The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library

LECTURE VIII.RELATION OF SCIENCE TO OUR CONCEPTIONSOF DIVINE INTERPOSITION FOR MORALGOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD.THE view given in previous lectures of themost prominent features of the recentadvances in scientific knowledge most intimatelyconcerning our religious conceptionsof the origin and government of the world,may afford some aid towards forming a judgmentof the points of contact and apparentconflict. A brief summary will afford thebest introduction to the lines of inquiry withwhich the present discussion may be broughtto a close.First, as to the inorganic in the universe,recent investigations favor the conclusion thatneither the matter in the world, nor the energy,can be increased or diminished by operationof any laws known to apply to suchexistence. The laws under which these twoforms of being hold their place ill the world