^tuafly Zeroising this power are by no means rare. It is 
attested by some of the greatest physiologists. We cannot ask the ox or the 
sheep whether rumination is a voluntary or involuntary action, but we may the 
uman ruminant. This, therefore, is a question on which we may appeal from 
fortheTo 87 ' T n f Umlist ~ vh0 ‘ ries to, dfec° ve r anatomical considerltions 
for the convenient and systematic classification of animals-to the physioW 
of the oT T f mtme ■ The P^^t admits that LLalslt 
f the order rummantia do chew the cud. A careful observer who tamed the 
Hyrax found that it did chew the cud. Cowper, the poet, kept tamed hares 
and he, no incompetent observer, asserted that his hares did^hew the cud’ 
Surely we need not, therefore, feel ourselves obliged to condemn the writings 
^rkXSa CTen tt0Ugh We Sh0HM admit &tai ■^8 
is rightly translated the hare. The question of exegesis I think will also 
taunted° r f lbl7 ^ e i 0re “n °“ geoIo « lcal T^stions. Theologians have been 
ted for adapting their exegesis of Scripture to suit the hypotheses of 
t ‘ The me “ ing of the translated 
y m the fiist chapter of Genesis was a matter of discussion amon» 
he ancient fathers of the Church on philological grounds, long before such l 
science as geology was thought of. An interpretation o the wo” y” 
was taken from these theologians by some of our most eminent llotcal 
authormes, because they thought it favoured their hypotheses! Now t h“t 
these hypotheses seem to be untenable, the scientific objector turns upon the 
defender of Scripture and asks him, why he uses an interpretation Itely so 
87 msisted u P° n the scientific geologist. Upon this question I 
cannot now enter. I think now the theologian has a ridit before wf / 
to answer the objections urged from geology, to require the ovnln * 
a demonstrative proof for his assertions T 1 x - 8 °^°” lst £ lve 
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I have found scarcely one which has not been contradicted h™ recent 
permit* “u T “ faT0UX ° f theological d °gmas, we cannot 
on your tune I am sure you will all cordially unite with me Z TvZ of 
“r ta wMcfh WS “ d ae vigorous 
himself. 116 deaW W!th the 1 uestion t0 ^ich he has applied 
Hie vote of thanks having been carried by acclamation, 
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