436 E VOL U TION A ND DOGMA . 



To the theistic evolutionist, however, all is in- 

 stinct with invitations to a higher life and a hap- 

 pier existence in the future ; all is vocal with hymns 

 of praise and benediction. Everything is a part of 

 a grand unity betokening an omnipotent Creator. All 

 is foresight, purpose, wisdom. We have the entire 

 history of the world and of all systems of worlds, 

 " gathered, as it were, into one original, creative act, 

 from which the infinite variety of the universe has 

 come, and more is coming yet." ' And God's hand 

 is seen in the least as in the greatest. His power 

 and goodness are disclosed in the beauteous crystal- 

 line form of the snow-flake, in the delicate texture, 

 fragrance and color of the rose, in the marvelous 

 pencilings of the butterfly's wing, in the gladsome 

 and melodious notes of the lark and the thrush, in 

 the tiniest morning dew-drop with all its gorgeous 

 prismatic hues and wondrous hidden mysteries. 

 All are pregnant with truths of the highest order, 

 and calculated to inspire courage, and to strengthen 

 our hope in faith's promise of a blissful immor- 

 tality. 



The Divine it is which holds all things together : 



7tpt%t TO ftsiOV TTjV oAljV <pb<ftV.* So taUght the old 



Greek philosophy as reported by the most gifted of 

 her votaries. And this teaching of the sages of days 

 long past, is extended and illuminated by the far- 

 reaching generalization of Evolution, in a manner 



1 Vid. Bishop Temple's " The Relations Between Religion 

 and Science," p. 116. 



2 Tiapadedorai 6e inr6 ruv apxaiwv KO.I rrafi^aXaiuv kv [ivQov a^/'/fian 

 /caroAeAft/u^eva TOIS varepov, on 7repiex l ~o delov rifii btyv <j>i<au-. Aris- 

 totle, " Metaphysics," XI, viu. 



