The value of the soul

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Paoc Lecture I. The Immortality of the Human Soul. —

Whatitis — Argued,!. From its Immateriality: 2. From its capacity for eternal advancement in knowledge, holiness or unholiness, happiness or misery ; 3. From the earnest desires and expectations for a future and an eternal state of existence, which prevail among all nations, civilized and barbarous ; 4. From the influence of conscience 5 5. From the absolute necessity of a future existence, and of the immortality of the souls of the righteous and of the wicked ; 6. From the entrance of the soul into eternity at death, - - 13

Lecture II. The Incomparable Worth of the Soul. — Evident 1. From the account given of the origin of the soul ; 2. From the price paid for its redemption 3 3. From the various and successful means employed by God to save man ; 4. From the fact that Christ viewed the whole w^orld inferior to it, and incompetent to restore it when lost, 25

Lecture III. The Loss of the Soul. — 1. What it is not — Arguments against false views of it ; 2. What it is — ^Arguments from the Scriptures in all its peculiarities, 34

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Lecture IV. The Means by which Men accomplish THEIR Souls' Loss. — 1. Preference for the riches of this world ] 2. Extravagant attention to the pleasures and fashions of this life ] 3. Neglect of the means of grace; 4. By cherishing erroneous sentiments ; 5. By mingling with vile and skeptical company; 6. By procrastination, 53

Lecture V. Salvation Impossible for the Finally Lost Soul. — Arguments — 1. That it now is, and ever will be, beyond the power of men, by any act or suffering, to redeem his own or another's soul ; 2. That the atonement of Christ can have no effect to save the lost soul which has past the bounds of time, and entered into the eternal world : 3. That when sentence shall have been given against the sinner in judgment, and he becomes the subject of punishment, there is no in tercessor between God and him, and without an intercessor there is no salvation, - - - - - 71

Lecture VI. Christ the only Competent Savior for ALL who are not Finally Lost. — Illustrated by considering, 1. The import of the saying in the text, That Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; 2. The character of the saying. It is faithful : 3. The extent of its claim — It is worthy of universal reception, 78

Lecture VII . The Efficiency, under God, of Human Instrumentality. — Affectionate appeals, 1. To ministers of the Gospel; 2. To parents; 3. To Sabbath Schoolteachers; 4. To all instructors of youth ; 5. To B^iperintendents, matrons, &c., of Institutions; 6. To Christians in general, and to Churches ; 7. To physicians ; 8. To Christian seamen and soldiers, - - 95

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