Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-04-09

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
ality is intended to benefit the BODY
primarily. If the injunctions of Chris
tianity were carried out man would
have as healthy body as it is pos
sible aside from his sinful heritage,
which is in some cases tremendous
handicap to overcome. The idea OF
temperance or self-conGol 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 defiled.
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 d1-
rectly to God; and it is to this spirit
ual part of man that the chief contri-
buttons of the Christian religion are
made. God recognizes in every man
the counterpart Of himself, the image
of himself in the manifestations OF
ersonality-thinking 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 it's 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 though
staggers man, but if he dares ente
the field of investigation offered h
will find that it is the highest compli
ment God ever put on man that b
has invited him to this consideration.
The great program of the ages i
given to man in the Bible, and man i
challenged to make study of it b,
rightly dividing the word of truth
Augustine said that there is no under
standing the word of God except b,
considering dispensation-the succeed
ing stages of Gods program; and it i
the testimony of many a strong intel
lect that when they were touched wit
the Spirit of God and began consider
ing this great subject they found it t
be most stimulating to the mind. An
this stimulation may be felt and take
advantage of without any speculation
The human being has a heart an
has the power of admiring and eve
loving things that are in themselve
lovely. Man has also the faculty Q
hating things that are ugly.
NapoIeon's Tribute to Jesus Christ
Here the Bible makes its offering
It holds up sin to be hated and al
horred; on the other hand that whic
should only draw the heart and love
, presented The object in which this
most succinctly embodied is the pc
son of Jesus Christ. He was love
, by his disciples unto the death, if W
t may believe the testimony of tradition
t Napoleon when speaking in reproof {
; a remark of one of his generals as
J the Christian religion, said: ST
' founder was and deserved to be grea
: er than Alexander the Great; tha
Caesar and even myself; for all theS
5 kingdoms were founded on physics
: strength, while Christ's was founde
r on simple faith in the Son of God"
A man would be considered 70
today if he would try to get at the S
1 crets of electricity by retracing Il
Y footsteps of Marconi or Edison E
takes what these and other great me-
/ have done and uses them for som
n thing beyond: what he knows not, b.
y possibly with results of which tht
have not dreamed. Let the same cor
mon sense characterize man as
n takes the finished product of spiritu
- thought in the Bible and let hirA g
to work The field is not only interes
4 ing, but it is field in which man fin
his own salvation, nothing short of il