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7thly. In all dynamical science the true data consists of cause, 

 power, and effect. The extremes, cause and effect being known, 

 the relation between them which is here called power, can be 

 traced out. By referring to page 3d, it will be seen that calor- 

 fic motion is the first moving principle in the material world ; 

 and, therefore, all effects under the laws of nature, however far 

 they may be removed by chains of intermediate relations, must 

 have their origin in this cause. Thus every effect in nature ori- 

 ginates from colroic. Every effect in the mental world, under the 

 laws of mind, originates from intelligence. Every effect above 

 these is superhuman arid supernatural it is from the immediate 

 intervention of divine power, and, consequently, a miracle. 



This theory being established, the process may be carried 

 either way from cause to effect or the reverse cause and 

 effect depend on time in regard to their natural sequence ; for 

 an effect becomes a cause when considered in relation to other 

 effects which result from it, being connected postcedently with 

 it, and vice versa a cause becomes an effect when considered 

 in relation to its proper antecedent. The most common order of 

 inquiry is from effect to cause. An effect must always be expe- 

 rienced before there is any idea of a cause ; the cause having op- 

 erated antecedently, for it is certain that they cannot commence 

 at the same instant, although they may appear simultaneously ; 

 thus we may trace back from effect to cause through all their rela- 

 tions until the inquiry terminates in one of the sources of action 

 above named. 



The connection between cause and effect is called power 

 thus power always implies relation, for one thing can never affect 

 another unless it be in some way connected when associated with 

 it. Relation implies difference between cause and effect. Dif- 

 ference implies superiority and inferiority ; the cause being the 

 superior, or first in time the effect, the inferior, or last in time. 

 These being connected by the relative power, constitute the nat- 

 ural sequence called cause, power, and effect. 



All created things are the effect of which the Almighty Creator 

 is the cause ; and the intelligent act of creating and preserving 



