A Story Outline of Evolution 



Among the early Greeks, there were two schools of 

 philosophic thought. The one taught : "You cannot be happy 

 from within unless you are first happy from without" ; while 

 the other taught : "You cannot be happy from without unless 

 you are first happy from within." The early Christian 

 Martyrs who sang hymns of praise as the flames roasted 

 their flesh proved that happiness is a conscious state that 

 comes from within. 



The Soul Spark began to manifest itself millions of years 

 after the Life Spark began. It started as a faint spark of 

 super-consciousness after life had climbed far up the tree of 

 life. We do not know just when it started. It may have 

 begun with the mother instinct but figuratively speaking we 

 are sure that it had grown to the glow of a small torch when 

 early man began searching for a stronger and higher power. 

 All evidence points to the fact that as man began to think, 

 the mysteries of soul power began to be revealed to him. 

 The Infinite Life had again descended into matter and 

 planted the elements of divinity in the being of man so that 

 he could work out through evolutionary processes his rela- 

 tionship to the Creative Mind. Thus Evolution supple- 

 ments the last above mentioned biblical quotation by show- 

 ing why the spiritual comes after the natural because there 

 was no necessity for the soiritual until there was human 

 intelligence. 



All the various religions of the world have had their 

 origin in man's belief in a power or powers beyond his con- 

 trol and upon which or whom he feels dependent. The high- 

 est ideal of all religions is perfect harmony of will between 

 the individual and the Power he w^orships. It is impossible 



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