Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light, and there was light." And in every successive work of the Creator which occurred, until the arrangement and population of the world were completed, it was by the powerful "word of God, that all things were made, and without which was not any thing made that was made."

And is not such a consideration, I would ask, capable of imparting the greatest comfort and satisfaction to all who attentively and dispassionately consider the important subject? Does it not teach us, that however unintelligible to human reason many of the promises might be which the sacred writings present to our notice respecting the regenerate state of man; his restoration to the favour of the Almighty by the death and sufferings of the Mediator; the immortality of the soul; the resurrection of the body after death; and the eternal existence of the two in the same connection with each other as they had been on this side the grave; -does it not teach us, I repeat, that however unintelligible to us the fulfilment of many of these promises might be, yet all things are possible, and even easy to the Eternal Spirit who displayed such astonishing ability in the works of creation? Does not the same consideration moreover teach us, that as the Great First Cause who created all things must have existed and be destined to exist to all eternity, so the immaterial soul which invigorates and directs the movements of the body, however

inferior it might be, is closely allied to the great IMMORTAL SPIRIT, who brought into existence the works of creation by no other act or process than by willing that they should be. That this connection does exist between the soul which animates the human body, and the Immortal Spirit of the Most High, is not only thus reasonably inferred, but it is likewise asserted with sufficient clearness towards the conclusion of the chapter from whence we have taken our text. "God said, let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them.""

The eternity of the Most High undoubtedly consists in his being without beginning as well as without end. But certainly, in reference to a created object, whether material or immaterial, whether bodily or spiritual, it cannot be said that it has been without a beginning; yet may the latter bear a strong resemblance to the Creator, if, when it is once brought into existence, this existence should be destined to be immortal, if it be destined to last for ever and ever.

It is therefore, brethren, from the creative power of God, by no difficult transition, I conceive, that we arrive at the Immortality of the Soul. And if

a Gen. i. 26, 27.

THET of these

msay possible, and

HÀ NỘI VÀ Caved such

= mess fon? Does

I never each us, that

wheated all things

8 and is

ke dested a exist to all

so which invigorates

è momus đ the body, however

inferior it might be, is closely allied to the great IMMORTAL SPIRIT, who brought into existence the works of creation by no other act or process than by willing that they should be. That this connection does exist between the soul which animates the human body, and the Immortal Spirit of the Most High, is not only thus reasonably inferred, but it is likewise asserted with sufficient clearness towards the conclusion of the chapter from whence we have taken our text. "God said, let us make man in our own image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them."*

The eternity of the Most High undoubtedly consists in his being without beginning as well as without end. But certainly, in reference to a created object, whether material or immaterial, whether bodily or spiritual, it cannot be said that it has been without a beginning; yet may the latter bear a strong resemblance to the Creator, if, when it is once brought into existence, this existence should be destined to be immortal, if it be destined to last for ever and ever.

It is therefore, brethren, from the creative power of God, by no difficult transition, I conceive, that we arrive at the Immortality of the Soul. And if

a Gen. i. 26, 27.

Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, let there be light, and there was light." And in every successive work of the Creator which occurred, until the arrangement and population of the world were completed, it was by the powerful "word of God, that all things were made, and without which was not any thing made that was made."

And is not such a consideration, I would ask, capable of imparting the greatest comfort and satisfaction to all who attentively and dispassionately consider the important subject? Does it not teach us, that however unintelligible to human reason many of the promises might be which the sacred writings present to our notice respecting the regenerate state of man; his restoration to the favour of the Almighty by the death and sufferings of the Mediator; the immortality of the soul; the resurrection of the body after death; and the eternal existence of the two in the same connection with each other as they had been on this side the grave; -does it not teach us, I repeat, that however unintelligible to us the fulfilment of many of these promises might be, yet all things are possible, and even easy to the Eternal Spirit who displayed such astonishing ability in the works of creation? Does not the same consideration moreover teach us, that as the Great First Cause who created all things must have existed and be destined to exist to all eternity, so the immaterial soul which invigorates and directs the movements of the body, however