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hear?" He who hath made the mind of man can he 

 not think? 



I am aware that this is poor logic to those who 

 attempt to explain all things in terms of matter, 

 motion and force. If they choose to explain the 

 highest by means of the lowest factors in creation, I 

 can say that I prefer to explain all by means of the 

 highest known power. Creation, as I believe, begins 

 in mind and ends in mind, while all things are to 

 serve the purposes of intelligence. • 



The creation of matter alone, with nothing further 

 in view, would hardly seem to be an object. But a 

 world crowned with a being of noble mind, of far- 

 reaching intelligence, with capacities for interpreting 

 and enjoying all things, would seem to be an object 

 worthy of and demanding an intelligent Creator. 



I will now present some of the facts pertaining to 

 the existence of living beings upon the earth which 

 are evidence of design. 



The existence of the sun for many millions of 

 years at a temperature favorable to life upon the 

 earth, as shown by the presence of tr^e great multi- 

 tude of forms of animal and vegetable life through 

 the long ages of geology, together with the proba- 

 bility that this condition will continue for millions of 

 years to come, is a mark of intelligence. The fact 

 that plants and animals have lived upon the earth for 

 millions of years is conclusively shown by the geo- 

 logical record. 



Sir William Thomson thinks that the sun has not 

 probably illuminated the earth for more than 100,- 

 000,000 years, and that it has enough heat and light 

 to supply the earth at the present rate of radiation 

 for from 10,000,000 to 50,000,000 years to come. 



When we remember the great extremes of tempera- 



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