Chapter VII

SOME LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE DIVINE IMMANENCY.

Religious thought subject to the law of evolution; three main
stages 351

I. _Conception of God_--The three stages shown--(1)
Anthropomorphism--(2) Absentee landlordism--(3) Immanence 351

II. _Question of First and Second Causes_--The three stages shown
here--(1) All is First Cause but man-like--(2) Distinction
of first and second causes introduced--(3) Identification of
these 354

III. _General and Special Providence_--The same three stages
shown and the same outcome--viz., identification 355

IV. _Natural and the supernatural_--The same stages and the same
final identification--Question of miracles 355

V. _Question of design or mind in Nature_--The same three stages
and the same solution shown here--Confusion in the minds of
modern writers 357

VI. _Question of mode of creation_--Old and new views contrasted 358

CHAPTER VIII.

RELATION OF EVOLUTION TO THE IDEA OF THE CHRIST.

Comparison of organic with human evolution--The idea of the first
is _man_, of the second is the _Christ_--Definition of the
Christ as _ideal man_--The Christ ought to differ from us
in a superhuman way--Shown by several illustrations--The
Christ, as ideal man, a true object of rational worship--The
ideal of organic evolution comes _at the end_--Ideal of human
evolution must come _in the course_--Objection that there are
many partial ideals answered--Relative vs. absolute moral
ideal. 360