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and as the numeral figure of the infinity of existence is three, 

 it is not possible to sub-divide three into four parts without 

 creating a fractional part, and it is a logical necessity of exist- 

 ence that it should be an entirety or it could not be existence, 

 and the Bible is emphatic in stating its likeness to God. Thus 

 there were only two existences of finity that could become 

 creations, or by any means become complete and eternal with- 

 out exceeding trinity, besides His own existence. And God 

 being perfect could create nothing that is not to become per- 

 fect, or else for ever remain an attribute or part of creation to 

 be for ever absorbed as required by the created parts endowed 

 with life. 



Now as a result of the same logical deduction it follows 

 that whatever is endowed with life must be one of three things, 

 a perfect likeness of God, a partial likeness of God, or an im- 

 perfect likeness of God, and we find that Mankind, Animals 

 or Angels and Plants comply with these three conditions. 

 Hence as God is the perfect Trinity of Infinity, all portions of 

 creation must be in some form or other produced by trinity 

 or they could not be a portion of trinity, and so would not 

 comply with what we have shown to be one of the necessities of 

 finity, that is, that it should be part of the trinity of infinity, 

 so we also find that Matter, although it is not an existence 

 of trinity, must be created by the action of a trinity of forces 

 or it would lose all claim to be a portion of a creation of infinity. 



We have already demonstrated that creation to be a perfect 

 form of existence must be a perfect form of trinity. This is 

 alone found in mankind where we have all three forms of crea- 

 tion combined, viz., a material body, which is an imperfect 

 likeness of God ; a spiritual mind, which is a partial likeness 

 to God ; and perfectly evolved man who will have an immortal 

 soul, and so becomes at last a true if an incomplete likeness of 

 God, although, as I have pointed out, it cannot become a per- 

 fectly equal likeness or it would become a second form of in- 

 finity which is impossible. And animal existence which is a 

 partial likeness of God having a material body and a material 

 mind. Lastly, Plant Existence, which is an imperfect and 

 fractional likeness of God, having only a material life lacking 

 both mind and soul. Then we have Matter which is not an 

 existence, but only a discarded portion of existences, which 

 are created, so to speak, not by God but by the evolution of 



