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might pause TO note here that this SUI
perior body and brain and promise
of a resurrection constitutes mans
chief advantage over the brute crea-
ton. We come now to the New Tes-
lament under the term, Soul, and find
the same state of affairs. Says the
Emphatic Diaglot: 1.-The Greek word
Dsuclee of the New Testament
corresponds with aephesh of the
Old. It occurs 1O5 times and is rem
dered soul 80 times and life 40 times.
The same wcrd is also rendered mind,
you, us, heart, heartily, and Is twice
applied to the beasts that perish. y y y
Perhaps it may be worthy of notice
that in all the 700 times which ne
phesh occurs, and the 105 Of psuchee
not once is the word, immortal, or i'm.
mortality, or deathless, or never-dy-
ing, found in connection as qualify
ing the terms" This simply proves,
if there is any meaning in words,
what the wise man declares, to-wit.
that "a man hath no pre-eminence a.
bove a beast: for that which befalleth
the sons of men befalleth beasts: even
one thing befalleth them: yea, they
have all one breath Heb. ,q,ach-the
spirit or breath of life of all fiesh) j; as
one dieth so dieth the other - Eccl.
3:19
From this it will be seen that the
word soul. as applied to man the
highest of the animal creation has
been wofully misunderstood. It has
been customary to speak of man as
having separate" soul but as a
Scripture fact Is soul. This is
plainly seen from Gen. 2:7. THE
Lord God formed man (his body from
: the dust of the ground, and breathed
| into his nostrils the breath of life and
man became living soul. Please no.
tice, dear reader, that it takes the
breath of life and the body combined
to constitute living soul, or senti-
ent being. This is crudely illustra-
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knife until it is put into handle, and
handle is not knife without a
blade. So we see when man dies he
simply ceases to exist as soul or SEN
sible being His dust returns to the
earth as it was; and the spirit (the
animating power, the breath of life
the privilege of living returns to God
who gave it.-(Eccl. 11:7.) Be it
clearly understood that it does not re-,
turn to God as conscious entity. 1t
lost consciousness when it separated
from the body, having nothing to oper-
ate upon. 1t therefore returns to God
as broken contract, a lost privilege.
which the giver may renew at will.
'The dead know not anything" They
are reduced to the same condition as
before they were born. But, says
one, oh, no., brother Barnes, that can
not be, because man has a different
spirit, and immortal spirit that lives
on after the body has decayed. We
answer that you have our love and
sympathy, but this in unscriptural
and unreasonable as we have shown,
and will further substantiate by one
or two references to the original.
The Diaglot gives general defni-
tion of the word esprit" thus ''Tht
Hebrew word l7tGcb occurs 400 times
in the Old Testament and is rendered
spirit 24O times; breath % times;
mind 6 times, and the balance in Il
different ways The Greek word
pneund has been chosen by the inspir'
ed writer's of the New Testament al
the equivalent in meaning of the WORD
'pach. 1t occurs 3S5 times and is the
only word rendered spirit with two
exceptions, Matt. 9:26; Mark, 8:12.
Pneumd like rudch of the Old Tests
ment has four Specifications. I. II
represents primarily the air we that
! we breathe. ?. 1t denotes being al
angels. 3. 1t indicates state of feel
ing It is believed there is not pas
sage where these words rendered spir
it occur, but what may be classed un
der one Of these significations. Like
the word pSuchee, neither rtdch moi
paeHmd are even once connected with
words which indicate that it is death
| less, never-dying, or immortal. Thu
1t will be seen that Spirit is an un
seen agency, being or power. Cos
and Christ are powerful spirit beings
invisible as the wind. The saints
when made like Him will be.
The holy spirit mot ghost) or hol!
influence that eminates from God il
an invisible power from an invisible
being. The word spirit in the sens
of breath of life applies to men ant
all flesh alike, as the following vii
/, show; Behold l, even /, do bring |
. Hood of waters upon the earth. TO de
stroy all flesh wherein is the breath o
life. - tr,'ocb, the spirit or breath o
life of all flesh. Gen. 6:1T; 5:15.
"All in whose nostrils was the breatl
Of the spirit of life margin, rudch-
the spirit or power of hfel of all tha
was in the dry land died. "-(Gen. :
se.) These are sample quotations an'
refer to the distinctions of Noah
HOOD. Then we have what is prom
+ inently shown in the Scriptures
spirit begotten" class. but which, a
, Paul says,is mystery to the worl'