Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-03-02

should plan, and ultimately effect
the death of his felloW-man /; would
he not recognize the same individ-
ual self-thinking being in all the
thoughts, volitions, and determine
tions which lead to such a crime !?
And on reviewing his motives and
unholy purposes, if conscience should
arouse from its lethargy and trem-
! BILE in view Of violated law, and
! shrink back with horror from threat
sned and just retribution; what
else could this be but the sufferings
of the same individual soul that
planned, purposed, and executed in
will, all this great wickedness And
unless this same mind, soul, or spir-
| it, should repent and believe in
| Christ, it must die that moral death
| from which il never RECEIVERS. And
if you present to this soul the evi-
dences of Christianity, and the rich
provisions of Divine grace, showing
| the csuse of mans wickedness and
means of his recovery, the power Of
| truth will produce conviction; con-
| VictiOn lead to repentance towards
God, and faith in the Lord Jesus
| Christ; by which the same mind,
soul, or spirit, viii rejoice with ex-
! ceeding great joy. For the soul
! that sinneth shall die; and whose
ever winneth = soul is wise, and
will hide a multitude of sins.
Perception, conception, emotion,
will, imagination, comparison, and
Judgment, are all intellectual exer-
cises of the same soul or mind; or,
in other words, the same mind act
ing in different circumstances.
When the sense of sight or sound
conveys to the mind the charaeteris-
tics OF lion, an eagle, or a serpent,
we then have a perception OF those
objects. When the miRd or soul
calls up at dinereut times, the Idea
we have of the same animals, we
have a conception of what they are.
II this conception brings to the
mind the presence Of danger, the
mind feels the emotions of fear. If,
from a comparison of the modes and
means of escape, we conclude to use
these means, we then exercise rea-
son, Judgment, and will. And final
ly, haviug perceived the object, con-
eeiVed its qualities, and compre-
hended the danger and means OF es-
cape, we use the means, and rejoice
in the result.
Or, il on the wings of the imGgi-
nation, the poet forms his pictures,
weaves those pictures into verse,
combines those verses into q beauti-
ful or sublime poem, with heroes
and heroines, episodes and figures,
it is nothing more than the same no
BILE mind, or soul, or spirit, running
in all the channels of thought, feel
ing and emotion. We can no more
deny the intellectual character Of
conscience than we can the intellec-
tual character of fear, joy, love, graf
itude or hate. Each one of these
states Of mind result from the per-
ception of certain objects and rela-
tions. Our recognition Of danger,
safety, amiability, benefit, and inju-
ry, will bring in to consecutive ex-
istence the emotions of joy, love,
fear, gratitude, or hate, as the case
may be; and in all these exercises,
or states Of mind, we have nothing
but the soul of man to act. Why at
tempt, then, to introduce third ex-
istence or thinking being, separate
from the soul, and thus mystify and
complicate that which God has made
so simple and plain We may call
these different exercises of the mind
by different names, such as intellsc-
tual states, passions, and emotions,
if we choose, but we must not for
get it is the same spirit, mind, or
soul, acting at every stage and man
Hesitation. Just as the elements of
air and water can show themselves
in the form of ice, water, vapor, air,
and nitric acid, so may mind exA
hibit itself in great variety, and even
in opposite states. So we think
duality, not the trinity of man, is
the true doctrine of the Bible.
SENEX.