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Show BODIES ARE I GOirSJEMPLES If "Be Ye Filled With thB i! Spirit." B' ' I Th Jregenerato Their Privileges, i "If the Spirit of Qod Dwell In You." J Greater Privilege! Greater Reipon sibllitles Greater Honors and Glorltt. 8avod to Human Perfection 8avod H to Spirit Perfection Earthly Glory. HjV Heavenly Glory. li (HHpVISj Providence, It. 1., ;j HFF' tH in,i- 11. Pastor H'l VfilK' V llll8fl0" preached. H 'H''' t0Xt WnM' "'f lUiy Hp 'HB man dcllle tlio H. ' tW LUKj B tuinplu of (!otl, K'sfll him Hlmll Uod do- 'Hg Htroy; for the tern- tjflY ilo of (lod Is holy, ! which tuinplu yo H nro."-I t'orlii. f K'ASTOR, KUSSELp) ' Tim Pastor do- HI clnred that thin HJ Scripture could tint hu iippUctl India. Hi crlmlnntely to till men. Only tlio Hi' Church mo tlio Temple of Cod In tlio Hi hoiiho tlio Apostle here n.untloiiH; for . H'J only such lis luive been rcuciiorntud. nr Hjj begotten or the Holy Spirit, nro sons HI of Uod. Theo linvti reed veil u new Hi' life, and lire Fcripturally described ns H "New Creature In Christy Thcso Hit hnvo entered Into n covenant with tlod K! through the met It of .lesuw. who lin- HJj I'Htes Ills righteousness to them. Jus- Hh tlfylng them freely from their un- H ' iiiteutlnnnl Imperfection and weak- Hi' lltNHL'H. H Then the Pastor pointed out tlio dls- itlnetlon between these spirit-begotten Now Cront tires and the remainder of mankind, however Just and well-lu-pn, tentloued. tlu showed that ordinarily Hjl we do nut npe.il; of Immunity apart Hjf J from their bodies; for, cut off from tlio Hug body, they would bo dead. Wo spunk HJfi of such reparation iih ll.itntli. -As HJi' the union of life (vitality) w.lth or- HJr gunlsm (body) forms tlio houI. or sun Hn! tlent being, so their separation causes HJK the soul to cease. Death would bu tlio HJI end of bumaiilty. had not God provld- HJI cd for the redemption of the race, and HJE ItH restitution by resurrection. Monti- HH tutlon will be merely a brluglug buck HH of flint which death Is now destroying HH hutnaii, or earthly, being. HK Next the speaker showed that any- HH thing done, either deliberately or core- HJ: IcHsly, to Injure God's workmanship HH would be slu. There Is u Dlvlno Law HH to tlio effect that whoever slus shall HH. , suffer. Whoever denies his body, el- HB,. '"; ther by Impure thoughts, angry H, "jflf"" .thoughts, mnllclous thoughts, or by HjfU&SLjilfKiwIiij; It contrary to Dlvltio nrraugo-HJgMgfcg nrraugo-HJgMgfcg JH.'g,rA by drinking or by gluttony, la MMBB5S3WBg"ig ttw turn nln of his own soul- HKSSHHgsjOMi.j HHtHJHHHMlMftMnfklMlV ' HJi ' dorlng to nppotlte. Is sure to bring do- HBi prnvlty of body or mind or both; and HI depravity, he claimed, Is death at work. H Unless such depravity bo overenmo B through Christ, tlio end will be ever- HB lusting death, ns Is written, "Tlio soul HH that Hlnncth, It shall die." MB The Mime principle, said the Paster, Rt applies to all who do evil to others, cl- HHj ther by poisoning their minds or their HH' morals, or by Injuring their physical HHj systems. Such do violence to God's HH1 work, and degrade their own manhood. HH; The operation of Dlvlno Law wlllsuro- HHI ly bring punishments, which, unheeded, HH', will ultimately bring death "overlnst- HH: lug destruction." HH j Wo may warn every mail along the HHf broad Dlbllcnl line. "Whatsoever a HH j ' man sowetli, that shall he also reap," HH ! continued the speaker. Whoever sows !to the flesh to slu, Bullishness, mean-ncss-to the fallen proponsltles-nnger, malice, envy, hatred, strife, evil speak-lug, speak-lug, etc. will be sure to reap correspondingly corre-spondingly bitter experiences. This way, persisted In, wll finally bring him to tlio Second Death. God's Temple the Church. The Pastor then briefly reviewed Is-rael's Is-rael's wilderness experiences. When God entered Into covenant relationship with the Israelites, Ho manifested Himself by the Shekluah Glory, which fji. shone out from between the Cherubim HH covering the Mercy Scat In tlio Tuber- HMu uncle. The Israelites drew near to HH God through Ills appointed servants, HHs Aaron and his sons, who hnd access I""" ' to God's presence. , The Taberuaclo was thereforo tho temple of God, but It was merely h I tent After tho dedication of Solo- J men's Temple, God appeared there in- HHifj stead, and manifested Ills presence In HB7! the samu muiiucr. B, Then the Pastor explained fully that HH the Church Is God's nntltyplcal Tern- HH lle; but that, as St. Peter points out, HH i It Is not yet constructed ns n Temple. HP' I'-nch consecrated child or God, begot- HmY ten of the Holy Spirit, Is it living stouo HH In preparation for n place In that glorl- HTffljtj ous Temple, soon to be constructed. HH These living stones are God's work- Hlj manshlp. Ho works In them by the HH Spirit or Truth; and by His providences HH He shapes, them, polishes them, dovcl- BL- oi'9 llH'lr characters, and makes them HRM't icady for the coming building. Hjjjjj? The Pastor believes St. Paul's thought HnJ In the text to be that wherever God HMRv may dwell Is necessarily holy His HEhij temple or His tabernacle; and Unit any HB ? wilful or Intentional sin, depraving HjEif that temple or tabernacle, would bo H (' an offense against God. If Christians HOitl " Iwvo received tho begetting of HH' the Holy Spirit could but comprehend HHm this lesson, It would have n powerful HM'V tntlueitco upon their Uvcsl |