Carbonic Acid Gas the food of vege- tables, 164.
Caterpillars, transformation of, 393. Causation implies a first cause, 27; the denial of, denies a commencement, 36.
Chaldean chronology, 136. Chance, Cicero on, 73.
Chinese, their educational system, 311. Christianity, the religion of the world's greatest men, 7; will be verified by science, 8; the hope and promise of future civilization, 324; on its trial, 408; a revelation, not an evolution, 451; not the product of civilization, 452; not the natural growth of Juda- ism, 465; its continual and ever grow- ing power, 477.
Chromosphere, Sun's, 211. Chronology, comparison of Biblical and Chaldean, 136; Archbishop Usher's too restricted, 417. Civilization, a means of human develop- ment, 321; not unmixed with evil, 321; ancient, 321; modern, 322; future, 323; promotes human power and happiness, 452; not incompatible with impurity and superstition, 452; did not develop Christianity, 453. Clairvoyance, 362.
Clergy, work of the, 437. Climate, 80; its influence on plants and animals, 81. Clover, red, 386.
Coloured stars, 399; changing hues of, 400.
Coming man, the, 9, 10.
Consciousness, 89, 387; molecular mo- tion, 397; embraces the past and future as well as the present, 432. Conservation of energy, the law misap- plied, 23; favours the immortality of the Soul, 301; new direction, by crea- tion, 349. Continuity, doctrine of, involves reality of the Supernatural, 22, 350, 354; break of, by creation of the visible universe, 349.
Coral, an animal growth, 383. Creation, Biblical account of, not a myth, 7; unfairly criticised, 40; scientifically correct, 41, 125; if true, must be inspired, 43, 281; narrow and mechanical views of, 47; days of, 117, 126; their order rhythmical, 121; not instantaneous, but continuous and progressive, 121, 127; comparison of Bible statements with those of the philosophers, 237; erroneous interpre-
tation of, 242; a manifestation of the unknown, 243: the two accounts, 265, 269; Chaldean account, 273; not a modern invention, 276; con- veyed in poetical and popular lan- guage, 413; contains no revelation as to time, 417. Crime, hereditary, 341. Crystallization the result of a mysterious
energy, 53; working by law, 73.
Days of creation not common days, 117; interpretation of, 126; not natural days, 126, 130; the seventh day, 131; various uses of word, 132; duration of, unknown, 132. Degenerate race, a, 341.
Deity, definition of, 28; a person as well as a power, 29; not unknowable, 30, 44; more than the universe, 31; pan. theistic views of, 444; one God, a pri mitive faith, 455.
Design in nature, 5; accepted by real science, 6.
Development, individual, 98; animal, 257; embryonic, 259; human, by civilization, 321. Dew-point, 158.
Diabolical arts, 369; revival of, 370. Disease in men and animals, 339. Divination possessed by the Magicians of Egypt, 369.
Doubt, a hinderer of progress, 13; a proof of ignorance, 14; discomfort of, 14; honest, 21; dishonest, 22. Dreams, 359; an explanation of, 364. Dysteology, 260.
Earth the, form of, 76; age, 77; eccen tricity of orbit, 79; its influence on climate, 79; progressive formation, 121; primeval condition, 169; speci fic gravity, 172; crust, 172; geologic epochs, 174; life history, 177. Electricity, experiments with, 143, 150,
Elements, number, 65; probably not
homogeneous, 65; nature's sparing use of, 68; the globe consists of few, 376. Embryos, seeming identity of, 225; dif- ference, 385.
Entozoa, eccentricities of, 388. Epochs, geological, 174. Ethical ideal, necessity of, 3, 18; high-
est and best, found in the Bible, 3. Ethics of the philosophers, failure of, 20. Evil, existence of, 104; physical, among
the elements of progress, 106; tem- porary, 107; a consequence of man's
Fallen angels, 283. Firmament, 118, 154; colours of, 162; action of, 163.
First cause, necessity of, 27; infinite and independent, therefore supernatural, 28.
Fish, early types, 233; a grunting, 384; climbing, 384.
Fission, a mode of reproduction, 230. Food of plants, 184; uses of, 337.
Gases, molecular theory of, 377. Gemmation, a mode of reproduction, 230.
Genealogies of Christ, 127; deal with Epochs, 139.
Genius of unbelief (Coleridge), 38. Geological eras, 174.
Geology, scientific, 169; chemical, 170; defines the life-time of the Earth, 174. Germination of the Earth, 118. Germs, 98, 179; proceed from pre- existing life, 305; similar, yet, essen- tially unlike, 305.
Glacial Epochs, 80, 81.
Good and Evil, doctrine of, 32; ground
of our consciousness of, 33; conscious- ness of, the basis of religion, 33. Grasshoppers change their skin fre- quently, 391.
Gravitation, invariable action of, 372. Gravity not an essential of matter, 74. Greeks, ancient, the ablest people, 20; becoming impure they degenerated, 309.
Heat, solar, 80; connexion with light,
143; heat and cold, 396; tending to Equalisation, 403.
Heaven, a vision of, 63; heavens, the, creation of, 113.
Hebrew language, power of the letter D, 119; destitute of scientific terms, 131. Hebrews, their conviction of the existence
and presence of God, 17; the cause of their greatness, 18; prophets, 469. Heredity, 253; does not exclude variety, 382. Hermaphrodites, 230. Heterogenesis, 231. Homogenesis, 231. Hydatids, how caused, 388. Hymenoptera, 393. Hypotheses as to origin of things, 36. Hyrax, 385.
Image of God, 123. Immortality, of the soul, a part of the universal faith, 457; a pure and glorious, revealed by Jesus Christ, 458. Infidels not whole or comprehensive men, 22. Infusoria, 96.
Insects, 249; transformations of, 392. Jelly fish, 387.
Jesus Christ, His teaching the highest morality, 4; His life, 7, 11; a real life, 12; affirms Supernaturalism, 18; His rule inspires the highest virtue, 21; genealogies of, 127, 139; incar- nation of, 198; made immortality glorious, 450; not a Jewish invention, 465; prophecies concerning, 469-471; character, 475; claims, 476.
Jews, their conviction of the existence and presence of God, 17; the cause of their greatness, 18; exhibit the holiest life, 413; Old Testament re- cord of, 464; their work in the world, 471; their high function as the teachers of religion, 472.
Jupiter (planet), 158; in the same state as was our Earth, 213.
Lambert family, 385. Lamech's family, 19. Language, origin of, 304, 312; progress, 313; language and reason, 313; theories, 316; ancient languages, 319. Law, not opposed to Providence, 10; Providence in action, II; laws need a Divine sanction, 21; conformity of law and will, 373; natural invariability of, confined to our own experience, 374; deviations illustrated by Bab bage's Machine, 376; the rule of, a miracle, if wrought by chance, 401. Leaf, anatomy of, 379; arrangement, 379.
Life, theories of, 89; a mystery, 91; not a functional product, 177; in other
Mill, John Stuart, on the recklessness of the cosmic forces, 372.
Mind, its union with matter a mystery, 51; phenomena of, 100, 101; the governing, 103; not an attribute of matter, 308.
worlds, 181; specific nature of, 225; | Militarism, its degrading tendency, 323. forms, 227; process, 229; reproduc- tion, 230; inscrutible origin of, 231; succession, 232; progress, 233, 289; transitions, 234; unity of power, 245; of form, 246; of substance, 248; order of development, 248; plan of, 305; beginning of, 306; human, 326; de- finitions, 327; the cause of organisms, 327; personality, 328; automatism, 329; individuality, 331; body, soul, and spirit, 332; man's idiosyncrasies, 333; human only rudimentary, 336; man's speciality of, 339; proceeds from death, 423.
Light, 116; without the sun, 116, 144; lights in the firmament, 119; nature of, 142; connexion of light and heat, 143; waves of, 145; actinic rays, 146; medium, 147; sensation, 149; un- dulation, 385; sun's occasional di- minution of, 400.
Lizard, 234; link between fish and bird, 235; power of, to renew lost limbs, 261.
Man, origin of, 122; antiquity of, 127; surpassed in other spheres, 178; three- fold nature of, 273; descent, 284; pre-Adamite, 284; more than a ma- terial organism, 300; not of brutal origin, 307.
Manasseh a sorcerer, 369.
Marriage a Divine institution, 270. Marsupials, 252; peculiarity of, 386. Materialism does not account for man's spiritual nature, 9; materialists not whole or comprehensive men, 22; incapable of explaining natural pheno- mena, 23; the idolatry of matter, 43; does not account for the origin of things, 50; fails to account for human progress, 435.
Matter, the origin of all that exists an assertion of presumptuous ignorance, 47; known only by mind, 54, 429; creation of, 55; mutation a help to a belief in the Supernatural, 57; primal, 65, 116; the elements possibly not ultimate, 65; nature and constitu- tion of, 66; structure, 67; not self- motive, 74; known only by its mani- festations of energy, 74 ; union of mind with, 101; sky-matter, 162; variety in, 375; inorganic, changes of, 395; objective reality of, discovered only by experiment, 429; not the whole and only reality, 461.
Messiah, prophecies concerning, 470.
Miracles, 34; not the only marvels, 34; accepted by scientific thinkers, 35; two classes of, 354; probable, 355; a part of nature, 373; stupendous power used in, 415; associated with the highest wisdom and purity, 416; attest man's redemption and immor. tality, 416; the record of, how dis credited, 420; not à priori improbable, 433; demonstrated, 443; have never ceased, 473.
Molecular energy, 72. Morality, 6; based on divinity, 7; needs Divine sanction, 19; an all-pervading sense, 452; of the Bible, 464. Moses, of a scientific spirit, 120; reared amidst idols, restores the knowledge of the one true God, 202; his account of creation wonderful, 202; written by inspiration of God, 239; regarded as a deceiver, 418, 419. Mythology, ancient, embodies the philo sophy and religion of pre-historic times, 453; the key lost, 454; sym- bolical history of the manifestations of one God, 455.
Natural powers, man's probable expan- sion of, 3; but without religion will not yield increased happiness, 3; not the only powers, 35. Natural selection, the doctrine, 255; rudimentary organs a difficulty, 261; purposeless structures in animals, 394; represents an unseen influence, 395. Nature includes the Supernatural, 52; in her working dress, 68; variety in, obtained with few materials, 68; variety not self-produced, 69; ever changing, 70; tending to repose, 78; laws of, uncompromising, 104; inter penetrated by the Supernatural, 263; requires infusion of fresh energy, 352; laws of, generally invariable, 372; uni formity of, a platform for infinite variety, 373; all sided, 373; never at rest, 377; left to herself would soon come to a standstill, 402; lives by dying, 422.
Negro, 291; born white, 300. New Jerusalem, 370.
Nitrous oxide, its effect on the brain, 462.
Parasites, 105.
Parthogenesis, 391. Penguin, 386.
Perca scandens, the climbing fish, 384. Perfume vapours, power of intercepting calorific rays, 163.
Personal God a logical necessity, 29; objections answered, 29; the author of creation, 42. Pest-maiden legend, 459. Philosophers, ancient, 87; account of creation, 237, 238, 239. Philosophy, ancient, failure of, to generate mankind, 20. Phosphorus, allotropic forms of, 71. Plants, creation of, 183; life, 184; com- position, 185; classification, 187; order of creation, 190; preceded animals, 193; of Divine origination, 195; peculiarities of, 381-386. Pole of earth, change of inclination, 179; Porcupine men, 385.
Prawn metamorphosis, 392. Pre-adamite, world, 284; men possible, 284.
Prediction, a condition of consciousness,
460; a mysterious power, 461. Priests of the physical universe, 46. Principles, two, of creation; a personal intelligence, and an impersonal power, 10; two, of government, providence and law, 10; these two, unite in one process, II.
Prophecy, 375; evidential value of,
Rain in primeval times, 268, 269. Red Clover, 386. Reptiles, 234.
Religion not obsolete as regarded by some, I; the externals only change, I; the summit and crown of science, 9; both practical and experimental, 14; not opposed to reason, 15; its power to raise the whole man, 16; accepted by the best thinkers, 24; mere knowledge of, not sufficient, 345; not an evolution, 447, 448; rooted in the desire to establish communion with the Supreme, 449; based upon conviction of a Divine and super- natural power, 449; a belief in the
future life, 450; and the reality of evil, 450; universality of, 450. Revelation a special message to our in- telligence, 12, 15; both external and internal, 32; includes science, 24, 434; instructs when science fails, 38; objects of, 203; by discovery, 263; an essential part of consciousness, 434.
Richter's Dream, 24. Rotifera, 385.
Rudimentary organs, 260; no explana- tion of, 262. Russian legend, 459.
Sabbath-day, 134. Salpæ, peculiarities of, 388. Saturn (planet), 212.
Scepticism paves the way to sensualism and superstition, 4; held to be for the scientific student the highest of duties, 13; impedes intellectual progress, 13; when based on ignorance is irrational, 27.
Science, 8; men of, the priests of the material universe, 8; failure of, to con- nect physical and mental phenomena, 47; inadequate to explain the origin of things, 50; throws light on Scripture, 59; contradictory, 88; growth of, 200; occult, 367; does not clear up the mystery of the universe, 385; its op- position to Scripture constantly being removed, 407; not to be looked for in the Bible, 411; specialism in, tends to narrowness, 421; agrees with true doctrine, 427; at fault, 428; a revela- tion, 434.
Sea, composed of two elements, 376. Sea level, changes of, 80.
Seven, a mystic and symbolic number,
Silence from a conflict of sounds, 387. Silent members, 393, 394.
Sky, colour, 161; artificial, 161; matter, 162.
Sleep, magnetic, 363. Snails, 249,
Solar system, 84; the rule of law, as ex- hibited in the, 401. Somnambulism, 362. Sophists, the, 20.
Soul, 271, 301; personal existence, 457; of the beast, 332; beliefs as to the, 456; immortality of, a universal faith, 457: transmigration, 457; Spirits, Communion of, 405.
Sound, 385; makes silence, 387. Space, Elements of, 49; dimensions,
Spirit, work of the, 115.
Spiritualism, modern, 368; ancient, Touch, the mother sense, 262.
Spontaneous generation, 94.
Stars, coloured, 399; variable, 400. Sun, heat of, 80, 207; origin, 204; age, 206; physical constitution, 209; sun spots, 210; chromosphere, 211; chemical constitution, 211; atmos- phere, 212; theories as to source of heat, 213; influence, 214; not the source but sustainer of vital energy, 380; light subject to occasional diminution, 400.
Supernatural, denied only by the un- spiritually minded, 2; not unacceptable to common sense, 5; the denial of is de- nial of the Deity, 5; and withdraws from morality its divine sanction, 6; the essence of true religion, 18; rashly denied, 26; acknowledged in the ex- istence of an inscrutable power, 28; an universal belief, 34; necessary to explain nature, 52; the supernatural in nature, 263; not unnatural, 353; a universal conviction, 450. Swedenborg, on the connection of the natural and the spiritual worlds, 348; his converse with the departed, 459. Synthetic types, 384.
Transmission of genius, 363. Trinity, Holy Doctrine of, 112. Types, Synthetic, 384.
Universe, too vast for our comprehension, 47; the work of intelligence, 374; tending to destruction, 413; a splendid miracle, 442.
Venus Flytrap, 386.
Vision, a peculiarity of, 387; defects, 423.
Vision of Heaven, a (Richter), 62. Visions, 361, 366. Vital substance, 95; defies analysis, 382.
Vortex motion, 431; not to be explained mechanically, 432.
Water particles, 67; however formed, the same substance, 72; vapour of (1) sus- pended in air, 156; (2) the greatest absorber of radiant heat, 163. Water-Flea, peculiarities of, 388. Waters, the, bring forth, 119; primeval, 157; divided, 159.
Witch of Endor, a "medium," 369. Word of God, 112.
World origin, ancient notions, 236. Zulu theology, 457.
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