The Champion of the Faith Against Current Infidelity, Ed. by J. McCann (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...with our Saviours words, " If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you." Hume virtually says that the mystery by which an immaterial substance, the soul, moves the body, is as extraordinary and incomprehensible as the stupendous miracle of removing mountains, or controlling planets by a secret wish Why then are we not astonished at this daily, hourly repeated miracle--moving our bodies by a wish? Habit renders us indifferent to it. The structure of language implies that my body is not myself. The terms my body, his body, your body, intimate that the body is possessed or owned by each individual. The possessor cannot be identical with the possession. We also say "my mind." The Materialist may urge that this proves the body possesses the mind; so, in one sense, it does. The mind is imprisoned in the body. Each acts, and re-acts, on the other. The body must be considered as well as the mind, and will take its revenge if neglected or pampered. But all sound education aims at ennobling the mind to regulate and restrain the body. In spite of the mutual and reciprocal influence naturally existing between mind and matter so intimately conjoined, our mental does not always correspond with our bodily condition. A person is sometimes sad and depressed, melancholy and low-spirited, even to the verge of suicide, while the body is in perfect health. Sometimes when the body is ailing, or even perishing with disease, the mind is calm and cheerful. A Christian thus alluded to his approaching dissolution: "This is the happiest day of my life." Such facts are inexplicable on the Materialist hypothesis, that mind and body ar...