LAUGHED IT OUT OF COURT
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In the course of a sermon on “The Soul,” a certain minister once said: “They are saying these days that the soul is nothing but electricity. Now, brethren, just to show you how utterly ridiculous this modern conceit is, suppose we substitute the word ‘electricity’ for the words ‘the soul’ wherever they occur in the Bible, and see how it will read. For instance: ‘What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his—electricity. Or what shall a man give in exchange for his—electricity.’ Ridiculous, perfectly ridiculous!”