Sir,-Like all materialists, J. Malton Murray becomes quite confused when endeavouring to discuss the death of man. The mind and body cease to function because the principle of operation behind the harmonious activity-that is, the soul-has departed. The attempt at analogy between the composite being, man, and an electric motor might well be expected from one who apparently delights in quoting woolly thinkers who discern no distinction between mind and matter. For those who believe and practise the Christian faith there is no need for "comforting illusions" nor do they look upon death as a "terrible finality" but merely as the fulfilment of God’s law. For all sane people a natural law without a supernatural law is unthinkable.
ETERNAL BEAUTY
(Invercargill).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 784, 30 July 1954, Page 5
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