Had space permitted, I should have put upon the section a reference to the most characteristic and peculiar mineral, animal, or plant, in the different groups. Thus the azoic group is _crystalliferous_, or crystal-bearing. The lower or Silurian part of the protozoic group is _brachiopodiferous_, _trilobiferous_, _polypiferous_, and _cephalopodiferous_; that is, abounding in brachiopod and cephalopod shells; in polypifers, or corals; and in trilobites, a family of crustaceans. The middle part, or the Devonian, is _thaumichthiferous_, or containing remarkable fish. The upper part, or the coal measures, is _carboniferous_; that is, abounding in coal. _The deutozoic group_ is _ichniferous_, or track-bearing, from the multitude of its fossil footmarks. The _tritozoic group_ is _reptiliferous_, or reptile-bearing, from the extraordinary lizards which abound in it. The _tetrazoic_ is _foraminiferous_, from the abundance of coral animalcula, called foraminifera, or polythalmia, which it contains. The _pentezoic_ is _mammaliferous_, because it contains the remains of mammalia, or quadrupeds. The _hectozoic_ is _homoniferous_, or man-bearing, because it embraces human remains. There is no one place on earth where all the facts exhibited on this section are presented before us together. Yet all the facts occur somewhere, and this section merely brings them into systematic arrangement. CONTENTS. Page LECTURE I. REVELATION ILLUSTRATED BY SCIENCE, 1 LECTURE II. THE EPOCH OF THE EARTH'S CREATION UNREVEALED, 33 LECTURE III. DEATH A UNIVERSAL LAW OF ORGANIC BEINGS ON THIS GLOBE FROM THE BEGINNING, 71 LECTURE IV. THE NOACHIAN DELUGE COMPARED WITH THE GEOLOGICAL DELUGES, 112 LECTURE V. THE WORLD'S SUPPOSED ETERNITY, 146 LECTURE VI. GEOLOGICAL PROOFS OF THE DIVINE BENEVOLENCE, 179 LECTURE VII. DIVINE BENEVOLENCE AS EXHIBITED IN A FALLEN WORLD, 219 LECTURE VIII. UNITY OF THE DIVINE PLAN AND OPERATION IN ALL AGES OF THE WORLD'S HISTORY, 252 LECTURE IX. THE HYPOTHESIS OF CREATION BY LAW, 285 LECTURE X. SPECIAL AND MIRACULOUS PROVIDENCE, 327 LECTURE XI. THE FUTURE CONDITION AND DESTINY OF THE EARTH, 370 LECTURE XII. THE TELEGRAPHIC SYSTEM OF THE UNIVERSE, 409 LECTURE XIII. THE VAST PLANS OF JEHOVAH, 445 LECTURE XIV. SCIENTIFIC TRUTH, RIGHTLY APPLIED, IS RELIGIOUS TRUTH, 476 THE RELIGION OF GEOLOGY. LECTURE I. REVELATION ILLUSTRATED BY SCIENCE.