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REV. JAMES GOSSET-TANNER, M.A., ON 



Of footsteps, wafted my aerial form, 



Swifter than sunbeam's glance from east to west, 



Whitherso'er I would, as mortals move 



Their hand or foot by motion of swift thought, 



A body meet for heaven, as that for earth.* 



Here we may remember Bmiyan's remark, after he had 

 witnessed the way in which some of the servants of God were 

 welcomed into the Celestial City, " The which, when I saw, I 

 wished myself among them." 



Discussion. 



The Chairman expressed his cordial thanks to the meeting for 

 the very able and instructive paper which had been read, and 

 especially for its exposition of the subject in close accordance with 

 the statements of Holy Scripture on the Nature of Man. 



Rev. J. J. B. Coles said : — We all wish to thank Mr. Gosset-Tanner 

 very heartily for bringing this subject before us in such an able 

 manner. There is doubtless still much to learn in the study of 

 psychology and human personality. The psycho-analysis of Pro- 

 fessors Freud and Jung, and recent investigations in connection 

 with the subconscious mind have taught us the need of caution 

 and of suspended judgment. 



Tripartite " is a helpful word, but it is not exhaustive. In 

 Heard's Tripartite Nature of Man, and in the writings of Evan 

 Hopkins, Andrew Murray and others, the psychology from the 

 New Testament standpoint is defective, and to a certain extent 

 misleading. To state that the spirit is " dormant " only has led 

 and must lead to imperfect and misleading conclusions as to man's 

 true condition. 



Christian psychology as in the New Testament is a very profound 

 subject. 



Dr. ScHOFiELD said that he heartily thanked the venerable 

 lecturer who had given them such an admirable paper at the age of 

 ninety ; but he thought the subject of spirit, soul and body would be 

 incomplete if no references were made to St. Paul's wonderful sermon 



* Yesterday, To-day and For Ever, Book IX. 



