CONTENTS. The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them Object, design, utility, and importance of geological science. Requisites and DEUTERONOMY XXXIII. 13, 15, 16. Blessed of the Lord be his land; for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, and for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, and for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof. Change in the material universe, constant, but according to law. A series ROMANS XI. 36. Of HIM, and through HIM, and to HIM, are all things: Recital of opinions which are by many assumed to be asserted or implied in GENESIS vi. 17. And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh wherein is the breath of life from under heaven and every thing that is in the earth shall die. Continuation of apparent discrepancies between geological doctrines and the 2 PETER II. 5. God spared not the old world,―bringing the flood upon Continuation. More accurate and discriminating inquiry. Investigation of 1 THESSALONIANS v. 21. Prove all things: hold fast that which is Examinations of various methods which have been proposed for the removal II. Sacrificing the Mosaic records, as unintelligible, or as being the language of mythic poetry. III. Regarding the Mosaic six days as designed to represent indefinite periods. IV. Attributing stratification and other geological phæno- mena to the interval between the Adamic creation and the Deluge, and the Examination continued of the Diluvial Theory. PSALM XII. 6. LECTURE VII. PART I. Page 169. The words of the Lord are pure words; as silver tried The certain and infallible truth of all that is taught in the Holy Scriptures, PART II. Page 192. Application of the principle established, to the interpretation of the narrative LECTURE VIII. Page 224. ECCLESIASTES XII. 13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: man. Religion the perfection of our nature. The duty of scientific studies, espe- |