The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-30

4 sodium metal first united to form salt and
| hydrogen gas and nitrogen united a nd
formed what We now know. IS ammonia,
and when these were once formed and
combined the, providence Of nature had
ordained that the surface of the earth had
snhicfently cooled to admit Of . the con-
densatton Of water on its surface to water
the coming life.
THREE ESSENTIAL COMPOUNDS. ~.
All worked together .harmoniously and
correctly. for nature makes no mistakes.
At this period of the earth's evolution the
three essential compounds Of physical life.
viz. water. salt and ammonia united just
~ We have seen and demonstrated In the
laboratory and absorbed from the uhiver-
sal ether which enveloped the earth this
volatile something which We know as
magnetism, which Is tho living principle
was accomplished upon the earth.
''Ths exact period OF the sarth's unfold
ment, when this union OF spirit and matter
was hrst accomplished. is told US by geol-
ogy with reasonable degree Of correct
ness. Tho first. or azoic. age, without life.
was gradually merged into the silurian, or
age OF molluscs. at which period the earth
was hidden In dense clouds OF moisture.
laden with carbonic acid gxs-ammonia-
and mist was precipitatsd to water the
land. While the spirit Of life moved upon
the waters; in that dawn Of earth's sec
ond day-of eve. LIE was first manifest in
physical form. and then, was the story of a
living existence nrst written on land and
on sea by the finger Of the IOmnipotent.
These experiments are simply repro
duction Of what then occurred In minia-
ture but none the less correct form, and
from this second genesis Of life We learn
also Of the biune nature Of living form.
This also suggests the question, If all
life II one. and consists in the union Of the
alvyAS ali -
pound Of material atoms; from whence
came and to what II due the great num-
Der and vast diversity Of forms which since
that first day Of life have come, and gone
many Of them. and the many that yet ex-
ist on the earthr
AT the dawn Of the creation of living
formS the physical conditions with which
they were surrounded on the earth ad-
nitted only OF the building OF the simplest
forms Of life: the plasmogen, or the nu-
ciews OF protoplasm. was the first formed:
tnen came protoplasm, then the amoeba
and mollusk. in order. each preceding
form. both in It's life and death and decay.
forming union with new cases. bringing
into place new physical environment. max
ing possible more complex compounds. so
that the new present living force, or vola-
tile magnetism, met with Increasing and
improved h,,I,, wed, opportunities to fashion and
creation. until man Is now the crowning
work Of this intelligent. .ali-peryadins
COUNTLESS LIVING FORMS
Living forms In countless myriads have
each In their day and age come and gone,
leaving the products Of their labor and the
remains OF their bodies as a contribution
TO nature for the upbuilding of tho order
next AFTER ana above them. until the high
est has been reached in. man.
I'VE look abOut and. Gao
forms OF animal and vegetable life for |
which We have no known use. yet they ara
OF use to Dame Nature, who in her labora-
tory compounds, the ingredients which rem
der possible this economy OF nature and
life, increasing in degree Of perfection and |
atainments. thus working out this chain Of |
creative energy. 50 -
During the millions Of years Of the |
evoiution OF living creatures, countless mil |
lions have come on this stage OF being ner.
formed their parts we'll and disappeared. |
leaving In some instances fossil evidences /
OF their being. in others the strata Of. coal |
and other geological creations to tell of the |
tragedy Of life In which they all had mari.
Physical conditions no longer obtain |
which make their existence possible: or /
even necessary. and thus the union Of /
spirit and matter in the building Of organ
isms more and more complex and finished, /
IN harmony with the present and incrsas--f
~ necesAues OF the present period u
Dsousht about. a. Il has from age to age.
In dropping out species here /
and another there, like the prehistoric ant L
mails and reptiles. the mammoth. the treat
aux, and later that OF the bison ana milf l
Hons OF others less nctab1s. until tho whole
creation seems to time Transformer into
higher and stu higher spiritual. and. in
which the physical part srows gradually
less, and these emitting scenes VIII. II nv
opinion, continue until the kinrdom ~ mi. i:
world a We now know It wili bacone az
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