on is the belief in God, immortality, and the
possibility of miracles generally 210

Physical science prefers to destroy natural religion by its
connection of mind with matter 210

1st. Making conscious life a function of the brain. 2nd. Evolving
the living organisms from lifeless matter. 3rd. Making this
material evolution automatic 210

Thus all external proofs of God are destroyed 212

And also of the soul's immortality 213

External proof is declared to be the test of reality 213

And therefore all religion is set down as a dream 215

But we believe that proof _is_ the test of reality, not because
it is proved to be so, but because of the authority of those who
tell us so 215

But it will be found that these men do not understand their own
principle 216

And, that in what they consider their most important conclusions
they emphatically disregard it 217

One or other, therefore, of their opinions is worthless--their
denial of religion or their affirmation of morality 219

But we shall see this more clearly in considering the question of
consciousness and will 220

We shall see that, as far as science can inform us, man is nothing
but an automaton 220

But the positive school are afraid to admit this 221

And not daring to meet the question, they make a desperate effort
to confuse it 222

Two problems are involved in the matter: 1st. How is brain
action connected with consciousness 223

2nd. Is the consciousness that is connected with it something
separable from, and independent of it 223

The first of these problems has no bearing at all on any moral
or religious question. It is insoluble. It leaves us not in
doubt but in ignorance 224

The doubt, and the religious question is connected solely with
the second problem