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New Zealand Tablet, 23 September 1920, Page 11

EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL. Some years ago a medical materialist sought to sustain against a famous preacher the doctrine of the non-existence of the soul; upon which subject he asked the Reverend Father three questions. “Have you ever seen a soul? —No. “Have you heard a soul?—No. 4 “Have you tasted a soul? —No. * “Did you ever feel a soul?—Yes, thank God, said the Father, “Then see,’’ continued the doctor, “here we have three senses against one, in proof that there is no soul.” The Reverend Father replied with these questions. “If you are a doctor of medicine, tell me “Have you ever seen a pain? —No. “Have you ever heard a pain? No. “Have you smelled ' a pain?— “Have you tasted a pain?—No “Did you ever feel a pain ?—Yes “Then,” continued the Father, “here you have four senses against one, which show there is no pain, yet you know that it exists, and in the same manner the soul exists.’* The doctor saw himself somewhat confounded and ran off. ;