Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-03-24

= sniriinal body adapted to its new
suiritual life, fashioned like Christ's
glorious body: and hence the image of
Christ. formed in the soul here, is the
only hope Of glory hereafter:
The new nature draws its life from
Christ. The conscience. the affections
and will move in view of God in
Christ. God becomes tire spiritual
father of the spiritual soul hence the
new creature is son. Truth is eter.
nai, Christ is eternal; hence the soul
that lives IN this element has eterilai
life abiding i'm ii. jesus says. am
the bread of life, of which II any man
rat he shall never die. The glory oi
the gospel is offered at this point 10
transform the human soul from the
habitudes of All earthly, to that OF
spiritual life. 4 nature cahhot tralls-
fnrin itself. One species cannot pro-
duce another. The instincts OF the
enthly nature cannot turn against IL
self The germ Of the new nature must
he forgotten in order to prevail against
the old MIXTURE. When the new ma
tire il forgotten the old nature be-
comes as body of d ath, and the new
nature rises above it. Men Oy nature,
arc morally dead already, and have no
eternal life in them, unless born again,
hy the spirit of holiness, in Christ
Jesus.
Tn the christian are the rudiments
Of a new species; new and higher
tyne of the rational order of humans
ty. This new life is by divine inter
nosition. but received in accordance
with his own voluntary powers be-
gotten Ly truth and cherished Oy love.
The spiritual germ must he inlplant-
cd and developed here until death or
the resurrection; or it overcomes the
hahiiudes of its earthly body. Then
Mt death a spiritual body is developed
out of the old body, adapted to the
high propensities Of its new spiritual
life. aud 10 every seed Its own adapted
body. Christ is the head and type of
This new Creation.-shall / say this
new species? God, by the mediation
of Christ, united himself with our
earthly and imperfect nature, and by
faith the soul is transformed from
| lower To a celestial species, so that
tod and man are reconriled in Christ.
| God was i'm Christ, recOncillng the
world unto himself.
In all systems there are two motions
! of subordinate bodies, one OH their own
axes. the ether around the central or
bit. So in the spiritual world the soul
Is self-mUved. and the regcnerated soul
moves likewise in its orbit of depen-
dence on God, TO feel reliance ON
Christ, to trust in his name, is the ex-
pression of this actual and practical
] relation. The man who does not feel
this is dead. Thus the mind that
draws its motive from Christ is le-
stored spirit, and the affinity between
the divine and human mind is reinsta-
ted or restored, and the soul takes on
its eternal movement around the IN
finite centre Of life and love. Sec Eph.
5 80. where lie says, we are members
of his body, his flesh and his bones
and not a bone of him was broken
neither did his flesh see corruption
Such is the condition of the church,
or each individual member of his
church, in all ages Of the world, and
will remain indestructable throughout
all eternity. / do not mean il. its or
ganized form, but in true sense,
those that are engrafted into Christ.
Yours truly.
A. L.