The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1877-07-10

certainly IA, that man is able TO receive
higher revelations directly from God
himself, according 10 the Holy Scrip
! tures. This viii he so much the moro
understood by you a believers in
! Christ, IL We take the above mentioned
words of the Lord 10 be the key to the
words with which John opens his tirst
chapter Of the great new spiritual cre-
alton of God in Christ, when he BAYS:
''In the beginning was the word and
the word wss with God, aud the word
was God. The same was in the begin
ming with God. All things were made
I by Him, and without Him was not
! anything made. that WAS maic. In
him was life and The life was the hight
, of man.
Man, for this reason, stands above
sll other creatures aud may be consid-
! cred the essence of creation and the
I whole universe. All the secret powers
OF nature. all kinds Of organism and
! forms OF life are united with him in
one body. The whole Of his organism
4. is as II it were a magic girdle. by
means Of which two worlds Of quite
I different natures are united in one,
namely, heaven and earth, aud he may
bc called tho inbsbitant Of both OF
! them at one aud the ssmo time. He.
! therefore, wall always remain to be an
uncomprehensibie wonder 70 naturl
sense and intellect, aud can be- perfect
~ understood only 10y God, Who made
him after His own image, 10 be his
child. He therefore ean never die, but
mnst always live, and death il bat n
nov birth for him, a nletamorphose, as
she ancient Greeks termed il, transfer
ring his soul back 90 its origin whence
h. 1t ealae. namely. To God.
Now man VhU does not know thls
p. may be called ignorant. and such "A
man sho IA acquainted With this part
bat does not 1--we up 60 IL shows no
seltIsspeet aud is in waat OF true relig.
ion. Snch man perhaps claassiiies
himself equal With the higher animal
IN orler to have an eScnse for has
. beastly habits. Every real physician
. however. could prove 10 him his error
lay q sL0It demonstration OF the human
nervous system, which is far different
from that Of mere animal, even from
that Of the higher class. The gentle
man, who lecturcd before yon last SUI
4
yuuT attention upon this most import
ant fact. Whilst IL just comes handy
! for my subject, | will take il mp
Every real physician knows that the
human nerves are the accommodating
joints FOR two different natures in the
pheOomcnon Of the human body. by
means 81 which man distinguishes
himself irom the animal. Whilst tho
nerves of the animal have but one main
, function, those of man have two.
. Whilst the nerves of man on the one
. side serve 20 superiDtend the contrac-
= tlie structures of the body, That is.
they superintend our natural motions.
! They, on the other side, superintend
the sensitive power. and thus enable
vs. to receiye the objects of the outer
: W"rId. This experimenting ou the
one side and enabling us on the other.
takes place in the following manner.
I Every fibre of nerve. heing sO thin
/ that ~ can be perceived by the eye
only by the use of = microscope or
/ nagnifying glass, stands ia close con
nectIon with the main nerve, and on
I the relative numbers OF these flores
depends our whole nervous system.
For every one of the hbres has one and
the some function and governs tie
whole. as the muscles OF our body
( govern our limbs. The least touch o.
impression made on one OF these fibres
Is st once ny q kind of vibril motion
communicated 10 the main nerve, and
thence - the brain. being supposed -
hc the seat OF our soul These nerves,
therefore, NAV be considered TO be the
1 - Al 4.
stomach is the digestive apparatus OF
the dody; and, therefore. ss long a.
the soul is in close connection or rath.
er intcrvoven with matter, IL is subject
to the change Uf matter. Hence arises
the great mischievous effect of alcohol
on the brain. of which the before nen-
toned gentleman spoke on last sunday
But rs soon ~ the connection of the
sonl with matter rs taken away the
spirit becomes free again, and a.
the body does not cease to bs body, be-
canse some of its muscles ars damag
ei nr deranged, 40 the soul doe-
not cease to be soul, because some uf itS
+, nervous lbTca or even whole nerve
is defective. snd - tlIe body not raly
! can pass away bccnlse its uPfve-, niu :.
cles and hInbs are detective. BAT rather
turns by meaus Of decomposition -
I cxrctiy the same sr.rs,snc- sgsIu.
which ~ wcs hefose. nsl..ely ia inst
also the sonl returns 20 It's origin,
: namely % God, who breathSd 70 iutO
Nan according 10 the scriptures.
There has not yet any psychologist
I or nIatouist been allie ~ discover the
seemingly so email, and yet 40 great
force, which gives each little nervous
librc. this mere atom. har,lly 90 be
seen, only by the means of y micro
scope 80 great power over body and
brain, as already mentioned and Occa-
siOually clearly demonstrated in lock-
cd-iaW, which might brought on ia
mag through the mere touch oi ner-
vons Gbrc by the smallest point OF a
needle. / Rm sOrry that dare not
dwell uny longer on this aud other
paints. but even Diz short eRplaua-
tion may be- sufficient To- convince yuu
that there j. something il man. which
Giay bot be eoBsidered as a mere mat.
ter. Also tLe soul. the spirit OI
thought 0f ulan cannot be considered
b. b. matter cf the mere product oi
matter, for u lays on the outside Oi
matler aud comprehension, and ioi
this reason j. eternal and cannot decay
, Now this Short explanation ~ moi
luunde1 on mere imagination bat /,
the rrsnlt Of tue careful use of the de-.
.eclrg kife, when | was young. Nh
, may the before IneEtlonca worls iu Ga,
. first chapter Of Geuesis be eoasideIo,
a. idle words, FOR they relate ma
. fact, confirmed Nv Christ aud his ApoA
/ tie. They are also believed by ~
. chri.tiaa Writers of tLe past abd pres
cut century aud eYcb yoor own hesr
{ wit approve them. You know, yas
leel THAI you are a higher being than
nerv ANIMAL III tho first clAs-i Ever,
, mau is sure % II, no matter how higl
or los he stands In Lnman society. III
= knows that this earth il not hia onl,
, h0ne. but that he he's a real eferna
p home above tie stars. and the sayin,
! uf tha ancient Roman, ps, a'y.s-' eel ~
! tri, which means. through adyersiiic
} do We look ap 20 the stars, = romains I,
: be true. Else. why docs even the mos
|, degraded, the most miserable of on
= fellow men, the criminal. when lie IL II
b the Iron grasp II the law or the drunk
- sTd. wben fe ~ IN trouble, when th
' intoxicating cnp and his whisky friend
/. have logsaken him, not because be ha
r lcst bis honor and respect before N. n
, but beasuse lac Las got ont of money
\ aud wheu there has been nothing lei
= TO him 70 treat with. either himralf no