Continual and Ever-Growing Power. 477
everything worth living for, by banishing God from the world; and, in denying the Supernatural, would deprive man of his hope of immortality and lower him in his aims and aspirations to a level with the brutes that perish. We have thought it well not to confine ourselves to arguments against the Naturalist, but to set forth at some length the physical phenomena which science has investigated, that these marvels and glories of Nature may bear witness to Infinite Wisdom and Power. We have not fully realised our mental conception, but we take courage in the thought that the Eternal Truths do not rest for their support on human championship; they are God Himself speaking to the minds and hearts and consciences of men. Generation after generation passes away, but Revealed Truth shines from age to age with ever brightening flame. Philosophers, many shallow, but some of them profound, follow one upon another; every one of them in turn dazzling men for a moment, and then departing in the long procession of dead creeds to a common grave. Christianity alone has the power of an endless life. At those moments in history, when men have predicted the end, its youth has been renewed; and at this very time when its dissolution is confidently foretold, it is arming itself for new victories and is going forth to conquer the world. The kingdom of God thus contains in itself the evidence that it is the kingdom of God; and Supernaturalism is vindicated not by the arguments however conclusive of its defenders, but by its own continual and ever-growing power over men. Of philosophers and philosophies, falsely so-called, it may truly be said "He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh them to scorn." Verbum domini manet in æternum, and blessed are all who know it to be the Word of the Lord.
Those whom we have been refuting may not join in our prayer, but they may believe in its sincerity when we implore of the Infinite Unseen Power to reveal to them also the undying truths, and to lead them into the Peace of God.
Adam, 272; the first man, 292.
Æther, 147; waves, action of, 163.
Affinity, chemical, 72.
Age of the Earth, 77; no divine record
of, 417.
Alcyone, 217.
Allotropic forms, 71.
Amia, the grunting fish, 384.
Ancients, their poetic feeling, 454.
Angels, 282; fall of, 283.
Animals an advance on plants, 249; na-
tural origin of species, 255; Plant like,
386.
Anomalies, physical, 387; chemical, 396,
indicate the existence of unknown and
higher law, 397.
Ants, 389; red, 390; some use aphidæ
as cows, 390; make slaves, 390.
Aphidæ, peculiarities of, 391.
Arius Boakeii, how hatched, 389.
Arts and sciences incapable of regener-
ating mankind, 19; no substitutes for
religion, 21; not incompatible with
moral degradation, 452.
Ascidian, blood circulation of, 383.
Astronomy, the solar system, 84; Baby-
lonian, 136; wonders of, 399; varie-
ties, 401.
Æthalium septicum, 386.
Atavism, 388.
Atheism incapable of proof, 27.
Atmosphere, 75; pressure, 156; power
to suspend water, 156; primeval, 157,
171; uniform constitution of, 160;
Sun's, 212.
Atomic theory no explanation of the
creative mystery, 71.
Atoms, theory of ultimate, 69; no ex-
planation of the mystery of creation,
71; types of the Book of Nature, 71;
affinities, 72.
Attacus acropia, the changing cater-
pillar, 392.
Automatism, 329, 364.
Babbage's calculating machine, 376.
Bamboo rice, 381.
Beetle philosophy, 239.
Beetles, viviparous, 393.
Beginning, the, 48; meaning 60; "in
the beginning," 108; all sciences
point to a, 432.
Bible, contains the highest and best
ethical ideal, 3; marvellous complete-
ness and power of, 12; contains its
own evidence, 15; written for all time,
39; its account of creation misrepre-
sented, 40; yet scientifically correct,
41; exhibits the connexion of the na-
tural with the supernatural, 124; its
authoritative statements stand the test
of honest criticism, 125; not to be
looked upon as a scientific book, 407,
411; its popular language, 407, 411;
explains many difficulties, 412, 413,
414; verities regarded as myths, 418;
a spiritual organism, 438; not to be
mechanically explained, 438; its unity,
462; variety, 462; monotheistic teach-
ing, 463; a history of the kingdoms of
God, 463; co-ordinates morality with
religion, 463; morality, peculiarity of,
464; not the outgrowth of human
reason, 465; peculiarities, 466; cha-
racteristics, 467; its truths, both ob-
jective and subjective, 468; authors,
469; prophecies concerning Mes-
siah, 469, 470, 471; doctrines,
471; its absorbing interest, 474;
one Book but the product of many
Birds, 235; classification, 236; of pas-
sage, 384.
Blood circulation, an exceptional case of,
383.
Brain, 337; molecular motion of,
338.
Carbonic Acid Gas the food of vege-1
tables, 164.
Caterpillars, transformation of, 393.
Causation implies a first cause, 27; the
denial of, denies a commencement,
36.
Chaldean chronology, 136.
Chance, Cicero on, 73.
Chinese, their educational system, 311.
Christianity, the religion of the world's
greatest men, 7; will be verified by
science, 8; the hope and promise of
future civilization, 324; on its trial,
408; a revelation, not an evolution,
451; not the product of civilization,
452; not the natural growth of Juda-
ism, 465; its continual and ever grow-
ing power, 477.
Chromosphere, Sun's, 211.
Chronology, comparison of Biblical and
Chaldean, 136; Archbishop Usher's
too restricted, 417.
Civilization, a means of human develop-
ment, 321; not unmixed with evil,
321; ancient, 321; modern, 322;
future, 323; promotes human power
and happiness, 452; not incompatible
with impurity and superstition, 452;
did not develop Christianity, 453.
Clairvoyance, 362.
Clergy, work of the, 437.
Climate, 80; its influence on plants and
animals, 81.
Clover, red, 386.
Coloured stars, 399; changing hues of,
Coming man, the, 9, 10.
Consciousness, 89, 387; molecular mo-
tion, 397; embraces the past and
future as well as the present, 432.
Conservation of energy, the law misap-
plied, 23; favours the immortality of
the Soul, 301; new direction, by crea-
tion, 349.
Continuity, doctrine of, involves reality
of the Supernatural, 22, 350, 354;
break of, by creation of the visible
universe, 349.
Coral, an animal growth, 383.
Creation, Biblical account of, not a
myth, 7; unfairly criticised, 40;
scientifically correct, 41, 125; if true,
must be inspired, 43, 281; narrow and
mechanical views of, 47; days of,
117, 126; their order rhythmical, 121;
not instantaneous, but continuous and
progressive, 121, 127; comparison of
Bible statements with those of the
philosophers, 237; erroneous interpre-
tation of, 242; a manifestation of the
unknown, 243: the two accounts,
265, 269; Chaldean account, 273;
not a modern invention, 276; con-
veyed in poetical and popular lan-
guage, 413; contains no revelation as
to time, 417.
Crime, hereditary, 341.
Crystallization the result of a mysterious
energy, 53; working by law, 73.
Days of creation not common days, 117;
interpretation of, 126; not natural
days, 126, 130; the seventh day, 131;
various uses of word, 132; duration
of, unknown, 132.
Degenerate race, a, 341.
Deity, definition of, 28; a person as well
as a power, 29; not unknowable, 30,
44; more than the universe, 31; pan-
theistic views of, 444; one God, a pri-
mitive faith, 455.
Design in nature, 5; accepted by real
science, 6.
Development, individual, 98; animal,
257; embryonic, 259; human, by
civilization, 321.
Dew-point, 158.
Diabolical arts, 369; revival of, 370.
Disease in men and animals, 339.
Divination possessed by the Magicians of
Egypt, 369.
Doubt, a hinderer of progress, 13; a
proof of ignorance, 14; discomfort of,
14; honest, 21; dishonest, 22.
Dreams, 359; an explanation of, 364.
Dysteology, 260.
Earth the, form of, 76; age, 77; eccen-
tricity of orbit, 79; its influence on
climate, 79; progressive formation,
121; primeval condition, 169; speci-
fic gravity, 172; crust, 172; geologic
epochs, 174; life history, 177.
Electricity, experiments with, 143, 150,
Elements, number, 65; probably not
homogeneous, 65; nature's sparing use
of, 68; the globe consists of few, 376.
Embryos, seeming identity of, 225; dif-
ference, 385.
Entozoa, eccentricities of, 388.
Epochs, geological, 174.
Ethical ideal, necessity of, 3, 18; high-
est and best, found in the Bible, 3.
Ethics of the philosophers, failure of, 20.
Evil, existence of, 104; physical, among
the elements of progress, 106; tem-
porary, 107; a consequence of man's
freedom, 294, 295; disciplinary,
296.
Evolution, 98; not inconsistent with the
Mosaic cosmogony, 121, 410; not
final, 251, 288; no explanation of
essential differences, 428.
Experiment with vapour, 57; with elec-
tricity, 143; with electric light, 150,
162; producing vortex rings, 431.
Eye, an instance of design, 6; insect's,
148; defects, 423, 424; a model un-
surpassed, 425.
Fallen angels, 283.
Firmament, 118, 154; colours of, 162;
action of, 163.
First cause, necessity of, 27; infinite and
independent, therefore supernatural,
28.
Fish, early types, 233; a grunting, 384;
climbing, 384.
Fission, a mode of reproduction, 230.
Food of plants, 184; uses of, 337.
Gases, molecular theory of, 377.
Gemmation, a mode of reproduction,
230.
Genealogies of Christ, 127; deal with
Epochs, 139.
Genius of unbelief (Coleridge), 38.
Geological eras, 174.
Geology, scientific, 169; chemical, 170;
defines the life-time of the Earth, 174.
Germination of the Earth, 118.
Germs, 98, 179; proceed from pre-
existing life, 305; similar, yet, essen-
tially unlike, 305.
Glacial Epochs, 80, 81.
Good and Evil, doctrine of, 32; ground
of our consciousness of, 33; conscious-
ness of, the basis of religion, 33.
Grasshoppers change their skin fre-
quently, 391.
Gravitation, invariable action of, 372.
Gravity not an essential of matter, 74.
Greeks, ancient, the ablest people, 20;
becoming impure they degenerated,
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Jesus Christ, His teaching the highest
morality, 4; His life, 7, 11; a real
life, 12; affirms Supernaturalism, 18;
His rule inspires the highest virtue,
21; genealogies of, 127, 139; incar-
nation of, 198; made immortality
glorious, 450; not a Jewish invention,
465; prophecies concerning, 469-471;
character, 475; claims, 476.
Jews, their conviction of the existence
and presence of God, 17; the cause
of their greatness, 18; exhibit the
holiest life, 413; Old Testament re-
cord of, 464; their work in the world,
471; their high function as the teachers
of religion, 472.
Jupiter (planet), 158; in the same state
as was our Earth, 213.
Lambert family, 385.
Lamech's family, 19.
Language, origin of, 304, 312; progress,
313; language and reason, 313;
theories, 316; ancient languages, 319.
Law, not opposed to Providence, 10;
Providence in action, II; laws need
a Divine sanction, 21; conformity of
law and will, 373; natural invariability
of, confined to our own experience,
374; deviations illustrated by Bab-
bage's Machine, 376; the rule of, a
miracle, if wrought by chance, 401.
Leaf, anatomy of, 379; arrangement,
379.
Life, theories of, 89; a mystery, 91; not
a functional product, 177; in other
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