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

32 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.brttte the praises of Ignorance, in homage tothe name of science; nor merely an immanentor indwelling Deity, who is in all things, gndall things in him, so that he is the unifyingpower, the soul and life of all that is, includingthose strange contrasts which we call goodand evil; but passing all these representationsas strange and alien to the Bible, to showthat religion and science find their harmonyin recognition of a Transcendent Deity, a personalDeity, distinct from the universe,-a personalityruling in righteousness, and delightingto meet the desires of intelligent beingslonging after the perfection of holiness.I can imagine that some devoted studentsof science are prepared to object to havingany share in a discussion which is to includeas one of its terms such a purely spiritual conceptionas this, involving a spiritual relation,-and having as its practical expression a spirituallife.Not a few scientific men may be preparedto say that all this is quite remote from theregion with which they are familiar,-thatscience can hardly be said to come into contactwith such a spiritual region of inquiry.And 1 grant that there is reason for urging