The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-07-30


"a what is there In
the Christian re-
"a ligion which pro-
REAs -4ez-@=4 vides for his we'll
being? The Bible speaks Of man as a
three-fold being constituted OF spirit,
soul and body. Beginning with the
last named the whole system OF
Christian religion is moral, and NOR
aIity Is intended to benefit the body
primarily. If the injunctions of Chris
tianity we're carried out man would
have as healthy a body as 1t is pos
sible aside from his sinful heritage,
which is in some cases a tremendous
handicap to overcome. The idea OF
temperance or self-contrOl Is clearly
enioined and when we take the teach
ing Of the Bible. as applied to the
Christian, we find that the body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit and that this
temple must not be defled.
The soul, mans spiritual nature in
the light of his physical existence, IS
somewhat comparable to the soul or
life of the animal creation about him.
This spiritual part of man clings to
the body and every injunction of the
Christian religion fosters the life of
the soul as long as it is related to the
flesh.
When we come to the higher alti-
tudes and consider man in connection
with the spirit, we find him related di-
rectIy to Cod and /: is to this spirit
ual part of man that the chief contrl-
buttons of the Christian religion are
made. God recognizes in every man
the counterpart of himself, the image
of himself in the manifestations OF
MISUNDERSTANDING, loving and will
ing.
The Bible an intellectual StimuIant
God makes contributions to the in
tellect of man in the finest field OF re-
search offered anywhere-the BOOK
that is coming TO its own, the Bible
Although we may truthfully say that
God has thought out and revealed re-
demption to man in his Word, the
things related thereto are the pro-
foundest subjects that man can ven
ture upon. God has revealed in his
Word a hereafter which Daniel Web
ster said was the subject of his deep
est thought. God has revealed himself
in the person Of his Son, this, the in
carnation of God, being the profound
est fact of the universe. This thought
staggers man, but if he dares enter
the field of investigation offered he
will find that 1t is the highest compli-
ment God ever put on man that he
has invited him to this consideration.
The great program of the ages is
given to man in the Bible and man is
challenged to make study of it by
rightly dividing the word of truth
Augustine said that there is no under
standing the word of God except by
considering dispensation-the succeed
ing stages of Gods program; and it is
the testimony of many strong intel
lect that when they were touched with
the Spirit of God and began consider
ing this great subject they found 1t to
be most stimulating to the mind. And
this stimulation may be felt and taken
advantage of without any speculation
The human being has heart and
has the power of admiring and even
loving things that are in themselves
lovely. Man has also the faculty of
hating things that are ugly.
Napoeon's Tribute to Jesus Christ
Here the Bible makes its offerings
1t holds up sin to be hated and alb
horred; on the other hand that which
should only draw the heart and love is
presented. The object in which this is
most Succinctly embodied is the per-
son of Jesus Christ He was loved
by his disciples unto the death if we
may believe the testimony of tradition.
Napoleon when speaking in reproof of
a remark of one of his generals as to
the Christian religion, said; Its
founder was and deserved to be great
or than Alexander the Great; than
Caesar and even myself; for all these
kingdoms were founded on physical
strength, while Christ's was founded
on simple faith in the Son of God"
A man would be considered a fool
today if he would try to get ut the Sc
crets of electricity by retracing the
footsteps of Marconi or Edison. He
takes what these and other great men
have done and uses them for some
thing beyond; what he knows not, but
possibly with results of which they
have not dreamed. Let the same COM
mon sense characterize man as he
takes the finished product of spiritual
thought in the Bible and let him get
TO work. The field is not only interest
ing, but it is a field in which man finds
IL ID.