The Washington herald., 1921-09-26


Sunday. August IL, as in Ps. 1921:
Bless the Lord, o my soul: and all
that is within me, bless His holy
name. Bless the Lord o my soul.
and forget not all His benefits" as
also in Ps. Sc. 6: 81. l. and Luke
XII. 20. But there are degrees OF
life or soul; animal soul has only
( the lower degree. the natural or
animal mind OF sensation and love
Of natural things, while the human
soul or man has the spiritual de-
gree as well as the natural and
animal mind. which he is COM
manted to have dominion over. and
keep in subsection, by the spiritual,
which is the spiritual sense OF Gen.
Il. IS. IS.
II is a remarkable fact that both
words in Hebrew and Greek for
soul and spirit mean BREATH" and
their cognste verbs both mean ito
breathe" and both words are there
fore used for the internal life OF
man. The living soul in Gen. II. Z
means that man became a living
soul or spirit in the material body
when he was vivified by the Creator
The blood being the life or soul
~ the flesh" in Gen. TX, 4. means
that the blood is the circulating
medium. without which there
would be no life in the flesh. In
the first Of the two great COM
mandmentS as given by our Lord
in Luke y. %. Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart
and soul, strength and mind or
thought" the heart signifies the
spiritual or new will. the soul the
spiritual understanding, derived
from the Word OF God and obedi-
ence thereto: the strength there
denotes the natural will or purpose
and the thought or mind the
natural understanding, both serving
the spiritual.
the spiritual will which Is said to
desire the Lord. and the spirit"
denotes the spiritual understanding
which IS said to seek Him.
How to Enter Heaven.
From being merely natural. how
shall We become spiritual and
heavenly, We must be born from
above" from the Lords spirit Csee
John III. 3. s. ~. This truth is not
understood by the natural man. as
tho Lord told Nicodemus Csee V. 81.
The transformation and new birth
is effected by practical repentance
for the remission OF sins" and re-
generation (see Luke XEIV, 81:
Acts II. as; NX. 81: XVII. 3o). The
natural man. in one word. does as
he pleases, irrespective Of the COM
mands Of God or the rights Of
others. so far as he dares. as ex-
emplifed and exhibited. for In
stance. in the case OF Roscoe Ar
buckle with his poor victim. Miss
Virginia Rappe. But the spiritual
man. from the Lords spirit. does
as God pleases.
In temptation the natural man
consults only his own selfish and
depraved will; but the spiritual
man. or one who is daily being
born or elevated from the Lords
spirit, refers and defers in tempta-
tion onlv to the will and command
ments OF God, as found in His Holy
Word. what does the Lord say7"
settles II. He or she watches
against his or her own evils and
evil tendencies: and when they
tempt. he or she, with PRAYER 20
the Lord for help. resists them ac-
cording to what the Lord teaches
in His Word. and also does good
because in His Word He commands
it, according to duty and opportun-
ity. Thus he gradually becomes
transformed into the image and
likeness OF the Lord Jesus Christ.
his God and Savior. He becomes
a saint and an angel Of heaven.
and when he leaves this world.
after suitable preparation in the
world of spirits, he will finally be
received with joy into some angelic
society in the heavens.
Practical repentance commences
with determination before the
Lord. and ferretinE out OF one or
more glaring evils or besetting
sins, in intention. thought. word
and deed. and goes on. with the
practice Of good and useful work.
to the discovery OF other evils. and
finally to- a universal adherence
and resistance OF all evil and sin
of every kind: daily prayer TO the
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. for
His Holy Spirit Of good love. wis
dom and power TO shun evil and
do good together with daily read
ing of His word or the Bible, for
gthe water of life" and spiritual
amanna."
That the saints and angels are
those who keep the commandments