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The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences

The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences

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before us together. Yet all the facts occur somewhere, and this section merely brings them into systematic arrangement.

 

 


CONTENTS.

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LECTURE I.
REVELATION ILLUSTRATED BY SCIENCE,
1
 
LECTURE II.
THE EPOCH OF THE EARTH’S CREATION UNREVEALED,
33
 
LECTURE III.
DEATH A UNIVERSAL LAW OF ORGANIC BEINGS ON THIS GLOBE FROM THE BEGINNING,
71
 
LECTURE IV.
THE NOACHIAN DELUGE COMPARED WITH THE GEOLOGICAL DELUGES,
112
 
LECTURE V.
THE WORLD’S SUPPOSED ETERNITY,
146
 
LECTURE VI.
GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DIVINE BENEVOLENCE,
179
 
LECTURE VII.
DIVINE BENEVOLENCE AS EXHIBITED IN A FALLEN WORLD,
219
 
LECTURE VIII.
UNITY OF THE DIVINE PLAN AND OPERATION IN ALL AGES OF THE WORLD’S HISTORY,
252
 
LECTURE IX.
THE HYPOTHESIS OF CREATION BY LAW,
285
 
LECTURE X.
SPECIAL AND MIRACULOUS PROVIDENCE,
327
 
LECTURE XI.
THE FUTURE CONDITION AND DESTINY OF THE EARTH,
370
 
LECTURE XII.
THE TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM OF THE UNIVERSE,
409
 
LECTURE XIII.
THE VAST PLANS OF JEHOVAH,
445
 
LECTURE XIV.
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH, RIGHTLY APPLIED, IS RELIGIOUS TRUTH,
476

 

 


THE RELIGION OF GEOLOGY.

 

 

LECTURE I.

REVELATION ILLUSTRATED BY SCIENCE.

The leading object, which I propose in the course of lectures which I now commence, is to develop the relations between geology and religion. This cannot be done fully and fairly, however, without exhibiting also many of the religious bearings of several other sciences. I shall, therefore, feel justified in drawing illustrations and arguments from any department of human knowledge which may afford them. I place geology first and most conspicuous on the list, because I know of no other branch of physical science so prolific in its religious applications.

In treating of this subject, I shall first exhibit the relations between science and revealed religion, and afterwards between science and natural religion; though in a few cases these two great branches cannot be kept

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