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Whence the physical energies ? And Science has 

 only one answer to that. " Consider the posi- 

 tion into which Science has brought us. We are 

 led by scientific logic to an unseen, and by scientific, 

 analogy to the spirituality of this unseen. In fine, 

 our conclusion is, that the visible universe has been 

 developed by an intelligence resident in the Un- 

 seen." ^ There is only one theory of the method 

 of Creation in the field, and that is Evolution ; 

 but there is only one theory of origins in the field, 

 and that is Creation. Instead of abolishing a cre- 

 ative Hand, Evolution demands it. Instead of 

 being opposed to Creation, all theories of Evolution 

 begin by assuming it. If Science does not formally 

 posit it, it never posits anything less. " The 

 doctrine of Evolution," writes Mr. Huxley, " is 

 neither theistic nor anti-theistic. It has no more 

 to do with theism than the first book of Euclid 

 has. It does not even come in contact with 

 theism considered as a scientific doctrine." But 

 when it touches the question of origins, it is 

 either theistic or silent. " Behind the co-operating 

 forces of Nature," says Weismann, " which aim 

 at a purpose, we must admit a cause, . . . 

 inconceivable in its nature, of which we can 



^ Balfour Stewart and Tait, The Unseen Universe^ 6th 

 edition, p. 221. 



