Mahan, Dr. A., his fatal concession to Hume, 88; on an infinite series, 88; rejects the _à priori_ argument for the being of God, 88-91. Mansel on the conceivability of a commencement of existence, 94. Martineau asserts the coeval and coeternal existence of something objective to God, 67; if true, would invalidate every proof of the existence of God, 67, 68; on the separate spheres of religion and science, 296. Matter a created entity, 95, 125. Matter, eternity of, affirmed by Martineau, 67; a fatal admission, which imperils the Theistic argument, 85-92. Matter, theory that, is a phenomenon or a function of force, 123, 124, 228, 236; a real entity, 235. Maxwell, Prof., on the nature of matter, 124; regards matter as a created entity, 125, 126; rejects the doctrine of action at a distance, 214; on the origin of motion, 219. McCosh concedes that space and time are not independent of God, 68; on proportions of infinite space, 74; on causation in the will, 399. Mechanical theory of the origin of things, 299, 300. Method of the Divine government, 405-407; a probationary economy, 408-411; a moral discipline, 411, 412; an equitable administration, in which responsibility is graduated on the scale of available light and opportunity, 412-416; secures an infallible and equitable retribution by connecting character and consequence, 416, 417. Mill, J. S., on Teleology, 128; on uniformity of nature, 189. Mind, stages of development of, in the individual, 276, 277. Mind the primal source of all being, 38; the first cause of motion, 236; the one and only source of power, 237. Mivart on unconscious intelligence, 226. Montesquieu, his definition of law, 198. Moral attributes or perfections of God, 51; an everlasting voluntary becoming, 52, 63. Moral government, its grounds, 351-365; its nature, 366-371; its subjective conditions, 371, 404; its end, 417-419. Moral ideas of the reason identical in all men, 378-380. Motion, origin of, 219. Motives, moral, do not act causally on the will, 393-396; the so-called _strength_ of motives discussed, 397-402. Müller on Divine love as the highest determining principle of the Divine efficiency, 131. Murphy, J. J., on unconscious intelligence, 225; on matter and force, 227-229; his doctrine involves Pantheism, 229, 230. N. Natural and moral distinguished, 369-371. Nature, meaning of the term, 193, 325; course of, 326; constitution of, 326, 329; controlled and modified by man, 335, 336; therefore also controlled by God, 337. Nebular hypothesis implies a beginning, 110, 111. Necessitarians, theory of, 394, 395. Newman, John Henry, his conception of God, 31. Newton, Sir Isaac, his conception of God, 29; teaches that God constitutes space and duration, 68; denies action at a distance, 214; denies that gravity is inherent in and essential to matter, 211, 213.