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sub-division. The three first great divisions, whose union consti- 

 tute what may be called the universal circle, are, 1st, Divinity ; 

 2d, Mind ; 3d, Nature. These stand in the order one above the 

 other, indicating different degrees of importance attached to the 

 subjects to which they relate ; the second being as far below the 

 first, as the third is below the second ; and they may be consid- 

 ered as three distinct worlds, connected by laws of analogy and 

 relation. It will be observed, Jiowever, that religion is included 

 as a relative branch between the first and second, and mathemat- 

 ics between the second and third. 



In the first of those great divisions, the Deity is the source of 

 action j in the second, thought, or intelligence, is the source of 

 action ; in the third, calorific motion is the source of action . In 

 mentioning these sources, it must be remembered that Deity is 

 the primary source of all actions resulting from the laws of sci- 

 ence, (sin being merely an unsuccessful attempt to evade these 

 laws j and thus moral evil being the result of such attempts can 

 not be chargable in any way to the Deity as a cause of its exist- 

 ence.) 



According to the order here established, the first subject of 

 science to be considered is that which relates directly to divinity. 

 This department is called theology, and includes all that we know 

 of God, of his relation to us or to the material world, either by 

 divine revelation, by natural religion, or by the indications of 

 design in the works of creation and providence. 



The second department belongs to mind or human intelligence, 

 and includes the laws by which the minds of all created intelli- 

 gent beings are governed. This department is called mental 

 science, or psychology, but in accordance with the present sys- 

 tem it should be called psychonomy. 



The third department belongs to nature and includes all the 

 laws of the material world. It may be called material science 

 or physiconomy. 



In the theological department, the first of the triune relations, 

 refers to the Creator, the second to the Mediator or Son, the third 

 to that power which stands in immediate relation to the mind of 



