Life and the Universe

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 171, 15 April 1933, Page 16

Life and the Universe

"We belong to, are brought forth by and from, always remain part of, are ceaselessly being operated upon by and as ceaselessly operate upon a universe which is common to us all and about which we should therefore have a common view. And this universe is not a vast machine of which we are merely insignificant cog-wheels driven by blind force. It is an organism of which we are among the selfactive constituent parts, each with an individuality of his own. "It is a living universe or we could not have been brought forth by it. And it is a spiritual universe or we would not be animated by spirit. We cannot contemplate it as a whole without being impressed by its Power and its Majesty. And we cannot examine it in detail without being struck by its Intelligence and its Beauty. The manner of our birth shows that it is driven by the power of Creative Love. And taking it in the whole Holiness is its supreme and all-inclu-sive character.. "The universe is a living universe animated by mind and dominated by the power of a Holy Spirit. It is not the end of a man’s life that is the important thing about it; it Is certain climaxes in his life. ’The end of a man’s life may make him widely known and may focus attention on him. But the real significance of his life lies in certain climaxes before his death.” — Sir Francis Younghusband.