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The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

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Where are the.. Dead?. --HIS is a question which,has exercised .theT minds of thinking people in all ages. IDour day the answers are many <strong>and</strong> conflicting Amid tlre din of A11 the clashing creedsfew indeed know what to believe. Lord-l'ennysoqvoiced the universal longing when he said" Ah! Christ! hat it were possibleBor one short hour to seel'he souls we loved, that they might tel! usWhat <strong>and</strong> where they be!" (Maud.)-But, dear friends, qe do not need to enquire of, the souls who have departed from us; we have theWord of God, <strong>and</strong> that is sufficient. I hope toprove to you-that the Bible gives a complete <strong>and</strong>satisfactory answer to our question.Before considering the. Scriptural answer, how- .ever, let us see what human reasoning. unaidedby Holy Writ can tell us. We shall find that theanswer from this source is incomplete.. Whateverinformation we do derive from Science <strong>and</strong> Philosophy,however, will be found to agree with theWord of God; <strong>and</strong> this is what we should expectfor God is the author of' the laws of nature <strong>and</strong> -reason, as well as of the Bible. Those who claimthat Science aud the 'Bible contradict each otherI simply to not underst<strong>and</strong> the one or the other.What can Science tell us?What has Science to say with regard to the body,soul, <strong>and</strong> spirit? Science tells us that the humanbody is composed of many elements. None of, these3

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