178 DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 



To God he is what the cell is to man, 

 a living part in His organism, and in 

 this capacity he possesses all the per- 

 fect qualities of that organism. Living 

 his independent life, man is in the 

 same position as the cell in his own 

 being, when the cell is thought of as 

 living the life it is confined to by its 

 less perfect organism. 



Although limited to that life the cell 

 may literally be said to be man's 

 image — but an image of a very singu- 

 lar kind. The cell does not reproduce 

 man's traits as does a photograph or a 

 statue, but within its lower realm it 

 mirrors the fundamental qualities of 

 the original on a very reduced scale. 



These limitations can not be con- 

 ceived by the cell as such because they 

 are natural to it and belong to its 

 entity. The cell is and must feel itself 

 as perfect in its realm as man in his. 

 Only if the cell could compare its con- 

 ditions with man's, these limitations 

 would be apparent to it, and such a 

 comparison the cell really undertakes 



