The Relation of Science and Religion.pdf - Online Christian Library

LECTURE QII.MAN'S PLACE M THE WORLD.THE accumulated interest gathered aroundthe direct and collateral investigationsbearing on the development of species, hasnaturally turned greatly increased attentionon man's position in the universe. As hasbeen shown by study of the nervous systembelonging to animal life, all organism hasbeen constructed on a uniform plan, advancingin complication as the organism becomesmore intricate in structure, having separateparts assigned to distinct functions. This uniformplan is seen to culminate in man. Thusit follows, that man appears to the scientificobserver, as the last or most advanced figurein a gradually ascending scale. That this isman's place in the field of organized existenceno one will doubt.The prevailing view of our nature, however,recognizes more in it than bone, mus-