1012 Dynamic Theory. 



of a tree to warm himself, and made the rest into a God, and wor- 

 shiped it. This modern man has taken Jove's thunder-bolt from his 

 hand, and harnessed to his street car; and all the forces of nature 

 which he understands he presses into his service, but of ' ' the residue 

 thereof he maketh a God, even his graven image; he falleth down unto 

 it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me for 

 thou art my God." 



There is no scientifically discovered God, and there never can be. A 

 God can never be known to mankind unless he chooses to make a direct 

 and special revelation of himself. A being making a revelation to men 

 is necessarily a personal being; and the catechism is neither logical nor 

 inspired in describing him as being "without body, parts or passions." 



The conclusions that it appears we must arrive at, must be such as 

 can be neither supported nor disproved by scientific research. 



( 1 ) If we are to have a future state of existence, it is because it has 

 been so determined by a Personal Being superior to and outside of 

 natural causes and effects. 



(2) The continuation of our identity is to be accomplished, if at all, 

 by the continuation or reconstruction of our bodies, that is by a resur- 

 rection. 



(3) If we are to know anything about this provision for our future, 

 it can only be through a special, direct, and miraculous revelation. 



Whether there has ever been, or is likely to be such a revelation, it 

 would be out of place to discuss in this book which treats only of 

 natural agencies and operations. 



CHAPTER LXXXV1. 



ENERGY AND ETHER. 



Origin of Energy. There is a distinction between energy and 

 force. Energy is simply the motion of material bodies, large or 

 small. Force is the measure of energy, its degree or quantity. We 

 say the motion or energy is of great force or little force. Energy as we 

 see it displayed about us shows us no final or ultimate origin. Behind 

 each form of motion we simply find another form. We might suppose, 

 if we burn a ton of coal under a boiler which puts heat into the water, 

 which drives the molecules apart in the form of steam, that the energy 

 of the steam originated in the coal. In one sense it does. But the 

 coal only gives out energy which was packed away in it ages ago by the 

 expenditure of the energy of sunlight and heat. Coal is made of trees 

 and plants. And trees can only be built up by the energy of sunlight. 



The green side of leaves is covered with the small cells called Chlo- 



