The State of the Dead And the Destiny of the Wicked

Great and marvelous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints "? CHAPTER II. IMMOETAL AND IMMORTALITY. In turning to the Bible, our only source of information on this question, to learn whether or not man is immortal, the first and most natural step in the inquiry is to ascertain what use the Bible makes of the terms " immortal" and " immortality." How frequently does it use them ? To whom does it apply them ? Of whom does it make immortality an attribute ? Does it affirm it of man or any part of him ? Should we, without opening the Bible, endeavor to form an opinion of its teachings from the current phraseology of modern theology, we should conclude it to be full of declarations in. the most explicit terms that man is in possession of an immortal soul and deathless spirit; for thepopular religious literature of to-day, which claims to be a true reflection of the declarations of God's word, is full of these expressions. Glibly they fall from the lips of the religious teacher. Broadcast they go forth from the religious press. Into orthodox sermons and prayers they enter as essential elements. They are appealed to as the all-prolific source of comfort and consolation in case of those who mourn the loss of .friends by death. We are told that they are not dead; for " there is no death; what seems so is transition;" they have only changed to another state of being, only gone before; for the soul is immortal, the spirit nev...