The Christian philosopher, or, the connection of science and philosophy with religion / [Thomas Dick].

  • Thomas Dick
Date:
1835
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    PREFACE TO THIS EDITION. =a Cfo S— Tur following pages were written under the impression that the visible manifestations of the attributes of the Deity are too frequently overlooked by Christians in their views of the great objects of Religion, and in the worship they offer to the Father of their spirits; and are intended to show, that the Teachers of Religion, in imparting instruc- tion either to the old or to the young, ought to embrace a wider range of illustration, in reference to Divine subjects, than that to which they are usually confined. Throughout the whole of the discussions contained in this work, the Author has pursued his own train of thought ; and, in so doing, he trusts that he has been enabled to ren- der some of his illustrations more interesting to the young and untutored mind than if he had adhered rigidly to the sentiments of others, and to the technical language of science. The sketches of the different sciences are not mere extracts, or compilations, but are, for the most part, original composition—in which it has been his main object to embody as many facts as his limits would permit—in order to excite the inquiring mind to further investigations into the different departments of physical science. It is presumed, that no Christian reader will for once imagine, that the views illustrated in this work are intended to be substituted in place of the peculiar revelations of the Bible. The object of the volume is to illustrate the har- mony which subsists between the system of Nature and the system of Revelation; and to show, that the manifesta. tions of God in the material universe ought to be blended with our views of the facts and doctrines recorded in the volume of Inspiration. It is taken for granted, throughout the whole range of the following illustrations, that the Scriptures contain a ]*