78 THE PORTAL OF EVOLUTION 



and the universe, and the Trinity of God is now about to 

 combine to form man's mind during the short space of less 

 than a million of years that make up the second and third 

 weeks of creation which form the Epochs of Hope and Charity 

 during which the world is not, as in the past, to be governed 

 by God the Father only, but by the united action of the whole 

 of his Trinity. Now on the Eighth Day we are to celebrate 

 the first dawn of Comprehension, which is the soul of Reli- 

 gion, in the mind of mankind, and in so doing start the second 

 week of creation. I have mentioned the above figures to give 

 the reader some idea of the enormity of the time already spent 

 over creation, not as any accurate statement, but the actual 

 periods are more likely to have exceeded this limit than to 

 have been less ; and the figures will only give him some idea 

 of the time it has taken to create the heavens, the earth and 

 the body of man, so that he may grasp the necessary concep- 

 tion of the slow progress of the development of the body as 

 compared with that of the mind, and this will most probably 

 be less as regards the soul of man in the years yet to come. 



When it has taken God so much time to create the world 

 so as to make it a fit abode for human habitation, I am con- 

 strained to pause in my onward march and ask my reader to 

 meditate for a few minutes, and to consider how insignificant 

 is his greedy thirst for wealth, joy and pleasure during life 

 except as a means to perform the duties he owes to God and 

 his neighbour and the community, and to make the best use 

 of his time for the benefit of those amongst whom his life and 

 lot is cast and so to bring within his power the possibility of 

 the rewards of wealth, honour and social esteem and eternal 

 life, confident that if the aim of his life be to make the best 

 use of his labour, energy, time and skill, he can trust 

 God to reward him if he is on the right track, and to send 

 him failure and poverty if he is on the wrong one, so as to put 

 him back on the right path, confident that if he takes the 

 lesson to heart he will some day before he dies be rewarded by 

 success, after which he will be able to bequeath to his children 

 the right to possess and retain such a magnificent legacy as 

 Immortality and through them to participate in its rewards 

 and pleasures. 



We have now reached the period of Cain and Abel, which 

 marks the fight for supremacy of the new departure which 



