this nineteenth century of Christian progress, it substantially
echoes back the majestic sound, which, before it existed as a
pursuit, went forth into all lands.

First, looking largely at the latter portion of the narrative,
which describes the creation of living organisms, and waiving
details, on some of which (as in v. 24) the Septuagint seems to
vary from the Hebrew, there is a grand fourfold division, set
forth in an orderly succession of times as follows: on the
fifth day
1. The water-population;
2. The air-population;
and, on the sixth day,
3. The land-population of animals;
4. The land-population consummated in man.
Now this same fourfold order is understood to have been so
affirmed in our time by natural science, that it may be taken as
a demonstrated conclusion and established fact" (p. 696).


"Understood?" By whom? I cannot bring myself to imagine that Mr.
Gladstone has made so solemn and authoritative a statement on a
matter of this importance without due inquiry--without being
able to found himself upon recognised scientific authority. But
I wish he had thought fit to name the source from whence he has
derived his information, as, in that case, I could have dealt
with [143] his authority, and I should have thereby escaped the
appearance of making an attack on Mr. Gladstone himself, which
is in every way distasteful to me.