Sec. 1. Personal God 



I believe there is a personal God, the Creator and 

 Ruler of the Universe. If this is not true, matter, 

 force and the motion of matter constitute the Universe. 

 There is no middle ground between these two prop- 

 ositions. 



The first animal that ever lived on our earth was 

 directly and specially made by the Creator; or it 

 arose by spontaneous generation from inorganic mat- 

 ter. How else could it come into existence? The 

 same is true of the first plant. Which of these two 

 theories is most reasonable? 



Every human being that ever lived was either 

 directly and specially made by the Creator; or the 

 blind unthinking atoms and cells of which his body 

 was, and is, composed, spontaneously and automatic- 

 ally grouped themselves into the chemical combina- 

 tions and mechanical arrangements necessary to build 

 up his body. How else could a human body be made ? 

 Which hypothesis is most plausible? 



Can we believe that intellect, memory and will 

 are merely properties of matter, like length, breadth, 

 thickness and weight; or are these faculties the at- 

 tributes of a spiritual entity? 



I believe that the Creator has been manifesting 

 His knowledge, wisdom, power and goodness ever 

 since the first man appeared on the earth ; that He 

 has been performing miracles before the eyes of men 

 during all this time; that He has been speaking to 



