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it is possible that the impressions from Truth were as
distinct as sound, and that they came as sound to the
primitive prophets. If the medium of hearing is wholly
spiritual, it is normal and indestructible.
If Enoch's perception had been confined to the evidence
before his material senses, he could never have "walked
with God," nor been guided into the demonstration of
life eternal.
(Adam and the senses)
Adam, represented in the Scriptures as formed from
dust, is an object-lesson for the human mind. The material
senses, like Adam, originate in matter and
return to dust, - are proved non-intelligent.
They go out as they came in, for they are still the error,
not the truth of being. When it is learned that the spiritual
sense, and not the material, conveys the impressions
of Mind to man, then being will be understood and found
to be harmonious.
(Idolatrous illusions)
We bow down to matter, and entertain finite thoughts
of God like the pagan idolater. Mortals are inclined to
fear and to obey what they consider a material
body more than they do a spiritual God. All
material knowledge, like the original "tree of knowledge,"
multiplies their pains, for mortal illusions would rob God,
slay man, and meanwhile would spread their table with
cannibal tidbits and give thanks.
(The senses of Soul)
How transient a sense is mortal sight, when a wound on
the retina may end the power of light and lens! But the
real sight or sense is not lost. Neither age nor
accident can interfere with the senses of Soul,
and there are no other real senses. It is evident that the
body as matter has no sensation of its own, and there is no
oblivion for Soul and its faculties. Spirit's senses are without
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