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Nature, however, could not make itself, but must have a CAUSE, and this Cause may-nay, must be infinite, or it could not accomplish its design. But where shall we find such a vast and supreme power? Surely not among the finite objects of nature, which are its own Effects. It would, indeed, be a gross perversion of thought to confound the Effect with the Cause. TIME, therefore, we cannot hope to find the CAUSE of the things which inhabit this sphere, much less the CAUSE of TIME itself. Hence we are constrained to place this CAUSE in ETERNITY, and express this infinite and omnipotent Power by the term IDEA. A bare inspection of the Diagram will render this notion of Infinite Cause luminously conspicuous, and show the propriety of the definition that IDEA is out of TIME and SPACE. The TRIUNE PRINCIPLE is here also powerfully evinced in the Relation of the Cause to its Production. Creator Creation + Relation = Universe.

The three primitive Results of the sublime instrument of thought-the Mind-must never be confounded with each other; and their definitions are so absolutely distinct and so completely determined that the one can never run into the other. They are such essential ingredients in all thinking that they cannot be too fully

displayed: they arise from their original sources in the

It is useless to deny a truth; for, from whatever side we view it, its evidence becomes stronger, and it is sure to confront us at last. Though the dispute regarding the Triune Essence of the Divinity has lasted for so many centuries, we must now, in all candour, acknowledge that it is brought to a happy and final termination. The three results of the thinking Faculty- Intuition, Conception, Idea-stare us in the face, and exclaim"We are a necessary and indispensable Triad; we enter into the very constitution of all human knowledge, and without us there can be neither knowledge, thought, nor reasoning." Annul either of the essences of this triad, which are the results of mental activity, and the Mind is destroyed: take away Intuition, and the mind cannot connect its Sensations; destroy Conception-it cannot think; remove Idea it ceases to reason. We have already shown that each of these results is a triad in itself, and their sum total is also a triad. Therefore, in order to be consistent, we are con

strained to retain this triad with the same pertinacity

that we adhere to the necessity of three lines to com

pose a triangle neither more nor less.

Thus we have established the TRIUNE PRINCIPLE.

We are not so vain-glorious as to pretend to enumerate the endless and inconceivable benefits that will naturally flow from this right use of REASON; nor, indeed, can we conceive it possible that the latest posterity will ever be able to do justice to the merits of this inexhaustible mine of intellectual wealth, the Mind, which first becomes conscious of its existence in the finite sphere of TIME, but expands and perpetuates itself in the infinite region of ETERNITY. The Mind! that offset of Deity—when first planted in the garden of TIME, buds forth in infancy, blossoms in manhood, fructifies in death, when it is transplanted into the soil of ETERNITY, where it matures its fruit to its own everlasting satisfaction, nourishing itself on the never-fading joys which it has stored up in its progress, and where, amidst enraptured seraphs, it sings the praises of its great Creator.

We will nevertheless attempt a feeble display of our mighty wisdom, by showing at least one powerful benefit

resulting from the unrivalled discovery of the TWENTY elements of the Human Mind. The CONVICTION of the truth and divinity of the "CHRISTIAN RELIGION" will go hand in hand with the development of REASON, till it has reached the climax predicted by its Divine Founder-the only true and sole religion for all rational beings, not merely confined to that insignificant speck in the vast ocean of creation, our earth, but the pure, perfect, and permanent "Religion" of all rational Spirits, in all their infinite and diversified grades up to the very Throne of God! Here we defy refutation, and challenge the detection of any hidden fallacy. Thus by treating "Religion" as a Science, and making FAITH stronger and more firm than Knowledge- however overpowering these splendid truths may appear to finite capacities, yet they sufficiently vouch for the veracity of our prognostication.

REASON is legislative in the kingdom of God! This basis of Morality is the author of its own principles, and commands the man of SENSE to approach the judgment-seat of REASON. Here the supreme judge, Conscience, that spirit of truth promised by our Saviour -the Comforter pronounces sentence upon the man of SENSE, and either acquits or condemns him, according

as the action merits.

Thus we render an account of

our deeds to the Knower of Hearts. How can we contemplate with sufficient awe and reverence that Being who created us and endowed us with REASON, not only as the means of knowing all our Duties, but also to show us when we transgress and when we do our duty. This contemplation leads the Mind naturally to the idea of "Religion," and proves that it is the duty of man to have "Religion."

I cannot better conclude these reflections on REASON than by repeating some of the lucubrations which I addressed to my countrymen some twenty years since on this highly important view of the Rational Faculty. "Having effectually clipped the wings of SPECULATIVE REASON, and thus for ever prevented it from ranging about and losing itself among unattainable objects, and amusing itself with sophisms and contradictions; and having firmly established the supremacy of PRACTICAL REASON, we find ourselves in possession of the following glorious results: the existence of God-the immortality of the Soul- the Freedom of the Will-a Future

State the only True Religion

a perfect System of

Morals and, lastly, the elevating conviction that man

is the final end and SCOPE OF CREATION."