IV 



THE UNIVERSAL BENEFICENCE 



THAT bodies rise in the air does not disprove 

 gravity; on the contrary, it proves it. The pull 

 of gravity never lets go of the bullet from the gun; 

 no matter how high or how far it goes, down it 

 comes, sometime, somewhere. 



There is no force when there is nothing to resist 

 force. The force of the chemical reaction in the gun 

 on the explosion of the powder is hurled back by 

 the mass and resistance of the gun, and sends the 

 bullet high or far, but does not for a second break 

 its hold upon it. Smoke rises because the air falls; 

 clouds float because of the greater weight of some- 

 thing beneath them. The river flows because its 

 banks do not. 



The goodness of nature is the universal fact, like 

 gravity, and its evils and enmities and hindrances 

 only prove the law. 



The waters of the globe seek their level, seek to 

 reach a haven of everlasting repose; but behold 

 how that purpose is forever frustrated, and the cur- 

 rents never cease. It is as if the creeks and rivers 

 never reached the sea; they are traveling that way 

 forever; it is as if the great ocean currents and sub- 



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