Chapter II

THE RELATION OF EVOLUTION TO MATERIALISM.

_Supposed identity_--Tendency of the age--Evolution does not
differ in this regard from other laws of Nature--Absurdity
of identification illustrated in many ways--(1) Effect of
discovery of process of making--(2) Effect of new form of old
truth--(3) Manner in which vexed questions are settled and
rational philosophy found--Illustrated--A true philosophy
is a reconciliation of partial views--Three possible views
of origin of individuals and of species; two one-sided and
partial, and the third combining, reconciling, and therefore
rational--The only bar to speedy reconciliation is dogmatism
--Theological and scientific--The appropriate rebuke for
each--Therefore evolution does not differ from other laws in
regard to its relation to materialism--Nevertheless, great
changes in our traditional beliefs impending--Main changes
are notions concerning God, Nature, and man, in their relations
to one another 284

CHAPTER III.

THE RELATION OF GOD TO NATURE.

The issue in regard to this relation stated--The growth of the
issue described--The old view of direct relation--The
effect of science and the resulting view--The compromise--
Destroyed by evolution--The issue forced--The alternative
view--Immanence of Deity--This view explained--Objection
of idealism--Answered--It is not subjective idealism--
Objection of pantheism--Answer deferred--Objection that the
view is incompatible with practical life--Answered 297