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have proceeded from a Reality that could in no
wise be bereft of will or understanding. This is clear
and proven to the mind and no one can deny it.
It is not meant, however, that that Universal
Reality or the attributes thereof have been comprehended.
Neither its Essence nor its true attributes
hath any one comprehended. We maintain, however,
that these infinite beings, these necessary relations,
this perfect arrangement must of necessity
have proceeded from a source that is not bereft of
will and understanding, and this infinite composition
cast into infinite forms must have been caused
by an all-embracing Wisdom. This none can dispute
save he that is obstinate and stubborn, and
denieth the clear and unmistakable evidence, and
becometh the object of the blessed Verse: `They
are deaf, they are dumb, they are blind and shall
return no more'.
Now regarding the question whether the
faculties of the mind and the human soul are one
and the same. These faculties are but the inherent
properties of the soul, such as the power of imagination,
of thought, of understanding; powers that
are the essential requisites of the reality of man,
even as the solar ray is the inherent property of the
sun. The temple of man is like unto a mirror, his
soul is as the sun, and his mental faculties even as