spirit to the usual term soul. But he is a very
complex being, a manifold being ; yet is he
one. As Saint Paul says of the body : " It
has many members, yet is one body," all
the parts working together in harmony, each
for all and all for each, — so the spirit has
many members or constituents, and yet is one
spirit.
Let us see how complex is man's nature.
The tree gives us a rough analogy : it consists
of a trunk having many branches and rooted in
the earth from which it draws its life. The
spirit of man opens out or divides into three
or four main branches, making it triune or
quadruple ; the mind, the heart, the soul, and
the will. Each of these branch again. The
mind has faculties, — reason, judgment, and
so forth ; the heart has feelings or emotions ;
the soul has qualities with which especially we
have to deal in these lessons.
The spirit also seems to be endowed with
attributes (as we will call them) of a supreme

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