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Other; that the well-being of every living thing on this globe is 

 affected by influences emanating from others, whilst all are adjusted 

 to the life and fitted for the conditions of the earth ; that the 

 earth and all the planets are moving in obedience to influences 

 beyond themselves ; that our solar system is moving in sweetest 

 harmony with other systems, to influences of which we know 

 nothing, and these again to others still in ever extending circles, 

 whilst the whole material universe, having a common centre, is 

 moving to influences emanating therefrom in inconceivably majestic 

 grandeur. As it is thus in the universe of matter, so must it be in 

 that of mind, and as we are informed that there are minds not 

 associated with matter, whose interests have been considered in 

 the design of the universe just as certainly as man's, and who 

 are engaged in increasing their knowledge of their originator by 

 observing the events that are transpiring in the realms of matter, as 

 well as those of mind ; and as we know by man's mind that there are 

 thoughts that language cannot express, and expressions that cannot 

 be understood from a want of a knowledge of the subject, and that 

 there are subjects that can be far better comprehended by a visible 

 illustration than by any amount of verbal communication, and as 

 one illustration may not convey the full meaning of some subjects, 

 so some minds may fail to get the full meaning that the illustrations 

 are designed to convey, and different minds will draw different 

 meanings from the same illustration, whilst none obtain the full 

 meaning disclosed by any, but each increases his knowledge of 

 it by an interchange of thought with his fellows, thereby getting a 

 more full, clear and correct view of it than any could get alone; and 

 as the whole visible universe is just so many object lessons projected 

 in time and space, for the very purpose that therein may be read, 

 according to the capacity and diligence of the reader, the mind and 

 character of the designer, we see not only the necessity for a vast 

 variety of illustrations to make the disclosure, but also for a great 

 diversity of mind to investigate them, and discover their meaning ; 

 and as mind is ever expanding by exercise and capable of under- 

 standing a subject better the more it knows about it, and as the 

 subject is infinite, and those engaged in investigating it are finite, 

 we see the necessity for unlimited time to continue the investigation. 

 Now, as everything in the universe has for its ultimate end the 

 disclosure, as far as possible, to the intelligences thereof, of the mind 



