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Science And The Bible. *

I the paddle of the whale and pectoral fin of the fish ; and so precisely , that the homologous bones may be traced , and the changes or obsolescence of this or that bone , as the type becomes adapted to its various purposes . There is in this unity of structure an expression of one single fundamental idea .

This kind of research has been further pursued , and it has been found that there is a like parallelism through the whole structure even to the relations of every bone in fishes , reptiles , birds , quadrupeds , and man ; so that there is one type at the basis of all . Still deeper has investigation gone ; and now we know that in a single vertebra and its appendages , all the elements of the bony structure in these classes of animals are comprised , the repetition and modifications of a type-vertebra , with its accessories , producing

all the various results . Thus God throughout nature has evolved diversity out of unity , eliciting ten thousand concordances out of single profound enactments in His plans of creation . These laws are universal truths , limited so far only as the range of objects to which they relate is limited . Thus any truth with regard

to life which characterises all living beings , is a law in the Science of Life . So as to the leaves of plants , any quality which is found to be an universal truth , as for instance their spiral arrangement , as explained , or their function of respiration , or their general structure , is a law in the Science of Plants . The chemical combination of elements in

simple ratio and according to constant equivalents by weight , is another law or universal truth ; and the general truths relating to the dependence of chemical combinations on heat , light , or electricity , are other laws . The parallel relations of structure or homologies between all vertebrates , is another law , universal as

regards the vertebrates ; and the other great groups have their corresponding laws . The reciprocal relations between the parts of an animal , due to the fact of type-structures , as between the hoof , leg , teeth , stomach , & c , through the structure , which is so exact , that a knowledge of one of these parts is equivalent to a knowledge of the general nature of all , is another law of universal truth .

Thus there are laws having reference to force , motion , form , dimensions , general structure , functions , affinities of family , class , & c . ; homological type-relations ; reciprocal relations between the parts of a structure ; development or growth , whether organic or inorganic . And such facts or conditions may be considered also with reference

to one another , and afford still other laws ; or specially with regard to forces or influences of any kind ; and in this line are mainly what we call causalities . They may all bo of various grades of generality ; and they may be reduced in some instances to mathematical

expressions , in which last case we reach nearest to the prototype enactments ol . Divinity . Such laws are literally announcements of concordances in nature . They are not in any sense phenomena , but expressions of the rela-

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MASONEY IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT Article 1
WOMAN. Article 3
ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE EARLY AGES AS CONNECTED WITH EWLIGION. Article 4
THE PRACTICAL OF MASONRY. Article 9
SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE. * Article 10
THE TRUE PLEASURES OF A MASON. Article 16
BEVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 17
SURREY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Article 18
music. Article 20
CORRESPONDENCE. Article 22
SYMPATHY. Article 24
THE MASONIC MIRROR. Article 25
METROPOLITAN. Article 30
PROVINCIAL. Article 34
ROYAL ARCH. Article 52
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. Article 53
MARK MASONRY; Article 53
SCOTLAND. Article 53
IRELAND. Article 54
COLONIAL. Article 55
INDIA, Article 57
SUMMARY OF NEWS FOR JULY. Article 58
Obituary. Article 62
NOTICE. Article 62
TO CO-RESPONDENTS. Article 62
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Science And The Bible. *

I the paddle of the whale and pectoral fin of the fish ; and so precisely , that the homologous bones may be traced , and the changes or obsolescence of this or that bone , as the type becomes adapted to its various purposes . There is in this unity of structure an expression of one single fundamental idea .

This kind of research has been further pursued , and it has been found that there is a like parallelism through the whole structure even to the relations of every bone in fishes , reptiles , birds , quadrupeds , and man ; so that there is one type at the basis of all . Still deeper has investigation gone ; and now we know that in a single vertebra and its appendages , all the elements of the bony structure in these classes of animals are comprised , the repetition and modifications of a type-vertebra , with its accessories , producing

all the various results . Thus God throughout nature has evolved diversity out of unity , eliciting ten thousand concordances out of single profound enactments in His plans of creation . These laws are universal truths , limited so far only as the range of objects to which they relate is limited . Thus any truth with regard

to life which characterises all living beings , is a law in the Science of Life . So as to the leaves of plants , any quality which is found to be an universal truth , as for instance their spiral arrangement , as explained , or their function of respiration , or their general structure , is a law in the Science of Plants . The chemical combination of elements in

simple ratio and according to constant equivalents by weight , is another law or universal truth ; and the general truths relating to the dependence of chemical combinations on heat , light , or electricity , are other laws . The parallel relations of structure or homologies between all vertebrates , is another law , universal as

regards the vertebrates ; and the other great groups have their corresponding laws . The reciprocal relations between the parts of an animal , due to the fact of type-structures , as between the hoof , leg , teeth , stomach , & c , through the structure , which is so exact , that a knowledge of one of these parts is equivalent to a knowledge of the general nature of all , is another law of universal truth .

Thus there are laws having reference to force , motion , form , dimensions , general structure , functions , affinities of family , class , & c . ; homological type-relations ; reciprocal relations between the parts of a structure ; development or growth , whether organic or inorganic . And such facts or conditions may be considered also with reference

to one another , and afford still other laws ; or specially with regard to forces or influences of any kind ; and in this line are mainly what we call causalities . They may all bo of various grades of generality ; and they may be reduced in some instances to mathematical

expressions , in which last case we reach nearest to the prototype enactments ol . Divinity . Such laws are literally announcements of concordances in nature . They are not in any sense phenomena , but expressions of the rela-

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