males for females are the principal factors in the differentiation of 

 species. 



Having traced man's pedigree according to the Evolution theory,, 

 from primitive nebulous matter to his present commanding position, 

 and found him possessed with reason and the power of controlling and 

 regulating the forces of nature, our next inquiry is naturally for what 

 purpose is he here and what will become of him eventually. Here we 

 come to the most difficult problem of all ages, which has baffled learned 

 men of all nationalities, and which will probably never be satisfactorily 

 solved. Intimately connected with it is the almost as difficult problem, 

 How was the universe caused at all? There are eminent scientific 

 men who think they can conclusively show that the universe existed 

 from eternity ; others as positively assert that it must have been caused 

 by a power outside and independent of itself; while others are equally 

 convinced that it was self-created. But when we examine their argu- 

 ments we find ourselves unable logically to accept any of their conclu- 

 sions. 



The Atheist declares that the universe has existed from eternity, not 

 having been produced by any other agency, and, therefore, without any 

 beginning; which necessarily implies the conception of infinite past 

 time an effort of which the human mind is quite incapable. The 

 Pantheist declares that the universe evolved out of potential existence 

 into actual existence by virtue of some inherent necessity ; which is as 

 unthinkable as the previous one, for potential existence must be either 

 something, in which case it would be actual existence, or nothing, which 

 it could not possibly be. But admitting, for the sake of argument, the 

 possibility of potential existence as nothing, still we should have to- 

 account for its origin, which would involve us in an infinity of still more 

 remote potentialities. The Theistic theory of creation by external 

 agency implies either formation of matter out of nothing, which is 

 inconceivable, or out of pre-existing materials, which leaves us under 

 the necessity of showing the origin of the pre-existing elements, and, 

 like the preceding theory, would involve us in an infinity of remote 

 pre-existences. It also involves the existence of a potentiality outside 

 matter, which must either be caused, which involves a prior cause, or 

 uncaused, in which case it must be either finite or infinite. If it be 

 finite, it must be limited, and, consequently, there must exist something 

 outside its limits, which destroys the notion of its being a first cause. 

 Therefore, it must be infinite. Also, as first cause, it must be indepen- 



