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being of God, and if the reason and the con- 

 science implanted in man, "accusing and ex- 

 cusing" one another, constitute a law of God 

 within him, regulating in some degree his 

 relations to God and to his fellow-men, we 

 have a sufficient basis for the natural religion 

 which more or less actuates the conduct of 

 every human being. The case is different 

 with revealed religion. Here we have an ap- 

 parent interference on the part of the Creator 

 with his own work, an additional intervention 

 in one department to effect results which else- 

 where are worked out by the ordinary opera- 

 tion of natural law. In revelation, therefore, 

 we may have something quite out of the ordi- 

 nary course of nature. On the other hand, it is 

 possible that even here we may have something 

 more in harmony with natural laws than at first 

 sight appears. 



It cannot truly be said that a revelation from 

 God to man is improbable from the point of 

 view of science. Physical laws and brute in- 

 stincts are in their nature unvarying, and nei- 

 ther require nor admit of intervention. But 

 the reason and the will of free agents are in 

 this respect different. Though necessarily un- 

 . der law, they can judge and decide between 



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