This naturally leads us to speculate on what Evolutionists consider Nature to be, and as none of them--nor anyone else--as far as we know, has ever thought it necessary to define Nature, we have to endeavour to draw from their writings what, in some measure and some way, they would like us to believe it to be. We find, then, that the base of their operations seems to be Natural Selection, which can hardly be interpreted in any other way than by calling it the Selection of Nature. Thus, then, they apparently want us to look upon Nature as the _First Cause_. But, if Nature can select, it must be a being, an entity, a something, that can distinguish one particle of matter from another, and be able to choose such pieces of it, be they protyle or protoplasm, and to make them unite, so as to form some special body, organic or inorganic. It is plain, also, that Selection can only be performed by such a being, or something, such as just so far described, that can distinguish, choose, and arrange the particles of matter destined to form the very smallest body or the universe. Thus we see that in whatever way the basis of the Theory of Evolution is looked upon--_even for its own evolution_--there is required a being of some kind that has knowledge and power to evolve or make all things that are "in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth." So we see that, if the theory of evolution dethrones the Creator and Evolver of the first chapter of Genesis, it has to enthrone another god which it calls Nature; and has to get rid of that god, and any number of others, before it can be what it pretends to be. We are all very voluble in talking of Nature, and enthusiastic in admiring its beauties, wonders, and wisdom, but it seldom occurs to us that we are really doing so without thinking of whence come the beauty, wonders, and wisdom. We must, therefore, not be too hard on evolutionists, as they have only done what we all do every day of our lives; but if the theory of evolution is to be looked upon as a branch of science, we would recommend its students to open their eyes and think of it as a process which has been in existence from the beginning of things at least, and not as one of their invention or discovery. They may be able some day, through more accurate study and more convincing argumentation than they generally use, to lay claim to having discovered, as far as it is possible for man to do, the _modus operandi_ of evolution, but that is all, and we would also warn some of them to think that, when we see them in their highest flights of science, genius, and self-sufficiency, we can "Conceive the bard the hero of the story." We have read a good deal of what has been called the War of Science, without having been able to see that there ever was any cause for such a war, with the exception of ignorance.