Summary of recent scientific conclusions with which relig-
ious thought is to be harmonized-Religious conceptions
as to divine interposition, in their relation to fixed law-
MIRACLE-Its place as evidence for the Messiahship of Je-
sus Christ-Credibility of miracles-Our Saviour's mir-
acles-Their benevolent purpose as bearing on their evi-
dential value-How related to the laws of nature-
Incapable of explanation by these laws-They do not
conflict with these laws in any intelligible sense-Mean-
ing of the old formula, "a violation of the laws of nature"
-Importance of the scientific position that violation of
natural law is inconsistent with our knowledge of the
government of the world-Method and result in miracle-
working, as related to natural law-Explanation of the an-
tagonism of scientific thought to the conception of miracle