CHAPTER III. 



THE GREAT FORCES, THEIR CHARACTER AND 

 OPERATIONS. 



I NOW ask, What is the intimate and in- 

 herent nature of those forces ? Do they, or 

 either of them, belong to the domain of the 

 supernatural ? Are they the products of 

 some supreme force, or forces, heretofore 

 unappreciated ? The reply is clear and un- 

 questionable. The supernatural must neces- 

 sarily be a part of the Divine Essence, and 

 consequently intangible. Not so the sub- 

 jects of our inquiry. They are natural pro- 

 ducts, therefore, and the result of the opera- 

 tion of some power commensurate with the 

 stttpendousness of their manifestations. 



Sunlight and Sun-heat. 



In the forces, light, and heat, what immen- 

 sity of power is represented ! Strangely 

 enough we have ever imagined these forces 

 to be the unaided work of the sun, as though 

 that luminary could be capable of sending 



