2351.—I. B. F.—No, Isa. 26:9 does not in any-wise indicate an immortal, immaterial or conscious soul apart from the body. Isaiah simply uses a form of expression that is very common to-day, "With my soul have I desired thee in the night." We would say, With our thoughts we desired the Lord in the night, with our minds we longed for Him; simply the inward powers of his being were reaching out after God. We have no record whatever in God's word that the spirit or soul of man is capable of doing anything whatsoever apart from the body. Neither Gen. 41:8 nor Job 4:15 is any proof whatsoever, nor have these texts ever been so considered by Biblical scholars, so far as we know. The one simply declares that Pharaoh's spirit was troubled, just as the spirits of thousands and millions are troubled to-day. In Job 4:15 the term spirit is doubtless an angel, a spiritual being.