LECTURE XII. 



RELIGIOUS INSTINCTS. — SUMMARY AND CONCLU- 

 SION. 



Summary of principles. — Their existence denied. — Maybe dormant — 

 Assert their sway .—Knozvledge of God.— Instinct of a child,— 

 Natural Religion.— Revelation.— Instinct of Prayer.— Of Wor- 

 ship.— Analogous to A?iimal Institicts.-Individual Accountability. 



Diagram of Powers. — Explanation of Activities. — Choice of an 



Ultimate E7id. — Provisions for every Appetite and Desire. — Sum- 

 vtary of Lectures.— Defects of our Education.— Maris power over 

 the Universe.— His relationship to it.— Prepare the way for Pro- 

 gress.— The Laborers needed.— Influertce of names.— Transition 

 Period. — Final results of the study and control of all the Powers. 



We have considered man in his animal nature, as 

 possessing appetites and instincts which act with- 

 out a guiding power in them or among them. We 

 have also shown the relation of this animal nature 

 to a higher nature, which is fitted to control it, and 

 has, as its own possession, the means — by automat- 

 ic powers and free-personality— of controlling itself. 

 All of these powers thus balanced, would justify 

 themselves to Reason, if this world and the physi- 

 cal life of man were their only sphere of action, and 

 the Hmit of their duration in each individual. But 

 there is a whole group of emotions, aspirations and 

 impulses, which seem to be meaningless, if man's 

 conscious activity is limited to the duration of his 



