EVIDENCE OF DESIGN g 



anything but truth, and those who are engaged 

 in the investigation of natural phenomena have 

 little fear that anything we learn concerning 

 these phenomena can have any permanent 

 influence in undermining the essentials of our 

 religious belief. 



It is sometimes maintained that the study of 

 natural science has a tendency to render men 

 less earnest in their study of religion; indeed, 

 many people look upon a knowledge of natural 

 science and a study of ' evolution * as being 

 incompatible with the existence of a religious 

 faith. Why should we abstain from studying 

 the marvellous works that are around us on 

 every side, even though we cannot expect to 

 understand them all ? ' Never let what you 

 know be disturbed by what you don't know/ 

 In many cases it is impossible for us to follow 

 the process of evolution and growth of God's 

 wonderful works. Do we say that they do not 

 exist because we do not understand them ? 

 Should we not rather accept them in all their 

 beauty and with all their evidence of design as 

 an indication that there is a designer? If ia 



