Christianity made Science. By Rev. Thomas Prescott, M.A. (Williams and
Norgate.)—This is a well-intended and courageous effort to solve one of the great questions of the day ; but we question whether it will prove acceptable either to the believer or the man of science. Still, it is worth considering. It is a signifi- cant sentence, for instance, where he writes,—" Suppose philosophy had succeeded in putting religion on a basis of demonstration to begin with,—what then ? Suppose we could begin with saying, I know -there is a God, instead of merely, I believe in God, wherein should-we be better ?" And again,—"It is no less the best interest of -the believer than it is the supposed interest of the unbeliever to hold that the being of God is not within the pale of demonstra- tion." We commend these "life's thoughts on religion and morals " to the consideration of our readers.
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