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 Creator, and man a reproduction of the form of the universe, whereby the Creator, the universe, and man are similar in form. These having been elaborated as fully as the purpose seems to necessitate, it remains now to consider how, through such a constituted order, the first living forms were produced.

As the operations of the laws of creation have ever been the same, and must be alike in principle in every form, they will be found fully and universally illustrated by their presence and operation in man. To observe the principles according to which the first living forms were brought forth, it will be necessary to trace the creative force from its first origin, and to notice the principle of its operation in some particulars.

It has been observed that the Creator fills the spiritual atmospheres about Him with His own life as the sun charges the atmospheres in nature with its potencies. The life-forces in the Creator going forth from Him must imbue the atmospheres about Him with the endeavor to produce His form. That is, every least part of spiritual substance, being charged with His life, must be as to its nature a rudimentary