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If He Gather unto Himself his Spirit and his Breath

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 19, 1869

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 33, No. 4.

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“If He Gather unto Himself his Spirit and his Breath.”

By John Nevins Andrews

TWO passages from the words in the book of Job are worthy of comparison and of thought. They are the following: Job xxxiii, 4, “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” Job xxxiv, 14, 15: “If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.”
Here is the building and the unbuilding of man. The man is formed of dust. The breath of the Almighty gave to him LIFE. The Lord gathers to himself his spirit and his breath. The man ceases to live, and turns again to the dust out of which he was formed. J. N. ANDREWS.