128 WHAT IS DARWINISM? 



Institute, a visitor avowed his disbelief in the 

 existence of God. When asked, what kind of 

 evidence would satisfy him ? he answered, Just 

 such evidence as I have of the existence of 

 this tumbler which I now hold in my hand. 

 The Eev. Mr. Henslow says, " By science is 

 meant the investigation of facts and phenomena 

 recognizable by the senses, and of the causes 

 which have brought them into existence." 1 

 This is the main root of the trouble. If science 

 be the knowledge of the facts perceived by the 

 senses, and scientific evidence, evidence ad- 

 dressed to the senses, then the senses are the 

 only sources of knowledge. Any conviction 

 resting on any other ground than the testi- 

 mony of the senses, must be faith. Darwin ad- 

 mits that the contrivances in nature may be ac- 

 counted for by assuming that they are due to 

 design on the part of God. But, he says, that 

 would not be science. Haeckel says that to 

 science matter is eternal. If any man chooses 

 to say, it was created, well and good ; but that 

 is a matter of faith, and faith is imagination. 

 Ulrici quotes a distinguished German physiolo- 



1 Science and Scripture not Antagonistic, because Distinct in 

 their Spheres of Thought. A Lecture, by Rev. George Henslow, 

 M. A., F. L. S., F. G. S. London, 1873, p. 1. 



