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other because the universe is Uving and not dead ; be- 

 cause the Supreme Soul vivifies eternally with light 

 and life and love, — witli all the attributes of Mind. 



Considering Life as one of the cosmical forces re- 

 sulting from the interaction of Spirit and Matter, 

 coeval with God and eternal in duration, its sphere of 

 activity must be Ijoundless as infinitude ; and, wherever 

 all the forces of nature act together in due harmony, 

 there must Life be exhibited in one phase or another 

 of its development. To what height of development 

 it may arise above anything known on earth, it is im- 

 possible for the human mind to conjecture. Our indi- 

 vidual duty is to rise as near the Source as is possible 

 to each, and thus aid in elevating our own race. 



That one single sphere should be selected as a 

 theater for the display of the vital forces is incompat- 

 ible mth the play of the whole class of motions whose 

 proper field of action is the universe. The improba- 

 bility of the partial action of general laws is so strong 

 as to bear the stamp of impossibility, and we are war- 

 ranted in believing that we are connected by ties of 

 relationship not onl}' with every terrestrial being, but 

 also with those existing on ever^' life center in theex- 

 pause beyond ; and that the Purpose of Creation is to 

 multiply beings attuned to the Divine Nature, destined 

 to an immortal existence in the midst of His everlast- 

 ing harmonies. » 



KimhertoN, Pa. 



