2 THE ORIGIN OP CREATION', 



be shaken by no difficulty, and is capable of explaining every 

 phenomenon in nature. 



In the first place : All matter is eternal, and resolvable into 

 atoms. 



Atoms are invisible, indivisible, intangible, and inde- 

 structible. 



They are separated into two great classes ; viz.: mineral and 

 vegetable atoms, or as they are at present called ; oxygen and 

 hydrogen. There arc many different kinds of mineral and 

 vegetable atoms, the former producing different minerals, and 

 the latter uniting with the mineral producing different kinds of 

 vegetation ; still there are only two classes of them. 



All atoms are Male and Female. 



We find that all animals and vegetables are male and female, 

 and as all animate matter is kept alive by eating or absorbing 

 so-called inanimate matter for the theory which divides atoms 

 or matter into animate and inanimate, is untenable as we shew 

 farther on is it unreasonable to suppose that each inert atom 

 is also either male or female ? 



These atoms also have in our world peculiar inherent pro- 

 perties belonging to each individually. For instance, the 

 mineral atom is the Male, and its properties are, that it is 

 naturally cold ; that it has the blue and white cold colours ; and 

 that it is acid and combustible. 



The vegetable atom is the Female ; and its properties are r 

 that it is naturally warm ; that its colours are yellow, red, and 

 the warm colours ; and that it is incombustible. 



Many Scientific men have endeavored to reduce matter to a 

 simple form, but without success Professor Tyndall in his- 

 lecture on "Matter and Force "at Dundee in 1867, said:' 



