The Newtown bee., 1899-03-17

weak and soon tires" Instead, however,
of regarding the body as does this writer
as beast furnished US for our service
and pleasure In this material world. I
prefer to regard 1t as garment or cover
ing or habitatlons which enshrines the
soul and is to be kept in order to be sane
tilted on the SOULS account. "Kuow We
not" says the apostle, ''that your BODY
is the temple Of the Holy Ghost?" IL it
be temple, then certainly it ought to be
sanctified temple. II we dedicate a
church ediffce to God, surely we should
dedicate our bodies to Him, that is, pre-
pare and keep them for His service.
By the sanctification of the body, then,
is meant keeping the body in the best
possible condition for the souls useI It's
life and health are esst initial to the work
ing out of the SOULS life; those who have
been, Or are, sick or depressed from phys
I zeal cares, know well
| HOW MUCH BETTER THEY CAN WORK
when healthy body and cheerful activ.
ity wait on willing mind. We deem it
then the duty of everyone, and especially
OF every Christian, to care for the body
neither pampering and indulging it
unduly nor disabling and weakening 1t
unnecessarily, but by obeying the laws
OF our being to make it and keep it fit for
the Masters service. I pray God
you may be thus sanctifed in
oody-as long as the material
body can be made to serve your
soul; but that is not long, for it is a NOR
| tai and frail instrument at the best
There be some who through no fault of
theirs or fault long repented of nd for
given-or possibly the result of eelf-sac-
rifice or care for others-are compelled to
live on and suffer on in body untitled In
part for the work of life. Some, too, are
| aged or aging, or infirm. Let all such
remember that IL the body Is almost worn
out by service and is now a hindrance
rather than help, it will soon be dis
placed by something better and better
adapted to the spirits life. The will of
God is its eventual sanctificatinn. This
mortal body will sometime be changed
and be made like Chrlst's glorious body !;
the temple will be rebuilt and the bousp,
mot made with hands. - will never need
repairing or be in danger from abuse or
neglect from accident or disease. o,
rejoice in this thought, all of you VII o
pray that the body may be here partial
ly and there wholly sanctified. a
But what shall be said Of the aanctifi-
cation of the soul and spirit? We COM
bine the two for, as we have seen, in u
they are united; hevsinterpenetrate each
other. as it were Without the soul, man
would be pure spirit unIinked to any.
thing which could think and act; and
without the spirit man would be an ami
NAL, with sensations, it is true. but in no
sense human, and certainly not divine or
created in the image of God. No one has
seen spirit or soul; not till death will
we know fully what that is; but that
each OF US has one Imprisoned 10
the body and is one, when lib
Grated and living absent from the BODY.
Is fact as we'll as revelation. There
Ia spirit in man. God made man liv-
ing soul. But true psychology, like true
theology. will be studied 20 best adyar-
tage in Heaven with the Great Teacher
Leaving all speculation, then, till then,
we remark that to the sanctification and
purifying OF the soul should our atten-
ton be chiefly directed in this life.
BLESSED are the pure In heart for they
shall see God" This is the object of all
Gods discipline, of all earth's sorrows
and trials; the object of all pulpit and
Sunday school instruction; the objects OF
Christ's death and of the gracious infiu-
ences and ministrations OF the HOLY Spir-
it. By nature our souls, since the fall,
are corrupt and sinful, but by grace and
by our cooperation with the means and
Spirit of grace they can be SO changed,
reformed and refined that even while
Joined to material bodies they viii be
made meet for Heaven.
Christian friends, this Id the will Of |
God even your sanctification and from
all your hearts trust is ASCENDING this |
prayer, Gods will be done.', The pro- |
cess Of purifying and Of cleansing NAV |
be hard to bear, and at times painful to
the body and diaagreeable to the mind
but the soul and spirit will be purer and