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Children must never forget that they have not only a body but a soul as well that dwells in their body. If they had no soul they would neither be able to think, nor speak, nor see, nor hear, nor feel, nor smell nor taste. Just as the Holy Spirit is active to make the soul chaste and to free it from things that cannot coexist with the Love of Christ, He also desires that children present their bodies to the Lord as a living, holy sacrifice or gift, pleasing to God. In short, as body and soul are mortally wounded by nature, body and soul are cured and made healthy by the Grace of Jesus Christ.
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If you children remain faithful to the Savior, in His own time the Savior takes your spirit to Himself and it is eternally with the Lord. The body has no more life and it is buried in the earth and rests there until the Savior awakes it again and gives it life. And then He will make this worthless body most glorious and give it a beauty that is now incomprehensible to us for as He, our Savior, is now glorified — He shines like the sun — so He will make our bodies like unto His own.
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of Bodily Care for Children
Translated by Pastor Roy Ledbetter
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