The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-02
Zone God, one law, one element,
And one far on divine event,

TO which the whole creation moves. p"
What Is mani The answer Is clear
to every inquiring heart, that from
this point Of view, that man IN small,
frail, vanishing, and to answer in the
language Of scripture, man "at his
best estate. IL but vanity" lie comes
aud goes as a bubble upon the brook,
upon which for a while the lights and
shadows play. and il forgotten a. a
dream nj the coming Of day.
The stars which he beholds are the
same that 10 their GOODNESS looked up.
on his forefathcrs, and seemed TO laugh
at their coming and going. Standing
by one Of the great mountains Of earth,
~ he lifts his capped head TO
catch the first rays Of light from the
Kind ~ day, we are reminded that for
ayes this grand sentinel has been On
duty, and !, frail and vanishing will
be gone and forgotten, before the ris.
ing sun shall melt the snow from his
lofty peaks. We stand before the NOV.
ing current Of the great Father Of
Waters" and are reminded that for
ages he has been gathering these vat
"rs. from the fountains, and carrying
them on, watering the valley, assist.
ing commerce, shaking the thirst Of
thousands in his march TO the sea; and
yet, thousands Of years. after we have
passed into oblivion, steamers will be
blowing over its course, and the child.
rem ~ generations yet unborn will
still be bathing in its limpid waters.
What in mani
But the Psslmist has another point
Of observation. God il mindful Of him
aud visits him. II the heavens are
wonderful, they are the work Of Thy I'm.
gers, and u man il frail, small and van.
ishing, vet this man il 30 attractive TO
God, that lie visits him.
Now notice how close n connection
there is between the Psalnist = points
of observation, for-if there had not
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would have been no wonder. And II
man had been greater than the universe,
there would be no wonder why God Wis.
it, him and is mindful Of him. And II
God did not visit him, there would he
no wonder. Hut when we look at him,
frazier then matter, weaker than the
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yet God visits him, is mindful OF him,
bottles up his tears numbers the hairs
Of his head, directs his steps. then.
we too are constrained to ask, What 10
mani
In the last chapter Of Thesalonians.
there is a verse, which we believe will
help us to answer the question, and II
reads thus:. "The very God Of Peace,
sanctify you wholly" And I pray God
your whole spirit and soul and body
be preserved blameless until tho coming
of the lord Jesus Christ"
Paul's prayer was, that the entire
man be sanctifed and then In explain.
alton Of this statement he explains what
he means by the entire man; calling
him spirit, soul and body. This is mani
Spirit Soul and body.
We shall reverse the order and dis.
cuss nan m body, then as soul and I'm.
ally a. spirit. We have been accustom.
ed to using the phrase. - Saving me
soul - What a man needs 10 have saved
is moi; the soul, but the spirit; for as
Jesus said 20 Nicodemus, "That which
is born OF the spirit is spirit" Our
bodies are Of the earth, earthly; and is
the highest form Of earth life. II Is
what W. know as physical powerful.
man personality. David said "Man
is fearfully and wonderfully made. y
The greatest invention Of the ages can
not equal the mechanism OF my hand
Tn body Of man is "fearfully and won
derfully made No flower Of the sod
80 fair, no tree Of the forest 80 wonder
Gus for endurance, Yet, what il this
frame Of mani II j. but the carbon
upon which the light OF God II to play
The medium Of expression for the ego,-
the real nan
The body is the soil in which is i'm
planted the soul life; aud is for toda,
only. In Gods great tomorrow, W,
shall have a different body, The scrip
ture teaches us that God will give III
a body as II hath pleased him, aud I,
every seed his own body. And he hatl
implanted a divine or spiritual seed il
our souls and will clothe the esprit
with a spiritual body, for while we are
"sown a natural body We shall be rails
ed a spiritual body"
SOul;-The Greek word for soul al
ways refers to the animal life Of man
c%oncious force-that which experience
pain or JOY, but the animal life in man
or his soul life, far excels in every wa,
all other forms OF animal life and /
eapble Of reasoning from cause 10 ef
feet, and Of the cultivation Of the art
and sciences; and these things ma.
flourish in the soul, though a man b
spiritually dead. A man may he a
artist, n poet, a literary genius or
reformer even though he he spiritual.
: dead.
, Spirit;-What 10 the SPIRIT
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