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ologi?t, that the identity of the deluge taught us by science with that 

 taught us by revelation, is now established beyond a philosophical doubt. 

 Yet who does not know that the Mosaic deluge has ever been, till quite 

 recently, since the introduction of the science of geology, the subject of 

 the severest ridicule and most confident sport of infidelity?" 



We can conclude this article in no better way than by giving 

 again his own words, as illustrating his theory, and as in full uni- 

 son with our own belief. 



" It follows further that true science is a friend to true religion. It is 

 only the ' opposition of science falsely so called,' that religion shuns 

 and condemns. Other things being equal, the more there is of true 

 science, the more will there be of true religion, in any community; and, 

 vice versa, the more there is of religion, the more will there be of sci- 

 ence. In all preceding ages, those nations and communities which 

 have had the most of true science, have had the most of true religion; 

 and if at this moment you take the map of the world, and draw your 

 pencil around the kingdoms most enlightened by Christianity, you cir- 

 cumscribe precisely those most enlightened by science. Since science 

 and revelation teach the same, kindred, and analagous truths, the one 

 by human study and the other by divine communication; since the truths 

 they teach are comprehended and mutually affianced in one great con- 

 nected system; since they occupy different departments, but conspire 

 together for the same end — the intellectual and moral elevation of our 

 race — they ought to be united, they must be united in every scheme of 

 sound and comprehensive philosophy, and in every successful effort for 

 the permanent good of mankind. A hall of successful science excluding 

 revelation — a college for liberal education detached from all religion, 

 yet tending to promote human knowledge and happiness — is an anomaly 

 which the world never saw, and of which none but a deluded brain, or 

 one ignorant of true philosoi)hy, ever dreamed. 



" Science can never supersede the importance of revelation, for the 

 history of mankind has proved that revelation must always precede and 

 attend true science; that it is necessary, first, to put the human mind 

 upon the track of successful investigation, and, secondly, to take it up 

 where human science leaves it, and conduct it upward to other and 

 higher knowledge, which science, unaided, is unable to reach." 



J. L. R. 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Art. I. Foreign Notices. 



ENGLAND. 



Camellia, reticulata. — A splendid specimen of this magnificent species 

 was exhibited at a meeting of the London Horticultural Society, in May, 

 by Mrs. Lawrence; it was accompanied witli a note detailing its treat- 

 ment. The best method has been to put the plant in the garden, and keep 

 it in a cold pit, pi'otected with glass, but without the application of heat. 

 As soon as the frosts are gone the glass should be removed, and the 



