12 A Closer Analogy. CHAP. 



truth of the revelation, he must rely exclusively 

 on those historical evidences which with the in- 

 structed have much less power than they deserve, 

 and with the uninstructed appear to have no power 

 whatever. 



But this does not close the subject. There is 

 another analogy to the relation between the Spirit 

 of God and the soul of man, which, though less 

 rhetorically effective than Professor Drummond's, is 

 far more profoundly true. The merely natural man 

 is analogous, not to dead or unvitalised matter, but 

 to a living though undeveloped organism ; and the 

 regenerating agency of the Spirit of God in the 

 human soul is most fitly symbolised by the agency 

 of the Organising Intelligence which guides the 

 evolution of living beings.' 



The doctrine of organic Evolution may now be 

 regarded as unquestionable, and Professor Drummond 

 fully accepts it. But evolution is not necessarily 

 self-evolution, and an evolutionist is not necessarily a 

 Darwinian. Just as I believe, with Professor Drum- 

 mond, that God's Holy Spirit alone can impart 

 spiritual life, so I believe that only a Creative and 

 Organising Intelligence can originate and direct the 

 formative agencies of organic life. In my opinion, 

 the attempt of Darwin and Herbert Spencer to 

 explain away the "argument from design" has 

 totally failed, and the necessity of recognising a 

 Creative Intelligence, working towards a Purpose, is 

 as strong now as it appeared to be in Paley's time. 



