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Of created things some are inert and apparently useless, till creatures endowed with intelligence turn them to account. The difference between these inert and intelligent creatures is that the former consist of matter only, while the latter in addition to matter or material are endowed with Spirit. Hence we say the whole Creation consists of Spirit and Matter.

A house is built of stones, bricks, lime, wood and iron. It cannot build itself of those materials, but it must be built by man. In the same way, if you think of the wonderful order and system in the Universe, you will certainly come to the conclusion that there must be some Supreme Being to guide the Universe. You may trace a design in every part of the wonderful order and system of the Universe, in the growth and the decay of animals and plants, in the motions of the planets, in the arrangement of the stars, in the changes of