“ By the words "immortal subsistence" is not meant that the souls of men are eternal as God is eternal, but that they are eternal in the sense that they possess endless being or shall never cease to exist or die. ”

“ The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption [1] but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them. [2] The souls of the righteous being then made perfect in holiness, are received into paradise, where they are with Christ, and behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies; [3] and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell; where they remain in torment and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day ”