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28 see that these are only names for nothing. That which is no substance is nothing. Substance without form is not given. You may talk of virtue, goodness, intellect, and so forth; but they must attach themselves to a living subject, else they fade into nothingness, with a name it may be, but without existence. In the presence of such profitless verbiage, it is not surprising that many strong minds, with keen powers of observation and great respect for things that are open to sense, should define life as "the aggregate of the activities of the physical organism," and thought as a property of the brain.

The Bible presents a world of facts to be investigated, not a set of formulas to be believed. It unveils principles in human actions, causes and laws in Providence and government; not doctrinal propositions ready made. And thus it is that in the Bible there are very few doctrinal propositions concerning the soul. Its reality is assumed throughout, its spirituality is assumed, its human personality is assumed, and its immortality is continually assumed where it is not directly affirmed. Beyond this there are