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glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及21何蛍
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not be accused of substituting ;natural selection for God。; In any case
natural selection would be only the means or law by which God works�察�
as He does by other natural laws。 We do not substitute gravitation for
God�察�when we say that the planets are sustained in their orbits by the law
of gravitation。 The theory about natural selection may be untrue�察 �or
imperfect�察�as may the modern theories of the ;evolution and progress; of
organic forms�此 �let the man of science decide that。 But if true�察 �the
theories seem to me perfectly to agree with�察 �and may be perfectly
explained by�察 �the simple old belief which the Bible sets before us�察�of a
LIVING GOD�此 �not a mere past will�察 �such as the Koran sets forth�察�
creating once and for all�察�and then leaving the universe�察�to use Goethe's
simile�察 �to spin round his finger�察─ �nor again�察 �an ;all´pervading spirit�察─�
words which are mere contradictory jargon�察�concealing�察 �from those who
utter them�察�blank Materialism�此 �but One who works in all things which
have obeyed Him to will and to do of His good pleasure�察 �keeping His
abysmal and self´perfect purpose�察�yet altering the methods by which that
purpose is attained�察�from aeon to aeon�察�ay�察�from moment to moment�察�for
ever various�察 �yet for ever the same。 This great and yet most blessed
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paradox of the Changeless God�察�who yet can say ;It repenteth me�察─�and
;Behold�察�I work a new thing on the earth�察─�is revealed no less by nature
than by Scripture�察 �the changeableness�察 �not of caprice or imperfection�察�
but of an Infinite Maker and ;Poietes�察─�drawing ever fresh forms out of
the inexhaustible treasury of His primaeval Mind�察 �and yet never
throwing away a conception to which He has once given actual birth in
time and space�察 。�but to compare reverently small things and great��
lovingly repeating it�察 �re´applying it�察 �producing the same effects by
endlessly different methods�察�or so delicately modifying the method that�察�
as by the turn of a hair�察�it shall produce endlessly diverse effects�察�looking
back�察�as it were�察 �ever and anon over the great work of all the ages�察�to
retouch it�察�and fill up each chasm in the scheme�察�which for some good
purpose had been left open in earlier worlds�察�or leaving some open ��the
forms�察 �for instance�察 �necessary to connect the bimana and the
quadrumana�� to be filled up perhaps hereafter when the world needs
them�察 �the handiwork�察 �in short�察 �of a living and loving Mind�察 �perfect in
His own eternity�察 �but stooping to work in time and space�察 �and there
rejoicing Himself in the work of His own hands�察 �and in His eternal
Sabbaths ceasing in rest ineffable�察�that He may look on that which He
hath made�察�and behold it is very good。
I speak�察 �of course�察 �under correction�察 �for this conclusion is
emphatically matter of induction�察 �and must be verified or modified by
ever´fresh facts�此 �but I meet with many a Christian passage in scientific
books�察�which seems to me to go�察�not too far�察�but rather not far enough�察�in
asserting the God of the Bible�察 �as Saint Paul says�察 �not to have left
Himself without witness�察─�in nature itself�察 �that He is the God of grace。
Why speak of the God of nature and the God of grace as two antithetical
terms�拭�The Bible never�察�in a single instance�察�makes the distinction�察�and
surely�察�if God be ��as He is�� the Eternal and Unchangeable One�察�and if ��as
we all confess�� the universe bears the impress of His signet�察�we have no
right�察 �in the present infantile state of science�察�to put arbitrary limits of
our own to the revelation which He may have thought good to make of
Himself in nature。 Nay�察 �rather�察 �let us believe that�察 �if our eyes were
opened�察�we should fulfil the requirement of Genius�察�to ;see the universal
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in the particular�察─ �by seeing God's whole likeness�察 �His whole glory�察�
reflected as in a mirror even in the meanest flower�察�and that nothing but
the dulness of our own souls prevents them from seeing day and night in
all things�察�however small or trivial to human eclecticism�察�the Lord Jesus
Christ Himself fulfilling His own saying�察 �My Father worketh hitherto�察�
and I work。;
To me it seems ��to sum up�察�in a few words�察�what I have tried to say��
that such development and progress as have as yet been actually
discovered in nature�察 �bear every trace of having been produced by
successive acts of thought and will in some personal mind�察 �which�察�
however boundlessly rich and powerful�察 �is still the Archetype of the
human mind�察 �and therefore ��for to this I confess I have been all along
tending�� probably capable�察 �without violence to its properties�察 �of
becoming�察�like the human mind�察�incarnate。
But to descend from these perhaps too daring speculations�察 �there is
another�察 �and more human�察 �source of interest about the animal who is
writhing feebly in the glass jar of salt water�察�for he is one of the many
curiosities which have been added to our fauna by that humble hero Mr。
Charles Peach�察�the self´taught naturalist�察�of whom�察 �as we walk on toward
the rocks�察�something should be said�察�or rather read�察�for Mr。 Chambers�察�in
an often´quoted passage from his Edinburgh Journal�察�which I must have
the pleasure of quoting once again�察�has told the story better than we can
tell it�此�
;But who is that little intelligent´looking man in a faded naval
uniform�察 �who is so invariably to be seen in a particular central seat in
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