36 THE OLIVE LEAF. CHAP. 



unduly exalt all that refers to the soul. But the Gospel 

 in its wholeness includes them both, and insists upon 

 our being complete not only in our spiritual but also 

 in our bodily nature ; for each element of our complex 

 being has its own distinct use and function, and the 

 true human completeness is the sanctification of body, 

 soul, and spirit. By the unity of body and spirit we 

 have always a sense of our own personal identity, and 

 realize the intellectual and moral continuity of our lives. 

 And our Christian belief in the resurrection of the body 

 is but the logical consequence the last and highest 

 expression of our intense belief in the indestructible 

 unity of man ; for we believe that this unity would be 

 mutilated, if at death the body, which is as necessary 

 as the soul to constitute man's personality, were to 

 perish altogether. Reason and revelation alike assure 

 us that man's unity, in its unimpaired completeness, will 

 be preserved through all the changes of life and death, 

 and when this mortal shall have put on immortality. 



Man is the high-priest of God, in whom the world 

 is conscious of its own harmony, and who is to exhibit 

 that harmony in its highest form in the order of his life, 

 and in this way to show forth consciously and willingly 

 the praise of God which the inferior creation is showing 

 forth without either consciousness or will. For his sake 

 the wonderful unity of the universe, the unity of the 

 tabernacle, the unity of the Church, the unity of the 

 Bible exists. They have been thus constructed and 

 ordained that by the teaching and training they afford 

 he might grow up into an holy and harmonious habita- 



