2O2 Contemporary Evolution. 



He tells us that : 



"As in the human frame there is a living principle, 

 acting upon it and through it by means of volition ; so, 

 behind the veil of the visible universe there is an in- 

 visible, intelligent Being, acting on and through it, 

 as and when He will. This invisible Agent is in no 

 sense a soul of the world, after the analogy of human 

 nature ; but, on the contrary, is absolutely distinct from 

 the world, as being its Creator, Upholder, Governor, and 

 Sovereign Lord. Here we are at once brought into the 

 circle of doctrines which the idea of God embodies. I 

 mean, then, by the Supreme Being, one who is simply 

 self-dependent, and the only being who is such ; more- 

 over, that He is without beginning, or eternal, and the 

 only eternal ; that in consequence He has lived a whole 

 eternity by Himself; and hence that He is all-sufficient 

 for His own blessedness, and all blessed, and ever blessed. 

 Further, I mean a Being who, having these prerogatives, 

 has the supreme good, or rather is the supreme good, 

 or has all the attributes of good in infinite greatness ; all 

 wisdom, all truth, all justice, all love, all holiness, all 

 beautifulness ; who is omnipotent, omniscient, omni- 

 present ; ineffably one, absolutely perfect ; and such, that 

 what we do not know, and cannot even imagine of Him, 

 is far more wonderful than what we do and can. I mean, 

 one who is sovereign over His own will and actions, 

 though always according to the eternal rule of right and 



