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"The power and comprehension of the human spirit... perceive and act in two different modes. On way is through instruments and organs... The other... is without instruments and organs." (Bwf 326) (47:3) "The soul has two main faculties: (a) As outer circumstances are communicated to the soul by the eyes, ears, and brain of man, so does the soul communicate its desires and purposes through the brain to the hands and tongue of the physical body, thereby expressing itself... (b) The second faculty of the soul expresses itself... and functions without the help of the material bodily senses... This proves... the superiority of the soul of man over his body, the superiority of spirit over matter." (Pt 86) (47:4) "In wakefulness the eye of man sees at the utmost... about four miles, because through the instrumentality of the body, the power of the spirit is thus determined; but with the inner sight and the mental eyes it sees America, and it can perceive that which is there, and discover the conditions of things... Therefore it is evident that this spirit is different from the body, and that the bird is different from the cage, and that the power and penetration of the spirit is stronger without the intermediary of the body." (Bwf 327) (47:5) "The spirit may be likened to the light within the lantern. The body is simply the outer lantern... The human soul by means of this body can perform its operations, and without the body it can likewise have its control... This human body is purely animal in type and, like the animal, it is subject only to the grosser sensibilities." "It is divinely intended that the spiritual susceptibilities of man should gain precedence and over- rule his physical forces. In this way he becomes fitted to dominate the human world by his nobility and stand forth fearless and free, endowed with the attributes of eternal life." (Pup 411; Pup 258) (47:6) The soul is "an attractable body, to be drawn to the Magnet of the Kingdom of God." (Bwf 366) (47:7) "If it (the soul) be faithful to God, it will reflect His light, and will, eventually, return unto Him. If it fail, however in its allegiance to its Creator, it will become a victim to self and passion, and will, in the end, sink in their depths." (Bwf 121)
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