WHAT IS DARWINISM? 5 



causes, working through them, with them, and 

 without them, as He sees fit. As we, in our 

 hmited spheres, can use physical causes to ac- 

 compHsh our purposes, so God everywhere 

 and always cooperates with them to accom- 

 plish his infinitely wise and merciful designs. 



Fifthly, man a part of the universe, is, ac- 

 cording to the Scriptures, as concerns his body, 

 of the earth. So far, he belongs to the ani- 

 mal kingdom. As to his soul, he is a child of 

 God, who is declared to be the Father of the 

 spirits of all men. God is a spirit, and we are 

 spirits. We are, therefore, of the same nature 

 with God. We are God-like ; so that in know- 

 ing ourselves we know God. No man con- 

 scious of his manhood can be ignorant of his 

 relationship to God as his Father. 



The truth of this theory of the universe 

 rests, in the first place, so far as it has been 

 correctly stated, on the infalhble authority of 

 the Word of God. In the second place, it is 

 a satisfactory solution of the problem to be 

 solved, — (1.) It accounts for the origin of the 

 universe. (2.) It accounts for all the universe 

 contains, and gives a satisfactory explanation 

 of the marvellous contrivances which abound in 

 living organisms, of the adaptations of these or- 



