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it, as altogether transcendental, and inexplicable by science, 

 but an absolute certainty nevertheless, and, so far as we 

 can discover, altogether attributable to a " Great First 

 Cause"- \n other words, to The Power ^ beyond nature, 

 and evolution, of whose existence, all organisms, and 

 phenomena, are but the outward, and visible, symbols, 

 and the unmistakable earnest to us, that an Infinite 

 Intelligence, and Power, is working " behind the scenes," 

 whose personality is quite visible to the " eye of faith," 

 and as undeniably existent, as the symbols themselves, or 

 the thinking " ego." Moreover, who, can observe, and 

 realise, the beauty, and order, the precision of working, 

 and the momentous results flowing from, the creative act, 

 but must acknowledge that absolute perfection of design, 

 and infinite power, combined, must have dictated its 

 details, and superintended its accomplishment ? Nature, 

 evolution, chance, accident, et hoc genus omne, what are 

 they, when considered in this light ? Are they not, but 

 words and names, and words and names, only, doubtless 

 most expressive, but, here, unintelligent as inert matter, 

 and powerless as the non-existent ? In human intercourse, 

 do we not often hear the words repeated, in extenuation 

 of human helplessness, or human listlessness, " you must 

 take the will for the deed " ? In somewhat like manner, 

 and from kindred causes, do we not at times, in the most 

 unexpected quarters, also see a belief entertained, and 

 even expressed, in the "made" but not in the "maker" \ 



