Chapter II

POSITION TAKEN BY THE AUTHORS—PHYSICAL AXIOMS.

Class of readers to whom the Authors appeal, 50-53 69

_Position assumed by the Authors_—
Laws of the universe defined, 54 72
Embodiment of some sort essential, 55 73
Materialistic position described, 55 74
Unjustifiable assumptions of materialists, 56-58 74
Intimacy of connection between mind and matter, 59 77

_Essential requisites for continued existence_—
An organ of memory, 60 78
Possibility of action in the present, 61 78

_Principle of Continuity_—
Illustrated by reference to astronomy, 62-75 79
Breach of the principle illustrated, 76 87
Extension to other faculties of man, 77 88

_Application of this principle to Christian miracles_—
Erroneous position of old divines, 78 89
Such opposed to the genius of Christianity, 79 90
New method of explanation, 80-82 90

_Application of this principle to the doctrines of the
extreme scientific school_—
The visible universe will probably come to an end
in transformable energy, 83-84 92
It must have been developed out of the invisible, 85 94

THE UNIVERSE,— 86 95
Similar errors committed by the extreme schools of
theology and science, 87 96

_Application of this principle to Immortality_—
Three conceivable suppositions, 88 96
These reduced to two, 89 97
Future course of our argument, 90 97
The problem may be profitably discussed, 91 98