PREFACE. 



The first thing which struck me on 

 looking into the Remarks was, that 

 though at the commencement Mr. Newton 

 avowed his intention of not giving " an 

 analysis of Mr. Drummond's book, or to 

 argue philosophically against it, but simply 

 to quote certain passages, and ask you (the 

 reader) to test them by the Word of God, 

 and so form your own judgment " he 

 expresses his great surprise at Mr. Drum- 

 mond's work having been " widely 

 circulated and widely ivekomed, even by 

 Evangelical Christians" (pp. 3, 4). 



Moreover, Mr. Newton quotes, with 

 apparent pleasure, an extract from the 

 Guardian review of Natural Law in the 

 Spiritual World, to the following effect 

 " The extravagant praises which have 

 been lavished on this book have blinded 

 men to the fact that the Christianity 

 which fits in so conveniently with Mr. 

 Drummond's scientific framework, is not 

 the Christianity of the Bible or of the 

 Catholic Church." To make this closing 

 sentence objectively true, the Guardian 



