or 



/>*.//, of the Creator. 



to meet their physical wants the world is^^i&SftjfLS . * K 

 But the physical nature of man is not the^at^Wl 

 his creation. As the lower forms of life are condi- 

 tional for the higher, so the physical nature of man 

 >nditional for other and higher powers connected 

 with his intellectual, emotional, and moral nature. 

 Of the possession of these powers all men are con- 

 ns. And if this earth simply provides food, 

 and shelter, and animal enjoyment for man, or if 

 these are the paramount provisions, then he is an 

 anomalv among the creatures of the earth, a being 

 having powers the highest and noblest unprovided 

 for. 



Hut we have already recognised the evidence of 

 the personality of the Creator in his providing for the 

 physical wants of a person, especially in the crea- 

 tion and adaptation of the different parts of the 

 human body. If a personal being, wise, and good, 

 and powerful, were our Creator, we should expect to 

 find as perfect provision for our personality through 

 all the works of nature, as for our physical support 

 and enjoyment. And this evidence of design we 

 consider to be of the highest kind, because it con- 

 stantly speaks of the personality of God, inasmuch 

 as the provision is for our personality ; and in the 

 second place, there is no such necessity for this pro- 

 vision as there is for that for our physical wants. 



We may, through the befogging speculations of 

 development theories, believe that all animals and 

 man himself have reached their present physical 

 organization by a principle of adjustment by which 



