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GENERAL STATEMENT

NEEDS OF THE BODY AND OF THE SOUL OR SPIRIT AND THEIR SUPPLIES

To any observing and right-minded person, who has made a careful study of Man, it is evident that Man is a being of needs innumerable, or, as the scientist would probably say, a being wholly made up of need-cells, physical and spiritual in kind, finite and infinite in extent, and temporal and eternal in duration, not one of which can he of himself supply.

The needs of the body are physical, finite and temporal, and require physical, finite and temporal supplies only. The needs of the soul or spirit, however, are spiritual, infinite and eternal, and require spiritual, infinite and eternal supplies.

The supply or non-supply of all of these needs affords pleasure or pain, as it relates to the body, and joy or sorrow, as it relates to the soul or spirit.

The mind of Man doubtless has its needs and supplies adapted to each other by the Creator. The mind, however, is so intimately connected with the body and the soul, and so interested in their needs and supplies, that it is unnecessary to consider its needs and supplies in this study.

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NEEDS OF THE BODY AND THEIR SUPPLIES

A supply has been provided for all of the needs of the body, abundant in quantity, perfect in adaptation and wholly satisfying in quality. So perfect and complete is this supply for all the needs of the body that it compels the belief in an all-wise, all-just, all-beneficent and almighty Creator.

Air, water, food, light, and heat are, doubtless, chief among the things needed by the body. The great abundance of these supplies, their complete adaptation to particular needs of the body, and their real satisfying qualities, clearly demonstrate that they were provided by Man's Creator for these particular needs of the body. It requires no argument to prove this. No one can honestly doubt it. Universal experience renders it self-evident.

To illustrate more definitely concerning the particular supplies above specified-air, water, food, light, and heat -each must be spoken of somewhat in detail. While the need of the body for air is finite, it is so great and constant, that it borders on the infinite. It is needed in the daytime and in the night, when awake or asleep. It is not to be secured by measure and stored away for use at intervals. The body must not be separated from it. The supply must be constant and abundant. Hence, Man's Creator put him into an ocean of air, greater than all the water-oceans of the earth. Its adaptation to particular

needs of the body, and its satisfying quality may be regarded as perfect.

The need of the body for water, though less constant, perhaps, than for air, is so pressing and necessary that Man's Creator has provided it abundantly almost everywhere and easily to be obtained. As moisture, it is in the air practically everywhere, and often deposited as rain or snow, to help make sure other needed supplies for the body. By a wise provision of the Creator, water can be secured almost everywhere, as a constant supply from springs and wells. A constant and adequate supply is assured, since three-fourths of the earth's surface is water. It is scarcely necessary to state that water is wonderfully adapted to particular needs of the body, and equally satisfying to them.

The need of the body for food is, doubtless, less constant or frequent than for air or water; but none the less imperative. While food is not provided, as a general thing, in condition for immediate use, it is secured by exercise and personal effort, which are necessary to its proper appropriation and assimilation by the body. Its abundance, adaptation to the needs of the body, and its satisfying quality, are unquestionable.

The needs of the body for light and heat are, in some respects, almost limitless and in other respects quite limited. The Creator has accordingly provided the former with the unmeasured light and heat of the sun ready for use, and has afforded the latter ample materials from which to supply all necessary artificial light and heat, needed by the body. The artificial light and heat are readily adapted to the needs of the body and afford satisfaction. As regards the light and heat of the sun, they

are beyond description in quantity, in adaptation to the bodily needs, and in satisfying quality.

Supplies for other particular needs of the body by Man's Creator would admit of like definite illustration, as regards their abundance, adaptation and satisfying qualities. Accordingly, it follows without argument that all of the needs of the body are in like manner provided for by the Creator.

In brief, there are seven definite and essential things connected with each of the needs of the body of man and its supplies above mentioned, which are the all-wise and all-beneficent design and work of the Creator.

I. The Need of the Body for Air and Its Supply.

I. The body was created with a vital need of air. 2. There is the air provided by the Creator for its supply.

3. It is practically ever-available.

4. It is perfectly adapted to the body and this special

need.

5. It satisfies the need.

6. The supply of air is abundant, and

7. Its proper use affords great pleasure.

II. The Need of the Body for Water and Its Supply.

1. The body was created with a vital need of water. 2. There is the water provided by the Creator for its supply.

3. It is practically ever-available.

4. It is perfectly adapted to the body and this special need.

5. It satisfies the need.