t, likewise the
elemental being could not be subjected to decomposition, and this does not
hold true because we see decomposition everywhere. Hence this theory is
untrue, inasmuch as we observe that after each composition there is a
process of decomposition which forever ends it. By this we learn that
composition as regards phenomena is neither accidental nor involuntary.

Then what have we left as a form of composition? It is the voluntary form
of composition, which means that composition is effected through a
superior will, that there is will expressed in this motive or action. It
is thus proved that the existence of phenomena is effected through the
eternal Will, the Will of the Living, Eternal and Self-subsistent, and
this is a rational proof concerning composition whereof there is no doubt
or uncertainty. Furthermore, it is quite evident that our kind of life,
our form of existence, is limited and that the reality of all accidental
phenomena is, likewise, limited. The very fact that the reality of
phenomena is limited well indicates that there must needs be an unlimited
reality, for were there no unlimited, or infinite, reality in life, the
finite being of objects would be inconceivable. To make it plainer for
you, if there were no wealth in the world, you would not have poverty. If
there were no light in the world, you could not conceive of darkness, for
we know things philosophically by their antitheses. We know, for example,
that poverty is the lack of wealth. Where there is no knowledge, there is
no ignorance. What is ignorance? It is the absence of knowledge.
Therefore, our limited existence is a conclusive proof that there is an
unlimited reality, and this is a shining proof and evident argument. Many
are the proofs concerning this matter, but there is not time to go into
the subject further.

This is our last evening, and I ask God that His confirmations may
encompass you, that your hearts may become radiant, that your eyes become
illumined through witnessing the signs of God, that your ears hearken to
the anthems of heaven, that your faces be set aglow with the radiant light
of the Word of God. May you all be united, may you be agreed, may you
serve the solidarity of mankind. May you be well-wishers of all humanity.
May you be assistants of every poor one. May you be nurses for the sick.
May you be sources of comfort to the broken in heart. May you be a refuge
for the wanderer. May you be a source of courag