TIME AND CHANGE 



of the earth earthy; yea, that we are of the animal 

 beastly; it presses us down in matter; it puts out the 

 lights to which we have so long turned as lighting 

 our origin; the words "sacred," "divine," "holy," 

 and "celestial," as applied to our origin and devel- 

 opment, we have no longer any use for, nor for any 

 words or ideas that set us apart from the rest of 

 creation — above it in our origin or apart from it in 

 our relations. The atmosphere of mystery and mir- 

 acle and sanctity that our religious training has 

 thrown around our introduction upon this planet 

 and around our relations and destiny science dispels. 

 Our language and many of our ideas and habits of 

 thought date back to pre-scientific times — when 

 there were two worlds, the heavenly and the earthly, 

 separated by a gulf. Now we know that the two 

 worlds are one, that they are inseparably blended; 

 that the celestial and the terrestrial are under the 

 same law; that we can never be any more in the hea- 

 vens than we are here and now, nor any nearer the 

 final sources of life and power; that the divine is 

 underfoot as well as overhead; that we are part and 

 parcel of the physical universe, and take our chances 

 in the cosmic processes the same as the rest, and 

 draw upon the same fund of animal life that the 

 other creatures do. We are identified with the 

 worm underfoot no less than with the stars over- 

 head. We are not degraded by such a thought, but 

 the whole of creation is lifted up. Our minds and 



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