TIME AND CHANGE 
of the earth earthy; yea, that we are of the animal 
beastly; it presses us down in matter; it puts out the 
lights to which we have so long turned as lighting 
our origin; the words “sacred,” “divine,” “holy,” 
and “‘celestial,” as applied to our origin and devel- 
opment, we have no longer any use for, nor for any 
words or ideas that set us apart from the rest of 
creation — above it in our origin or apart from it in 
our relations. The atmosphere of mystery and mir- 
acle and sanctity that our religious training has 
thrown around our introduction upon this planet 
and around our relations and destiny science dispels. 
Our language and many of our ideas and habits of 
thought date back to pre-scientific times — when 
there were two worlds, the heavenly and the earthly, 
separated by a gulf. Now we know that the two 
worlds are one, that they are inseparably blended; 
that the celestial and the terrestrial are under the 
same law; that we can never be any more in the hea- 
vens than we are here and now, nor any nearer the 
final sources of life and power; that the divine is 
underfoot as well as overhead; that we are part and 
parcel of the physical universe, and take our chances 
in the cosmic processes the same as the rest, and 
draw upon the same fund of animal life that the 
other creatures do. We are identified with the 
worm underfoot no less than with the stars over- 
head. Weare not degraded by such a thought, but 
the whole of creation is lifted up. Our minds and 
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