Lectures on Natural Theology

1867. Or, nature and the bible from the same author. This book argues that God is written on the face of nature - the argument by design for God's existence and presence. Contents: Introductory comments; Principles of belief: adaptation of our bodies to our wants and to the world; Adaptations of animals to the world by structure, function, and instinct; Special contrivances: preservation of species; Adaptation of plants to the world; Production of varieties and their final cause;...
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1867. Or, nature and the bible from the same author. This book argues that God is written on the face of nature - the argument by design for God's existence and presence. Contents: Introductory comments; Principles of belief: adaptation of our bodies to our wants and to the world; Adaptations of animals to the world by structure, function, and instinct; Special contrivances: preservation of species; Adaptation of plants to the world; Production of varieties and their final cause; Chemical elements and their mutual relation; provision for the intellect of man in the structure of minerals and laws of chemical combination; Provision for man's intellect in the relations of organic beings and in the crust of the earth; Provision for the emotional nature and the varied intellectual tastes and powers of men; The moral nature of man and the Bible as a natural provision for him; The mosaic an geological records.