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change of substance, no modification of 

 environment, no chemistry, no electricity 

 nor any Evolution can endow any single 

 atom of the mineral world with the 

 attribute of life " (pp. 6, 8). 



" As the veil is lifted by Christianity, it 

 strikes men dumb with wonder. For the 

 goal of Evolution is Jesus Christ. The 

 Christian life is the only life that will 

 ever be completed. Apart from Christ, the 

 life of man is a broken pillar, the race of 

 men an unfinished pyramid. And when 

 Christ who is our life shall appear, then 

 shall we also appear with Him in glory " 

 (p. 314). 



" If among the more recent revelations of 

 Nature there is one thing more significant 

 for religion than another, it is the majestic 

 spectacle of the rise of kingdoms towards 

 scarcer, yet nobler forms, and simpler, yet 

 diviner ends. Of the early stage, the first 

 development of the earth from the nebulous 

 matrix of space, Science speaks with reserve. 

 The second, the evolution of each indivi- 

 dual from the simple protoplasmic cell to 



