Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV The Words Of Inspiration Interpreting The Divine discussions concerning the nature and destiny of the soul fill many volumes and this fact illustrates the subtlety of the subject. Contradictions abound in this mass of literature. The popular mind is in grave doubt as to the nature and destiny of the soul, and the subject is of such supreme importance that it never loses its interest. The church bell is ever tolling and the funeral processions ever forming, as the multitudes of humanity are ever passing from sight to the veiled realms of the Unseen. While Science continues to interpret the phenomena of nature, still the voice of Scripture alone must continue to shed light upon the soul and its relations to time and eternity. , The manifest disagreement between Scriptural interpreters reveals how confusing are the terms applied to the soul in its different relations to the present and future life. The unprejudiced mind is soon convinced of the fact that Commentators no less than Fanatics have come to the revelations of Scripture, with the firm determination of compelling them to speak along the line of their preconceived opinions. The lawyer who would so pervert law, would deserve to be ruled out of Court. To-day the air is full of ISMS of various kinds, in vain attempts to compel the word of God to support their respective claims. And it must be confessed thatthe spirit which prevails on the average funeral occasion, reveals but little of the triumphant spirit of early Christianity, as the early Martyrs welcomed death in full hope of speedy and triumphant resurrection. The great difficulty lies in attempting to explain spiritual realities with material terms. The spiritual body is not a Spirit but a substantial body, clear and well defined, with faculties and...