CHAPTER I 



THE UNIVERSE IS A VAST ELECTRIC ORGANISM 



ELECTRICITY, next to Deity, is the most remarkable 

 entity in the universe. Its marvelous and varied 

 powers and utilities create a new epoch in scientific 

 thought and discovery. Its study is replete with 

 new and fascinating ideas and scientific theories. 

 It contains the story of the universe more sublime 

 than an epic, more wonderful than a romance. It 

 organized the machinery of the worlds, and holds 

 the secrets of nature and the mysteries of life in 

 its invisible grasp. 



Electricity is the right hand of Deity, the tongue 

 of the Spirit, the Word of Omnipotent power, the 

 protean cosmic force and creative machinery of the 

 universe. At the divine fiat it seized all atoms and 

 space, it shook the ether into nebula, the nebula 

 into worlds, the worlds into constellations, the con- 

 stellations into a universe. It shaped planets and 

 rounded suns and hurled them forth to circle in the 

 chorus of the singing spheres. It gave form and 

 functions to all matter from the rounded pebble to 

 the stars; from the raindrop to the surging seas; 

 from the chirping cricket to the sporting leviathan; 

 from the helpless infant to the giant man. 



It is the messenger and executive of Creative Will 

 to all created things. It is the ambassador of spirit 



