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

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1917 THE COMING KINGDOM 451
and as
God would have it; forto live in the past is to
stop all progression. While the soul remembers the past
it is only such of the past as is of use in the present; but
the soul being nearer to the spiritual, can reach out into
the fountains of the cause world and gather in whatever
of truth is necessary for the occasion.
That which has been denominated in the past as
conscience we, for the sake of a clear understanding,
denominate the consciousness of the soul. The Bible
says, "Whatsoever ye bind on earth is bound in heaven;"
and this is a law which obtains under all circumstances;
therefore, whatever a person believes with 'the intellect
to be right or wrong is their law which they have made
on earth, and is accepted as such in heaven until human
experience demonstrates to their intelligence that it is not
a correct law or course of life; then that course is condemned
by their own soul, and is condemned in heaven
f ar then, and their conscience will no longer chide them,
unless they continue to lead that life which they know
to be wrong.
Thousands of men and women thruout the land have
become
conscious that there is something wrong in the
old marriage relations, notwithstanding their soul and
all the feelings of the body eagerly reach out for it, and
cause them to realize it as the most sacred and holy
relation of the human family. But if the soul so instructs
them, and reaches out for it, why is it that the same
conscience immediately afterwards condemns, and desires
to be freed from it? The only answer that can be
found is, the real object which prompted those holy
desires was
not understood, and was violated in every
particular, and instead of Godlike love binding them
closer together, conscience condemns them and closes the
door of loving sympathy to that kind of a life. But as
all their former teachings, and the thoughts,
feelings,
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