Introductory. 



of vital importance to the doctrine under examination. 

 Whatever may be the worth o the argument, no one 

 can doubt the gravity of the issues involved. The 

 highest interests are at stake. Evolutionism, if ac- 

 cepted, must eventually crush the liberty of the spirit 

 in man; and the liberty of the spirit is indispensable 

 to the progress of humanity. 



