464 Life and Immortality. 



matter by Deity, but that subtle principle, termed mind, 

 which has attained such a wonderful growth in his civilized 

 condition, is but the outcome of the mind of a long line of 

 life antecedent to his appearance on the globe. His moral 

 nature was similarly acquired, and most probably in the 

 manner already explained. Palaeolithic man, like the Aus- 

 tralian of to-day, was, as has been shown, but little superior in 

 intelligence to some of the animals with whom he was con- 

 temporaneous. He lived the life of the mere animal, and as 

 an animal could be said to have had no preeminence above 

 a beast. Like the latter, he was a living, breathing frame, or 

 body of life; a living, but not an everliving, soul. In time, 

 as conditions became favorable, he passed into the moral 

 stage of his being, but not without increased intellectuality, 

 and would thus have continued, but going on and adding to 

 his mental and moral possessions, had not Deity, in the 

 fitness of time, prepared the way through Christ, whereby 

 his corruptible nature should be made incorruptible and 

 immortal. Unless man is " born of the spirit " he cannot 

 inherit the kingdom of God. He must be " changed into 

 spirit," put on incorruptibility and immortality of body, or 

 he will be physically incapable of retaining the honor, glory 

 and power of the kingdom forever, or even during Christ's 

 reign of a thousand years upon earth. 



That there is a distinction between a living soul and a spirit- 

 ual body cannot be questioned. Speaking about body, the 

 apostle Paul says, " there is a natural body, and there is a 

 spiritual body, but he does not content himself with simply 

 declaring this truth, but goes further and proves it by quot- 

 ing the language of Moses, saying, " for so it is written, the 

 first man Adam was made into a living soul;" and then 

 adding, " the last Adam into a spirit giving life." And in 

 another place, speaking of the latter, he says of Him, " now 

 the Lord is the spirit. And we all, with unveiled face, 

 beholding as in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are changed 

 into His image from glory into glory, as by the Lord the 



