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INTRODUCTION.

Chapter

MATTER

What
about

The

Matter.

Spirit.

SPIRIT.

AND

His

is.

man

I.

is

Body

Soul

is

know

we

about

II.

the

the

of

basis

Intellect

Consciousness

Evidence,

all

Man.

Moral

the
of

Developement

InfideL

CONSCIOUSNESS.

OF

TESTIMONY

Consciousness

the

know

we

--------1

THE

of

What

Spirit.

Chapter

Senses

What

Matter.

Order

Ground

of

for

Religious

foundation

sure

Freedom.

Faculties.

our

the

respects

as

the

Faith.

13

III.

Chapter

AND

OUTER

the

THE

INNER

MAN.

Creation
The

ancient

Roman
The

child.

Grecian,

Happiness,

for

works

Hindoo,
how

the

Soul.

contrasted

various

Mexican,
promoted

Forms

Providence
with

ourselves.

of

"c., point
; Grief.

does
The

alsa
parted
de-

Religion, Egyptkn^
to

Life,

the
what

Inner
it is.

Man,
23

CONTENTS.

IV

IV.

Chapter

THE

SCRIPTURE

Man

ESTIMATE

Soul.'*

"Living

this view.

Christ

however,

to

be

vilified.

of

View

recognised

"The

alone.

Body

Witness

The

old

an

BODT.

THE

Covenant

SouL

the

to

came

affects the

Death

within."

Old

The

AND

SOUL

THE

OF

Body

English

not,

writer.
30

Chapter
PROPER

THE

Place

The

Laws
alone

others.

of

Nature."

FOR

The

Senses

THE

Nature

has

convert

of

La
The

"

Religion

involve

Error.
37

VL

of

the

mainly

the

in

AFFECTIONS.

Love.

The

of excellence.

The

Unbeliever,

or

Infant
Genius
a

Experience

whom

Intellect

Constitution.

an

of

rose.

laws.

Extremes

intelligible.Music, by
Rank

spring

Iden*

Error

Inward

Nature.

our

faith

Religion consists

Moral

Personal

skeptic's demand.

Chapter

it

Our

weigh

cannot

of Doubt.

extreme

makes

RELIGION.

fellow-traveller,and the

develope

can

EVIDENCE

rising Moon.

The

known.

and

OF

required.

Evidence.

tity,how

The

kind

wrong

Moral

KIND

V.

alone

appreciated.

Developement
loves.
of

of

jection.
Obour

Feeling, the

Christianity. How

Worldling.

51

"

CONTENTS.

Chapter
THE

SOUL

The

Jews

"The

OS

THE

Christ

of

Resurrection

"Growtli

of

Unbelief

not

the

to

basis

be

Mind."

Chapter

The

words
The

Moral

Justice.

Law,

Xaw

regard

to

The

of

good

of

based

on

dead

Two

oatward

modes

SEEN

of

things,and

ill

and

ated.
origin-

Desert;

of

Belief

in

IN,

AND

proving
by

the

of

Consciousness
The

Moral

of it

bridge
Mistake

Law.

letter.

Moral

The
-

80

IX.

Chapter

GOD

LAW.

Sumatra.

Virgil'sidea

never

the
62

Retribution, where

Battas

Retribution.

irrepealable;

originate.Faith.

of Virtue.

nature

Governments

of Al-Sirat
in

Right;

The

universal.

of Miracles.

Obligation. Individuality.

; of

Freedom

Divine

of

the

VIII.

Right, Wrong,
Sense

on

unhelievers.

estimate

not

RECOGinZES

SOUL

"c.

great value.

Their

Revelation.

THE

preciate
ap-

unintelligible. Neither

because

rejected

of every

confirm,

to

Reed

of

classes

Three

usually

cannot

Paine,

from

Remark

Christ

Rousseau.

Hohhes,

always culpable. Wrong

Intended
Not

Christ

of

of

of

Selfish

The

Inspired.

require of

Miracles

Testimony

Truth."

"Works"

BVIDENOE.

EXTEBNAL

"Sign-"

supematuraUy
the

The

OF

TEST

demanded

Spirit

VII.

BY,
the

SouL

THE

SOUL.

existence
The

of

North

God.

By

American

VI

CONTENTS.

"

Conscionsness.

Indiaii.

manifested

God

of

sense

Cause

The
"There

Man

desires
of

sense

are

Atheists."

"from

Fearf
God."

prove

God,

of

the

Sonl

creations

the

Model

view
of

Aspirations

Effect; by

and

deities.

Pagan

the

by

Locke's

Mr.

; is

common

to

"Religion

comes

"from

iDtuitioii.

of

Objections.
craft;"
Priest-

"Reason

Gravitation, Magnetism,

by

eration.
to Ven-

from

Ignorance."

oar

Art;

disposed
alL

by

the

not
can-

Rose.
95

Chapter
fBS

Man,
to

BOUL

how

the

to

superior

powers
animals

with

Few

have

to

disadvantages counterpoised.
Man
Our
Work

Desires.
here.

CuiTURE.

Our

of

We

dissatisfied

the

Capacity for
Power

as

Death.

with

unlimited

an

evidence.

Physical
The

perfect guide.

powers

brute

ance
Alli-

Man's

Their

of

Master
are

cited

Instinct

tifies
Scripture tes-

in it

creatwes.

presentiment

no

brate.

Faith

often

inferior

ours.

IMMORTALITY.

the

have

Superior beings

relation

OWN

ITS

far connected

Immortality.

with

His

PERCEIVES

X.

final

How
not

End

this Life

Improvement

of Communication.

are

our

soon

of

fected.
per-

earth.

; with

our

Self-

Disinterestedness.
Ill

Chapter
THE

SOUL

PERCEIVES

ITS

XI.

OWN

IMMORTALITY.

(Continued.)

Conscience

peculiar

to

man.

Disproportion between

CONTENTS.

the

tasks

of

Raphael,
Lord

Body

MiltoiL
Man

of

the

Knowledge.

The

Dead.

Sacredness

friend.

Man

in

origin,

Reverence

his

Image.

their

tions
occupa-

Desires

on

hody

The

immortal

God

Its

of

estimate

any

Immortality.

usually
relative

Memory.

Tomb.

the

Chzistianity,

man's

of

proof

for

crease
In-

Sentiments

Death.
of

Natchez

the

prejudges
Our

of

prospect

The

laafOETAUTT.

of

Man

of

widow

The

heing.

TheNoimans.

Futurity.

gratified.

Proofs

Mozart,

Beauty;

Praspective.

Religious

of

Sphere

is

Absolute
of

of

SooL

Man

Eildare.

Indian.

to

and

its

ble.
Invinci-

power

125

Chapter
INSPmATION

THE

of

Statement
all nations.

inspired

through
the

sense

on

Inspiration

of

at

their

So

are

birth.

of

moral

Beauty
The

times

forbid

us

Heathen

to

be

through

An

from

drawn

the

Pulpit

The

Conscience

Final

of

All
spired.
in-

further

and

us

through
of Mel-

Remark

Sin.

Reference

this

by

inspires

God

true.

received

inspired Scriptures.

functions

disparage

truth

Ignorance,

universal

sublime

still

Objection.

understand

can

point.

Washington.

Faith.

Objections

of

this

The

Sense

UNIVERSAL.

ALMIGHTY

all, if Scripture

Common

inspired only

THE

Scripture

Sentiment

mouth.

OF

XII.

power.

The
The

sciousness.
to ConThe

142

it
...

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SOUL.

Zl

MAN

SOUL.

INTRODUCTION.

the

had

R.

James

naturally

clear,

discussed

were

character.

and

of

possessed
The

accurate.

him,

of

we

secular

Sabbath

the

as

miod

topics

uniformly, however,
I observed

ally
occasion-

him

met

him

found

society, and

in

within

reside

to

come

had

duties.

of my

pale

recently

turned,
re-

seated
of

believer.

But

Providence

to

had

family

he

at

which

that

friends

he

to

bear

his

from

time

sister

feelings, *'my
Will

it indeed

*'

But
had

who

hour

Spirit,

thus

stricken

body

silent

will
O

the

est
deep-

that

these

he

said

his

shared

near,

on

Spirit,"

my

whither

this

was

closed

had

ever

survive

sion,
proces-

those

to

man

time

to

mourned.

anxious

an

earthly

resistless

fatal

and

The

His

symptoms

sure

dim

fixed.

was

faith.
that

to

From

that, in the

place

portals,

his

of

test

by

summoned

was

long predisposed

saw

must

he

long

ere

air

the

with

church

at

consumption.

length
his

place

severe

been

destroyer,

his

in

go?

gloomy

doubts."
With
at
"

length

heart
made

I feel," said

known

he, *'that

his
my

and

desponding,

apprehepsions
days

are

to

he
me.

numbered.

Zll

INTRODUCTION.

and

finished.

be

to

soon

my

situation, rendered

the

power

of

that

gain

**does

believe

it, has

arisen

of it from
after

die,

we

duration,

we

For

filled with

was

This

trouble

in heaven

*They

that

shall

him

forever.'

time,

Musing

"

day inquired
that

to
"

You

must

silence

put

on

the

on

of

have

must

mother

be

You

changed.

depraved,

"

^you

now

were

hate

was

always happy
she

'and

replied,

although

ly
utter-

for

and

awe,

subject, I

of this

I must

what

which

grace,'

days

lips.

my

delightful place

derstand.
un-

some

others

with

me

or

to

easy

on

on

answer,

mysteries

my

endless

they do, mother,

can

son,'

This

ceived
re-

that,

me

of

it not

them

my

perfectly happy

What

unintelligible,inspired
the

world

pain,

make

glorify God^

enjoy

taught

that, while
and

1"

attempting

impressions

I found

sure

was

light-hearted.

and

gay

either

be

to

that

on

inquired,

"in

She
to

me

incredible

you

the

borne

are

there

from

mother.

my

perfectly miserable.

to

appear

to

hopes

reasons,"

what

to

est
earli-

my

seemed

all my

rest

by

desire

sincere

difficulty,"said he,

greatest

cheerful

even

has

in

many,

But, from

gospel

For

"

seen

It is my

not

Christianity

"My
to

the

I dare

support."

and

myself.

composure

recollections,

frail

calm

Religion.

incredible.

I have

they
she

said

born
God.

in

do

heart

your

sin,

Before

go

heaven

call
'

to

one

"

totally
you

can

INTRODUCTION.

saved

be

God.'

told

me

could

there

not

is

than

better

many

help

loving

him.'

that

kind

worth

he

him

wish
and

has

than

I remember
God

love

forget

to

love

him.'

'

all the

favors

Do

that

Holy

you

think

hard,'

stud

I,

I should

And

now

to

talk
it

that

to

to

love

so,

my

to

be

could

do

said

heart,
is very

grace,

son,' said

It
she

doctrine,

and

'

"

the
we

or

that

heaven.

thing

is very
;

to

go

mediately
immust

That

have

any

then

and

your

must

I will

You

on

not

cannot

God.'

true

But

anything.

me

you.

should

child,' she

my

you

mother,

we

me,

is

ing
think-

awful, burning lake

I

or

say

you

done

changed.'

told

you

God,

nor

grace,

be

that

toward

ws."

no

and

thing

that

Spirit operates
to

go

love

must

you

'

feel

Bible

do

and

is strange,

he has

can

you

It is
me

any

first loved

think,

not

or

me,

child,

my

without

me

in the
he

before

else

bid

gives

love.

God

This

you

towards

you,
*

ever

because

till the

wait

you.'

reading

of

love

for

you

he

affection,"

must

done

for

do

to

more

try

You

When

*Oh!

have

you

natural

''

nothing.
what

in

him.

good things

feeling

the

father,

your

*'

how

value

no

love

do

love

and

nature

new

But, mother,

have

have

must

you

XIU

to

wrong

get
for

Bible

clares
de-

must

lieve
be-

it.*
*'

Thus

faer and

it
my

was

in

father.

all

my

They

conversations

always, indeed,

with
ex-

XIV

INTRODUCTION.
"

their views

plained
able.

But

"

found

failed

reason
*

it is

mystery,'

'you

"

questions.' Now,
helped

could

then

I looked

As

and

man,

although

hour, I have

this

to

the

on

his

saw

in

are

found

midst

the

give

to

stand-point,

the

mind

the

in his

so

was

nature

of the

Inward

Man,

tell

would
had

He

good

experimental

been
enabled

sense

Soul, and

that

me

not

When

his eye

he

spirit,I

but

toward

truths

of

not

that
the

religion.

of the

less
death-

thoughts

gleams

on

his face
of truth.

yet his native

appreciate

to

who

are

From

kindle, and
saw

was

from

those

fix his

eye

afford

to

turns

highly educated,
him

his

his mind

spoke

could

would

here

his

death-bed.

up

young

and

vigor,

naturally

case.

that

iuterest

and

even

felt anxious

which

to

peace

of

withdraw

health

of

great practicaland
It

bitterness

disputed doctrines,

those

has

doubts."

with

channelled,

to

many

which

and

of

and

so

things

some

brow

their

understanding

my

countenance

I endeavored

relief.

him

ask

not

distrest

his condition,

by

were

by saying,

I left home,

been

restless, through the

touched

must

yet until

not,

ended

they

comprehend

to

me

thej

as

that, uniformly, where

assist them,

to

far

religion,as

of

Rational

Faith.

Through

pleased

to

bless

imperceptible

of

succession
to

him

the

degrees,

interviews,
words

the

of my

cloud

of

God

was

lips. By
unbelief

XT

INTRODUCTION.

his

from

passed

shed

healing

beam

habitually disposed
the

It gave

gospel.
who

she

"

had

arrived

heaven,

in

saw

be," I read

outward

and

"

were,

only

am

As

his

calm

and

his

hope
''Can

eye.

this

other

of

pel,
gossuch

mind,

His

increase.

to

''As

Inward

His

man

last

was

audible

before

going

you

the
newed,
re-

words

shall

we

again."

meet

The

of

case

that

doing

this

slight

many,

service

may

read

these

the

foundations

of

committed

to

I had

conversations
The

form,
interest

the

in
the

which
common

to

others.

such,

chapters
the
press

with

and
to

Christian
the
that

I believe,

represents,

man

young

of many,

who

to

ligion,
re-

on

submission?-'

the

day."

by

day

that

true

perished,

man

''

"

departure.

her

peace

steadily

appeared

in

eye,

mother,

his

faith, of

start

such

-piety

seeming

tear

the

of

lessons

his
his

of

him

puritj,

power,

anticipations,

that

in

confer

can

faith

the

that

witness

to

I found

earliest

his

him

sublime

his

find

to

firmness

the

of

of

trust,

it

given

ness
Righteous-

on

consoling,

joy

had

spoke

he

converse

the

me

of

sun

his mind.

on

to

and

clearness,

the

and

horizon,

In

the

of
look

hope

of

leading

all

deeply

Faith,

substance

for

have

several

of

interesting individual.

it is done
reader.

may

be

too

Should

abstract
a

philo-

INTRODUCTION.

XVI

he

such

will

see,

as

fellow-men,

look

mind

sophical

it

at

is,

its

once,

and

into

commend

to

this

lack

of

it

the

little

to

Blessing

book,

am

sure

But,

profoundness.
the

Charity
of

God.

of

mj

MAN

SOUL.

I.

Chapter

MATTER

What

is

Or

it consist

does

enable

and

Man

is

being

simply
It is

an

itself.
where

is of

him

of

is, were

no

inert, incapable,

Unless

effort.
1

impulse

itself, of
some

new

that

It

body?

then

is

It

cannot

is
?

matter

move

forever

it from

thing,

this

dies, his

remain

given

another

any

animal

an

body

the

would

dust

body
of

is
What

into

human

his

substance.

of

it transformed
into

what

dead

him

maintain

when

matter.

clod

The
it

But

extinct.

inactive,

that

within

only

who

will

inquiries

Religion.

senses

those

are

mass

the

to

There

is all there

for

foundation

presents

has

he

of different

and

these

to

his

unlike

faculties

partially,

or

Is

uncompounded

and

powers

whether

secure

nature.

constituted

and

answer

judge

to

us

broad

The

tendencies

even

of

other, essentially

each

Is

is he

indivisible,

simple,

nature

How

man

SPIRIT.

AND

abroad.

when

verted
con-

No,

it is still matter

the

least

motion,

ingredient

be

added

;
or

'Z

MAN

it, the

to

clay

remain

must

powerless.
Is

of

power

this

will

we

prefer

to

please,

it

latter

the

under

the

and

injure

Goodness
world

of

lives

rewards,

can

of

sense

its

to

gifts

conceive

of

nor

neither

direction
of

ble
remarka-

between

these

and

desert.

the

of

suffer

to

the

ward
out-

our

from

He

has,

capacity

by

to

doing

so

to

endowments
love

to
to

fashion

we

ite
Infin-

an

conceive
our

of

hearts

and

requirements.

all these

having

evil

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TESTIMONY

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19

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eighteen

existed

did

of

its

the

and

testimony

for the

physical

Pompeii

scarcely inferior
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few

its,
spir-

itself

to

of Providence

care

unprecedented

of

glorious destiny.

ourselves, in these

imagine

amid

its

ongoings

events.

Father

revealing

man,

ocean,

spiritualworld,

great

foreshadowing

also, the
of

course

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the

of

the

to

the

perfect;

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Flower,

ministers

but

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imperfect,

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SOUL.

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the

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former

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and

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it be," I asked
best

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God

would

frame

work

the

touch

himself.
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the

to

hearts
Thus

the

of

outward

spring
The

Life, and
up

even

view

earth.

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from

just
of

forms

kindred

taken

Religion
outward

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into
but

this event,

lift them

death

to

transformed

inward

vigor

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love.

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angels

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immortal
the

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and

and

perishes ;

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would,

wrath

of

man

renewed.

he

sickness

are

messengers

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the

or

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stricken

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for

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parents

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disease,

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indeed

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health

in

countenance

man

of

course

I have

lot.

myself,

giftto

afflicted

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ous

the

sentence

is God's
the

when

set,

tried,

dark, in this view,

our

arrested

next

the

body

blooming

day

ence.
experi-

of Providence,

eye
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man

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down,

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man

individual

to

survey

Sickness

events.

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greatly

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25

MAN.

the

centuries, while

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that
man

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on

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26

MAN

No

Adam.

in

its

in

place

and

character.

the
others

these

the

Why

outward

stands

man

alone

can

for

spiritual end,

in

improvement.

Hence

culture
nation

incentives
is

for

moral

spiritual youth.

bring

of

perfect
The

to

men

of

the

yea.

good

For

many

vidual,
indifor

be

needs

be

Jew

arrived

only

''

and
at

schoolmaster

is,

arate*
sep-

and

means
was

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each

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Heathen

times

of

the

to

stature

the

world

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the

Rachel

cheerfully

seven,

and

"

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the
for

ination
exam-

Happiness.
ments,
endow-

outward

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4iiiction would

live and

in

by

seen

human

consist

consisted

on

spirit is

possessions

life's treasures.
serve

the

springs
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they

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Christ," that

supremacy

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interminable

must

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?"

men."

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man's

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elation
rev-

capacity

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that

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for

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purpose,

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to

progress.

infant.

to

there

ship,
wor-

question.

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word,

one

age.

of

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an

adapted

each

and

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of

people

the

at

it.

answer

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Mexican,

even

chosen

dumb

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was

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imperfection
"

ment
develop-

modes

erroneous

God's

to

its

with

so

take

can

in

nor

not

Grecian,

Egyptian,

improvement

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why

made

soul

essential

original features,

I ask

man

SOUL.

toil, as

abundance

only

be

seven

the

love

swer,
an-

though
of

this

obtained,
years,

aye

they

bear

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her, it

toward

is their
and

show

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lands

and

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stocks.
be

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in

wisdom

daily
of

our

commercial,

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triumph

in

announces

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to

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that

ear

toithin

worst

that

and

us,

to

be

is to

everywhere,

triumph

rian,
secta-

our

opponents.

our

those

are

peace

vanquish

to

or

the

or

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of

sway,

gold,

cabinet

the

in

we

heart-treasures.

have

not

fever

happy
and

silver

than

retreats

outward

an

be

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must

honored,

political,or

or

foes

riches

other

this

all

But

little.

dizement
Aggran-

days."

few

watchword.

avail

must

saloon,

but

seems

27

MAN.

INNER

AND

truly happy.
And

Not
I

the

loss

look

on

him.

still

the

fii^yr over

All

His

heart

has

lost

deeper.
man

sands.

be

is altered
music
the

to

Real

expressed

by

is

quiet

and

lips.

The

the

; its

morning

hues

flee

comes

in

voice

; but

inward

dwindles

the

agony.
to

point

In
;

trouble
and

his

we

being
others'

is

only

silent

its

own

; it

can

countenance

away

ful
mourn-

words

no

the
then

rather

but

misjudge

heart

God

before

of

stream

the

grief

him.

over

nothing,

We

against

seems

right

is

luxuries.

or

roll

the

does

"Known

bitterness."

world

neighbor.

golden

sorrows.

tell

honors,

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our

property,

Therefore

gained.

constitutes

troubled

and

inward

never

of
my

Dark

look

it that

is

what

can

outward
learn

that

28

MAN

the

sternness

the

heart."

of

It is not
and

be

at

and

enjoy

to

the

we

are

ourselves,

But

of

our

What

nature

and

friendship

"

in check

keep

farther.

nothing

contrary,

Control

every

the

form

be

and

sion
pas-

high-

character."
far

be

greater

advanced

inward

in

than

proof
I refer

nature.

this !

constitutes

How

the

We

eat, drink

for

on

that

mind.

our

affections, and

your

interest

is still to

to

him,

develope

an

sincere,

to

say

attainable

est

were

anxious

animal

convinced

the

friend,

as

be

to

animal

your

well

as

and

should

with

we

object whatever,

of

state

reach."

when

moments,

outward

the

in

content,

thy

intoxicated

no

on

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'^

be

thyself;

of

man

us,

all within

not

advise

enlightened

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to

pleasures, perfectly

and

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merry,

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say

soberest

our

and

it consists

should

to

with

uttermost

happiness depends
that

the

^^

body

peace

all, in

are

passions

the

in

now,

No,

lot is in

our

then

SOUL.

of

the

supremacy

man's

to

Where

happiness

mere

true

it

does

Life.

originate

is it sustained

Life
not

is

acquisition

an

it and

desire

boon.
"

length

not

of the

All

that

of

The

days."

body.
a

cling

man

But

he

all seek.

it, as

to

highest

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hath

which

the

Who

greatest

Hebrew

may

gold

cannot

give

for

ceivable
con-

blessing

uninterrupted
and

does

hfe

was

comes

purchase
his

it.

temporal

OUTER

life,but

it

Earthly

AND

be

cannot

with

is connected

redeemed

The

only ever-during

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essentiallyinterior,

individual
is put

the

Heart,"

One

that

cheek,

noble

every

almost

the

radiant

eye,

still the

in

wrapt

the

quickened

eternal

is the

life,thus

roseate

the

lungs
be,

He

may

being.

His

in

have

spirit

death.

I ife, then

into

live.

may

sleep prophetic of

is

if his soul

in

appearances

man

dead.

sense,

to

"wisdom

developed form;

an

on

only

permanently
the

true

hold

no

be

may

and

and

spectator

play vigorously, and

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soul.

understanding

well

the

and

the

until

not

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whatever.

known

unseen,

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grave.

estate.

from

springs

truly

to

perfect health,

this

not

parts and

we

present

may

of

life

Inward

our

the

possession

consciousness.

into

froni

outward

no

29

MAN.

titles entail

and

names

INNER

But

indeed

he

lives.
How

of power
the

fortune
the

body

the

heart

alone,

from
man.

so

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that
doth

latent
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in

the

centre

only

inward
is

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prosper

sending

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by

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lead

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an

that

which

hidden

throughout
does

tenances
appur-

appliances, or

bread

man

the

tained
sus-

emoluments

and

with

the

or

outward

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by

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lives

spiritualheart
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it is fed

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procure

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by

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originated,afterward

feedeth
As

manna.

the

physical

its

impulses

only

when

currents

entire

moral

everlastinglife.

30

IV.

Chapter

SCRIPTURE

THE

When

ESTIMATE

seek

we

subject, we

our

it purports

of

treat

to

that

assumption

It does

materialist, but

the

is untrue.

It
of

only
contrary,

**

All

spirit.

is

represented
leased

to

laid

this

consists

not

merely

used

term

man

for

sisting
con-

as

the

by it, on

is addressed

possession
of

argue

his doctrine

in

The

is

as

years

as

enduring,

spiritual.

as

ward,
in-

in

to

stop

is called
He

it proceeds

as

body
tenement
an

and

specific purpose

ment,
instru-

then

entirely aside.

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of

the
the

*'

addressed.
that
in

forth

for

us

Good,

that

Soul."

on

fact that, while

is essential, vital,and

set

as

be

to

Living

that

his nature,

He

Bible

the

represents

body.

BODY.

THE

Chief

assumes

where

no

of

the

with
man's

spiritual things.
with

AND

testimony

struck

are

the

on

the

SOUL

THE

OF

the

the

Old

Covenant

Hidden
It

man."

Psalmist

Inward

Heart, the Lord

To

in view

was

parts.
will

the

recognizes

not

the

of its infinite

said,
If

this

"

Thou

regard

hear

me."

cy
supremaLaw

was

ity
superior-

desirest

truth

iniquity in
Thus

my

spake

Jehovah
law

in

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hearts^"

alone.

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pains,

that

them

that

the

Soul

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kingdom
heart

if

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conceal

world

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the

heart

the

cup

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It

washen

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also
man

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was

woxxian,

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;

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; it

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proceed

"

evil

blasphemies."

beggar,

God,

of

from

tones

clean

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Samaritan,

human

plaudits

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at

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the eating with

murders

pure.

right
the

out

no

the

so

most

heart,

have

The

first that

which

that

The
ear

sion
occa-

he,

trappings

in

his

on

said

upon

his eye.

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his way.

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was

is

"

prisons,

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looked

guilty Pharisee.

thoughts, adulteries,

one

not,"

after

sped

bodily defilements,

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saw

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drown

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hands,

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could

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body

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from

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more

far

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ministry.

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on

death, that he entered

from

even

or

deliver

to

not

was

my

Paul,

Christ

Jesus

did

preeminently

soul.

"

in the

heart, in the spirit,not

of the

it

said

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write

and

parts,
not

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"I

prophets,

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outwardly

or

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through

31

ETC.

ESTIMATE,

SCRIPTURE

the

whose

den
hid-

Syropheni-

falsely judged

32

MAN

he

sinner,

whose

Jesus

clasped

where

others

and

offender,

he

he

what

truth,

tokens

told

are

it

that

alone

all

searcheth
is

of

the

spirit

authority

judge

of

our

be

to

is

of

hopes

to

the

the

spirit
of God.

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**

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the

Soul.

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*'

light that
of

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actually

destiny,

our

"The

things.

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this be, unless

can

arbiter

what

not

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darkness.

not

ye

given
that

"

that

ed
confound-

deep things

all

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spiritually discerned."

are

is here

Christ,

says

be

you

God

of

be

the

of the

believes

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divine

force

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yea,

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saw,

spirits.

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in the

light of

the

own

trusted,

of

things,

He

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be

can

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our

the

abiding

Christianity. Hfe, who

for

senses

with

the

; he

led into

been

nounced
pro-

at

; for

an

through

perceive

cannot

argument

by

been

stones

love

of

have

we

witness

Spirit,bearing

the

if

he

where

and

sorrow

omens

it, that

waste,"

of

godly

whom

was

cast

shield

of

have

must

materialist

the

else could,

one

this

'bigot would

spread

read

no

We

the

individuals

blessing ;

immortal

aspirations

Hence

Why

*'

and

the

bosom.

cried,

formalist

heart

motives

were

his

to

an

SOUL.

secret

sanctified, these

were

an

Soul

is within

yourselves

Christ

formed

is said
within

is the

beginning

Take

and

Man,
the

by
us."
the
end

SCRIPTURE

So

believe

cannot

one

"the

hidden

Christianityis

the

then

awakened,
volume

is

with

touched

great

evidence

the

lightis poured
from

God

spiritualbeam,

and

to

seen

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be

the

witness

the

New

"

one,

is

man

the mind

; the

; it becomes

it

of

tament
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inward

on

have

received,

is

letter.

dead

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of

has

man

he

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its inward

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spirit."
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him

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spiritualcapacities^

quickened

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his

faith in Christ

we

glorious depths

heart."

of the

man

living,real
and

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in

through

gospel except

33

ETC.

principle, that

is this

fundamental

told
the

ESTIMATE^

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radilife and

imparts

peace.
life

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Soul,

the

internal

be

represented

so

also

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tabernacle,"

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the

spirit,it

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man

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all

has

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in

its

"

things the preeminence

the

from

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and

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mo-

body

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glory
be

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are

therefore

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spirit,"

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is dead."

body

withdrawn

thereby

in

depend

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compares

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concentrated

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An

said

spirit is

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man.

and

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thus

as

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in the

given

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is with

boast.
flesh."
to

the

Spirit.
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clusive.
NEVER

language
''

TASTE

If

of

Christ

man

DEATH."

keep

on

my

This

this

subject is

sayings,
is

not

he

true

c^on-

shall

if the

34

flesh is

of

does

not

of Jesus

language

shewn

future

to

or

as

invisible

the

that

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it

in the

was

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insignificance,

as

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^,

is decaying,

man

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and

listen

faith, when,

sick

feel

to
as

speak of

one

he

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the sublime

living soul ;"

the

than

stand

we

journey
then

we

destructi
in-

nature

vigorous

more

Christian

but

die.

ple,
ever-during princi-

health.

hear

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death

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of

caunot

has,

departing immortal,

occurs,

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body's
a

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Death

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man's

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When

express

another,

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to

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though Scripture thus enthrones

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SCRIPTURE

it

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47

EVIDENCE.

constantly improve

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48

MAN

SOUL.
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49

EVIDENCE.

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60

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51

Chapter

THE

I HATE,

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Faith

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AFFECTIONE.

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to

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nature.

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Christianity consist
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neighdo

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52

MAN

Scripture

thy heart,

all

with

God,

thy mind."

with

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for

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tinct
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SOUL.

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FAITH

THE

that

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which

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love

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tions, he only

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of God.

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53

AFFECTIONS.

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64

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FAITH

THE

little children,

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56

gives himself

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who

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FAITH

THE

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capacities

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establishes

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and

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of

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57

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MAN

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59

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wholly

recognition

of

authority,

moral

for the

never

Indian

justice.

penal awards,
are

the

in

Republic,

I have
the

offender

of

is set up
or

are,

of

ground

is

the

standard

consequences

of the

and

their

in

at

administer

so

regarded,

never

sometimes

many

can

suffer

justice.

at

are

it is true,

of.

judge

fall short

are

leaves

of

idea

principles

eternal

unpunished.
law, that

codes

government

the

on

enactments

perfect right. Penal

By

the

hereafter,

or

91

LAW.

of retribution, and

that, either
his

SOUL

if

So

the

premium

93

paid

were

the

did
its

winds,
the

plunged

or

admitted

such

Law.
of

judge

consist

in

them.

Not

itself.

Conscience

when

king,

or

conscious
work

awful
The

Law
it

the
habit

be

has

to

it

each

execute,

explains
and,

interpreter,

in

errs

never

No
of

is

its

of

array

throne,
In

needed.

the

soul, the

individual

of

moulder
it

one

the

It

enactments.

it
soul.

back
now

feature, that

more

There

repealed.

law, by which

require

That

pomp

human

from

living tablets
will

consequences
laws

own

no

Moral

silently on.

goes

Moral

of the

Executive.

of

great
return

years,

Law.

sentence,

secrecy

in
is

the

magistrate

its

own

verbal

But

natural

Moral

It is its

the

in

of mankind

Human

circumstances,

outward

never

the

faithfully enlightened,

decisions.

spirit,

blood.

is

The

purified

or

retributions

and

the

so

bleach

thousand

actions.

explain,

to

to

waters,

and

the

feelings and

that

fields.

of

not

are

up

the

us

proportion

of flesh

These

our

the

Elysian

penance

bodies

to

But

hung

small

the

to

after

again

is

into

Then

tells

Virgil

always.

sent
repre-

light.

this

in

Religion

departure,

fires.

mass,

of

often

Christians

virtues.

sanctions

Heathen
after

the

on

SOUL.

MAN

lives

to

stands, written
The

dust.
and

body
The

is in

we

tinguishe
discan

on

in-*

physical

health, will

then
we

pass

SOUL

over

it but

Man

self.

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moral
obliterate
his

right

if

He

being.
his

free

and

he

of

alter,

nor

Virtue

duty.

of

or

is

him*
never.

be

to

conscience^

merit,

ate
alien-

nor

the

of

nature

immutable

as

law

or

cease

whit,

one

as

Law"

Inward,

dismiss

guilt

the

Soul

of his
the

far

Moral

the

would,

cannot

sense

will,

law

dies,

part

therefore,

So

though

as

with

so

is the

so

outward

cannot,

be

Not

93

LAW.

its dissolution.

will

it

is immortal

He

for

existed.

never

RECOGNISES

concerned,

are

had

THE

God

as

himself.
Nor

sleeping
until
the

this

can

the

on

mind

done

it,

only

smothered

to

"

and

again,

virtue

and

evil

or

all fear.
await

"

cover

the

He,

who

disappointed.

overspreading
all, somewhere

sky

and

will

break
trodden
Down-

tardy

deserving

always

to

do

more

on

some

the

surely
pure,

period

cast

right,

be, ultimately and

Not

at

fire is

power.

let the

resolves

smile

the

faint, for the

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one

beings have

It

desolating

good

do

may

But

moment.

cannot

event,

We

not

efface

its birth, will

deluded

sometimes

may

No,
can

you

another.

letter,

Soul.

the

pain.

the

with

it at

dead

until

not

many

up

for

of

on

of earth.

recompenses
out

stamped

deed,-"" alas how

wrong

out

book

think,

to

give joy,

to

become

ever

statute

ceases

characters

cease

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tirely
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the

than

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HAN

existence,
outwaird

reap

as

universe

but

the

the

conscious,

Moral

immortal

have

thej
itself,

Law

SOUL.

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That

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soul

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the

scroll,

endure,

perish.

till

96

IX.

Chapter

SEEN

GOD

There
of

question

the

other

in

turning

looks
of

the

and

these

of these

of
to

God,
been

most

"

The

part,

world
on

^meaning only

the
the

the great evidence

of

and

outward

to

means

created.

of

conclude

in his

Fountain
ible.
inexhaust-

evidence

is

neither

relied, for
works

universe,

cited in books,

God.

I answer,

The

and

love,

and

-have, however,
former.

tokens

in

from

sources

confidence

vidual
indi-

to

is infinite

two

One
there

faith

wisdom,

emanation

an

these
our

exclusively.
the

but

are

the

were

self-observation

bj

world,

benevolence,

his

in

intelligent,and

an

things
of

qualities,which

Which
entitled

marks

knowledge,

all the

soul,

own

led

is

of
all

substantiate

to

go

Another

that

whom

also

discovers

finding

great

consists

adaptation

existence

the

Being, by

all-wise
He

infers

he

ends,

the

inward.

Creation, and

design, contrivance,

One

external

thoughts

our

on

solving

God.

from

drawn

arguments

of

of

being

SOUL.

THE

BY,

modes

two

are

AND

IN,

and

"

of

have

usually

96

MAN

leaned

sometimes
of

savor

the

external

proofs

exclusively

too

?"

for the

In

Some

Intuitions

acquainted
view

of

from

few
of

others

the

render

early

superior
in the

existence
but

true

led

by

collateral

There

careful

that

Their

I believe,

sis
analy-

the

that

perceive
God,

source.

nature.
a

any

argument

affirm

they

of its

of

the

to

8:reat

which
is the

support,

all
ness
wit-

us.

ages

creation
of

to

other

the

that

internal

the

be

not

faculties

of the

within
In

would

this

discard

subject arises, commonly,

who

material

slightinglyof

from

whereof

misapprehension

argument

in the

to

deduced

that

poral
tem-

ordinarily exhibited.

and

deride

and

present

speak

to

soul,

who

with

their

witness

the

of

they

are

are

disposed

Deitji

under-estimate

to

it is

whatever,

evidence

But

endeavor

ply
multi-

the

strongest

to

was

to

seen

found

wishing

light than

are

be

to

of

things

"

is the

God,

I would

clearer

Without

argument,
in

of

existence

on

word,

one

being

creation

the

nature

zeal

in their

not

fathom

to

in

object

some,

of

Is there

undertaking

every

not

this argument

not

far ?

too

in

which

for

Have

dwelt

pressed

presumption

Purpose

created

Has

by believers.

upon

been

SOUL.

looked

man

for

mainly

demonstration

powers.

swelling

He
oceaui

of
in the

saw

and

the

on

the

the

ward
out-

existence

terri^c

mighty

der,
thun-

river9

SEEN

GOD

the

presence

tou

of

abore, the

world

the

his

discovers

him

of

traces

him

of

Father

should

Nor

what

does,

above

power

man

it is

alone, since
and

refined

belief
the

in

belief

result of

But
most

times
so

on

the

of
it is
to

is

not

he.
it.

crystal mirthe

throw

coun-

the

on

soul

and

of

belief

the

be

is

in

Education

contrary,

ods
periwhere
everyThe

natural

as

as

It is instinctive

Were

in rude

Atheism

the

For

cultivated

impulse.

periods of great
that

stake.

spontaneously.

existence.

Atheism

not.

discredit,

of

to

therefore

own

at

that

confined

ignorance.

uncultivated

of

formed

surface

matter

unbidden

like

domain

truth

It proves

must

an

regard

to

that

were,

polished

in the

our

it

reasoning alone, then,

part,

opement,
The

in

by

comes

in

God

mind

spiritualnature

not

up

air

around.

human

the

Divinity

n^inds, but,

springs

of

the

in

comes

circumstance

it prove

does

man

is, as

being that

forests

the

and

Mani-

above.

this

it sometimes

as

the

and

its

is

world,

part

the

reflectingfrom

tenance

as

moral

own

spiritwithin

ror,

it

advances^

within

In

God.

The

outward

highly cultivated,

more

The

Indian

beneath, and

waters

civilization

as

is

the

97

SOUL.

agency.

American
on

THE

BY,

superhuman

only

operates

But

of
North

the

AND

IN,

ages,

would

confined,
intellectual

French

it the
and

abound.
for

the

devel-

Revolution,

simple-hearted"the

savage,

98

MAN

-"who

is

man,

the

"

Go3.

the

to

educated

Thej

the

that

result

it the

to

comes

of

be

not

evidenced

to

that

and

by

drawn,

be

and

incontestible

most

with
"

me

of

length

the

of ideas

there

"

as

proof

of

God.

the

at

least, independent
not

required

of
to

of

in

the

argument.

the

senses,

to

of

"

mental
funda-

essential

degree

some

in

ourselves,

To

great

intuition,"
in

connected

speaks

are,

of

regard

He

the

surest

existence

only

We

ask

own

may

ideas, the

evidence

to

''

whence

of the

"

from

our

perception,

of

idea,

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springing

to

are

essential

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one

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train

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be

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existence

from

this writer

chain

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internal

self'-consciousness..

our

train

the

us

; but

of

us

proof

I differ from

God."

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certainty yet higher

intuition;
or
self-consciousness,
therefore

Locke,

subject.

senses

is

it

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this

by

us

give

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things,

other

to

is

; but

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any

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nor

reasoning

things without

only by

us

senses

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is

of nature

of

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existence
than

thus

in

Faith.

God

works

suspected

of

existence

real

of

process

speaks

tendencies,

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their

adamantine

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sense

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any

in

shewing

through Consciousness.

us

will

who

from

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spiritually inclined^

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child, alwajs believe

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elements

primarily

drawn

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always

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contend

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GOD

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tell

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testimony,

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of God,
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consciousness
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me

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interrogate

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99

SOUL.

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MAN

theology

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Soul.

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satisfy;

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that

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Wisdom

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and

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thirst

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reach

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desires

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man,

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of

true

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aspirations
great

men

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earth

into

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firm

SEEN

faith

become

in

hands

the

Almighty

Napoleon

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braving
faith

in God,

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share

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Cause.

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also

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created

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is

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inspire

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idea

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we

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acts,

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who

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itself.

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to

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himself

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jet imagined

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preternatural

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genius

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God.

101

SOUL.

them

Through

of

as

THE

BT,

believers.

himself.

to

AND

God.

in

power

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these

Man

himself

qualities

did

with

not

ate
cre-

th^m.

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Thej

have

must

himself.

mind.

origin

an

is

by

create

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are

all the

and

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does

of itself in the

up

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whole

arts

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race,' to

original faculties
But

if

of

of

form

every
Who

implanted
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principle holds
aspect.

excellence,
it.
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only

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draws

original,

an

of all that

Without

is in man,

he

from

parent,

the

Him,
from

but

Father
we

existence

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this

weak
root

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gious
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source

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source.

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fountain

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image.

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and

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of

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man

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germs

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son.

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is

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Plato, Raphael,

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to

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branches

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existence

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103

SOUL.

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achievement

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BY,

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105

SOUL.

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106

MAN

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not

107

SOUL.

Divinity.

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108

and

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if not

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114

MAN

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bird

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THE

We
of

PEECEIVES

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error,

of

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instinct

as

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113

IMMORTALITY.

ITS

is not.

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Man

116

has

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117

IMMORTALITY.

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118

ICAN

SOUL.

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of

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119

IMMORTALITY.

hopes,

of his existence,

not,

then

God

has

130

MAN

made

creature

one

SOUL.

live

to

variance

at

with

its

instincts.
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for

find

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human

desire
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of

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is

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of

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into

With

spirit.

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for

itself

projects

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man

from

separated consciously

121

IMMORTALITY.

ITS

PERCEIVES

122

immeasurably

hy it,

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SOUL.

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animal.

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of

prerogative

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degenerate

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to

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of culture, the

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enter

process

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capable

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gress
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animals.

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THE

PERCEIVES

SOUL

bird convey

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123

IMHORTALITY.

be,
for

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dog
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124

giving

up

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purely
noble

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125

XI.

Chapter

SOUL

THE

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PERCEIVES

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be-

teach

126

MAN

him

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inborn
such

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his

kindness,

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operate

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distinction

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and

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because
as

in

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exist.

good,

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such.

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of particular

doing

learn

even

such.

threaten
his

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him

with

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you

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But

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abstract

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it is

because

born

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with

capacity

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right and
into

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man

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human
sense

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of

our

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in

is
sane

does

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not

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so

of

texture

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recognises

man,
as

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eternal,

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condition,

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evil.

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perceive

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prevent

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incapable

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thus

and

consideration,

in

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on

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knowledge

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punishment,

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approbation
These

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aid, by your

your

showing

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capacity

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performs.

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and

appetite,

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exhibiting your

or

acts

tell him

do

SOUL.

to

the

to

pampering

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faculty, nor
be made

can

appeal

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sense

as

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capable

and

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of

of

loving

abhorring

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he

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without

reference

from

thus

conducted

suffer

love

simple

So

earth

of

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has

tasks

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her

to
seems

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to

have

gifted with

man's

future.

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of

just

; and

tion
retribu-

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skill, and

capacities

of

toils for food

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ward
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ter.
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faculty

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complete requisition.

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from

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and

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body.

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time,

For

precisely adapted

far is this

the

race

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assiduous

of the

care

our

body

young.

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take

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to

expectation

brute

is put

possesses

give strong hope

immortality.

of the
The

parent

for

in

furthermore,

powers.

demands

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presupposes

the

things,

directlyof

reference

is universal

Observe^

only

not

us,

all finite

to

the

sway

existence.

eternal.

are

always

she

itself,as

time

immortality. Duty

retribution

which

from

of
those

from

emancipate

but

ures
pleas-

earnest

an

as

man

finally,preaches

Conscience,

things

it

space,

from

sanctions

regard

it detach

does

the

enjoy

to

to

because

God,"

of

have

rather

choosing

''

"than

does

interminable

an

Multitudes

people

trait I

so

and

hence

and

goodness.

right

act

can

punishment, and

or

perishable things

and

creation,

from

of

This

immortality.

lower

reward

people,

of sin."

outward

to

with

his

were

He

duty.

themselves,

affliction

they

it is

because

duty

127

IMMORTALITY.

ITS

PERCEIVES

SOUL

THE

true

of the

this work

its whole
of Man.

transcend

It

mal
ani-

God
nature.

He

is

immeaa-^

128

MAN

the

urably

in

sphere

of

sense.

its efforts

to

the

slave

miserable
There

is

him

for

the

mighty

Will, with
it

of wealth
the

enters

sphere

del

of

poetry

By

of

the

the

Haydn,

and

Can

us

with

bestowed
as

such

on

affection

prove
within

then

of

of

endowed

this Heart,

affections

himself,

the

outward

placed

sense

Han^

in

your
be

might

No,

which

that
is

must

worthy

ours.

add,

placed
body,

God

as

that

was

its

of

nobly

yourself

things

as

me

all, it shall

the

the

enduring

If, let

were

that

merely

enjoys the^

it for

thus

irrepressible Love,

its

bosom

be

persuade

you

man

productions

Was

God

that

alone,
gratificatidxis

mulation
accu-

Raphael,

of

noble

architecture.

and

the

Beauty

and

lieve
be-

you

Beethoven,

paintings
the

Do

arts,

occupy

this moral

for

his taste
fine

nature.

achieve

to

the

to

to

narrow

and

and

Milton,

sculpture

merely

given

was

aniraal

energies

perception,

Wherefore

Mozart

of

compositions

too

is

servitude.

minister

his

of

us.

designed

of

to

fined
con-

body,

his mind

than

its illimitable

was

the

all inward

to

is all

within

man

of

conscious

purpose

physical world'

The

is

necessities

and

appetites

Intellect, if

wants

feel, that

to

higher

His

dead

so

man

sometimes

not

as

no

it

SOUL.

the

wei

are

that

these

us

only

condition

if, after

immortal,

not

glorious principles
to

worship

of the

and

animal

obey
is bet-

than

ter

PEBCEIVK8

SOUL

THE

he

less than

the

theirs.

do

labors

quiet

In

much.

too

them

taken

It is

by

herds

man

body,

his best

as

destined

to

bears

animal

Again, the
little
to

to

the

for

of

the

seal

he

But

hopes.

Anticipation

sal.

characteristic

It is manifested
even

there

offer sacrifices
to

To

their
my
and

existence,
9

to

the

of

our

only

in

have

yet believe

who

God,

world.

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nations

in

souls

this

this

to

what
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daily

is-univer*

Christian

Nay,

lands,

it is

no

future

state*

to

in
man

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faith

in

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confidence

disposition in

come.

his

race

journey

to-^

he

almost

of the

feet for their

mind

in

tribes.

savage

among

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tie shoes

not

less

with

is

he

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is full

man

which

far

what

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feelings. To-day

consists

bread.

but

that

in

ture
na-

does, it is only

happiness

than

; he

slight value, compared

dwells

He

morrow.

His

of

him

to

must

immortality.

want.

near

some

dis*

noble

present

when

; and

when

Man
This

of

none

him

wretched.

and

mind

for it

leaves

portion,

his

valley

lot, which,

Prospective principles and

seems

any

it does

lives in the

future

provide

in the

Tho

higher sphere.

its front

on

and

for

his existence

graze

with

content

appointed, unsatisfied,
be

that

outward

these

upon

all is harmonious.

for the

wholly

toil for

our

happiness, enjoys

and

peace

relies

who

139

IMMORTALITT.

all

For, with

ours.

indulgences,
whole

ITS^

the
a

to

and
next

future
create-

ISO

for himself

that
the

perish with

died

faith

it

will

think

its power,

how

triumphed
I

and
many

this faith, and

for

over

lieve
be-

cannot

we

she

There
of

the

in the

Henry

VUI,

resort

solemn

her

have

bsues

less

from

por*

him

faith

hardly

voice

bid

to

life,

his

to

air

who

departed

the

Yes,

this.

to

thousands

are

existence

retired,

with

of

reign

death

told, through

are

The

principle.

suffered

the

during

record^ of the

on

this

who

Kildare,

there

trait, and

of

energy

before

nightly,

than

in, immortality, how

through

of London

adieu.

he

When

have

accustomed,

was

that

brute.

touching instances,

of Lord

Tower

be

cannot

be

to

delusion.

indestructible
widow

him

death-bed

their

have

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show

aspirations toward^

stake

the

last enemy,

the

It

for, and

at

on

many

come,

unaspiring

consequent

have

SOUL.

to

state.

desire

of man's
his

Heaven

for

destined

the

HAN

in

strong
every

thoughtful spirit,
^

Our

Defies

I
is

immortality

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patns,

liUe

the

name

bequeathed

as"

and
but

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my

heart

it}

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Into

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mother

death

my

all tears,

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eara

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peal,

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of
nature

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man.

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him

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than

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believes

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child

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related

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Land

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join

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faith in,
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man

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age.

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to

has

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tribe, she

into

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this belief

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him

him

her

friends

faith
or

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^be

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pleased

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companion

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of

custom

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up

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state, which

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eye.

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of

and

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nature,

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without

in, and

dispositionis

tendency

some

131

IMMORTAUTT.

believe

to

This

Power*

Unseen

an

disposed

is

ITS

PEBCEIYES

SOUL

THE

destined,

exists

lower
ence
rever-

them

in

belief
shall

no

ever
what-

maintain
like

the

Religions capacities

132

MAN

only

not

mediate

now

is

Man

He

his

involve
the

Author

of

as

time

up

to

infancy

our

We

us.

this

better,

the
have
can,

of
;

ourselves
but

even

more

by research,

to

Is it credible

the

that

little.

part

so

ever-

saw

that
of

explained

more

ourselves

still better
Does

coming

only

of

mysteries

understand

our

us

From

of this life.

intimate

plan,

we

nature,

end

did.

something

myriad

common

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give

the

forever

us

moment

and

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his

to

knew

very
the

present,

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it, is

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yet

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that

be

to

that

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**

never

keep

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points

arises

them

with
?

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us,

to

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circumstance
1

reveals

tor.
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formed

observe

we

Almighty

think

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place,

individually, and
and

intend

little of

How

to

to

immortality.

inquiry

key

no

testimony,

extent,

perplex

there

V*

light of day

the

The

existence

and

this world

brought

great

destined

so

experience

our

increasing

to

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our

first

the

In

is he

hath

knows

of its
a

what

that

darkness

in this

; he

to

mysteries.

mysteries,
up

far

? To

many

cleared

of man's

and

im*

an

gospel."

proofs

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capable

what

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relative

unacquainted,

nature.

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of

litters

this

him

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reality

*"

light in

ignorant being

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own

thus

to

absolute

Universe

the

nature

from

pass^

of the

some

tbe

his voice,

to

immortality

us

SOUL.

imply,

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life and
Let

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argae,

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gion.

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tion
destina-

of the

mys*

THE

teries
a

PERCBIYEfi

SOUL

around

part

know

we

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reveal

to

communications

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for

foretaste

knowledge
we

into

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what,

in

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becomes

it shall
that

next,

character

of

retributions

of

continuous
The

idea

the
of

to

the

only

but

favorite

the

highest happiness
;

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inexplicable,
intelligible.
to

anticipate

its
or

The

commenced.

clothing
lower

their

misery.
Normans

determine

from

degree

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mode

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usually made

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and

in

believe

hereafter.

higher
the

all nations

to

even

state

occupations,

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to

previously

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renew

not

future

age,

toil

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work

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in-

receive.

immortality receives

spirit of

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the

the

of
of

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whole

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apparent

once

soul

the

there

Propensity

so

at

of

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the

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to

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in, and

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time,

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view

only

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consistency.

struggle

due

I remark
an

This

all mysteries

to

enter

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wholly lost,

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designed

as

hey

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hand.

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beautiful

the

penetrate
labor

in

harmony.
to

to

the

again, then

angels.

as

regard

appetite for the

our

gates of paradise, and

wise

being

live

placed

the

tends
in-

eternity.

to

are

is
unlock

of

quicken

to

contrary

already enjoy

we

God

is all that

"

the

On

us

small

especially so

us,"

earth,

on

to

the

If

within

and

133

IMMORTAUTT.

ITS

The

notions
savage

imagined

life,
of
is
that

134

those

who

fell in

Thej
and

to

The

just, who

quaff

with

begirt
and

did

elysium,

are

enjoyments.

The

members

of
has

one

and

well

mutual

happy

a"

good-will,

unalloyed delight, and

the

cares

and

rude

of the

traditions
them

seraphic

and

of

the

world,

but

conceptions,

trustworthy

less

no

than

alike

future

in

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ber
num-

of
The

of

pious

God,

and
of

continuance
what

these

are

presentiment,

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the

state

scene

with

is

gious
reli-

happy."

and
as

with

and

nations,

of

blest

employments.

pure

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that

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joys

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communion

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come

ship
companionof

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present

various

first

for the

conceives

conversations,

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the

domestic

constitute,

of

source

roughest

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jojs

of the reunited

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most

provided

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of

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groves"

life to

the

state

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in

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fields

after.
enjoy fighting here-

feast

to

night

at

SOUL.

would

war

were

peaceful

more

as

MAN

of

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sure"

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heritage ?
Take

live

again

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death.

fact

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have

man's

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of

Desire

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THE

mark

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of

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its wants

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ject
ob-

some

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has

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Knowledge.

into

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minds.

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of

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mind.

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satis-

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of these

one

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truth

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its

to

Infinite.

nothing."

of

or

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But

as

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of

words

endless

the

indicative

fills his

finite."

there

But

less

gives

all his

with

presupposes
has

which

in

and

animals,

immortality.

it is because

greatness;

under

the

desires

the

135

IMMORTALITY.

to

hardly

which

in

him, which

bury

it

earth

on

nnhappiness,"

in

of

Man's

nothing

of his

ITS

superiority

our

is another

is

PERCEIVES

one

If not, then

have

the

the

to

indulged,

desire

only
of

ponding
corres-

appetites*

exception

made

was

sire
de-

tion,
Occupa-

their

animal

life

to

this great
while
famish

the

in

Immortality,

136

which

is

elevating

so

by

our

promise

he

has

The

given

fact

the

with

fresh

that,

in
^^

The

Lets

When

in

which

That

between
endurable

final

future
on

have
for

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the

faith.

indication

in his sentiments
mean

that

dead

with

have

into

it often

calms

fought

the

Henceforth

in

our

spirit,rests

rather

language

its

for,

pants

the

an

to

faith

the

nature

confident

^'I

in suspense

of

sanction

Scripture

good

there

fight,I

is laid

up

of life 1"

crown

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the

not

dreaded,

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converted

that

life.

this

on

while

nay,

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dissolution

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made/'

has

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now

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to

us

us.

hold

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point,

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me

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of

hope

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and

sure

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on

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and

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and

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that

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spirits,

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ITS

of celestial
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spiritof

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SOUL

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IMMORTALITY.

ITS

we

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140

MAN

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teachings

future
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shocks

state

of

still

of

tianity.
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please, deny

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in the

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omnipotent

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ties

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IMMORTALITY.

ITS

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no.

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Chapter

THE

We

INSPIRATION

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in

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those,

Scriptures place
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civilized.

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INSPIRATION

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MAN

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to

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Nor

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146

UNIVERSAL.

alone.

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MAN

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147

UNIVERSAL.

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universal

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MAN

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