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"Science was Faith once; Faith were Science now
Would she but lay her bow and arrow by,

And arm her with the weapons of the time."

"In vain would the skeptic make a distinction between science and common life, or between one science and another. The arguments employed in all, if just, are of a similar nature and contain the same force and evidence. Or, if there be any difference among them, the advantage lies entirely on the side of theology and natural religion."-CLEANTHES, IN HUME'S "DIALOGUES," Part I.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

The Present Antagonism of Science and Religion.-Hurtfulness

of it.-Need of a Reconciliation between them.-Proposed

Method of effecting this, which constitutes the Object of

this Book.

CHAPTER I.

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What is Science ?-What is Religion ?-No Necessary and Right-

ful Antagonism between them, when fully understood

CHAPTER II.

Causes of the Actual Antagonism of the Scientific and the Re-

ligious Worlds.-Ignorance of themselves.-Ignorance of

each other.-Science confounded with Metaphysics and Va-

rious Speculations.-Religion confounded with Ecclesiasti-

cal Organizations and Theological Systems

CHAPTER III.

The Claim of Religion to possess Exclusive Information, and,

consequently, a Rightful Sovereignty of Knowledge.-Hu-

man Conditions and Fallible Character of Religion.-Divine

Origin of Science.-Help and Correction received by Re-

ligion from Science

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CHAPTER IV.

The Claims of Science to possess Exclusive Information and

Rightful Sovereignty of the Realm of Knowledge.—The

Faiths of Science.-Grounds and Methods.-Scientific Em-

ployment of Intuition, Testimony, Authority, Analogy, and

Hypothesis, and Frequent Lack of Verification.

CHAPTER V.

Supposed Differences between Science and Religion in their Aims

and Objects.-Faith of Science in the Supersensual, in the

Immaterial, in the Inconceivable, and in the Infinite .

CHAPTER VI.

Supposed Difference between Science and Religion in their Re-

sults.-Uncertainty, Inexactness, and Variability, attach to

Scientific as well as to Theological Results

CHAPTER VII.

The Scientific Basis of Religion.-Inductive Proof of the Two

Essentials of Theism, the Existence of the Soul and of

God.-Observation of Facts, Classification, Inductions, and

Verification

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CHAPTER VIII.

Conclusion.-Science and Religion as Fellow-Laborers in the