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them the truth, surely we must not ignore the latest results of the intellectual 
work of the most cultivated men, which in any case is sure to influence the 
mind of the time, and which, properly treated, must yield positive results for 
the cause of God. 
The scientific infidel is not always a wrong-doer to be put down. He is 
often a very darkened soul, struggling for light, and sometimes driven back 
from it by the follies and inconsistencies of Christians. The lamentable and 
growing separation between those who study God’s works and those who 
believe in His word is not all of it the fault of the scientist. The theologian 
will be held responsible for so much of it as may result from his adulterating 
the water of life with unwholesome earthly elements, 
