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 soul's purposes for a time, and when it can no longer do so, we die because it is the nature of matter to decay and change; but soul being of God, the, the , the , the , lives on forever and for evermore; and in all human probability unfolds continually and incessantly. Could you procure a microscopic view of a monad, you would behold a perfect resemblance of a human being of infinitesimal proportions, standing at full length, but with closed eyes, in the midst of a surrounding and protecting sphere, formed of something a myriad degrees more sublimated than the rarest imponderable known to science.

Soul has two methods of increase: first, it feeds on notions, thoughts, sensations, ideas, emotions, hopes, joys, fears and anticipations, based on that which is external of itself. The experiences and discipline thus derived, constitute Progression. On the other hand, it creates, moulds, and fashions things from itself, and by the exercise, grows intuitive and strong. This is Development, or Unfolding. Souls are all of the same