Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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BY ASAPH
*v§vv1"1v¥ HE whole tenor of the Scripture consists in
'fl H' the avowed aim declared by the Creator
'E' H' to reform :nan's individual character by
'E'
ir teaching him to control his animal-psy-
*"""q' chic nature, as well as his thoughts, for
thoughts are heard in heaven; and when so
reformed
to gather these individuals into one body, who as a society
of people functioning as one man, would be the
habitation of God's own Spirit.
Society as constructed and organized from ancient
times is a voluntary association of people into which any
person may enter; or, declaring his intention, become
acitizen, retaining, however, his personal liberty and
privilege not only to leave the country, but changing his
desires, go to some other nation, and join another form
of government. Society, therefore, as it exists upon
earth is a human contrivance, and not a divine institution;
and grew to what it is by virtue of ma.n's ignorance
as to what he is, whence he came, and whither he goes.
Coming to this world thru the gate of generation, this
phenomena impresses his childish intellect with purely
natural-sensuous concepts; and because of that, he organ-
'ized society upon the basis of individualism worshipping
the impulse to "increase and multiply," and worshipping
mammon which protects him from want in a world of
competition.