Lecture at the Oddfellows' Hall.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4250, 15 August 1882, Page 2

Lecture at the Oddfellows' Hall.

"The Soul: oe, The Ghost Said to

Live in Us."

This was the title of Mr E. H. Tajlor'i lecture in the Oddfellows' Hall on Sunday evening last. There -was a very good attendance, the hall being nearly full. The meeting was opened by. singing and prayer. The lecturer commenced^ by stating that Ghostdom, or the spirit 3and where all were said to go at death, was a very extensive territory, and was bordered on the east bythe Province of Orthodoxy, on the south by the State of Worldliness, on the north by the Principality of Devilism, but no one knew wh&t bordered it on the west side—it was a' dense fog which many had tried to penetrate, bat all bad failed and become bewildered. The King of this vast territory was called Immortal Soul, and his family were very numerous, but, being plated all over with the Gospel armour, and bearing tho Sword of the Spirit—the Word of-God —he hoped to be able to attack, and even slay, this monster, and once he was slain ttie family would not long survive. In this conflict he was not alone, but had a got llj- aruiy of soldiers, all of whom were serving under the orders of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Among these were Job, Isiah, David, Solomon, Luke, Paul, Joshua, Mark, and many others. Now this kin« Immortal Soul has no existence in the Bible, see 1 Timothy, lch. 17r., and 6ch 16v. What prophet, apostle, .or inspired witness had ever declared £]ke soul apart from the body to be immortal ? Not one. But" see what the soldiers of Christ's army said: In Joshua 11 and llv., Psalms 22 and 20v., Job 7 and 15v., 33 and 22r, and 33 and 28v., Isiah 38 and 17v., Psalms 22 and 29r., 33 and 18 and 19v., 119 and 175 v., 89 and 48v., and 49 and 13v. By these passages it. would be seen that none could keep his own soul alive or out of the grave. Ezekiel said, " The soul that sinneth it shall die." By none of these passages was it taught that the soul was immortal, but just the contrary. Many other passages might be quoted, clearly proving that man does not possess a soul apart from his body. The^ King of Gbostdom did not owe his exia^f tence to divinity, but to the lie spoken by Satan when he said to Eve "Thou shalt not surely die.", Some might think that the New Testament taught the immortality of the soul, but he could not find it doing so. What was the foundation of Roman Catholicism, with its purgatory, and the belief in the ability of the souls of the Saints to help them? The doctrine of an immortal soul. Protestants blamed Catholics for their beliefs, bat; at the same time they were upholding what was the foundation of those beliefs. Mahometanism, with its seven hells and its seven heavens, owed its existence to fie same belief; and so did Mormonism, the spirit land of the Indian, and Spiritualism. Destroy the King of Ghostdom, and all these beliefs fall to the ground. Many did not understand the passage in 1 Peter, 3ch., and 19 and 20v., where Christ is said to have preached to spirits in prison. But it did not say the spirits were those of men, and if they would turn to Genesis they would find who the spirits were. In conclusion Mr Taylor urged all to come to the Thursday night Bible class, when any questions could be asked, or any passage of Scripture, which it was thought bore out the doctrine of the immortality of the soul, quoted.