The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-07
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f,sm here 70 ssns other plass'
= and naturally II b The I'D man
who sslu earnestly. where yin
70 from hare; what becomes Of me when gst thsrsf
Shall recognise myself 1. the othsr world end rsnsn
ber Whist have lsft or must begin al sv~ again
building up from another babyhesd - another man
hood, and on through another old ags3"
Mr. Edison, who may live to b . hundred. dis
ousses tho Immortality Of the Soul calmly. without
prejudice and without accepting absolute the tsash
ings Of any man or any religion. He simply saya ~
do not know, but Il possible, am going TO find out "
He Il working at machine, valve sYpsrstus Of In
tense ssnsibity that would allow the fsntsst breath
or whisper or vbrstioa from the other world to e.
press itself magninsd BY ten thousand.
A friend Of Mr. Bdisoas died mot long ago and
promised TO send back nswv 70 Edison he could Edi
son il preparing his machine to catch The news II
comes VIII II comet Probably not. Millions have
promised husbands and wives and friends and children
to send back word but except in religious teaching
there is no record Of any word coming.
The question az to tho immortality Of the soul IL
Overwhelmingly important that compared with It al
else nothing It II to tho traveller through this life
what the finding Of water h to the traveller In the
desert he finds no water, the desert traveller must
die II We cannot ind arm belief In the souls immor
tally we must die, and die forever.
Tho greatest blessing through Ill the ages has been
ABSOLUTE FAITH. For in faith men have found the
promise Of immortality, the only promise that would
make life on this earth desirable or tsnable.
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Many are satisfied with faith but feeling that they
know are interested in the beliefs and discussions Of
Others You could It straot attention BY saying
Il saw ghost last night, and know that II vss .
real ghost" .-.... ....
We are all ghosts, clad in solid flesh for few
years. talking to saAh other then vanishing below the
ground as ghosts vanish in tho story book Yet though
we ghosts ourselves w strive for the ghost that
has already died. ws sesk for word from beyond the
grave with earnsssnsss rarely devoted to life and
its possibilities hsre.
The question Of immortality il msgnihosnty illus
trated in this dgninsd picture. It question
corning which even sacred books have seemed to hold
conflicting thsoriss In the nineteenth and twentieth
verses Of the third chapter Of Ieelssass for instance
you read:
For that Which bsfallsth the sons Of S,sn BE-
faiLeth beasts; susn one thing bsfalIsth them; o.
the one disth dsth The ether; yss, they ksus all
one breath; % that q man beth ~ prs-swsiasncs
above a beast; for all IS ousty.
All 20 unto ono place; Ill .zs Of tho dust and ill
turn to dust again.
II this were al how dreadful life would b. But
it Il not Ill.
In tn, sourtssnth verse Of tn. forty-ninsh Psalm
you read:
Like sheep they are Isil n the srses; Isssh
shall feed on them, end the apviskt sksu ksvs
dominion them il the Sssrniss, md their
beauty shall consume n fks srGSs from their
d,VslinS.
That makes you shivsr to b lad In the grave ltks
sheep with death TO feed upon you not ehssrsl But
the nsxt verse clears up The fsas:
But God wiu redeem ny se.i from the pspsr
Of che grave, for he sksn rscsios NE. Sslsh.
Thsp you read the Book Of lsvslation and you and
detailed description Of LIE beyond The grave 70 DO
attained by few strange Descriptions Of one 'ha unto
tho Son Of Man in the midst Of the oandsstion
You read Of the strange bsasts each with IL wings
about him. and they were fun II eyes within" You
read Of the white horse the rcd hor,s the black horse