ioo Evolution of Life and Form. 



Trinity. That Hebrew statement dominates the 

 whole of Christendom, inasmuch as the Christian 

 Churches take the older part of their scriptures from 

 the hands of the Hebrew people ; and in quoting 

 that, I am not quoting it only as an authority from 

 the Hebrews but as including the authority of the 

 whole of Christendom, bound by that Hebrew teach- 

 ing. I might show you, did time permit, that other 

 great Teachers have spoken in the same sense ; the 

 outcome being that the matter in which evolution 

 is to take place of which our world of organisms, 

 including our own bodies, is to be formed that 

 matter is permeated by the Divine life, and the 

 aspect of Divine life that permeates it is that of the 

 third manifestation of God. That is the funda- 

 mental reason why Brahma is no longer worshipped. 

 That is why no temples are raised to Him and why 

 worshippers do not throng to His shrines. His 

 work was dominant in the earlier stages of the 

 universe, but is now overshadowed by the working 

 of another aspect of the mighty God, Vishnu as 

 Preserver, as Sustainer, and as Organiser. He is 

 the life which is active in all organisms ; and the 

 life which animates the atoms of matter having 

 been given and partially evolved, the continuing 

 aspect of that work is hidden at the present stage 

 of the universe ; the main evolution of life that 



