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 are suited to the combinations in which the classes of its activities are conjoined in every object. The omnipresent activity conjoins these kinds in various proportions. Hence men are not only of that power, but they are that power according to its manifestations in each. The unity of all being is eternal, immutable, but it has displayed itself alike in all ages. The diversities of combinations and results that we witness in this age spring from no new principle.”

“The power you speak of,” replied the pilgrim, “is interpreted to us as the omnipotent Being who diffuses his presence everywhere, and by his fiat calls all things that are into the being that he confers upon them. He bestows gifts on men for their eternal welfare and for his glory, and exacts nothing in return but their trust and obedience. He purifies and exalts every spirit that communes with him, and no part of his works is deprived of the tenderness of his love.”

“The perfection of a rational soul,” replied the Jew, “is reached when it becomes a mirror of the universe; when the unity of tendency that prevails in the universe is reflected in it. All activity in natural forces is towards the divine tendencies which alone can sustain the marvelous manifestations of good that are everywhere. Our nature is thus purified and perfected and prepared for complete reunion with the divine essence. But stay, who and what are these?”

At an elevated point of the road about.a mile or