THE CHURCHMAN'S LIBRARY EDITED BY JOHN HENRY BURN, B.D. Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Aberdeen. THE BEGINNINGS OF ENGLISH CHRISTIANITY. By W. E. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN THE COLONIES AND MISSION FIELD. By Allan B. Webb, D.D., Assistant Bishop to the Bishop of Brechin. HISTORY OF THE PAPACY. By J. P. WHITNEY, M.A. OUR CONTROVERSY WITH ROME. By J. M. DANSON, D.D. THE WORKMANSHIP OF THE PRAYER BOOK. By JOHN DOWDEN, D.D., Bishop of Edinburgh. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. [Ready. A POPULAR INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT. By ANGUS M. MACKAY, B.A. A POPULAR INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. By J. H. SHEPHERD, M.A. THE HEBREW PROPHET. By L. W. BATTEN, Ph.D. AN INTRODUCTION TO TEXTUAL CRITICISM. By A. M. KNIGHT, M.A., Fellow and Dean of Gonville and Caius College, Camb. SOME OLD TESTAMENT PROBLEMS. By JOHN P. PETERS, D.D., D.Sc. SOME NEW TESTAMENT PROBLEMS. By ARTHUR Wright, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Queens' College, Cambridge. Crown 8vo, 6s. [Ready. BIBLE REVISION. By J. J. S. Perowne, D.D., Bishop of Worcester. DEVOTIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE PAULINE EPISTLES. By JOHN GOTT, D.D., Bishop of Truro. PREACHING. By FREDERIC RELTON, A.K.C. ENGLISH HYMNS AND HYMN TUNES. By H. C. SHUTTLEWORTH, M.A., Professor of Pastoral and Liturgical Theology, King's College, London. THE WITNESS OF ARCHEOLOGY. Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn. By C. J. BALL, M.A., ENGLISH ECCLESIOLOGY. By J. N. COMPER. CONFIRMATION. By H. T. KINGDON, D.D., Bishop of Fredericton. INSPIRATION. By Canon BENHAM, D.D. MIRACLES. BY THOMAS B. STRONG, B.D., Student of Christ Church, Oxford. PROVIDENCE AND PRAYER. By V. H. STANTON, D.D., Ely Professor of Divinity, Cambridge. EVOLUTION. By FRANK B. JEVONS, M.A., D.Litt., Principal of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN HERE AND HEREAFTER. By Canon WINTERBOTHAM, M.A., B.Sc., LL.B. Cr. 8vo, 3s. 6d. [Ready. THE GREAT WORLD RELIGIONS FROM A CHRISTIAN STAND. POINT. By H. E. J. BEVAN, M.A., Gresham Professor of Divinity. COMPARATIVE RELIGION. By J. A. MACCULLOCH. ENGLISH ECCLESIASTICAL LAW. By W. DIGBY THURNAM. BY FRANK B. JEVONS, M.A., D.LITT. PRINCIPAL OF BISHOP HATFIELD'S HALL, DURHAM METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON 1900 130313 JUN 16 1909 J53 PREFACE 'HE object of this volume is to raise the THE question: if we accept the Theory of Evolution as true in science, how should it modify the thought and action of a man who wishes to do his best in this world? The question is necessary because we find that different and inconsistent conclusions on the point have been reached by men speaking in the name of science and speaking with authority. These differences are due not to anything in science, but to certain extra-scientific assumptions. To test the worth of such assumptions is the work of philosophy; and this volume is accordingly an essay in philosophy. Science is but organised common sense. claim to deal with realities. Science and Religion both The realism of common sense, therefore, the form of philosophy to which both seem to point, is that which is set forth here. |