44 THE PORTAL OF EVOLUTION 



THE NECESSITY FOR CREATION BY 

 EVOLUTION. 



The beginning of all was an infinite spiritual being, for if it 

 had not been spiritual it would have required to have a creator ; 

 for we cannot conceive an infinity, the bounds of which are not 

 invisible ; and being an infinite spirit, it must exist IN 

 ITSELF, OF ITSELF, and FOR ITSELF. Now an in- 

 finite spirit possessed of infinite Power, of infinite Love, and 

 of infinite Wisdom realised : 



That Infinite Power rebelled against infinite inactivity. 



That Infinite Love yearned with an infinite longing for 

 something besides itself to be beloved. 



That Infinite Wisdom decided that if it had not been 

 infinitely perfect infinite self-love must have destroyed its per- 

 fection. 



For the greatest of all perfection is Charity or love of others, 

 and the greatest of all crime is self-love or selfishness. 



Hence God could not fail to realise that the only forces that 

 could deteriorate His perfection were the absence of a cause for 

 activity and the want of something to love besides Himself. 



The Trinity of the Almighty is SPIRIT : EXISTENCE : 

 SOUL. 



The Trinity of Nature is POWER : LOVE : WISDOM. 



The Trinity of Man is IMAGINATION : COMPREHEN- 

 SION : UNDERSTANDING. 



The Almighty being a pure and perfect spirit can therefore 

 have neither SIZE, SHAPE, nor DIMENSION, but must be 

 UNIVERSAL, INVISIBLE and IMMEASURABLE, or He 

 would not be an INFINITE SPIRIT EXISTENCE. Now 

 if the Almighty desires to have some means of activity, and 

 some object on which to lavish His love, only one logical 

 possibility exists by which such an end can be obtained and at 

 the same time comply with the above requirements which we 

 have demonstrated to be necessities. The creation of an object, 

 or finite portion of His Infinity to be of HIMSELF, SUR- 

 ROUNDED BY HIMSELF, and CONTROLLED BY 

 HIMSELF, or it would not be a part of His Infinity. And it 

 must be different from Him or He would have created two 

 infinities, quod absurdo. Hence as He is a spirit it must be a 

 material finite portion of the invisible, immaterial whole. 

 INFINITY is Spirit, Existence and Soul ; MATERIALISM 



