Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1908-03-05
A FINE SERMON
The characteristics OF the Soul and
Its Philosophy

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Rev. N. j. Myers gave fine sermon to
his audience last Sunday morning at the
Congregational church on THE Soul7
and continued the address for the short
time allotted him in the evening, the choir
having charge of the service, which was
also largely attended and greatly enjoyed
Mr.. Myers took for bis text "The First
Man, Adam, Was Made a Living Soul"
and in part he said:
THE soul is of divine origin. In its
original untarnished purity it bore the
image of God. The child in its infantile
innocence and simple purity, under the
provisional atonement, is as spotless and
white as the angels of heaven.
Man touched by the divine spirit pos
sesses a soul that is like God in quality
1t bears his image. Tbs iridssency OF his
glory throws halo s sofnbre beauty
around such a soul. The natural man is
living soul. The second Adam. Jesus
Christ, is quickening spirit. The union
produces the highest type Of man.
Paul speaks of the inner man His
inner man is the soul. Science says there
is non-atomic. invisible, ETHEREAL, en-
swathement which the soul fills and
through which it flashes more rapidly than
electricity through a cloud. Prof. Beale
says, that the force which weaves the
tissues of the body must be separate from
it. Hence conclude that since science
has demonstrated this fact. it follows that
the soul has an invisible. immaterial pal
ace in which to perform its marvellous
work. The soul itself is invisible, incom-
prehensible, immeasurable and super
natural. 1t is infinite in degree. illimitabie
in its possibilities active in the extreme
and pure in its divine qualities.
1T is the power that binds two persons
together; husband and wife. mother and
child. This was demonstrated in the
lives Of Damon and Pythias and David |
and Jonathan. Upon this the two great |
fraterna orders of O0d Fellowship and
Pythiansm we're founded. The soul is
not life itself Job said that his soul was
weary of life.
The soul is that wonderful something
in man that aches. hates, loves, desires,
rejoices, meditates, sorrows, thinks and |
hopes. The Savior did not consider the
soul and mind one and the same. He
says, Thou shalt love the Lord with all
thy soul and with all thy mind II they
were one He used useless tautology.
Conscience is the highest governing
power of the soul. Conscience enlightened |
by Christian thought will, if followed, lead
the soul to the loftiest achievements.
Souls fed on divine truth develop until
they can see God. Blessed are the pure,
for they shall see the beauty OF God in
all their environments. The senses are
the windows, doors and skylights OF the
soul. Souls may arise on the wings of
faith and love and fly into the very tenn
Pile Of God, and there explore and absorb
the splendor OF His truth. The soul is i'm
and never grows old. A cultured
soul is spark Of heavenly flame. Amid
The crash Of worlds the soul will survive
and wing itself to glory.
Christ is the only one who is absolute
good in his entire being. Hence His rev
slation is the only perfect food for soul
developments. The soul is a sun that
iarts its rays through all the senses. No
nan and woman can be happy together
inless their souls are flowing in the same
;hannel. A cultured soul and an uncul-
ured soul cannot be happy together.
Planets move in circle and expert
'nce the same scenes, but the souls ,
sphere is infinite and It is constantly ex-
'loring new worlds. All the powers Of
darkness and sin cannot take from the