The Newtown bee., 1899-03-17

often deceived or m1sled by usp Rener-
al terms where we ought to be more spe-
cifc and particular.
In our text the apostle avoids this COM
mon(and [ must admit usually neces-
sary) fault of style; instead of saying
man, he says body, soul and spirit, in
stead of giving US a summary he gives
bill of particulars, an itemiZed account
of the subject under consideration, and
analyses man into his three parts. pray
God that your whole Chat is-all there is
of you-all that forms the totality of be-
ing) namely your spirit, soul and body,
| pray that these and so you be sanctified
and preserved blameless. Have you, my
nearer, at any time considered yourself
as compound being, a Chree-fold self?
EndeaVored to arrive at an estimate OF
your worth and your nature by giving
attention to the component parts which
form the person bearing your name: 1t
is we'll enough to say, ''man is a noble
creature"
IMAM IS A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE AN
GELS"
II am an immortal being" ETC., but
these statements are vague and this dis
cription of selfhood is imperfect and this
the idea you might gain if you
resolve yourselves into the three distinct
parts which unite TO make you to be
you-and consider them apart (each
from the others) and yet each as a part
of the whole. II say "you," the effect
is small; perhaps not single emotion is
stirred or touched; but when l say your
spirit, and soul, and body, then your
thoughts are quickened and you realize
that there is something about you-yes,
comprising yol-worth your attention,
and you perhaps for the first time ask,
what am I?'
Some people seem to think they are all
body: the animal therefore is too prom,
inent and too dominant; they eat and
drink and are satisfied. Others seem to
be chiefly soul: they live in the affec-
tjons; they are emotional and find their
pleasure and life in cultivating and using
(nobly or ignobly) the faculties, powers
and propensities which inhere in the
soul. Others live in the realm of spirit
the spiritual has sway; the body perSaps
is ignored and forgotten, as much as is
possible; the natural affections and en-
dOwments of the soul are neglected or
abused or infused; and they live and
try to feel as much as possible like spirits
(without bodies and souls), an ideal
something which, this side of the grave
and outside of the spiritual world, shall
show has never existed! Any one who
lives such partial life, who neglects one
part Of his being aud cultivates~ unduly
and 6bnormally the others, is making
mistake. AS long ae man is body, soul
and spirit, so long must he care for each,
attend to the growth and proper develop
ment OF each, and harmonic each with
the others, so that he may be a perfect
man in Christ jesus, and be sanctifled
not only in one part, but all. God sane
tify you wholly Chat is all three of you)
is the Apostles prayer.
/ do not wish to occupy your time with
theories and speeulstions in regard to
this three-fold division OF human nature !;
the simple, plain fact Is enough for our
purpose that we have Ono, that is not the
word) that we are q trinity, three in one |
(D Man is Spirit. Spirit Is the i'm.
mortal part of u the direct gift of God,
yea, the very life OF God breathed into
us; something which at birth is endow,
ed with the rudiments of intelligence,
reasoning and Immortality, with a con-
science OF which all are conscious-and
with all else which distinguishes us from
the mere animal.
~ Man is Soul; and by that is meant
the physical human nature, with it's
senses, powers, instincts, ETC., but ele.
waited and purified somewhat, to fit it for
union with the spirit. But notice here
that soul ana spirit together make what
lie SO often termed the immortal soul, or
everything there IL OF as Except the
bcdy.) 1t is important to remember that
though thus united In our thought and
speech they are really distinct. For ex-
ample, the soul could not be Immortal
without the spirit. 1t was only when
God breathed into, or inspired mans soul