2 THE ATTITUDE OF SCIENCE TOWARDS MIRACLES. 
Mr. Schwartz’s statement that Science will not attribute to a 
supernatural cause a phenomenon which cannot be assigned to any 
other cause appears to be inadvertent. Science attributes every effect 
to some cause. 
He is perplexed with an illustration from an electrical charge 
which goes to show that the same force may, under different 
conditions, produce opposite phenomena. He must surely be aware 
that an electrical charge attracts one body and repels another 
according to the electrical condition of the bodies. 
The opinions of certain “liberal scholars ” quoted by him can be 
outweighed by others on the opposite side. They have little to do 
with Science, though it is interesting to note that Lecky admits 
that the Christian miracles were conceded by the Pagans. If 
Mr. Schwartz will read the note at p. 99 of the paper, he will see 
Mill’s considered conclusion as to the “ only antecedent improbability 
which can be ascribed to a miracle.” 
My thanks are due to Dr. Schofield, who invariably fluminates 
every discussion in which he takes part. I am indebted to him 
for several valuable observations. He seems, however, to err in 
referring all miracles to God in view of such passages in Holy 
Writ as Exodus vii, 12, and viii, 7, Deut. xiii, 1 and 2, Rev. xiii, 14, 
and xvi, 14. 
As to man, he may be looked upon as in some regards a part of 
nature, but supernatural as to his will. He is a link between the 
natural and the supernatural, partaking of the character of both. 
The definition of a miracle (p. 83 of the paper) should read as 
follows:—A miracle is an exceptional marvel in nature which, not being 
explicable by any human or any natural cause, is attributable to some 
supernatural cause. 
This will, I think, meet Dr. Schofield’s difficulty. 
