The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1921-10-01

Editor Leader. The cores ond.
eus IN your issue ~ the se,h a no has
taken THE Sour for BIS subject.
has gone into matter that is rather
deep lor the most Of Us IN fact Il
sounds father qresumltaons in as OF
the iaity 20 try and ~aNk where
angels Or y treadf or course.
/ the preachers can do il without any
I censnrc hut the most az us low.
! hrows have 20 80 way hack and $50
down nat we mlghi a. this We
misht presume a. far as % review
! the oeln'ons as expressed in current
literature of those VIC are entitled
10 keep as busy For thousands Of
! wears. or ever since the invention of
letters. there have been sons and
tons of volumes put out by those
who seem 70 fen coci sure of thsir
subject and which ten us exactly
what ou- souls are like. where they
came from and what We oasht to DO
with them
bat % late We note - literature
The appearance of ouibhlins and con.
trary creatures. who aemur 70 this
co,k surencfs and even have the sail
70 demand proofs oi the very exis.
tence a. such an appendix Why the
very ldea' After an this learned
dis cassion' Why Il is Ike the story
of the wise man. who. after a most
acrimonious discussion OF question
as 70 whether fish weighed more
out than IN the water found by ex
ucr'meat that Il didn't make dos
gone bit of difference. There IS
Vernon Kellose. who SAYS in ra-
cent magazine article that lu the
present state Of our knowledfo We
cannot possibly affirm or deny tho
existence o. phychic orean because
"we do not know the whole order Of
nature
Is II possible that We have 20 prog.
ress to the very limits q human
orudlt'on before VIC can establish the
,.os=esslen. OF sosnsthing oommoa 10
us ail7
recently inquired Of colored
evangelist who VAS giving directions
as 70 caring for possession deemed
- precious as this. how he knew ho
had soul. and his reply tha, amy
body ought 20 know that hisself
You knew that IL used to be a
General belief in tho southern rari
OF this country. that the possession
% a soul depended on the complex
ion ~ the person and Il this were
very dark there was no soul present
I never did hear how the case was
with a half and half complexion. but
seriously am trying here 70 sdduce
the testimony and opinion % o.
xlnds and conditions of men. but
their views contemplate the old idea
Ike that OF Adrian In bis address %
hts soul. as an entity distinct and
separahle from the body and wiih a
voiition of its own Indeed. the
iIisdoo idea of the soul made of Il
sort oi chaiiei transferable to any
creature. beast or human that might
obtsin possession ~ There was
trsnsmigration and q dIstr button
o. souis suitable 20 the body they
we're 10 inhahit The late Erast
Heacbei the great German phil3s-
opher went stlli further. and taught
that there was 10 organism from
highest 90 lowest that DID not pos.
sess some form % a soul He held
that the soul 81 the sun of All the
thoughts and emotions and prevades
TIRE shoie body especially tbe nerve
cenfers or eangiiae A. these gan
g,ise IN the limbs perish when the
limb T. removed. 20 the whole soul
perishes upon the Heath of the body
n The old idess are true a. 70 the
possible eg2arste existence ~ the
sosi from the body. there ought. IN
the presence ~ - many millions ~
dipernhodied spirits n be some way
70 ronstrste the existence ~ some
~ them. bat no one seems - have
stteupfed this except spiriiuailsis.
ard - ne fs~yers say their test
rDony j. BOT evidence bat enough
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