or All Men of One Blood, has been much expanded. Three new illustrations of my leading principle have been added, and largely treated; viz. the Origin of Man, the Origin of Life, and Design as indicating creation. In short, no pains have been spared to bring the treatise down to the present state of Science and the controversies of the present time, as far as they appertain to the subject I have taken in hand. The book has been thus increased by about half the amount of matter which the last edition contained; but the price remains as before. JOHN H. PRATT. Calcutta, 1871. I.-EXAMPLES, FROM THE EARLIER HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, II.—EXAMPLES, FROM THE LATER HISTORY OF SCIENCE, IN WHICH SCRIPTURE HAS NOT ONLY BEEN RELIEVED OF FALSE INTERPRE- 1. The Antiquity of the Earth. 2. Creatures in Existence before the Six Days. 3. Existence of Light before the Six Days. 4. Death in the World before Adam's Fall. 5. Specific Centres of Creation. 6. No Known Traces III.-EXAMPLES, IN WHICH SCIENCE HAS BEEN DELIVERED FROM THE FALSE CONCLUSIONS OF SOME OF ITS VOTARIES, AND THEREBY SHOWN TO BE IN ENTIRE AGREEMENT WITH SCRIPTURE 1. All Men of one Blood. 2. Differences of Nations since the Flood. 3. Mankind originally of One Language. 4. Age of the Human Race according to Hindoo and Chinese Astronomy: 5. to Egyptian Antiquities: 6. to Nile Deposits: 7. to Flint Remains. 8. The Species of the Six Days' Creation distinct from pre- Adamite Species. 9. Origin of Species. 10. Origin of Man. 11. Origin of Life. 12. Uniformity of Nature. I. THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER AND PLENARY INSPIRATION OF THE FIRST ELEVEN CHAPTERS OF GENESIS 1. Our Lord and His Apostles regarded them as Historical documents. 2. This being the case, their Inspiration follows from the nature of their contents. 3. As they NO NEW DISCOVERIES, HOWEVER STARTLING, NEED DISTURB OUR SCRIPTURE AND VARIANCE. INTRODUCTION. OBJECT AND PLAN OF THE PRESENT TREATISE. THE assertion, not unfrequently made, that the dišcoveries of Science are opposed to the declarations of Holy Scripture, is as mischievous as it is false, because it tends both to call in question the Inspiration of the Sacred Volume and to throw discredit upon scientific pursuits. Many who are predisposed to reject such a conclusion, from a general conviction that Scripture is the Word of God, are nevertheless at a loss for arguments to repel the charge. It is the object of the following pages to furnish such persons with a reply, in a concise and portable form. The treatise, therefore, is intentionally only a summary of arguments. To expand it, except by the addition of new illustrations, would defeat my design. A larger work would not find access where I hope this will. There are others also whose case it is here designed to meet—those who receive the Christian Revelation, but, under the influence of supposed difficulties brought to light by scientific dis B |