Why did God command, “Be fruitful, and multiply, [25]

and replenish the earth,” if all minds (men) have existed

from the beginning, and have had successive stages of

existence to the present time?

Your question implies that Spirit, which first spirit-

ually created the universe, including man, created man [30]

over again materially; and, by the aid of mankind, all [1]

was later made which He had made. If the first record

is true, what evidence have you—apart from the evi-

dence of that which you admit cannot discern spiritual