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the Scriptural terms which at one time seemed to 

 favonr false views. 



Moreover, there are innumerable lessons of 

 importance in God's Word that must have for ever 

 lain hid but for the vigilance and industry of men 

 of science. " There are two books," said Sir Thomas 

 Browne, "from which I collect my divinity ; besides 

 that written one of God, there is another of His 

 servant Nature that universal and public manu- 

 script which lies expansed unto the eyes of all." 



Take the passage already quoted, " The works of 

 the Lord are great," and consider how much scientific 

 researches have done to flood it with a meaning 

 it could never have had if men had not deeply 

 studied "the works of the Lord." What rich 

 treasures of thought are opened, what genuine 

 admiration of God's power and skill is awakened 

 in the soul, as we contemplate the wonders of sky 

 and earth and sea, the beauties of form, and the 

 inexpressible adaptation of life to environment, in 

 the light shed upon Nature by the lamp of the 

 Christian philosopher ! 



Again, when we remember what modern physio- 

 logy and anatomy have taught us concerning the 

 marvels of the human body, the admirable ad- 

 justments of bones and joints so as to secure 

 the greatest strength with the least weight, the 

 elaborate arrangements for the digestion and as- 

 similation of food, the intricate methods by which 

 the various secretions are collected in the glands, 

 or, if injurious, ejected from the system ; the 

 perfect machinery by which the blood, the current 



