The Interbond of the 
[December, 
698 
“ without form, an eternity of motion ; without parts, un- 
particled ; an Eternal Sun, without beginning or end, it was 
a vortex of one Eternity, an infinite circle, the essence of all 
power ; its constitution was not to develop forces, but 
Omnipotent Power.” 
“ Matter and Power existing as a Whole, inseparable.” 
“ The matter containing the substance of all Suns, Worlds, 
and systems of Worlds, with qualities to produce all things 
existing thereon,” producing “ Motion, Life, Sensation, and 
Intelligence, to be impartially disseminated on their surfaces 
as Ultimates.” 
“ This great centre ” — this Great Power of Intelligence, 
this Great Germ of all existences — was one World, con- 
taining the materials and Power to produce all others,” with 
“ Wisdom equal to Matter to plan and direct their . . . 
movements.” Its whole “ principles were joined into one 
vast Vortex of Pure Intelligence.” 
The whole mass of Matter was as “ liquid lava ” ; the 
elements then developed were Light and Heat. The Power 
contained in this great vortex was the Great Positive 
Mind, and its development Eternal Motion : so Matter 
and Motion constituted the original condition of all 
to account for the modern state of the primitive rocks, without the outrageous 
idea of liquid fire being the origin and commencement of all things. The 
heat of the compacting mass, as its materials lay closer and closer, would 
lose much of its bulk, and consequently of its heat, causing foldings and ele- 
vations as layer after layer was thrust out of place, and hence the catastro- 
thisms we read of. What has Chemistry to say to such a state ? The whole 
of space filled with liquid fire, combustion ; and of this combustion, what 
would be the results ? The elimination of the elements, or a resulting residuum 
of uncombined dust? a mass of an unintelligible something. Cosmic dust ? 
of which some of our wonder-working scientists have been so eloquent on. 
Cosmic dust ! or cosmic fiddlesticks ; they know as much about the one as 
the other. An appeal may be made to the flaming hydrogen and nitrogen, the 
flaming photosphere, and other illogical scientific hypotheses. If, as the 
spe&ral analysis proves, all orbs are constituted of the same material, then we 
must fall back on our Earth — the only orb which we can intimately know. 
Where is the flaming hydrogen and nitrogen, and fiery photosphere ? The 
brightness of the Sun can be accounted for by magnetic effulgences, a more 
likely hypothesis ; and the elevation and almost immediate collapse of towering 
flames, volcanic eruptions, and flame floods, glowing lava, — a liquid fire 
absorbing space, — is a chimera, and worse ; it is a chimera enveloped in an 
absurdity. This fiery furnace is the result of the “scientific imagination” 
which some of our sensational scientists are so prone to indulge in. “ What 
we groan under is not the tyranny of thought, but the dogmatism of assump- 
tions.” “ Who are the charlatans ? all men who give reproof to the ages by 
presenting systems in advance of established crudities.” Tertullian wisely 
said “ Time is the ally of truth, and wise men believe nothing but what is 
certain.” Goethe tells us “ Every bird has its decoy, and every man is misled 
in a way peculiar to himself.” 
