30 SPECIAL CREATION 



guides and controls the forces which build up the 

 embryo body. 



Sec. 8. Human Body is a Complex 

 Animal Machine 



The human soul knows, feels and wills. It re- 

 sides in the brain and governs the body by means 

 of the brain and nerves ; the stomach digests the food 

 and makes nutriment for the body; the heart pumps 

 the blood to and from the several parts of it, the arleries 

 and veins carry the blood from the heart and back 

 to it; the blood carries fresh building materials to 

 every part of the body, and gathers up, and carries 

 waste matter back to the heart and lungs ; the lungs 

 purify and enliven the blood ; the liver secrets bile and 

 cleanses the blood; the muscles and bones move the 

 body and every part of it; the nerves carry messages 

 from the brain to every part of the body and from 

 every other part to the brain ; the kidneys and other 

 organs perform their functions ; the work of all these 

 organs being necessary to keep the body in good 

 working order. The brain, stomach, heart, arteries, 

 veins, lungs, blood, muscles, bones, kidneys, etc., may 

 each be considered as a complex animal machine, de- 

 signed and constructed to perform its special func- 

 tions. 



The body, as a whole, is an animal machine, which 

 does much work peculiar to itself. 



The functions of all organs other than those of 



