know of a certainty that this infinite universe with all its grandeur and
perfect order could not have come to exist by itself.

Similarly in the world of being there exist forces unseen of the eye, such
as the force of ether previously mentioned, that cannot be sensed, that
cannot be seen. However, from the effects it produceth, that is from its
waves and vibrations, light, heat, electricity appear and are made
evident. In like manner is the power of growth, of feeling, of
understanding, of thought, of memory, of imagination and of discernment;
all these inner faculties are unseen of the eye and cannot be sensed, yet
all are evident by the effects they produce.

Now as to the infinite Power that knoweth no limitations; limitation
itself proveth the existence of the unlimited, for the limited is known
through the unlimited, just as weakness itself proveth the existence of
power, ignorance the existence of knowledge, poverty the existence of
wealth. Without wealth there would be no poverty, without knowledge no
ignorance, without light no darkness. Darkness itself is a proof of the
existence of light for darkness is the absence of light.

Now concerning nature, it is but the essential properties and the
necessary relations inherent in the realities of things. And though these
infinite realities are diverse in their character yet they are in the
utmost harmony and closely connected together. As one's vision is
broadened and the matter observed carefully, it will be made certain that
every reality is but an essential requisite of other

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realities. Thus to connect and harmonize these diverse and infinite
realities an all-unifying Power is necessary, that every part of existent
being may in perfect order discharge its own function. Consider the body
of man, and let the part be an indication of the whole. Consider how these
diverse parts and members of the human body are closely connected and
harmoniously united one with the other. Every part is the essential
requisite of all other parts and has a function by itself. It is the mind
that is the all-unifying agency that so uniteth all the component parts
one with the other that each dischargeth its specific function in perfect
order, and thereby co-operation and reaction are made possible. All parts
function under certain laws that are essential to existence. Should that
all-unifying agency that directeth all these parts be harmed in any way
there is