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God the God of the Bible. They also attempt to 

 show that this design, manifested in the complete 

 provision for the lower animals and for man as a 

 physical and intellectual being, is such as leads us 

 to expect a provision for man's moral nature, just 

 like the Bible. Whatever line of investigation we 

 take, we come to a point where we demand for the 

 race the provision of a written word to complete the 

 revelation begun in nature. And the more com- 

 plete the proof from nature of the existence and 

 perfections of God and of His intimate relations to 

 us as Creator and Benefactor, the more settled does 

 our conviction become that He will do for us just 

 what is done in the Bible. We feel that the charac- 

 ter of God, as revealed in nature, makes a higher 

 revelation than physical nature can give, absolutely 

 certain. 



In treating of these subjects, such use is made of 

 the higher problems of Natural History and other 

 natural sciences as gives many of the best results 

 already reached in the study of nature, and incites 

 the student to original observation and generaliza- 

 tion. As an aid to such study of nature, the Lec- 

 tures have received the approval of the best instruc- 

 tors who have used them. 



