The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-03-13

Flat Rock, N. c.,
March 8, 1888.
Editor The Times-News,
HendersonvillG n. &.
Dear Sir: -
Not out of any desire for pub
licity or self-aggrandizement, but
rather in the interest of properly
interpreted and understood Bible
truth, l am kindly replying to the
letter of Mrs. Theodore Gibbs,
published in The Ttmes-News'
Feb, 23rd.
The point of disagreement or
controversy seems to be manly
on the subject of Future Late
and the Immortality of the Soul,
or the State of the Dead. The
writer of the above mentioned
letter brought as an illustration
the Prophecy in Isaiah relative to
the Kingdom of our Lord being
symbolized by ga mountain" But
there is no reference to death
here in the words "the covering
cast over all the people, and "the
vail that is spread over all ma
tons" In the opinions of Adam
Clarke, Matthew Henry, Leon!-
das Robinson, D. S. Gregory. edl-
tor and publisher of Christian
Ethics, George Park Fisher, au-
thor of "The Grounds of Theistic
and Christian Belief" and other
leading Bible commentator
(nor can these authorities justly
be classified as pagan" phllos7,
ophers) this covering" and
"va;r' do not refer to death, but
rather to a spiritual darkness and
ignorance. One leading common
tator on this subject has this to
say: an this mountain" lie; in
Mount Zion or Jerusalem. (See
lisa. "a :23.) Jerusalem, under
Jehovah's glorious reign shall be
the center of attraction, and the
source of light, life and Joy of
the whole world. This beautifully
predicts the blessings and glorles
of the coming kingdom of
Christ" Then further on he
comments thus on the 9TH verse
ale will destroy" God, by His
gospel, will remove that lgnor-
ance of and inserslhllty to d.
vine truth, which covers" the
intellects and hearts of men. u
bod for ra+ber take the teach
ings of men who walked with
God, spent their lives ID prepara-
ton for the study and eXplana-
ton of Gods word, for these
cardinal doctrines Of the Bible
than to take the opinion of some
| individual today who is evidently
not so qualified to interpret
Gods word.
The writer of the letter of re-
cent date made the statement
that "The word soul is used in
the Bible $50 times and not one
single time is Immortality men
toned" Now evidently that was
an oversight for | find the word
Immortality mentioned in Rom,
81 which reads: "To them who
by patient continuance in well
doing seek for glory (eternal
glory and honour and immortal
ity, eternal life" According to
the opinion of the writer of the
mentioned letter, in a former let
ter, she says at is the soul that
lives" so then it is the "soul"
that seeks for Immortality or
eternal life. Then again, immor-
tally occurs in l Cor. 1854
which reads: ''This corruption
must put on interruption and
this mortal must put on immor-
tallty' and again, it being the
soul that lives" which we grant
then the soul must "put on, i'm
mortality, or continue to exist.
In II Tim. lilo we find these
words: q. who hath abolished
death and hath brought life and
immortality to light Though the
gospel" This makes reference to
Jesus. There are MANY other
scriptures that speak of eternal
life and imply Immortality.
The sense of the souls COM
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