[THIRD LECTURE.] 

 EVOLUTION OF LIFE. 



MY BROTHERS, We have reached a point in our 

 study from which we may begin to trace the Evolu- 

 tion of Life in our own system ; that evolution takes 

 place on the various planets, but it is similar in its 

 general outline, though modified in its details on the 

 different globes. We shall chiefly confine ourselves 

 to our own world and our own humanity ; at the 

 outset we shall be obliged to go somewhat further 

 afield, but for the greater part of our study we may 

 confine ourselves to the evolution of life on our 

 earth. Now we are seeking in our study to find a 

 common ground of agreement on which co-operation 

 may arise between peoples of different faiths and of 

 different schools of thought. If we are trying to 

 find a meeting-place for western and for eastern 

 Science, if we are seeking in the light of Religion 

 to understand some of the mysteries of life, it is 

 right and fitting that we should remember that no 

 one religion has a monopoly of truth, and that any 



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