NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION 



And again : 



The kingdom of heaven is as 

 if a man should cast seed into 

 the ground ; and it should spring 

 up and grow, he knoweth not 

 how; first the blade, then the 

 ear, after that the full corn in 

 the ear. It is all natural: the 

 earth does its work; the sun, 

 the air, the water do their work, 

 and the life and nature of the 

 seed grow and multiply, reappear- 

 ing in each grain in exact accord- 

 ance with the nature of the seed. 

 It is natural, but marvelous : the 

 man " knoweth not how " it is 

 done ; but no one says, therefore, 

 that that growth is supernatural, 

 miraculous. 



Whence the germ of life in the 

 seed? Whence the germ of life 

 in the kingdom of heaven? Who 

 can tell? The wind bloweth 

 where it listeth. Thou seest the 

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