On May 1, 1902, the Rev. Prof. _G. Henslow_, according to the _London Times_, spoke at University College, before a big audience with the President of the University as chairman, on the subject “The Rationalism of To-day, an Examination of Darwinism.” On conclusion of the speech the venerable octogenarian, _Lord Kelvin_, arose and proposed a resolution of thanks to the speaker. While fully subscribing to the fundamental ideas of Prof. _Henslow’s_ lecture, _Lord Kelvin_ said, he could not assent to the proposition that natural science neither affirms nor denies the origin of life by a creative force. He stated that natural science _does_, positively, assert a creative force. Science forces every one to recognize a miracle within himself. That we are living, and moving, and existing, is not due to dead matter, but to a creating and directing force, and science forces us to accept this assumption as a tenet of faith. _Lord Kelvin_ subsequently amplified these remarks in an article that appeared in the _Nineteenth Century_, of June, 1903. It concludes with the admonition, not to be afraid to think independently. “If you reason sharply, you will be forced by science to believe in God, who is the basis of all religion. You will find science to be, not an opponent of religion, but a support” (_Times_, May 8 and 15, 1903). Such were the views of those to whom, in the first place, the establishment of natural science and its progress are due. It is not science and strong reasoning that lead away from God, but the lack of true science. _Bacon_ said: _Leviores gustus in philosophia movere fortasse animum ad atheismum, sed pleniores haustus ad Deum reducere_. Another thing must be observed. Among those earnest men, earnest in the investigation of nature, and earnest in the consideration of questions of a supernatural life, there are many who made the religious question the subject of mature study, and who were well acquainted with the objections against religion and Christianity. But they cling to their religious persuasion only the more firmly. We may be reminded of men like _Volta_, _Cauchy_, _Ampère_, and _Maxwell_.