CHAPTER XXV. 



The Life Spark and The Soul Spark. 



A N attempt has been made in the preceding chapters of 

 this book to trace a crude outline of the development of 

 life from the first and simplest pulsating life cell to the pres- 

 ent time. But, what is life? To this question, many hun- 

 dreds of answers have been attempted but none of these are 

 complete and satisfactory because they do not embrace the 

 whole, for life is an active force so broad and comprehen- 

 sive in its scope that it is beyond the powers of human defini- 

 tion. It cannot be defined, analyzed or explained. All of 

 our special senses and powers of reason fail us in its com- 

 prehension. We have begun to know some of its attributes 

 and purposes and how these purposes are accomplished but 

 any attempted definition covers only a small segment of the 

 whole. It is everywhere and everlasting and its creative 

 purpose is to advance the kingdom of life by creative proc- 

 esses until created beings may know and understand the 

 Creative Plan. 



The greatest question that has ever challenged the minds 

 of thinking men is — "how did these life processes come into 

 being?" Men of all ages and men of all races have sought 

 to discover the secret of the origin of life. We have seen 

 that the human body is composed of a number of chemical 

 elements. The first four of these, namely — oxygen, hydro- 

 gen, carbon and nitrogen make up the greater part of the 



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