Answers to Correspondents.
“1. The question has been asked me, Has the Saviour two bodies? if one was born of the seed of David, what became of the one Joshua saw? Josh. 5:13.” The Scriptures, speaking of the pre-existent Word, say he “was made flesh.” How this change in the manner of his existence took place is beyond our comprehension. The “mystery of godliness” is a mystery still, in some respects; we can no more fathom such questions than we can comprehend the self-existence of God, or the infinity of space. “2. Is the taking of photographs a violation of the second commandment.” Not necessarily. The commandment forbids the making of a likeness of any thing as an object of worship. But Moses was commanded to make images of cherubim, in making the sanctuary. It is no more a violation of the precept to make the picture of a man than it is to make the picture of a horse, unless there is an impious motive in it. It is possible to make an idol of anything we possess. No doubt much money is squandered uselessly in the multiplication of pictures.