knows these things; a person who has never been instructed-a savage, knows when he does right, and when he does wrong. All people know this, because when God created man, man became a living soul, knowing right and wrong. To the animals God only gave instinctto man he gave something greater and better than instinct; he gave to man reason, to instruct him in the knowledge of right and wrong.

We can admire the glorious works of our heavenly Father; we can view the firmament, and the lights of the firmament; we can see the earth and the green herbs, and the flowers, and animals; and we feel pleasure when we look at God's beautiful works. We are unlike animals, because they feel no pleasure in these things they can see no beauty in the works of the creation; they have bodies, they feed and live as God has appointed them, they die, and are no more seen.

Man has a body like animals, which will die. Man has also a soul, which animals have not, and thus man is not "like the beasts that perish."* The soul of man is not like the body; the body is a substance which we can see and feel-it has form like animals, it has colour like animals, it is heavy like animals, it is a substance, it is matter. Clay, stone, leather, wood, are substances or matter; we can see them, and feel them, they are material. All bodies, substances, matter, material things, have qualities or properties in themselves -they have shape, colour, weight, hardness. The soul has none of these properties; it is, therefore, not a substance; we can neither see it with our eyes, nor feel it with our hands; it is not material-it is immaterial—it is a spirit. The soul is within the body-it is not a part of the body-it is a part of the whole man-it is

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the better part of man.

The soul can

think, reason, remember, love. The body cannot think-the head, eye, arm, cannot think, nor remember, nor wish, nor reason. If the soul resolves to walk, the feet step, and the body moves. If the soul desires food for the body, the body obeys the soul's wish, fetches food and eats; the soul knows where to guide the body to find the food; the body knows nothing, it only acts according to the soul's desire. Instinct teaches animals what food to eat, and where to find it. Reason tells man what food is best, and how to get it. If we hear a sudden noise, the ear is the organ which tells us of the noise-the soul wonders, and wishes to know what the noise may be; instantly the body obeys the wish of the soul, and starts up to find out the cause of the noise. If we are walking in a flower garden, and perceive a particularly fine odour, the nose is the organ which tells us of the odour; the

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soul begins to think what it can be—the eyes and the nose, parts of the body, obey the soul's wish, and search about for the flower which causes the odour.

AN IMMORTAL SOUL GIVEN TO MAN.

When the eyes are shut we can think of different objects which we remember to have seen; the objects in this room, the door, fire-place, windows, chairs, are around us, and we can point towards them with our eyes closed. Though we do not see these objects with our bodily eyes, our soul knows where they are, and our soul sees them. These objects are near to us, but the soul can see objects which are a long way off, and which the eyes of the body cannot see. If we are away from our parents and friends, we can remember them, we can think of their form, size, and features-our souls can see them. winter, when it is very cold, we can think

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of summer days, and many things which we can only see in summer ; we can think, even in the winter, of having seen them; and in summer, when it is very warm, we can think of dark and cold nights, and many other things which belong only to winter. We can think of doing many things which we are not doing —of jumping, riding, or walking,—when we are sitting still. When we are awake we are always thinking; and we often dream when we are asleep. The souls of little children think of few things,-but when they grow older and wiser they think of many things.

Our senses of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and feeling, are always gaining knowledge, and conveying it to the soul. The eyes are the organs of sight-they convey knowledge of all kinds of shapes, and colours, and of every thing that is done around us. The ears are the organs of hearing-they tell the soul of various