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to external circumstances which we see in their structure, 
it is often pronounced to be atheistic. Whether this judg- 
ment is or is not correct I cannot say ; hut it is very easy to 
propound the test question by which its correctness is to be 
determined. Is the general doctrine of causes acting in 
apparently blind obedience to invariable law in itself athe- 
istic ? If it is, then the whole progress of our knowledge of 
nature has been in this direction, for it has consisted in 
reducing the operations of nature to such blind obedience. 
Of course, when I say blind you understand that I mean 
blind so far as a scrutable regard to consequence is con- 
cerned — blind like justice, in fadt. If the dodtrine is not 
atheistic, then there is nothing atheistic in any phase of the 
theory of evolution, for this consists solely in accounting for 
certain processes by natbral laws. I do not pretend to 
answer the question here involved, because it belongs entirely 
to the domain of theology. All we can ask is that each 
individual shall hold consistent views on the subjedt, and not 
maintain the affirmative of the question on one topic and 
the negative on another. My objedt in presenting the views 
I have has been not so much to propound a new theory as 
to promote consistency, precision, and independence of 
thought among those who discuss the subjedt. 
V. PERUVIAN ANTIQUITIES.* 
By E. R. Heath, M.D., Wyandotte, Kas. 
f'Y/O 
# N the Peruvian coast in ancient times, as now, nearly 
every strudture was made of adobes or sun-dried 
^ brick, while in the mountains stone was used instead. 
The adobe ruins present nothing of beauty, architedturally. 
The subjedt for wonder is their immensity and number. 
Go where you will relics of the past meet your eye, either 
in ruined walls, water-courses, terraces, or extensive lands 
covered with the debris of pottery. 
Take, for example, the Jequetepeque valley. In 7 0 24' S. 
latitude you will find on recent maps the port of Pacasmayo. 
Four miles north, separated from it by a barren waste, the 
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