follows that the Creator could not communicate activity except from activity. There is, therefore, activity in the Creator.
Life is not a created thing, yet it is a form of the activity of substance. The life of anything is its activity. The life in the Creator is the activity of His substance. The conception of activity apart from something acting is impossible. It is therefore rationally to be concluded from all the foregoing that the Creator, or First Cause, is a substance having in Himself law, quality, force, intelligence, and life. By these sure steps of reason, which the reader may largely augment, we may perceive that the Creator also embodies all the essentials of nature in their highest form and substance.
Affection And Thought Constitute Human
Life, And Are In The Creator.
That we may advance to a fuller understanding of the Creator, it will be necessary to consider somewhat in detail what life is.
1. Life Is A Form Of Activity.
In a most general sense, life may be regarded as comprehending all the activities distinguished as mineral, plant, and animal life. From a natural point of view, or with regard to the order
