Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-01
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Spirittsm, Adventism and unbeliev-

MT. Editor: It. may be imprudent for one at the present time to intrude on the triangular discussion that IS how invoking public attention on the above topics. so, at the start, we disclaim any desire to add another side to the diagram, but rather in the absence of any higher authority, to take the role of an umpire and cut out some false throws and hits and supposed home runs. In simple phrase to straighten out some kinks in the game as we see it.
 A new and attractive interest has been added by reverend teacher, in throwing out a challenge and offering a prize of $100-for one text out of 1700 to prove the immortality of the soul from the Bible-but we are not proposing to compete for the prize. The profferer of the premium may have examined severally and critical ly the 1700 available texts-quite a task-and knows that he has a sure thing-but we have not. Or it may be that the number given is 8 mis- print. Young's Analytical Concord ance of the Bible, which is reckoned very full-quite less than 50e texts in which the word Soul is used, by is described as a distinct component
 
 the Hebrew and Greek-varying in meaning. These 300 or less will be sufficient for our purpose and in the majority of these instances the soul is described as a district component part of mans being; giving life to the body, and able to live and exist apart from the body.
 David, the Psalmist, speaks more than 100 times of his soul as a con- scious part of his being-and a large number of the other texts speak of the souls of the departed as having separate and conscious existence within the keeping and control o1 God the Creator.
 Now, Mr Editor, we presume that 1 your readers do not have to be told 1 thau among theologians one single | text is not sufficient to establish an6 confirm a doctrinal point. It re- 1 guires the convergence of evidence from every point of the diamond, SC 1 to speak, to establish a creedal for :; mula.
 To prove the existence of the sou apart from and independent of tn, body we cite the narrative of EIijal 1 and the widows son (1 Kings 17-2- and 22). In this case the boy "dieC l of a sore sickness and no breath wa! 1 left in him." In response to tn, prayer of the prophet, the Lord re i stored the soul to the boy. and thi
 was the language used. 70, Lord 1 my God, let the child's soul come in to him again-and the Lord heard tn voice of Elijah; and the soul of tn child came into him again and h. revived Of course this does no
 prove the soul to be immortal but i
 is a step toward it. It does prov that the soul did not die when tn
 body did-and that the body agail lived when the soul was returned t
 it, in answer to the holy mans pray er-and that the life of the body i dependent upon the presence of {;
 soul in it.
 l There are other instances sinila to this. but one example suffices John, the Revelator, than whom Il
 one penetrated so far into the spirit
 ual world, declares (Rev. s-9 and 20
 4) T saw under the altar the souls C them that were slain for the word ( God and for the testimony whic they held-and they cried with lou voice, saying "How long, o Lore
 holy and true, dost thou not juds and avenge our blood on them ths