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16 of the latter. He has a soul or spirit, which is an organized spiritually-substantial human form, composed of such substances as exist in the spiritual world; and he has a body organized and composed of such substances as exist in the material world. The material body in and of itself is dead and without sensation, it being merely a receptacle animated or vitalized by the soul. Thus the body exists from the soul, and both soul and body exist from God their Creator. After what is called death, that is, after the ﬁnal separation of the immortal soul from the dead material body, man comes into the full consciousness and activity of his internal or spiritual life, and he then possesses senses and faculties perfectly adapted to the spiritual world, even as during his earthly life he possesses senses and faculties perfectly adapted to the material world. Man is born into the material world that, during a life of active and unselﬁsh usefulness, he may prepare for an eternity of usefulness and happiness in the spiritual world. By this means, after the termination of his earthly life, he becomes an angel, and lives with God in heaven forever, thus realizing the "end" for which he is created.