CHAPTER XXX. 



ATOMAGNETISM AND RELIGION. 



Religion not affected by Atomagnetism. The inherent life in 



and the spontaneous development of the mind, seem grand ar 

 guments for the Materialist. - The movements of Planets and 

 Comets. The great machinery of the universe. What need of a 

 God ? Man fancies himself a Monarch.-^No animal intelligence 

 his superior. Only a parasite. Chained to the earth.-^On a lerel 

 with his dog. Matter existed without properties. Who endowed it 

 with them 1 Divine mind of man. Magnetism not God. How 

 simple, miracles must be to Him Who formed and holds the key of 

 natural law. Insignificance of man. 



As Religion may be considered to be affected by the system 

 of science promulgated in the previous chapters, we have 

 reserved our remarks on the connection between them for a 

 concluding chapter. 



It may seem, to many readers-, that we supply arguments 

 from which the materialist could still further advance his cause/ 

 When we say that matter is possessed of inherent life, and 

 that this life is capable of forming any production on earth spon- 

 taneously, according to the nature, condition and position of 

 the materials commingling, not only in the mineral and vege-- 

 table kingdom, but in the animal kingdom as well ; it appears a 

 most astounding assertion. But when we state that the same 

 atomic matter spontaneously produces the mind, not only in 



