Show IF MAN DIE SHALL HE LIVE UVE AGAIN Dr Discusses in Pulpit Pulpit Pul Pul- pit Greatest of All Al Questions VALUE OF MANS MAN'S INTUITION I the Very I Voice of God Gol Proclaiming It I lo Co III his Il Inmost Soul Immortality was time Iho subject of the time sermon louvered delivered at tho Limo First FIt Presbyterian church chum yesterday b by Rov Rev Dr Russell A A. McKinley who took for tor his text tet Job 1114 1 1 1 If re ff a n Man Maim Die Dlo Shall Shah He lie le Live Again J Ho ITo lo sale said in part lart The Tue time lime o of Job probably preceded pre pro ceded ceel l that of Abraham Abrham hence lence this timis Is one of oC the oldest questions ever propounded b man mann It I Is also one orthe of or the most Interesting and most Important important im mi- questions It I is In fact tact the time greatest of all nI questions If I a Man Maim Die Shall Ho lie 10 Live Lve Or does do s death end all al Is religion a bridge ending in lii an aim abyss abs ab's Were Yero this true then thon would be time the lest best o of all al teachers and amI to lo have a joly jolly good time would be time the chief end of oC man And hence Immortality has much lodo to lo todo do ho with time the sl significance of oC life As s Christan Christian people w wo we bellevo in it I and occa occasionally should endeavor to marshall mar- mar marshal marshall shall our reasons for Cor this hits glorious I hope S SIt It I Is natural to man mann to b believe In In immortality History shows this to lo be he so This belief belef has been universal among men II It I has wandered over the thc earth and down all al the time centuries It I has been somewhat dim and shadowy among amonS sava savages es and anti barbarians but hut has increased in clearness anti and strength as asman asman man has hits advanced In imm civilization and enlightenment Cicero tho the Roman orator and scholar cholar declared that time the consent of oC all aJ nations is a law of or nature na na- na- na ture and amI to resist It I Is 11 to resist resist the voice of oC God Cod Goel Universal mans man's In Intuition In- In tuition o of Immortality is time the very vory voice of God proclaiming It I to 10 his inmost soul soul Ts Is It Voice Yoke of ff God Cod The Tho American Indians believed in inthe tho the happy haply hunting grounds of the time eternal future Time The looked forward to a a. future land laud of summer sunshine and amid abundance of game gammie The Time native Australian supposed time the good to go ro to a pIa place co of or fine weather good health and anel endless singIng sing sing- Ing Ing and dancing presided over o by hy two excellent dollies deities and time the bad to lo go go to lo loa toa toa a disagreeable place dominated by an aim anel anevil evil l e spirit having having horns and a tall tail tall believed The rime ancient E Egyptians d bele that the thc good go o to lo dwell In tim heavenly lIght and ammil the lie han bad to lo dwell In imm hark dark ness nes rhe They embalmed l the time bodies of the dead elene supposing that tho time souls soul's continued existence depended some some- what upon time the preservation of ot the time I f fa i 5 Time The ancient Persians proclaimed a 1 kingdom of oC 1 light ht and 1 kingdom of or darkness and amid that thai who live in purity here hele mete shall dwell In imm light l ht there thele while the thc Impure shall shaH be lie enveloped en en- J In Jim n darkness The Time sacred books bools of the time ancient Immortality Hindus Hindu's clearly proclaim Had No Xu Void for Death Confucius the time ancient and anti learned Chinaman whoso whose works arc are almost In all his voluminous writings made use of oC no word WOrl for death cath He lIe lc spoke of oC the thc departed as having returned to lo his family Ho lie tau taught ht that time tho spIrits of or the good revisit their former ormer abodes and c receive worship and bestow smS blos-smS- Thus he hc laid lall time the foundation of oC the worship of oC ancestors so prevalent among the time Chinese Homer time the ever er famous blind hundred and amid fifty Grecian poet el eight ht years before leforc Christ Christ sang an ls true man nian thou though h death dead retains part of himself the immortal mind remains Socrates ates the time great and noble Grecian Gre Ore Grecian cian philosopher four hundred years ear before Chi Christ 1st declared In iii over ever memorable mem mem- words I cannot find It i in imm me nic meto meto to dl disbelieve help e so probable and d desirable desir s able a truth as Immortality And he ime died triumphantly s saying I 1 depart this life hoping for 01 em the tho Immortal the tile i imperishable in Plato the thc greatest of all al Grecian philosophers three throe hundred and fifty years before Christ l went as far I as human reason meason pos possibly can calm go In advocating advocating ad ad- ImmortalitY Scipio the time Roman noman general am anti and statesman declared When my sly soul departs from rom my r body boly I will wJ be bo but beginning to lo live hive Jve Natural Co 0 BelIeve e. Many Ian mor moro more testimonies mi might ht be adduced It It I ever has imas been natural to man to lo bellevo In Immortality Immor Immor- talt alit It I over ha has Ints been with wih him bun himan hll an aim Intuitive conviction Is human nature na na- na- na ture turo thus ta fab false e c to i itself Is 18 It ever being tantalized b by this delusive hope Immortality Is necessary to lo the thc gratification of man many other desires The Time present never satisfies anybody yEen y Even en Rockefeller is not satisfied with wih his Immense wealth but Is desirous of more All AI other animals aro arc easily t satisfied but man never He lIe le Is ever trying to find Unel out something new now to I t poses poses' more mol and anti Is ever cr being g Interrupted therein by death The Poets Poet's song ong Is often oron silenced just when the time world worl ho has begun to listen The eminent scientist often oren lies dies when Just on tho time eve of a great heat discovery The pencil often falls fails from Crom the lie hand hanc of ot tho ho artist artst Just before the masterpIece masterpiece master master- piece Is finished Men are arc ever over beIns being be be- Ins ing struck down In the fullest maturity matr- matr matur matur- Many mysteries ity 13 Iy of or their powers remain romain such in spite of most patient and anti thorough I Investigation Much l knowledge evermore escapes the thc possession possession pos pos- session lon of ot man Better Deter off oU Is I time the stupid and satisfied ox unless there be another life in which to realize many o of our desires Use u c C Lm Cs to Mind 31 The Time opposite results attending time the use of or matter mater and mind point to im tin- mortality Every material contrivance deteriorates by use Every cut with witha a knife knie dulls dUIR It Every tick of a watch makes It I a less perfect perfect J keeper o of time lime Every discharge o of a n gun Increases Us its Is liability to burst burst Every Ever Evey foot a locomotive travels impairs It Its machinery machiner and amid grinds down cown the rails rais upon which It travels traveL But nut use gives to mind Pra makes per per- feet feet Habit renders render things easy The The accountant adds up tip long columns ol of figures almost by hy Intuition The rime trained musician manifests almost marvelous ma-clous ma precision and rapidity ol oC movement The Thc shElled mechanic does noes things thing easily and well well Memory Is 15 greatly greaty strengthened by hy use USI every faculty gains h by exercise All Al material ma ma- tonal timings things wear out h by use but the mind Improves rl This 18 seems to be a n promise o of future de and Polier It I is scientific that lint the destruction of the holy holly body does not Involve that lint ol ci o the time soul toul Sleep Sheep holds holes tIme the body in lu Its silent shout embrace but the sou soul dream on A swoon deprives the time soul of or con con- ho nol Irol hut but It regains it It Both Doth arms am ati and both limbs may lIe be amputated without with with- out impairing the time Identity of oC th tiu soul soul Some or 0 even nil all al of oC the Hv senses ma may become inoperative o ant am time nil soul remains Memory retains ID in ID grasp rasp through mon many deaths o of th tt body boly which entirely perishes once every cry o seven years I llody Bly H and Soul Not Inseparable 1 The Time identity of or the thc soul does docs no flO nol consist In iii its is union with wih time the hOlly body Tin Th dest destruction of or the time brain no more in vol e time the o of time the soul thai tha that of the time piano the lie destruction o 0 othe 01 the pt person who pla plays 8 upon It I teaches that lint life I Is the time cause of or organization and ald not organization th hi cause of life If Il J there bo be life there be life organization may he arci organization is gone go Ol no Tho The both bod body Is com composed posed of mit r different materials but hut no ito the time soul soul The rime body hOtly may be resolve Into Inlo its ils Is constituent elements but bill lh soul ha has imas hut but one constituent element clement and anel cannot be bo resolved limb into anything else I Iti It I Is 11 I scientific that matter cannot I be be annihilated Many t wonderful changes change's take takO lil place e In iii matter mattel hut there thI Is no flO absolute destruction of oC any material immaterial substance V Why h should we suppose suppo o mind which is so superior to mailer maler Is to be lie destroyed Does Docs God think more of mud muel than of oC a bright ht and gifted ICed soul Such a belief stultifies fies tics the time reason Immortality Is one ommo of or tho Iho noblest inspirations It I leads to Il mighty ht endeavors en en- deavors deavor to great sacrifices nn and makes real helo heroes The Bible positively repeatedly and emphatically teaches immortal immortality well ivell wel sings revelation rc claton satisfies all ni doubts Explains all aH mysteries except her hor own 5 And inh so 50 illuminates the time path of life le That fools discern it I and anel stra stray no non n more 0 Ie Other voices make us us believe it H ma may maybe mayhe he be hue rue bul but makes us know that It I Is true tue |