You are requested to observe, that not only cannot GOD's Works contradict GOD's Word,--simply because they are twin utterances of one and the same Divine Intelligence;--but also the deductions of Physical Science cannot possibly run counter to the decrees of Theology[385],--simply because they are respectively in a wholly diverse subject-matter. Had Theology even _once_ delivered a Geological decree, or pretended even _once_ to pronounce upon any Astronomical problem; then, indeed, there would be reason why her disciples should watch with alarm the rapid advance of Physical Science,--instead of hailing it, as they do, with wonder and delight. Then, indeed, we should be constrained to admit that the day might be coming when Theology would have to reconsider the platform whereon she stands; and possibly to "give way." But it is an undeniable fact that there exist _no_ Theological dogmas on matters Geological,--no, _not one!_ Theology cannot retreat from ground on which she has never set foot. She cannot retract, what she has never advanced, or recal the words which she has never spoken. The decrees of Theology are all confined to the Science of Theology,--and with _that_ subject-matter, the other Sciences have simply _no concern_. Their office _there_, as I have again and again explained, is simply ministerial; and when they enter the presence chamber of the great King, they are bid not to draw too nigh. "Put off thy shoes from off thy feet; for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground!" And how about Moral Science,--whom we beheld, a moment since, shrouded in her mantle, beneath the footstool of the ALMIGHTY;--afraid to look up into His awful Face,--and not presuming to speak, unless called upon to bear her solemn witness to what she learned of Him "in the beginning?"--Must we imagine _her_ too rising from her lowly seat, and presuming to sit in judgment upon the Author of her Being? Are we to picture her arraigning the Goodness of Him who commanded Abraham to slay his son;--or the Justice of Him who sent Saul to destroy the Amalekites;--or the Mercy of Him who inspired certain of David's Psalms;--or the Wisdom of Him who made the everlasting Gospel the mysterious four-fold thing it is?--Then, were she to do so, we should perforce exclaim,--This judgment of thine cannot possibly be just! For the echo _must_ resemble the voice which woke it! Other spirits must have been intruding here; and the unholy din of their voices must have drowned the clear, yet still and small utterance of ALMIGHTY GOD within thy breast!.... In other words, if there _be_ antagonism, Ethics,--not Theology, _but_ (_that which calls itself_) _Moral Science_,--must instantly and hopelessly give way.