I JOSEPH PRIESTLEY 25 



in 1843 and the second in 1857. According to 

 Bishop Courtenay, 



" The death of the body will cause a cessation of all the 

 activity of the mind by way of natural consequence; to 

 continue for ever unless the Creator should interfere." 



And again: — 



" The natural end of human existence is the' first death,' 

 the dreamless slumber of the grave, wherein man lies spell- 

 bound, soul and body, under the dominion of sin and death 

 — that whatever modes of conscious existence, whatever fu- 

 ture state of ' life 'or of ' torment ' beyond Hades are re- 

 served for man, are results of our blessed Lord's victory 

 over sin and death ; that the resurrection of the dead must 

 be preliminary to their entrance into either of the future 

 states, and that the nature and even existence of these 

 states, and even the mere fact that there is a futurity of 

 consciousness, can be known only through God's revela- 

 tion of Himself in the Person and the Gospel of His Son." 

 —P. 389. 



And now hear Priestley: — 



" Man, according to this system (of materialism), is no 

 more than we now see of him. His being commences at 

 the time of his conception, or perhaps at an earlier period. 

 The corporeal and mental faculties, in being in the same 

 substance, grow, ripen, and decay together ; and whenever 

 the system is dissolved, it continues in a state of dissolu- 

 tion till it shall please that Almighty Being who called it 

 into existence to restore it to life-- again." — "Matter and 

 Spirit," p. 49. 



And again: — 



"The doctrine of the Scripture is, that God made man 

 of the dust of the ground, and by simply animating this 



