LECTURE VIII. 



PROVISION FOR THE INTELLECT OF MAN IN THE 

 STRUCTURE OF MINERALS AND LAWS OF CHE- 

 MICAL COMBINATION. 



Preservation of man requires preservation of other beings. 

 The whole plan to be grasped. Field of mind. Animals 

 remain the same. Man's physical nature conditional for 

 his higher. Provision for our personality to be expected. 

 Personality of the Creator. Mind seeks for the laws of 

 nature. Physical good never sought for by the great leaders 

 in science. Search for thought among ancient inscriptions. 

 Physical and intellectual appetite, compared. Mind of 

 man and the order of nature from the .same Creator. Na- 

 ture the great teacher. Her models perfect. Proofs of the 

 provision for mind. Minerals. Mind must be taxed. 

 Language of Minerals. Our work is to translate it Per- 

 fectly adapted to the human mind. Crystalline forms. 

 Progress of mind in unfolding them. Fundamental forms. 

 Effect of crystalline force in the crust of the earth. Beau- 

 ty of crystals for man. Taylor's description of the Russian 

 jewels. Bible language. Chemical relation of the elements. 

 Power of the chemist. Condition of progress. Beyond 

 the reach of development theories. Man has increased in 

 knowledge, but not in mental power. Answers which nature 

 gives. 



WE have thus far attempted to show that this world 

 is a creation, the work of an infinitely wise Being. 

 We attempt to do this by proving that every object 

 has a purpose, and that matter in its ultimate consti- 

 tution shows that it also was created, being fitted for 

 the structure and support of the varied organic beings 



