Crystallisation the result of a mysterious agency, 53; working by law, 71
Days, of creation, not common days, 112, 125; interpretation of, 122 et seq.; the seventh day, 127, 130; various uses of the word "day," 128; duration of, unknown, 128, 184, 398; symbolical, 131 Deity, the, acknowledged in science as the "inscrutable power," 32; a person as well as a power, 33, 45, 425; not unknowable, 34, 46, 47; more than the universe, 34; panthe- istic views of, 424; personality of one God, a primitive faith, 433
Design in Nature, II Development, animal, 92, 235; embryonic, 247; social, 308 Dew point, 152
Diabolical arts, 350; revival of, 351
Diamonds, artificial, 378
Diseases in men and animals, 325 Divination by magicians of Egypt,
351; not to be explained, 437 Doubt, a hinderer of progress, 18; not a mark of knowledge, 19; discomfort of, 20; honest, 27; dishonest, 27
Dreams, 341; mechanical theory of, 347 Drosera plant, 368 Dysteology, 249
Earth, the, rudimentary, 67; form of, 74; age of, 74; progressive formation of, 74, 116; eccen- tricity of orbit of, 76; its influ- ence on climate, 77; crust of, 77, 166; antiquity of, 122; primeval condition of, 164; spe-
cific gravity of, 167; geologic epochs of, 168; life-history of, 171; changes in, 384 Electricity, experiments with, 138, 143, 156
Elements, the, number of, 63, 357; probably not homogeneous, 67, 357; Nature's sparing use of, 67, 357
Embryos apparently alike, 213; development of, 247; really different, 366
Entozoa, eccentricities of, 370 Epochs, geological, 168 et seq. Ether, 141; waves, 158 Ethical ideal, necessity of, 9, 24; highest and best found in the Bible, 9
Ethics of the philosophers, failure of, 26
Evil, existence of, 98; physical, an element of progress, 100; a consequence of man's freedom, 282; cure of, 283 Evolution theory, 90, 239; no explanation of the origin of things, 91; not inconsistent with the Mosaic cosmogony, 116, 393; not incompatible with Divine rule, 276, 277, 293; no explanation of essential differ-
Experiment with vapour, 57; with electricity, 138; with electric light, 144, 157; with sulphurous acid gas, 156; producing vortex- rings (Professor Tait), 413; Mr. Crookes's, 356
Eye, an instance of design, II; limited in power, 142; of in- sects, 142; the blind spot in, 369; defects of, 404, 405; ex- cellences of, 406, 407
Firmament, the, 112, 148; water in, 155
First cause, necessity of, 31; in- finite and independent, there- fore supernatural, 32
Jesus Christ, His teaching the highest morality, 10; His per- fect humanity a miracle, 17; His life, a real life, 17; affirms supernaturalism, 24; His rule inspires the highest virtue, 26; genealogies of, 123, 134, 135; incarnation of, 191; made im- mortality glorious, 435; prophe- cies concerning, 445, 446; cha- racter of, 449
Jews, their conviction of the exist- ence and presence of God, 23; the cause of their greatness, 23; did not invent Christianity, 440; marvellous work wrought by, 447 Jupiter (planet), 153; in the same state as was our earth, 153, 203
Lambert family, the, 367 Lamech's family, 25
Language, origin of, 300; peculiar to man, 301-3; theories of, 305; ancient languages, 307 Law, providence in action, 17; without providence there can be no law, 16; does not pre- clude miracles, 354; conformity of law and will, 355; natural invariability of, contined to our own experience, 355 ; deviations from, illustrated by Babbage's calculating machine, 355; the rule of, a miracle if wrought by chance, 383
Leaf structure, 360
Life, theories, 83; physical ac- companiments of, 85; advent of, 86, 87; origin of, 293; a mystery, 87, 89; physical basis of, 87; vital substance, 89; commencement of, denied, 90; not a functional product, 171; in other worlds, 174; scientific hypothesis of, 188; specific nature of, 213; general charac- teristics of, 214; process of, 218; reproduction of, 219; suc- cession of, 220; progress of, 221, 294; transitions of, 222; unity of power, 234; of form, 234; of substance, 236; his- torical succession of, 238-40; natural selection, 243; origin of species, 243; human, 312; de- finitions of, 313; the cause of organism, 313; personality, 315; automatism, 316; individuality, 317; body, soul, and spirit, 318; man's idiosyncrasies, 319; spe- ciality of human, 322; a phy- sician's view of, 324, 325 Light, III; without the sun, III, 138; lights in the firmament, 114; nature of, 137; connection of light and heat, 137; vibra- tions, 139, 140; actinic rays, 141; waves, 141; medium,
141; sensation of, 143; sun's, occasional diminution of, 382 Lizard, the oldest reptile, 223; a link between fish and bird, 224
Magnetism, animal, 348 Mambra (fish), 366 Mammals, 240
Man, origin of, 117, 118, 288; in "the image of God," 118; an- tiquity of, 123; possibly sur- passed in other spheres, 287; threefold nature of, 260; descent of, 271; pre-Adamite, 272; more than a material organism, 288; not an improved beast,
Manasseh a sorcerer, 351 Marsupials, 240; peculiarities, 368 Materialism, does not account for man's spiritual nature, 15, 16, 27; materialists not whole or comprehensive men, 27; in- capable of explaining natural phenomena, 27; the idolatry of matter, 45; does not account for the origin of things, 51, 54; fails to account for human pro- gress, 417
Matter, forms of accidents not
essentials, 5; worshipped as God, 45; the origin of all that exists an assertion of presumptu- ous ignorance, 49, 233; known only by mind, 54, 412; creation of, 55; mutation of, a help to a belief in the supernatural, 56; primal, 63; the elements possi- bly not ultimate, 64; nature and constitution of, 64 ; structure of, 65; always moving, 68; not self-motive, 72; known only by its manifestations of energy, 72; union of mind with, 94; sky- matter, 157; does not develop mind, 212; a fourth dimension of, 355; radiant, 356; living, 363; inorganic, changes of, 377; scientific conception of, 412
Memory, theory of, 347 Messiah, prophecies concerning, 445, 446 Metamorphosis, 374
Militarism, its degrading tendency, 310
Mill, John Stuart, on the reckless-
ness of the cosmic forces, 353 Mind, its union with matter,
52, 94; its existence equally certain as the existence of matter, 54; not a development of matter, 212; the Master of matter, 233
Miracles, not the only marvels, 37; accepted by scientific thinkers, 37; possibly the result of an unknown law, 251; two classes of, 338; credible, 338; not in- compatible with the reign of law, 354; stupendous power used in, 397; associated with the highest wisdom and purity, 398; attest man's redemption and immortality, 398; man's existence the greatest miracle, 400; the record of, how dis- credited, 402; not à priori improbable, 415; demonstrated, 423
Molecular energy, 67, 71-4 Molecules, 65; movement of, 65, 66 Monkeys, 248; why they never can speak, 410 Morality, based on divinity, 12; needs Divine sanction, 24; an all-pervading sense, 430; of the Bible, 439
Moses, of a scientific spirit, 115; reared amidst idols, restores the knowledge of the one true God, 194; his account of crea- tion inspired, 228; regarded as a deceiver, 400 Myriapods, 375. Mythology, ancient, embodies the philosophy and religion of pre- historic times, 431; the key to, lost, 432; symbolical history of the manifestations of one God, 433
Natural powers, man's, probable expansion of, 8; but without religion will not yield increased happiness, 9; not the only powers, 37
Natural selection, the doctrine, 243; rudimentary organs a diffi- culty, 249; purposeless struc- tures in animals incompatible with, 376
Nature, only one of the manifesta- tions of Divine power, 37; in- cludes the supernatural, 53, 251; variety in, obtained with few materials, 67, 357; variety in, not self-produced, 68; ever changing, 68; wearing out, 75, 383; laws of, uncompromising, 97, 353; a splendid miracle, 232; progress in, 277; the result of preternatural energy, 336; uniformity of, a platform for infinite variety, 354; never at rest, 358; left to herself, would soon come to a stand- still, 383; lives by dying, 404 Negro race, 280
New Jerusalem, 352
Nitrous oxide, its effect on the brain, 438
Occult sciences, 349 Ovum, development of, 92
Pantheism, 424 Paradise, 256 Parasites, 99 Parthenogenesis, 373 Penguin, 368
Perca scandens, the climbing fish, 366
Perfume vapours, power of inter- cepting calorific rays, 158 Personal God, a logical necessity, 33; objections answered, 33-5; the author of creation, 44
Philosophers, ancient, 83; ac-
count of creation, 226-8 Philosophy, ancient, failure of, to regenerate mankind, 25 Phosphorus, allotropic forms of, 69
Physician's view of life, a, 324 et seq.
Planetary system, 74, 80 Plants, 113; creation of, 176; food of, 177; classification of, 180; order of creation of, 182, 183; protoplasm of, 186, 361; plant life affords glimpses of the transcendental, 189; action of light on, 361
Pole of earth, change of inclina- tion, 172
Porcupine men, 367 Prawn metamorphosis, 374 Pre-Adamite world, 272; pre-
Adamite men possible, 272 Prediction, a condition of con- sciousness, 436; a mysterious power, 437
Principles, two, of creation, a personal intelligence and an impersonal power, 16; two, of government, providence, and law, 16; these two unite in one process, 16
Prophecy, a natural gift, 341, 356; found to exist among all nations, 436; prophecies, Mes- sianic, 445, 446 Prophets, Jewish, 444 Protein, 87, 179, 361
Protoplasm, 86, 89; formed by plants, 186; of plants, 361
Rain, 154; in primeval times, 256 Red clover, 368
Religion, not obsolete as regarded by some, 7; the externals of, only change, 7; not opposed to reason, 7, 20; the summit and crown of science, 14; both practical and experimental, 20; its power to raise the whole man, 22; based on the super- natural, 24; accepted by the best thinkers, 29; all religions more or less claim revelation, 46; not a product of human culture, 426; based upon (1) conviction of a supernatural power, 426, 428, (2) a belief in the future life, 428, and (3) the reality of evil, 428; Christian, not a human invention, 439 ; Bible co-ordinates morality
with, 439 Reptiles, 170, 222 Revelation, the only infallible guide to religious truth, 3; a special message to our intelli- gence, 18; claimed more or less by all religions, 46; both ex- ternal and internal, 35; includes the discoveries of science, 251, 416; instructs when science fails, 39; objects of, 195 Richter's dream, 29; vision of heaven, 61, 62 Rocks, the, 168-70 Rotifera, the, 367 Rudimentary organs, 249, 376; no explanation of, 249
Sabbath day, 127, 130, 400 Salpa, peculiarities of, 370 Saturn (planet), 203 Scepticism, paves the way to sensualism and superstition, 9; held to be for the scientific student the highest of duties, 18; impedes intellectual pro- gress, 19; when based on ignor- ance is irrational, 32 Science, separated from Religion, unhappy effects of, 2; tending
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