tal, through its union with the personal, giving it the sense of individual entity and identity. Following closely the Mosaic record, I have considered the material universe as the instrumentality, by means of which the individual child of the Infinite and the finite is begotten, born and perfected; pointing out the divine method of creation and formation, both in the material and spiritual kingdom; and. showing that all true development proceeds from impartations of this infinite Presence. Considering the natural creations and formations as types, symbols and correspondences of the spiritual, and the processes and laws of the natural as correspondences of the processes and laws of the spiritual, I have endeavored to show how, in the history of the creation of humanity, the epochs of the natural correspond, both in number and in character, with the epochs of the spiritual. The term "condition," made use of in this investigation, is taken as meaning states from which the invidual, consciously or unconsciously, responds to presence. In the material, it is manifest in the affinities and repulsions, by means of which individual bodies are formed and dissolved. In the vital, it is that which enables the earthy and inert particles to respond to the vital presence by becoming pabulum for the vital organism; that is, it is that potency, which, through the triturating processes of nature or of art, becomes resident in the particled element, rendering substances not so. medicinal, etc., which without such trituration were In the mental, or spiritual individuality, it is that appetence which gives birth to instinct, to volition, to intuition, to aspiration, etc. In all the orderly unfoldings below the spiritual, the brooding presence of Elohim imparts the state or condition from which all natural law exists and acts. In the spiritual, the living, breathing and inspiring presence of Jehovah Elohim gives to the individual responsiveness to the Divine Presence, awakening thought, feeling, affection and love, and harmonizing the individual with the Infinite and His government. In this connection I have examined the Bible as a history, a philosophy, and a revelation of the divine method with humanity, in its creation, development and destiny, and have indicated the inevitable conclusion that it is an orderly, accurate and consistent statement of facts and truths in regard to His operations. TABLE OF CONTENTS. OF THE PROBABLE EXISTENCE OF SPIRITUAL BEINGS SEPARATE II. THE ARGUMENT FROM THE LAWS OF NATURAL DE- VELOPMENT, III. THE LAW OF THE UNIVERSE PROCLAIMS THE POWER, IV. OF INDIVIDUALIZATION AND PROGRESSION, INDICA- TING THE METHOD OF CREATION AND FORMATION, V. THE EVIDENCE OF THE EXISTENCE OF SPIRIT AS PAL- THE BIBLE VIEW OF A SPIRITUAL PRESENCE AND POWER. VII. FOUNDATIONS FOR REDEMPTION, . XV. THE HEART AND THE UNDERSTANDING, XVI. OF INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR USE, DEDUCTIONS FROM THE FOREGOING FACTS AND TRUTHS. I. OF ANGELS. THEIR ORIGIN AND MISSION, AC- CORDING TO THE DOCTRINES OF THE BIBLE, |