INTRODUCTION 13 



The amount of evidence necessary to convince one 

 of the theory depends on the data with which we 

 begin. If Matter and Force are the only data, then 

 the acceptance of the theory of Evolution in its 

 widest scope necessarily follows. 



If we add to the above a belief in the existence of a 

 Supreme Intelligence, then the strength of the evi- 

 dence must be greatly increased, and it must har- 

 monize with our conceptions of God. 



It is true, I believe, that the theory of Evolution 

 has contributed to Atheism, and especially to Agnos- 

 ticism. It has been common with evolutionists to 

 deny that Nature furnishes evidence of the existence 

 of an Intelligent Creator. 



Some of them seem to delight in affirming the lack 

 of design in Nature, as if there could be some special 

 merit in a universe in which there is no manifestation 

 of intelligence. 



As for myself, I prefer to believe in and to seek the 

 highest possible form of existence of which my mind 

 can conceive. 



Unless the existence of the human mind can be 

 explained in terms of matter and force — a thing that 

 it is impossible to do — then its existence points with 

 certainty to a Divine Mind in the universe. 



The logic that blots God out of existence blots out 

 also the human mind. 



Mind exists, and God exists as its necessary Author. 



