12 OCTOBER 1901, Page 25

The Immortality of the Soul. By Joseph Agar Beet, D.D•

(Hodder and Stoughton. 2s.)—Professor Beet's line of argument will probably surprise many readers. They have been accus- tomed from childhood to accept as a Bible truth the doctrine that all human souls are immortal, and now they are told that this doctrine has no foundation in Scripture, that it is, in fact, a legacy from the Greek philosophers. He discusses the question in the light of Scripture, of the writings of the early Church, and of modern thought. We shall not attempt to analyse his argument, or to.pronounce any opinion upon it. He is a thought. ful writer, whose words cannot but be full of instruction.