In dealing with the question of man’s redemption, we must, necessarily, consider the question of his origin and nature; and in doing this we are quite conscious of having much prejudice to contend with. There is a popular side to this question, and it has bred and fostered a sensitiveness which makes the task of reducing it to reason and subjecting it to the light of scripture quite a difficult one. He who would undertake to call in question the popular view must not hope to escape the suspicion of being a troubler, bent upon “turning the world upside down.”
Those in whom truth has produced thorough conviction, will never shirk a duty from fear of popular sentiment. Truth is too precious to be bargained off for the good will and applause of the world, especially truth upon which hangs the question of what is pleasing or displeasing to Him “in whom we live and move and have our being.” If it is the duty of honest conviction to face the popular prejudice at all risks in the presentation of truth, it is also the duty of every man to so far overcome prejudice as to investigate for himself in an earnest endeavor to obey the injunction, “Prove all things and hold fast that which is good.”
But, the reader will say, you are assuming that the claims you are about to make are sustained by truth. Certainly, otherwise we should not attempt to brave opposition with the certainty of incurring the displeasure of the religious world, of friends and of neighbors. Whether our claims are based upon assumption, however, is the very question we beseech our readers to test, and the only way to test it is to read carefully what we say, and examine impartially the evidence given and then judge ye.
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Author: Thomas Williams
Keywords: Immortality of the soul, Soul, Kill the body, Soul's immortality, Immortal soul, Kill the soul, Immortal spirit, Soul sleep, Spirits in prison, Hell, Hades, Spirit, Gehenna, Preaching to the dead, Preached to the dead, Souls in prison, Dead people, Preaching to spirits, Preaching to souls, Preached to spirits, Jesus preached to the dead, Jesus preached to the spirits, Undying soul, Undieing soul, The grave, Sheol, State of the dead, Afterlife, Death, Life after death, What happens at death, What happens when we die, After life, After death, Nephesh, Destroy the Soul, Soul destruction, souls under altar
Bible reference(s): Gen. 2:7, Gen. 2:17, Gen. 3:4, Gen. 3:19, Gen. 3:22, Genesis 35:18, 1 Kings 17:21-22, Job 3:13, Job 3:17, Job 19:26, Job 34:14-15, Job 27:3, Job 33:4, Psalm 6:5, Psalms 16:10, Psa. 22:29, Psalms 30:3, Psalm 30:9, Psalm 39:13, Psalms 49:15, Psalm 89:48, Psa. 90:5, Psa. 103:14-16, Psa 104:29, Psalm 115:17, Psalm 146:4, Ecc. 3:19-21, Ecc. 9:5-6, Ecc. 9:10, Ecc. 12:7, Isa. 26:19, Isaiah 38:18-19, Matt. 10:28, Matthew 16:26, Luke 12:4, Luke 12:20, Luke 23:46, John 11:23, Acts 2:31, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 1 Peter 3:19 , James 2:26, James 4:14, Revelation 6:9-10
Source: The World’s Redemption (Chicago: Advocate Pub. House, 1892-1908?).
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