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country and in England, for quoting the Bible in con- 

 firmation of the doctrines of physical geography. The 

 Bible, they say, was not written for scientific purposes, 

 and is therefore of no authority in matters of science. 

 I beg pardon! The Bible is authority for everything 

 it touches. What would you think of the historian who 

 should refuse to consult the historical records of the 

 Bible, because the Bible was not written for the purposes 

 of history? The Bible is true and science is true. The 

 agents concerned in the physical economy of our planet 

 are ministers of His who made both it and the Bible. 

 The records which He has chosen to make through the 

 agency of these ministers of His upon the crust of the 

 earth are as true as the records which, by the hands of 

 His prophets and servants. He has been pleased to make 

 in the Book of Life. They are both true; and when 

 your men of science, with vain and hasty conceit, an- 

 nounce the discovery of disagreement between them, 

 rely upon it the fault is not with the Witness or His 

 records, but with the 'worm' who essays to interpret 

 evidence which he does not understand. 



"When I, a pioneer in one department of this beautiful 

 science, discover the truths of revelation and the truths 

 of science reflecting light one upon the other and each 

 sustaining the other, how can I, as a truth-loving, 

 knowledge-seeking man, fail to point out the beauty 

 and to rejoice in its discovery? Reticence on such an 

 occasion would be sin, and were I to suppress the emotion 

 with which such discoveries ought to stir the soul, the 

 waves of the sea would lift up their voice, and the very 

 stones of the earth cry out against me. (Great ap- 

 plause.) 



"As a student of physical geography, I regard the 



