42 THE PORTAL OF EVOLUTION 



1 must now apologize for this digression, but it appeared 

 to me that if I made it in this place, it would facilitate the 

 reader's comprehension of some of my subsequent arguments. 



Having by this time decided that this was the most logical 

 assumption of the manner in which God has created the 

 Universe out of a finite portion of Himself. The next question 

 I arrived at was : Why and wherefore was the necessity for 

 Creation? Why could not Infinite Perfection be content with 

 Infinite Perfection ? And this is the only logical answer logical 

 reasoning could give to my enquiring mind. 



Firstly : Infinite power of light and action, the finite quali- 

 ties of the first personality of the Almighty Creator, rebelled 

 against infinite inactivity. 



Secondly : Infinite power of existence and love, the Spirit of 

 God the Son (or Mother), rebelled against having nothing 

 besides itself to love. 



Thirdly : Infinite Wisdom, the Spirit of God the Holy 

 Ghost, decided that it was wrong for infinite power to have 

 nothing to do and that if there was anything that would deterio- 

 rate infinitely perfect love it must be love of self. For know- 

 ledge of how to act for the good of others ; love sufficiently 

 strong to labour for the life and existence of others; and 

 wisdom great enough to control our actions so that they injure 

 no one, and to show charity and mercy to others, are the only 

 possible means of advancement. Indolence, Selfishness and 

 Absence of self-control are the three forms of folly that 

 damn and deteriorate and extinguish all" advancement, and 

 bring about the extinction of mankind. 



This gave the logical necessity for a finite creation and a 

 finite existence as will be further demonstrated in its place. 

 Some obtuse persons have said to me : " W T here do you get 

 your Creator from? Who made him? " I will endeavour to 

 point out that eternity is the logical sequence of time, for the 

 well-balanced mind can conceive no idea of an end to time. 

 There is the stamp on all sides of creation of infinity. We 

 have even a difficulty to realise that we are going to die ; we 

 are always inclined to think that it is the other fellow who has 

 to die. We can conceive no idea of time except as the minute 

 dot on the clock of Eternity. We do not neglect to enter into 

 undertakings that cannot possibly be completed during our 

 own lifetime. Although we do not confess it, we realise that 

 we live in the lives of our children. 



