he purity of man through the
blood of Jesus.

A pure soul. "Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth
through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love
one another with a pure heart fervently." 1 Pet. 1:22.

A pure heart. "Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."
Mat. 5:8.

A pure mind. "This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you, in both
which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance." 2 Pet. 3:1.

A pure conscience. "I thank God whom I serve from my forefathers with pure
conscience." 2 Tim. 1:3.

A pure language. "For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that
they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one
consent." Zeph. 3:9.

Pure thoughts. "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if
there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."
Phil. 4:8.

A pure religion. "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is
this. To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep
himself unspotted from the world." Jas. 1:27.

When man is made thus pure in all the faculties of his being he is said to
be pure even as Christ is pure (1 John 3:3), and is then a perfect example
of purity to the world. 1 Tim. 4:12.

The question is asked, "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? or who
shall stand in his holy place?" Psa. 24:3. The answer is, "He that hath
clean hands and a pure heart." Purity is a requisite for heaven. "Blessed
are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." In this language there is
indubitably implied the impossibility of seeing God without purity of
heart. God is pure, and heaven is a pure place, and without purity of soul
and heart and life you can never enter heaven nor see God.

Righteousness.

This is one of the terms used in the Scriptures describing the character
of God and his people. "The Lord is righteous," and the source of all
righteousness. Man can not possess righteousness independent of God. It is
beautiful to contemplate the righteous character of the Almighty as
revealed in the holy Scriptures. It enables us to better understand our
own nature when we are "filled with all the fulness of God." The Savior in
his prayer addresses God as "righteous Father." John 17:25. The Revelat