28o Instinct, 



physical life, and there is no Intelligent Being above 

 him who has personal relations to him. 



It is in order now for us to enumerate these act- 

 ive principles, of what may be called the Religious 

 nature of man, in distinction from his Morale and to 

 point out their analogy to the lower instinctive 

 principles. It is the work of the Natural Theolo- 

 gian, to interpret these principles fully and to pro- 

 nounce upon their value or worthlessness to man. 



These instinctive principles are — 



1. Belief in some supernatural being — or beings. 



2. Belief in accountability, or relationship to 

 that being in such measure as for good or evil to 

 come from it. 



3. BeHef in immortality, and the continuance of 

 this relation after death. 



4. The Instinct of prayer, as a means of estab- 

 lishing relations with this being. 



5. The Instinct of worship, including the emo- 

 tion of veneration and its expression. 



The existence of these beliefs and impulses as 

 something essential to humanity, has been denied, 

 and they are in some cases so dormant or weak 

 through the degradation of the man, that like some 

 of the lower instinctive principles, they do not make 

 themselves known to observers till the proper con- 

 ditions are applied for bringing them into special 

 activity. In proof of their universality, we can only 

 appeal to the present condition of the race.* 



These principles assert their sway over those 

 who, as speculative philosophers, have denied their 

 * See Appendix — Note A. 



