. Facts and fancies in modern science [microform] : studies of the relations of science to prevalent speculations and religious belief : being the lectures of the Samuel A. Crozer Foundation in connection with the Crozer Theological Seminary, for 1881. Evolution and religion; Creation; Man; Natural selection; Evolution et religion; Création; Homme; Sélection naturelle. ssity , but lings ation . It ivela- since, rough le any Lith as ressed latural behalf related iseless, able, it ever, a ane of caliph ary: If Koran, hey are yed. It ucation, e of this knows. IN MODERN SCIENCE. 229 and to build o
. Facts and fancies in modern science [microform] : studies of the relations of science to prevalent speculations and religious belief : being the lectures of the Samuel A. Crozer Foundation in connection with the Crozer Theological Seminary, for 1881. Evolution and religion; Creation; Man; Natural selection; Evolution et religion; Création; Homme; Sélection naturelle. ssity , but lings ation . It ivela- since, rough le any Lith as ressed latural behalf related iseless, able, it ever, a ane of caliph ary: If Koran, hey are yed. It ucation, e of this knows. IN MODERN SCIENCE. 229 and to build on it acquirements which, unaided, he could not have attained. But, though all may agree as to the possi- bility, or even the probability, of a revelation, many may dissent from particular dogmas con- tained in or implied by the particular form of revelation in which Christians believe. It is true that this dissent is based, not so much on science as on alleged opposition to human sen- timents ; but it is more or less supposed to be reinforced by scientific facts and laws. Of doc- trines supposed to be objectionable from these points of view, I may name the reality of mir- acles and of prophecy; the efficacy of prayer and of atonement or sacrifice; and the perma- nence of the consequences of sin. Admitting that these doctrines are not original discoveries of man, but revealed to him, and that they are not founded on science, it may nevertheless be easily shown that they are in harmony with the analogy of nature in a greater degree than either their friends or their opponents usually suppose. Miracles—or " signs," as they are more prop- erly called in the New Testament—are some- times stated to imply suspension of natural law. If they were such, and were alleged to 2C. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemb
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