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When I made the suggestion to Dr. Kidd to give us an Essay on 

 these Lectures, I must state that it was with the greatest kindness 

 that he at once assented, notwithstanding, as I was perfectly aware, 

 that his time was exceedingly precious, and that I was throwing a 

 great burden on his shoulders. 



However, he did not allow these considerations to stand in the 

 way of what I felt sure he wished to do for the benefit of the 

 Institute, and for our own exceeding delectation. 



I think, therefore, it is only right that I should express my 

 feeling of gratitude to him for so doing. 



Kev. F. Stores Turner. — Are there two paths, or streams, of 

 human thought and activity, which flow in separate channels Arch- 

 bishop Temple said, " The scientific man often asserts that he cannot 

 find God in science, and the religious man often asserts that he 

 cannot find science in God." It is not religion and science which are 

 at variance ; but some of the men who study these truths. Their 

 frequent disagreement is a fact, but it belongs to mental pathology ; 

 it exhibits the defects and distortions of human nature, not its 

 normal and healthy development. Religion is sometimes regarded 

 as a special product of the moral sense ; while science is taken to be 

 a purely intellectual product. But the latest and best psychology 

 has discarded the notions of separate mental faculties. Intellect, 

 feeling and will are inseparable and mutually interpenetrate. The 

 intelligence is active in religion as well as in science. The will is 

 equally manifest in the pursuit of knowledge and in the pursuit of 

 moral goodness. Feeling supplies the data of both pursuits. The 

 alleged conflict between science and religion really is nothing 

 but misunderstanding on one side or the other, or more probably 

 on both sides. If we consider the history of man, whether of the 

 race or the individual, it seems that religion and science were born 

 together and grew together. Later on, discord arose. It may be 

 that the narrow-mindedness of religious teachers was the first 

 occasion of this. Often enough have they been taunted with the 

 persecution of Galileo and Bruno. But I think that, as impartial 

 judges, we must condemn the scientific teachers as the chief 

 off'enders during the past half-century. Happily there has been a 

 change for the better in recent years ; but looking back upon fifty 

 years, who of us does not see clearly that within this period what is 

 called the Zeitgeist has been grievously led astray by a monstrous, 



