CONTENTS. 



LECTURE I. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



PAGl 



and Destiny. Questions presented for study. Effect of super- 

 stition Religious nature. The great questions in man. Man 

 naturally seeks to know if there is a God. Sufficiency of the pn.oi of His 

 of our case. Answers that have been given tr<>m nature. 

 I ible II must stand the tests of science Natural Religion defined. 

 ;lic Lowell Leclun riot) in this world like that of 

 ch'ldi n which men can obtain from 

 nature al<>ii- ;ion. All that Natural Religion 

 the I'.il.le unpiovided t"<>r. Civilization without it 



self-d' n implies relationship to a Mg. Topics 

 presented. Amount of science required for the study. Conditions necessary 

 tor fair discus 17 



LECTURE II. 



PRIN( II'LES OF BELIEF. ADAPTA 1 I<>\ < >F OUR BODIES TO 

 OUR WAN is AND TO 'III I'. WORLD. 



Perfect provision for organic beings. No provision in material world for man's 

 highest nature. Claims of the Bible A natural provision for m:n. Prin- 

 ciples of b_ei;- - of creation. First cause. Matter might be eternal. 

 Beginning of life. Antagonism of physical forces and vitality. Apparent 

 harmony between them. Man an effect. Hit creation to be accounted for. 

 The | i"veloped being. llible account of creation. 

 What we should expect to find in such a creation. Nature an unchange- 

 able record. Questions that would arise without the I'.ible. Aid of Geology. 

 The existence of being-;, and not their mode of origin, proof of skill and 

 . Adaptation of our bodies to our use and to the world. Relations to 

 the world established through the senses Distinctive use of each sense. 

 Conditions necessary for sight. Relation of light to the atmosphere. Form 

 of objects and effects of surface. Structure of the eye. Sense of hearing 

 gives knowledge of objects beyond the range of vision. Mechanism of the 

 ear. Ta.ste and smell. No special mechanism. Design shown by the use. 

 Touch. Kinds of knowledge given by it. All the senses connected with 

 the nervous system. Vegetative life. Relation of the body to the world 

 considered. The atmosphere Structure of the lung. Nutrition. Sleep. 

 Animals fitted for particular zones. Man for all. No special sciences 

 needed to show our adaptation to the world Personality of the Creator 

 inferred from the provision for our personality. Antagonism in nature 46 



