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stimulus from God 70 the organism,
the body elicitsd - living SOUL" This
living soul, and the body. throughous
Gods word, are tho recognised 40.
oouutsbls realities. "The soul that
sinneth,i Il shall de-" The body surely
dies. Nowhere ID the death Of the
spirit announced, nor that il willingly
siusth. only oonsenting OF yieldine %
base, overwhelming foroe the domi'
nsering, dictating mastery Of indwelling
inclination 70 sin. 1.-THE spirit Of .
man is ths candle Of the Lord search.
ing oil the inward parts Of the belly"
Prov. 96: 81. Take heed to your
spirit. ."-Mal. q 1b. "The hesh lust.
eth against the spirit, and the spirit
against the Aesh'"-Gall. B: II. The
spirit indeed is willing, bYt the Hesh u
lures depict tSe only councillors IN
man for right. Then the flesh aud
blood of the man incontestably fur.
uishes the only element for wrong.
death and life are 10 the power Of the
tongue. Rev. 10: 81. '"rhe heart ID
deoeitful, and above ell things desper,
ately wicked" ."-Jer. II: 8. "He hath
made everything beautiful 10 His time;
also He hath set the world IN their
hesrt."-Eccl. 3: IL. God hath
made man upright; but they have
sought many inventions. "-Ecol. Z; 20.
"The creature was made subject tO
vanity. Rom. 8: 20. 1T must needs
be that offences come. "-Math lS: Z.
"Be not overmuch wicked. ."-Eccl Z:
IT, Can testimony be more pointed
that there was planted 10 mans make-
up an indwelling fountain Of force, IN
aesh aud blood; the identical, neces.
sary requisite, to answer tor the SER
peot. satan, devil, beast, to exact re-
ouire meot OF every call for the tempter?
The body, and surroundings certainly
display forcing, Turing incentives TO
right and wrong( (disentangled OF mys.
terious impossible agency. Can any
sound mind give rational lnterpreta'
tion to any Of the host OF similar pas
sages, other than such predispositioa
was permitted, or made possible OF
elimination in men--composition, tor
varsity and trial of character inten.
tionalIy, for use?-Subjecting the crea-
,ure to every conceivable trial, to prove
hun, test his composition tor Develop
nent ant progression, BY trainings and
incessan, latorings 10 field and forumior
mastery. Could q wise God have conoeiv-
ed more fitting plan, scheme, or category
of iufnitude Vt chapoes, changes and
fearful expectancies. capacitated, to try
and test every torn OF character, as
the incomp. .rable human organism pre-
scnts, in contact with earth and its
countless variety OF surroundIngsf
"Man is iearfully and wonderfully
made. H-Psa, 1885, IA. Why ieartully?
Clearly his tendency or predisposItion
to hunt out danger. seek inventions OF
every conceivable form and order, and
through such Vaccinations, alternating
his feelings and wisdom entirely from
God. Why allow Evolutionary absurd
tiles, OF human begettings, conceived by
diabohcal monster men. to build secu-
lar, spiritual priucipalities and powers,
to deceive men into their subjection
and services, us did the Jewish repre-
sentativcs, Who have received the
law BY the disposition Of angels, aud
have not kept it."-Acts. Z: 63. Aud
since the Roman domination, using
this wise, great and necessary power to
Gods grand and mighty designs with
created matter and spirit, thus pervert-
ingly, to unauthorized use, the fright
euing and coercing men to their sub
mission aud slavery? This lever, am
brotyped from physical nature, con-
lorted into frightful, mysterious. I'M
mortal, omnipresent impossib'llty. was
certainly the body aud substance oi all
the host of additions for the corruption
OF Rome, as the essential meaDlne and
designs OF Gods laws had to be chang
ed TO fit and square with this in entlon;
and by this unearthly fright, the once
pure Roman church was estranged
into diabolical monstroslty; and pro-
testant orthodoxy. instead Of purglng
the substance of her wickedness. CLIP.
ped off few branches, and swal owed
the hideous caricature, substantially.
from the cesspool of corruption and
faithfully press the monster in The ''ce
of thinking, wideawake' INTEL gence.
THAT which hath been is named al.
ready, aud it is known that itis mo-
-Eccl. 6: 10. Did Chrit and lie
apostles sanction such n monstro iiyI
We know they did not Here is irref'
ragable testimony. capaciisted 70 for
ever silence such perversiop. "To the
law and to the testimony" Upon the
heel of the original transgression in the
Garden of Eden. the result Of pryins
into forbidden secrets. the fcreparepts
eat of the fruit, Of the knowledge OF
good and evil. falling from original
purity. by disobedience. into condemns-
ton. moral death. into hell. The God
he.d in communion Immediately says
The man is become ss one OF us, TO
know good and evil. and pov. les' re rrt
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