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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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