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122 largest principles. The more alive we become to the spiritual side of things, the more we gather what we know into general principles, and get the particulars into order and arrangement in the thought. Spiritual knowledge becomes thus no irrational faith, no unformed scheme, no vapid array of meaningless phrases, but a grand scheme of spiritual philosophy, complete in all its parts, beautiful in its symmetry, spiritually approved by the reason of man, and worthy of God. The leviathans of the mind, its grand conclusions, its large and fully rounded philosophy, always come last. The more alive our truths are the grander they become in character and scope. Not until we enter into living relations with God, do the truth-waters of the soul bring forth their leviathans of thought.

Such is the New-Church interpretation of what is related in the parable concerning the fifth day of Creation. As we ascend the mountains of regeneration the view becomes more broad and beautiful. If life is so good on the merely natural plane, on the spiritual how infinitely more lovely! To come into states of elevation where all we know becomes instinct with the life of God, and every truth, with gentle light, points out some duty to our fellow man; where the whole realm of mind is alive with spiritual affections, resolves and principles; where the soul is innately conscious of the Lord and his