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 force are attributes, and from which came matter with its attributes.

Having deduced the conclusion that the Creator, or First Cause, is substance, the inquiry is not as to the real existence of a Creator, but rather as to the character of the Creator. Let us now further consider the attributes of the substantial First Cause.

Gravity, attraction, atomicity, electricity, heat and light from the sun, and the like, are the only creating agencies generally acknowledged in the discussions of current science. There might be some reason for limiting the creating agency to these essentials of nature if there was not manifestly a realm of forces that transcends them and uses them as servants. Observe how uniformly gravity acts. Attraction and chemical affinities follow their prescribed rules. Capillarity and osmosis operate only within their limitations. Yet out of the passive rock trees are builded up in the perfection of form, flowers unfold with designed beauty and variety, and fruits are produced for human use. Likewise particles of matter gather together, and form the symmetrical bodies of animals, and the forms of human beings, whose faces indicate their characters. Gravity,