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rightly studied, so far from satisfying us, will teach 

 us the need of another, higher and plainer. It be- 

 gets the childlike spirit, teachable and pure fitted 

 to receive a full revelation, as the Bible claims to be, 

 and to enter upon that life of faith which the Bible 

 demands and the soul of man craves. 



Nature and the Bible can each be studied alone ; 

 but as God is the author of both, we can never be- 

 lieve that the lowest can be neglected without loss, 

 as we know the highest can not be without ship- 

 wreck of all the nobler objects for which man was 

 created. 



Their relation can not be better expressed than in 

 the language of M'Cosh. " Science," says this able 

 author, " has its foundations, and so has religion ; 

 let them unite their foundations, and the basis will 

 be broader, and they will be two compartments of 

 one great fabric reared to the glory of God. Let 

 one be the outer and the other the inner court. In 

 the one, let all look, and admire, and adore ; and in 

 the other, let those who have faith, kneel, and pray, 

 and praise. Let the one be the sanctuary where 

 human learning may present its richest incense as 



