this has me, my brother, and my wife stumped, I am sure if any of you know it/figure it out I'll feel dumb for not getting it but here goes...

I once had a soul but then lost it...
With my death I can give great light...
I am well known in the Old Testament...But mentioned only once in the New Testament
No right or wrong can I conceive. The scripture I cannot believe.
Although my name therein is found, they are to men an empty sound.
No fear of death doth trouble me, real happiness I'll never see.
To heaven I shall never go, or to eternal hell below.

Who am I?

After you have searched and searched a while, the one with the answer will share with a smile!

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Adam - Pennsylvania - Baptist

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Is this line right? Is it 'they are to me an empty sound.... or is men right?

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Pastor Nathan Eshelman, Los Angeles, CA
Reformed Presbyterian Church
PRESBYTERIAN THOUGHTS
Los Angeles Reformed Presbyterian Church
RPCLA Sermons Online
Puritan Reformed Seminary

good question, it says men but it could be a typo....

How about Enoch?

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Benjamin P. Glaser, M. Div, Licentiate, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Member Fairmount ARP Church
Pittsburgh, PA

Deo Vindice

Hubby is pretty certain he knows, but he wants to find it first. One line is not completely accurate.

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JC - PCA - PA...homesick for SC
A we n' de Ya, ho; I mak sikker; Deus juvat

Indicabo tibi o homo quid sit bonum, et quid Dominus requirat a te: Utique facere iudicium, et diligere, misericordiam, et sollicitum ambulare cum Deo tuo. Michaeas 6:8

"Who says you can't go back, been all around the world and as a matter of fact. There's only one place left I want to go, who says you can't go home" Bon Jovi

It obviously is not a person. Would the answer be Folly?

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Stuart
Elder, Lambeg Baptist, Northern Ireland, UK

In Him the fulness of the Godhead dwells in bodily form and in Him you are complete (Col 2.9-10)

The Christian is a person who makes it easy for others to believe in God. (RM M'Cheyne)

I found the answer... here is the full text of the question:

OLD RIDDLE

GOD made Adam out of dust But thought it best to make me And I was made before the man According to God's holy plan My body he did make complete But without arms or legs or feet My ways and actions did control And I was made without a soul A living creature I became Twas Adam that gave me my name Then from his presence I withdrew Nor more of Adam ever knew I did my Maker's laws obey From them I never went astray Thousands of miles I roam in fear But seldom on the land appear But God in me did something see And put a living soul in me A soul in me the Lord did claim And took from me that soul again And when from me that soul was fled I was the same as when first made And without arms or legs or soul I travel now from pole to pole I labor hard both day and night To fallen men I give great light Thousands of people young and old Do by my death great light behold No fear of death doth trouble me Nor happiness I cannot see To heaven above I ne er shall go Nor to the grave nor hell below The Scriptures I cannot believe Whether right or wrong I can t conceive Although my name therein is found They are to me an empty sound And when friends these lines do read Go search the Scriptures with all speed And if my name you can t find there It will be strange I do declare.

(Sorry for the formatting problem. Read it here).

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BiggAndyy
Deacon, Ind. Baptist
Pittsburgh, PA

Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.

Whale???

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Ryan Barnhart - Pastor of OGBC
Husband to a beautiful wife, Father to two beautiful girls
Student at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary - B.D.

"I confess to you, that if I can but live and die serving the Lord Jesus, it will make no difference to me whether I am eaten by Cannibals or by worms. And in the Great Day my Resurrection body will rise as fair as yours in the likeness of our risen Redeemer." - John Paton

a whale

(with my death, I bring great light...whale oil)

heh

Here I thought the answer may have been "deeper" than that.

Thanks all!

The fish that swallowed Jonah...they use the blubber and oil for light...

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soli Deo gloria!
~Nicholas~ Ordained Pastor
Member, Fulton PCA; GPTS Student
Christians are like snow covered dung; it is the purity of the covering which the Father sees. -Luther-
There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.
-Francis Schaeffer-