World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1908-01-09

ments. but we are not through
yet, we sllall now quot yen Bro.
Russali's abatement on the SAME
point. Please read. 4.
"ln an hsian, the energy reached the
brain. and thought. PERCEPTION. rssson--
Ing. looking. touching. smelling. feeling
and ,ss,Ih commenced. That which
was . hfelsss human organism lhad
become man. . sentiens being. the
living soul condition ,nen,ioosd IN
tho text had hecn reached. In other
words. tho torn living soul" mcsns
neither moss nor lees than tho torn
"seniient bsfny," o.. . being capable
Of sensation. precvptios. thought"
'Thua, also. we see why it is
that the Scriptures speak of
souls" in connection with The
lower animals. They, az we'll as
man, are sentient beings or crea.
lures Of Intelligence. only OF low
er orders. They, AZ we'll as man,
can sec. hear. feel, taste and
smell; and each can reason up to
the standard of his own organ
ism, though none can reason as
abstrusa,y nor on AS high a plane
as man This difference Is not
because man has different kind
Of life from tinat possessed by
the lower aninals; for all have
similar vital forces. from the
same fountain or srurcc of life.
the same creator: all sustain life
in the same manner, by the ai'
. gesticn Of similar foods. produc
ing blood and muscles and bones
I etc, each according 70 his kind
or nature; and each propagatei
his species similarly, best0winl
the life, originally from God, up
A on his posterity. they differ II
Z shape and in mental capacity.
J. Nor can it be said that while
. man is soul Tor intelligent be
;. ingl beast are without this soul
|, quality or intelligence, thought
feeling. On the Contrary, betl
!. mar and beast have sOul.Qualit,
} or intelligent, conscious being
y Not only Is this the statement o
!, Scripture, but it is readily dis
cernible as u fact. as soon rs tn
real meaning Of the word soul II
n comprehended, as shown fore
J. going. To illustrate: suppose
q the creation Of n perfect dog
and suppose that creation hs'
been particularly described. a.
!. was Adams, what difference o
detail could be imagined? Tn
g body Of a dog created would no
be y dog until the breath "f lii
would be caused to energise tha
:, body:-tt.en it would be livin
creature with sensibi'ities an
Il powers oil its own--a living SOL
= of the Lower order, called dog, a
u Adam, when he received life, bt
g came q living creature with SET
y sibilities and powers all his ow
l. "a living soul Of the highest o.
= der Of flesh beings, called man.
= (What is the Souli Page 3 and 4
!. We do not think that we nee
. any thing more; than thos
!. statements above to show cu
i. readers the ignorance Of the Br'
!. in the fulfllment Of our stat
n ment when we gave him the le'
to place luis article in the ",lumr
n of the CREssET and tic reader
! will see also why wc sai'
n that he mi GIT shuw his ignornl
4 CO. Not that we thought thi
4 Bro. Rust was ignorant in b
If every day life. just ignorant q
IN tho scriptures, and this II
a. reader will see. he has show
~ ~ already. The Bro. himself W
he have TO see this. He In the Fir
Q. place contradicted Bro. Russ
IN with q Hebrew word. Both !,
y them applying q different Heore
! word in meaning: to the ssu
!. ss thing; nan and beast, alike ms
ling no difference between, nj
I'd and BEAST only In intslligene
Il ali the same Otherwise. oil se
! tineut beings. And Bro. Ross
q i takes up the dog 70 prove !
y y, lpoint. And. Bro. Rust max
\. .liiGht OF % spealeing d ! hlGh
attrihuts NJ man, called 4 ~ 4
'st 'soul, il,sn the bea1 49, hss !, !:
Il Nos m. lust. ~ -
i = II u Qr ~
g III. * ~ NJ 4sss 4ssSs sis<s N