12 THE UNIVERSE 



to matter, the autocrat of communication between 

 all the faculties of mind and all the functions of 

 physical existence. It is the law of affinity in mat- 

 ter, of selection in atoms, and whispers to the body 

 the intuitions of the Spirit and guides insensate 

 worlds to do the will of Creative Omnipotence. 



Electricity is the wonderful medium and agent by 

 which mind acts upon matter and works the miracle 

 of life and growth. This mightiest servant of God 

 and man, this genii greater than Aladdin's lamp, 

 impresses all laws upon nature, and makes the uni- 

 verse obedient to the will of Deity, as man's body 

 is obedient to the dictates of man's mind. This 

 inscrutable word of power from the source of all 

 power is beginning to supply the human race with 

 an inexhaustible force that will revolutionize the 

 earth and link all nations together as one family 

 in a millennium of peace and good will. 



Human life seems to throb, pulsate, gleam and 

 glow in this marvelous current of existence, which 

 causes illumination, transportation, telegraphy, pho- 

 tography, surgery, horticulture, agriculture, met- 

 allurgy and manufacture to step forth as master 

 magicians to work miracles for the comfort and 

 happiness of mankind. Every new discovery, every 

 step in the progress of electrical science conquers 

 time, destroys distances, diffuses knowledge, dissi- 

 pates ignorance, encourages friendship and draws 

 men and nations closer and closer by physical ties 

 and spiritual affinities. Where once noisy ponderous 

 mechanism pounded the rocks to release the metals, 

 electrical science with her unseen but resistless cur- 

 rents instantly separate the ore and the dross. 

 Where the soot-begrimed engineer seizes the heavy iron 



