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The first fallen Adam has found the second or last Adam— the earthly has 
come in contact with the heavenly ; the living fallen soul has been quickened 
and raised unto eternal life by Him who is the quickening spirit— the Son of 
Man— the Lord from heaven. The power or spirit which brooded over the 
face of the deep, when darkness rested upon it, has brooded over the deep 
and darkness of his being ; and the Word has spoken, mysteriously indeed, 
light into his being, and brought all the latent powers or possibilities, of 
his nature into beauty and harmony, to make all subservient to the design 
of Him who formed him in His image and for His glory. The notion 
that a few simple monads were first created somehow or other, and that 
through their working through innumerable ages, by natural selection, 
we thus are made to witness the various and indefinitely multiplied 
forms of life ; and to be asked to consider this a proof of infinite wisdom 
and power— rather than the simple divine philosophic and theosophic state- 
ments we read in Genesis-is simply absurd. Why should men of science 
seemingly ignore the beautiful and plain declarations of Scripture in reference 
to the creation of the universe and of man, in order to bring in vain theories 
and speculations to attempt its solution ? The whole creation speaks of the 
living Presence of the Living Great First Cause ; and although there are many 
things which appear contradictory and wrong, yet, rightly understood, we know 
these are necessary to work out the grand design and show forth the majesty 
of God. (Hear, hear.) I see this, I feel this. The Book of God I know is in 
harmony with the Book of Nature ; and when these volumes are thoroughly 
understood by the truly enlightened mind, he sees a glorious unity m the 
diversity and sounds in Nature, which were thought to be discordant with 
the sounds and expressions in the Scripture, but are now felt to increase the 
harmony and melodize the whole. All is of One : God is God ; and His tender 
mercies are over ah His works, which are great, and sought out by all them 
who have pleasure therein. . . 
-Rev. R. Thornton, D.D.— We must thank Mr. Warington for bnngmg 
forward the very interesting subject before us. An accusation some have 
brought against this Institute is, that we come to our work with foregone 
conclusions, and do not care for facts. I think our tree discussion on the 
present subject will clear us in some measure from these imputations. O 
course we do, in one way, come to our work with a foregone conclusion, 
because we believe in the truth and inspiration of Scripture ; and we 
have an avowed object, which is, to examine scientific statements supposed 
to be inconsistent' with Scriptural truths, in order to show that such in- 
consistency is not real, and disappears when the scientific statements are 
put into a correct form. For this purpose we stand m need of facts, and 
are greedy of them ; but we do not want what is often palmed off on us 
for facts, the crude generalizations and hasty conclusions of sceptical sciolists. 
Though I am glad that Mr. Warington has introduced this subject, I shall 
have to trouble you with some remarks which make against hmi. fetill, as 
a well-known journal has termed him our “ advocatus diaboh? I am sure he 
will not mind the opposition which that advocatus must always be prepare 
