The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences

The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences

Edward Hitchcock, american geologist (1793-1864)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- DEDICATION

-04- PREFACE

-05- EXPLANATION OF THE FRONTISPIECE

-06- LECTURE I. REVELATION ILLUSTRATED BY SCIENCE

-07- LECTURE II. THE EPOCH OF THE EARTH’S CREATION UNREVEALED

-08- LECTURE III. DEATH A UNIVERSAL LAW OF ORGANIC BEINGS ON THIS GLOBE FROM THE BEGINNING

-09- LECTURE IV. THE NOACHIAN DELUGE COMPARED WITH THE GEOLOGICAL DELUGES

-10- LECTURE V. THE WORLD’S SUPPOSED ETERNITY

-11- LECTURE VI. GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DIVINE BENEVOLENCE

-12- LECTURE VII. DIVINE BENEVOLENCE AS EXHIBITED IN A FALLEN WORLD

-13- LECTURE VIII. UNITY OF THE DIVINE PLAN AND OPERATION IN ALL AGES OF THE WORLD’S HISTORY

-14- LECTURE IX. THE HYPOTHESIS OF CREATION BY LAW

-15- LECTURE X. SPECIAL AND MIRACULOUS PROVIDENCE

-16- LECTURE XI. THE FUTURE CONDITION AND DESTINY OF THE EARTH

-17- LECTURE XII. THE TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM OF THE UNIVERSE

-18- LECTURE XIII. THE VAST PLANS OF JEHOVAH

-19- LECTURE XIV. SCIENTIFIC TRUTH, RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD, IS RELIGIOUS TRUTH

-20- FOOTNOTES