"Dr. Smyth declares against the old speculative metaphysics, whether as once employed in the Park-street pulpit or in that of Music Hall. The coming method, he says, "will seek to understand the laws of nature, and to interpret the mysteries of the creation in the light of the best and purest moral life." For he believes that "the whole Universe grows from a spiritual source and quivers in all its forces with God." Here is manifested a grasp of a religious theory which need not cover its eyes against learning, however critical upon the scriptures on or against science, however that may amplify and modify the book of Genesis."
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