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

78 SCIENCE AND RELIGION.train man " to regard himself as the principalobject of the care of Nature "; " it does not evensuggest thought in this direction, but it teachesthat God cares for righteousness more thanhe cares for material things; that man as abeing of flesh and blood is unspeakably insignificant,his life being " even a vapor that appearethfor a little time, and then vanishethaway ";t that his spiritual life, in the love ofGod and in fellowship with him, is immeasurablygreat, the purpose of the Bible concerningman, as revealed by Jesus Christ, God'sSon, being this, that man shall be like to Godin moral purity.From these few statements it may readilyappear what is the attitude of the Bible towardsscience. It leaves man to his own researchfor the structure of science in all itsdivisions; it proffers no help in such work;but has a range of application quite beyondthe area traversed by science.In this way we find the natural interpretationof inevitable conflicts in the past, whichhave been roughly and often inaccurately describedas conflicts between religion and sci-* Conflict between Religion and Science, p. 172.t. James iv. 14.