PART III.. _the Relation of Evolution to Religious Thought._

THE RELATION OF EVOLUTION TO RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY.

Evolution if true affects every department of thought--What will be its effect on religious beliefs?--Objection that truth-seeker has nothing to do with effects--Answered 275

Relation of the true and the good 277

Relation of philosophy to life--The three necessary elements of a rational philosophy--Application to the case in hand-- And the subject of Part III justified--Exaggerated fears-- Different forms of the conflict of science and religion--(1) Heliocentric theory--First effect and final result--(2) Law of gravitation--Effect and result--(3) Antiquity of the earth and cosmos--Effect and result--(4) Antiquity of man --(5) Evolution 277