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| Chicago, 1910 |
April 30, 1912
God has stated in the Bible, the Old Testament, "We have created man
in our own image and likeness" This statement indicates the fact that man
in some particular is of the image and likeness of God; that is to say, the
Perfections of God, the Divine Virtues, have become reflected or revealed in the
human reality. Just as the effulgent and the light of the sun, when cast upon a
mirror, is reflected fully, gloriously, if the mirror be polished, so likewise
the virtues of Divinity are possible of reflection in the human reality. And
this makes it evident that man is the most noble of God's creatures.
When you observe created beings, you find that the mineral kingdom is
endowed with certain virtues. And we observe that the vegetable kingdom has not
only the virtues of the mineral kingdom but it is endowed with another property
namely, the virtue augmentative or the power of growth. The animal kingdom
possesses the virtues or powers of the mineral kingdom plus those of the
vegetable kingdom, and moreover it possesses certain peculiar properties of its
own. The human kingdom is endowed with the virtues or perfections of the mineral
kingdom and those of the vegetable kingdom, and the perfections of the animal
kingdom, and moreover has the human virtues. This makes it evident that man is
superior and most noble, and he is the most glorious of beings!