CREA TION 29 



life potency of animals which is a separate thing 

 from the body has been known under various 

 names, yet it is commonly recognized as mind 

 or soul, and as that immaterial, immortal principle 

 which goes to form all animal life. 



There are many words used, in a theological 

 sense, to express the immaterial part of man. The 

 words "soul," "mind," "spirit," "ghost" and 

 "eternal life," are among those most frequently 

 used, but as they all convey the same idea it is of 

 no consequence which is employed. I prefer to use 

 the word "soul" as it was the word God used 

 at the beginning of creation to distinguish the 

 immortal from the mortal part of the body. 



Webster's dictionary which has been the standard 

 authority in theology, as well as in other branches 

 of philosophy, for nearly a century, during which 

 time it has undergone various revisions, corrected by 

 the leading theologians of all churches and creeds, 

 defines the mind as " the entire spiritual nature ; 

 the soul." And in defining the soul it calls it the 

 "spiritual, rational, and immortal part of man, 

 the seat of real life or vitality." In defining spirit 

 (Heb. ruach, Gr. pneuma, Lat. spiritus) it says it is 

 " life or living substance considered independently 



