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here be antagonistic to the view which has been put forth, because I hold 
that an emanation from God does not need sanctification. 
Sir Tilson Marsh. — I would not contend for the use of the word “ emana- 
tion” : it is almost impossible to apply human language to such a subject. 
I contend that there is the same relationship in the use of the word irvtvna , 
as applied to man’s superior part, as there is in the use of the word 7rvtv[xa } 
when God speaks of Himself as to n vtviia liyiov. 
Mr. Graham. — I think that the word 7 rvev/xa is applied to the by 
some of our best expositors— that the tc vsv/xa in its earthly aspect is re- 
garded as the -<pvxv, but that the irv^^ct is contained in the ^vxv. This, 
to my mind, is distinctly proveable in the New Testament. 
Sir Tilson Marsh. — I believe there is some truth deeply underlying the 
use of the word Trvevfia, which we cannot at present quite see, and that it 
has yet to be revealed to us. 
Mr. Greaves. — That there is a distinction running through Scripture I 
agree ; but that the lines of demarcation are as distinct as you make out I 
cannot see. 
Mr. Row. I am quite in accord with those who think it impossible to 
draw a narrow and close line. I am not quite sure as to the exact number, 
but I am tolerably certain that the words 7rp£Vfia and 4 >v X^l occur at least two 
hundred times in the New Testament, and I am quite satisfied that it is 
impossible to draw that hard-and-fast line which has been laid down this 
evening respecting the meaning of these words. I am quite aware that 
the term irve vpa is only used in divine revelation : I have never seen it 
applied to the mind of man in any Greek author. Of course I only speak 
from my own experience. It seems to me that the term is one that has 
originated independently of revelation, and of course it is meant to point 
to a certain sort of division in the human mind ; but I should hesitate to 
say that the 7r vtvfia contained the whole of man’s rational powers ; because, 
considering the extent to which this subject was discussed in ancient 
philosophy, which discussed nearly everything connected with the rational 
powers, it is strange that the word does not appear ; but I admit that there 
is a higher principle referred to, which is called the vovq. But, taking 
the general run of Greek philosophers, there is no other idea than that man 
consists of two portions— mind and body, the mental including the various 
forms of reason ; but one speaker who has addressed us seemed to think that 
the whole of man’s reason exists simply in his spiritual portion, which I 
think is an assumption very much greater than the Scripture seems to 
warrant, and one which seems to contradict all the truths of mental 
philosophy with which I am acquainted. If I were to lay down a dis- 
tinction, I should be inclined to think that the Trvtvfia referred to the higher 
operations of the mind — to all those higher conceptions of things not seen 
rather than to the more logical powers of the human mind. But this is a 
question which hardly seems to have been touched upon by Dr. Hitchman. 
I must say that I concur in a great deal that has been said this evening 
respecting his paper, but feel unprepared to join in the debate thereon, for, 
