cause it contradicts the plain teaching of the Bible. God's Word plainly teaches that man is part spirit. If man were wholly a material being he could only feed on material substances. Mark this thought. The brute creation can not feed on or derive spiritual food, for they are only material beings. But man is both flesh and spirit. He is classified with two worlds. By his fleshly nature he takes his place in the animal kingdom, and by the extreme abuse and subversion of his appetites and passions, he renders himself scarcely fit for the companionship of dumb brutes. Yet by his spiritual nature and existence he is placed where, when his soul is saved from sin, he is fit for Heaven's society.

Because he is a physical being, he feeds on material substances. He has appetite for natural food. His body requires it. Materialism stops here. But, as before stated, the Bible teaches that man is a spiritual being as well as a physical being. Therefore he can feed on and derive spiritual food, life, peace and happiness from God. It would be well for Adventists and all no-soulists to consider this point. "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart." Jer. 15:16.

"Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." Mat. 4:4.

"New-born babes desire the sincere milk of the word, that they may grow thereby." 1 Pet. 2:2.

"O taste and see that the Lord is good." Psa. 34: 8. Jesus said, "I am that bread of life. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever." John 6:48-51.

"But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst." John 4:14.

"There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God." Psa. 46:4. This river flows from the throne of God. Its crystal waters, which come rippling down from the glory world in mighty streams, are love, grace, joy, peace, and righteousness. "I will extend peace to her like a river." Isa. 66:12.

"They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures." Psa. 36: 8.

"My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God." Psa. 42:2.

All the above are experiences of the soul. "For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." Psa. 107: 9.

"Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness." Isa. 55: 2.

Could the multiplied texts above cited apply to the brute creation? Never. Materialism squarely contradicts all these scriptures. If man were only a material being, how could he eat God's Word and live upon it?-yea, by receiving the sincere milk of

the Word grow thereby? How could he taste of the Lord, eat of the living bread which came down from heaven, drink of the river of peace, love, and joy, and as a result his soul be "fat and flourishing"?

Oh, the blindness of those who hold this vile doctrine! How darkened their understanding, through accepting cunningly devised fables. But to the spiritually minded, how different. How plain these scriptures are to those who know that they are not beasts, but spiritual beings as well as physical"both body and spirit." 1 Cor. 7:34.

And what is still grander is the actual experience taught in these scriptures. If materialists would but taste the love of God and experience his uttermost salvation in their souls, they would at once be led to drop their dark heresy for the plain teaching of the Bible.

Fifth. Materialism contradicts the Bible, because it denies a present state of spiritual death, and also denies that spiritual life is obtainable in this life. They say that man is only now under the sentence of death, and will not actually die as a result of sin until after the resurrection, when he will receive the full wages of sin. They also teach that when men come to Christ the sentence of death is lifted, and that they receive the promise of eternal life; that life will not be experienced until this mortal shall have put on immortality in the resurrection. We only now have it by promise-an object of hope, something not yet received. Of course they are

driven to this point in order to support their no-soul animalism; for if man were only a material being he could die only a natural death, and could enjoy and possess only natural life. Mark this point.

But the Bible teaches both spiritual death and spiritual life. God said to our foreparents in the garden of Eden, "But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." Gen. 2:17. The serpent told the woman, "Ye shall not surely die." Gen. 3: 4.

Here the issue is clearly drawn. All materialists take their stand in this controversy on the side of the serpent. God said, in unmistakable words, "In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." The Septuagint version, which is the oldest we have of the Old Testament Scriptures, renders this text as follows: "In whatsoever day ye eat of it, ye shall surely die."

Materialists say that man did not die that day, but only the seed of death was implanted in his being. So did the serpent say, "Ye shall not surely die." But God said [and his Word can not be broken], "In the day" that man would eat, "he shall surely die." He did not say the seed of death will merely be planted in your nature, but "ye shall die" in that very day. In this controversy we take our stand with God on the side of truth and boldly declare that man did die the very day he transgressed God's command. He died a spiritual death. Sin separates the soul

from union with God. "But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear." Isa. 59:2. As soon as the soul is cut off from God it is dead.

But this death is not a cessation of its conscious existence, but an alienation from God, whose favor is the normal sphere of the soul's happiness. So when Adam and Eve transgressed the command of God they still had a conscious existence, but were alienated from God-cut off from divine favor; hence in a state of spiritual death. They transgressed, and deathspiritual death-was the immediate result. But this did not stop with Adam.

The effects of the fall were far-reaching. "By one man [Adam] sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Rom. 5:12. Again we read that "death reigned from Adam to Moses." Ver. 14. The word death in these texts clearly refers to spiritual death in trespasses and sins, because it is used interchangeably with the word sin. See Rom. 5:12-21.

So every sinner is now actually dead-spiritually dead, and yet he has a conscious existence. This fact stands in square opposition to the doctrine of materialism. Every unregenerate man is now "dead in trespasses and sins." Eph. 2:1. Before our conversion "we were dead in sins." Eph. 2:5. “You, being dead in your sins." Col. 2:13. "To be carnally minded is death." Rom. 8:6. Paul says that when