RECAPITULATION 339 



I have called attention to Mr. Spencer's theory, 

 that all psychic manifestations are composed of 

 "units of feeling" that are "fundamentally of one 

 kind." By this assumption he attempts to account for 

 the origin of all the faculties of the mind. 



I have endeavored to show that there are essential 

 differences between the faculties, so that one could 

 not have been derived f rom another. 



The theory of evolution fails to show the possibility 

 of evolving psychic phenomena from the inorganic 

 world. These phenomena cannot be explained in 

 terms of matter and motion, which are the only fac- 

 tors in the ontology of the dynamical theory of the 

 universe. 



Starting with inorganic matter, evolution must ex- 

 plain the origin of life, of sensation, of the special 

 senses, of instincts, and of the various powers of the 

 mind. The evidence along this line is, I think, 

 extremely inadequate. 



I have called attention to the fact that our knowl- 

 edge of mind alone is immediate, and that mind has 

 persistently refused to recognize itself as matter. 



Mind is a cause, as is shown by its ability to con- 

 trol matter, and from this we may conclude that there 

 is a Supreme Mind which controls the material uni- 

 verse. The future and eternal existence of the soul is 

 assured by the fact of its present existence and. the 

 eternal existence of God. 



The indestructibility of matter and force serves as 

 a foundation for the faith that mind, which can con- 

 trol these things, is itself indestructible. 



Mind is not matter, but a controlling power in the 

 universe, and we can form no conception as to how 

 it may cease to exist. God cannot die, nor can the 

 soul of man, made in his image, cease to be. The 

 persistent and universal desire for a future existence 



