance every time words like day or day l light" occur, sunrise Is shown to be l believed, though not one statement l like the sun rises every morning" \ may occur. Plain implications are as strong proof of belief as such a eat- ] O6O44Cd4 SLELSA4cGb W0QtQ DG, Il flOl l stronger, because unconscious and be- l yond possible supposition of any in- tent of special pleading-as much l part of the speakers very intellectu-
 al life, as is breathing of his physical, l and so needing no statement. Every l implication of Immortality in Biblical l staten rents Is proof to the contrary of l MT. us erroneous position. I pre- l sume that there are at least many f,f..7e Sf .,l. Fyz 1 a few Of the somewhat indirect pas
 sages: There are over 4,oe0 verses, believe, which use the word God" |" j and over 1000 using the words man I or woman" (not to mention other l terms denoting human nature); and .i since humanity was made in the spir- i itual image of God" (Gen. 1:2e, 27 J,
 and He is immortal, 1t would be strictly true to make every occurrence I of such words indirect proof of the ] immortality of the soul, would 1t not? :? z But there are nnultitudes of other pas- sages with more direct implications of , i the same fundamental truth. The Word of God is literally full of them. z Opening my Bible at random here are two out of perhaps a dozen on the q two pages: begutten US again unto lively hope by the resurrec- fl tion from the dead. to aneinheritance
 incorruptible reserved in heav- e en for you," q Peter 1:3S. 'Let him
 know, that he which coverteth a sin
 ner from his error of his way shall si save soul from death > Games 5:20). Let my friend look uf
 the passages under Heaven, Ressur.
 rection, Salvation, Soul Immortal etc.
 in Inglis' Bible Text Cyclopedia, ol some similar book, and he will fint . literally overwhelming abundance of
 texts in point, both of these indirect s implied proofs and of the direct ones ? which we now will notice
 Third-Direct proofs of immortali
 ty. l wonder if my friend has eve f noticed the wonderful passage II Tim !, 1:h0, "* Jesus Christ, who II hath abolished death *55 (fo
 His saved children), land hatl !. brought life and immortality to ligh ls through the gospel?"" And also tha a in Rev. 20:13, 15, showing that thos
 who are written in "the book of life
 were not subject to the second deat 70 of the sinner, and hence had eterna a life? And Christ's own words lever ,e lasting fire" and everlasting destruc
 tion,' show that the death" of sin
 ners is not extinction of existence but continuance in eternal sin," o > rebellion. by their free choice An these shall go away into everlastin 'n pOliAo1lluCllt, DuL lu0 TlSnLGOuS lQL
 life eternal (Matt. 25:46), is com
 plete proof in itself, and from the lin r. of the Eternal, that both evil an, v1 good souls continue life forever-ar ,,sa immortal. David knew it: T sha 0e be satisfied, when I awake, with tn
 righteousness" CPS. 1a:15). "Neithe
 can they die any more, for they al A eua1 anqgels; and are the children ( Ut God. ." (Luke 20:33); 'T giy he unto them eternal life, and they sha
 never perish, (John 1o:28); Where
 am, there shall also my servant be; ts (John 12:26); Father, I will tn;
 they also, whom Thou has given m =. =, be with me where I am.'' (Joh a. main shall be caught up togeth,
 with them in the clouds, to meet u re Lord in the air; and so shall we l re forever with the Lord,'' q Thes ne AID; To. a great multitude, whit e- no man could number, of all nation
 and kindreds, and people, stood b
 fore the throne, and before the Lam
 clothed with white robes, and wi Y palms in their hands '" (Re to 7:S-17) am the God of Abr he ham, and the God of Isac, and Gt gn of Jacob? God is not the God of Il
 dead, but of the living" Such a
 other passages in point.
 as These are only g few of the pasSa, .o- es directly proving immortality, b ,a+ they place it beyond question. It Ias indeed, the whole underlying idea religion and the Bible; and how al
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