the bondage of tradition from which he had been set free.

With unbroken testimony the Scriptures from first to last declare that death is sleep, and those of us who

would speak the truth will say the same. We could add the testimony of the Gospels and of Peter, but

what has been quoted will suffice. If the reader is still unconvinced we can but leave him with the

Scriptures, and pray that the Lord may enlighten him.

We must now draw to a conclusion, not that we have dealt with every feature of this subject: such a

comprehensive treatment does not lie within the scope of a booklet. What we have done is to set before

the reader the claims of the apostle Paul upon the Gentile believer, and that doctrine must be modelled on

the line of his teaching. Every item in this subject should be noted. May we earnestly ask every reader to

search the writings of the apostle Paul, and not to rest satisfied until everything that he has written on the

subject of "death", "soul", "spirit", "hades", "immortality", "resurrection" "sleep", and kindred themes,

have been carefully pondered? And may we ask that the truth be taken at first-hand and not

second-hand? Do not be content to accept as Paul's inspired words, "Absent from the body is to be

present with the Lord", but see what he did say and what he actually meant.

We have freely quoted the Scriptures to show the basis of our faith, but the number of references alone

that are found in Old and New Testaments forbid a fuller quotation. We are anxious, however, that the

reader shall not rest with what we have brought forward, but desire that the searchlight of the Word in all

its brightness shall be turned upon the subject. We will therefore endeavour to assist the reader in his

investigation, by giving the following concordance key which may help the beginner in the use of such an

aid as Young's Analytical Concordance.

nephesh, Gk. - psuche, translated "soul", "life", and 44 other ways.

olam, Gk. - aion, translated "for ever", "everlasting", "age", "world", etc.

Aionios the adjective follows the noun, and means "age-long".

sheol, Gk. - hades, translated "hell" "pit", and "grave".

Gehenna, translated "hell" and "hell-fire".

After these words have been studied in all their varied usages and contexts, further details can be added

by examining the usage of the following:

basanizo).

As promised in these pages, we give the complete list of references to sheol and hades, the study of which

words is that which most immediately concerns us. We do not ask the reader to pick and choose his

references, but rather to seek from them all their testimony, whether found in the Old Testament or the

New, and to receive as a result a conception that shall not be at variance with any statement of truth, but

which shall be in harmony with all that is written.

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