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arrived at by geologists — gave us a very favourable opinion of the 

 book. We were disappointed, however, with the second part, and 

 can only regret that the author has not done equal justice to the 

 theological side of the question, if it can be said to have a theological 



The question very naturally arises in our mind, "Why should 

 theology and geology be reconciled ? has the one any ground in 

 common with the other ? The Bible was never intended to teach 

 geology, nor the rocks ever intended to teach theology, save that 

 they speak of unity of design, and uniformity of action in creation 

 from the earliest times to the present day. 



