Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1850-06-29
THE NATURAL FORM.


THE NATURAL FORM.
The outer or natural form is composed of
system of living nerves springing from cen
tre of life in the brain, and reaching to everJ
point of the apparent shape. The osseous, re
spiratory and digestive systems are alldepend
ent upon the nervous system, and serve as
agents and instruments of its growth, preser-
walton and reproduction. The feshy sub.
stance, with its flowing lines and blended col
ors is but the garment or clothing Of the liv-
ing form. The brain is the centre and foun-
tain of the natural life. 1t shoots forth the op-
tic nerves and thus opens communication
with the forms of the natural universe, through
the faculty of sight, thus penetrating the
sphere of beauty. Il shoots forth the aurie-
ular nerves and thus opens a communication
with the utterance of the natural universe,
through the sense of sound, thus penetrating
the sphere of harmony. It shoots forth the
olfactory nerves, and thus opens commune
cation with the essential qualities of natural
organisms through the sense of odor, thus pen
etrating the sphere of essence All these
senses are divergent manifestations of the
great attribute of sensation, through whose
activity the mind determines the form utter.
ance and quality of all objects in the natural
world. Within the brain is chamber where
all the nerves of sensation converge, and
whence all diverge. It is the sensorium.-
Within it, as within convex lens, all visible
forms are mirrored. Within il, as within re-
verberating dome, all audible sounds are ech-
oed Here all sensations of desire and knowl-
edge converge in a living centre. Through
the sensorium, whence all the 6bres of the
nervous system, either directly or Immediately
project, the animal mind and will-the natu-
raj seIf-effects its determinations; controls
the various members of the form; acquires
mastery over natural objects; establishes its
supremacy in the world of sense
THE SPIRITUAL FORM,
Within the nervous system, which is the
living form of the natural man, exists the or
ganic form of the spiritual man. That there
is a spiritual body within the natural body is
the high statement of science, and the sure
disclosure of the Word The spiritual form is
in the general shape and outline of the natural
member corresponding to member and faculty
TO faculty. The outer form takes shape from
the inner; the sensible-organism being but the
visible circumference Of the super-sensuaL-
That The spiritual form is definite, complete,
and in the outline of the natural is the concur
rent testimnnv of all who have seen and con-
versed with the people of the skies. In the
and with the faculties of man the
Messiah revealed himself, after his ascension, to
Stephen and Paul. As men, We're Moses and
Elias visible in the mount of trans6guration.-
As men, all angels have ever been manifested
The spiritual form is compact, definite organ
Il
halo or void emptiness. The natural world of
the spiritual body, as it is and as it appears in
the celestial world. Every external member,
organ, faculty, sense, is the image of an inter
nal member, organ, faculty, or sense, as much
transcending it in power, usefulness, durabil-
ity, beauty, as spirits transcend matter, or as
the reality exceeds the shadow or mirrored
image of itself Form, color, symmetry, sensa-
ton, energy intelligence manifested in natural
are symbols in the natural world
Of realities in the supernatural They are rep
reservations in nature of what is first in spirit
For spirit is identical with. essential life, and
its external fullness is poured fourth into par
ticular and universal form.
The sensorium is the centre of the natural
ii1, ali the 6bres of the nervous system there
their unity, all the senses there
holding their seat Now, within and above
The sensosium is the consciousness, the CEN
tire where all the living fibTes of the spiritual
nrna run into their identity, the capital of spir
tual life, where all the affections report their
desires to the reason: where dwell the sacer-
Total conscience and the regnant will. As the
central court of the natural form enfolds the
central court of the spiritual form, so every di-
II Al &. L..
within it, and thus the real body and the ap-
parent body are in contact point by point,
rom the centre to the circumference.
Thus. the spirit is omnipresent in the body
IS God is omnipresent in the universe, and the
pirit reveals itself through the form as its
Original reveals Himself through the univer-
al creation. Within the natural nerves re-
ide the spiritual nerves, within the natural
enses the spiritual senses, within the natural
the higher reason, within the |
ensorium. where the natural life centres, the /
Consciousness where the spiritual life is CEN
cred. Man is the symbol of God. As God
) in his being Infinite Good and as his action
5 the boundless importation of goodness, so
nan is an organic form, receptive of Divine T
'ood, and has the live of infinite excellence as
he supreme affection of ks nature. As God |
4 his reason, is Infinite Consciousness of Good, I
o man in his reason has consciousness of inf
lite good. and his perfected science is but the
nal statement of his primitive instituttion.-
IS God pervades the true universe, natural
nd spiritual, yet is distinct from both, so man
ervades his two forms, natural and spiritual,
ct is distinct from both As the spiritual
inverse is in the plane of life nearest to God
nd beyond it is the material so the spiritual
ody is the nearest to man, while the natural
ody is his outer and farther abiding place.
Is the heavens are eternal but the earths
'anscient so the heavenly form of a man is
immortal, while the earthly form is mortal
IS the organic forms of the natural world of
1emselves, know nothing Of God, though he
omnipresent and omniactiye, SO the facul-
es of the natural body. of themselves, know
othing of the indwellng spirit, though their
xistence is dependent upon its sustaining
resence. AS the organic beings of the celes-
al universe discover God as he exists and
bides among them, unfolding space and time
ON his creative thought, and multiplying the