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able work. This was, I believe, his only contribution of any length 
to periodical literature. He was also, however, greatly struck by 
Philosophic Doubts , the work of a gentleman since known as the 
Right Hon. A. G. Balfour, successively Secretary of State for 
Scotland and for Ireland ; all the more so in that he had prepared 
for the Victoria Institute a paper based upon a somewhat similar 
stratum of thought, entitled “The Relation between Science and 
Religion, through the principles of Unity, Order, and Causation.” 
This last-named paper was read in 1880. But it may be re- 
garded as a continuation of a similar address delivered before the 
same Institute in 1878, “On the true Relation between Scientific 
Thought and Religious Belief ; ” which was followed by what 
many consider his happiest effort in this direction, namely, the 
small volume entitled Does Science aid Faith ? published in 
1882. 
His acquaintance with colonial life not only led to his being on 
several occasions associated with English prelates in the choice of 
Anglican bishops for distant sees, but also induced him to deliver 
addresses bearing on the problems connected with modern civilisa- 
tion. Among such papers may be named “Vital Christianity as 
affected by the present State of Science and Civilisation,” read at 
Leeds during a Church Congress held there in 1873, and three 
lectures given at St Paul’s Church, in York Place, Edinburgh, 
entitled “Progress.” In compositions of this nature he not un- 
frequently avowed his obligations to several writers outside the 
ordinary range of theological study ; such as, for instance, Eichte 
and Mr Herbert Spencer. 
Very friendly relations, dating from the Lambeth Conference, 
existed between him and the Anglican prelates of the United 
States. He paid a visit to America, which he greatly enjoyed, in 
1880; and was subsequently appointed Bedell Lecturer. These 
lectures, however, were read for him in 1884. Their subject was 
“ Revealed Religion in Relation to the Moral Being of God.” 
There have been men of science who have combined with their 
gifts of knowledge that of a remarkable literary style. Such in 
Prance was the famous naturalist Buffon; and no one, whether ally 
or opponent, would deny this possession to Professor Huxley. It 
may be doubted whether, in the case of Bishop Cotterill, the gift of 
