350 QUESTIONS. 



what use is geology to the poet and the painter? What is* said of a 

 plan in the formation of the earth ? 



319. Give the comparison in regard to the potter. Illustrate the 

 fact that the continents were constructed each on its own plan. What 

 facts show that the Creator had a plan throughout in regard to the 

 animals of the earth ? What is said of time in geological processes ? 



320. What is said of minute agencies in the formation of the 

 earth's crust ? What of disintegration of the rocks ? What of the ex- 

 tent to which reconstruction has been carried on in the formation of 

 the earth's crust ? 



321. What have been the two purposes of disintegration? Which 

 is the principal one ? How has diversification of the earth's surface 

 been effected ? Show the interplay of mechanical, chemical, and vi- 

 tal forces in the case of carbonate of lime. What was the state of the 

 atmosphere before the Carboniferous age ? What change was effect- 

 ed in it then, and with what result ? 



322. Show how the interplay above referred to is illustrated in the 

 making of coal in the Carboniferous age. What is said of the circu- 

 lation of matter ? What has been the notion of some in regard to 

 the creation of the earth ? What is the truth on this point ? 



323. What is said of the creation of life ? What of the notion that 

 there has been no creation at all? State the development theory. 

 How does geology show this to be false ? 



324. How does Page state the changes implied in this theory? 

 What is the grand creation of the Deity on this earth ? What two 

 facts show that the soul of man was a distinct creation ? 



325. If mind were entirely dependent upon matter, what ought we 

 to find in the brain of man ? What is said of the doctrine that places 

 man only a little above the monkeys ? - 



