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aspect of this question. I think it is clear that the passage which has been 
quoted from the first epistle to the Thessalomans does indicate the tripartite 
distinction which one of the speakers has stated. There h ave a body, a 
soul, and a spirit, all recognized in Holy Scripture as distinct from each other 
There can be no question about that ; but I am fully convinced that it is not 
a distinction that will critically be borne out by other statements of Hoy 
Scripture. You will find ^ x r) used for vvsvpa, and several instances occur 
to me. “ Fear not,” says our blessed Lord, “ them which kill the body, but 
are not able to kill the soul : but rather fear Him which is able to destroy 
both soul and body in heU.” Take another passage from ^ ego 
to the Hebrews. It is there stated— 11 If any man draw back, my sou 
have no pleasure in him. This is applied to Jehovah-to the 
immortal God .Himself, and it is also applied,- as I have shown, to the im- 
mortal part of man. Over and over again have I looked at all the passages in 
Z New Testament where +*4 occurs, and I am satisfied that it corresponds 
with Nephesh in the Old Testament, and that wrfjm corresponife with 
Kuach. I do not agree with what has been said as to the spirit of m 
beinc an emanation from the Spirit of God. If the spirit have come direct 
from God, it has no need of the sanctification which has been referred to m 
the passage quoted from the First Thessalomans, An e Y «y 
peace sanctify you wholly ; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and 
body be preserved blameless.” We may regard it that the spirit is recog 
nized there as undergoing the process of sanctification or purification, 
the spirit be an emanation from God, I hold that it cannot require sanctifi- 
cation, and upon this principle I quite differ from ^ genHemanwhota 
stated that he regards the spirit as an emanation from God. In the passa 0 e 
in Ecclesiastes, where it is said that “ the spirit of man goeth upward and 
the spirit of the beast goeth downward to the earth,” the word is Bmch, 
Ind that word corresponds with ^ in the New Testament. I have 
made these observations in order that, in the Transactions of our society it 
may appear that we have no fear of discussion ; and that there are some 
not afraid to stand on the good old orthodox principle m regard 
t0 Tte Chairman.— There is the passage in Ecclesiastes : “And the spirit 
shall return unto God who gave it.” 
Mr Graham.— I take it that it must be a part of the Spirit of God, if i 
be an emanation from God. I take it as incontrovertible that you cannot 
regard the spirit as an emanation from God without lookmg atrtj part of 
God I object to the statement of Dr. Young, who regards the soul as a 
spark struck from Paternal Deity” ; that idea runs through the >heolo^of» 
great many excellent men who could not at all substantiate ^“adj 
Icripture. The spirit is not “ a spark struck from Paternal Deity . it is a 
creation I hold that the spirit of man was first of all created by God, and, f 
l express my mind clearly about it, I maintain, with some of our excels 
divines, that, as man’s flesh begets flesh, man's sold begets soul - I do 
wish to insist upon my particular view, -but I certainly do feel that I must 
