April 2

The Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. — Gen 2:7

And so this soul of mine is a compound of two worlds dust and deity! It touches the boundary line of two hemispheres. It is allied on one side to the divine; on the other, to the beast of the field. Its beginning is from beneath, but its culmination is from above; it is started from the dust of the ground, but it is finished in the breath of God.

My soul, art thou living up to thy twofold origin? Art thou remembering thy double parentage, and therefore thy double duty? Thou hast a duty to thy God, for His breath is in thee; thou hast a duty to the earth, for out of it wast thou taken. — George Matheson.