andithasbeenfollowedinlatertimesbythevariouseffortswhichhavebeenmadetotwisttheearlierchaptersofthebookofGenesisintoAPPARENTagreementwiththelastresultsofgeology——representingdaysnottobedays，morningandeveningnottobemorningandevening，theDelugenottobetheDeluge，andthearknottobetheark。”
Afterastatementlikethiswemayfitlyask，WhichisthemorelikelytostrengthenChristianityforitsworkinthetwentiethcenturywhichwearenowabouttoenter——alarge，manly，honest，fearlessutterancelikethisofArthurStanley，orhair-splittingsophistries，bearingintheireverylinethegermsoffailure，likethoseattemptedbyMr。Gladstone？
TheworldisfindingthatthescientificrevelationofcreationisevermoreandmoreinaccordancewithworthyconceptionsofthatgreatPowerworkinginandthroughtheuniverse。Moreandmoreitisseenthatinspirationhasneverceased，andthatitsprophetsandpriestsarenotthosewhoworktofittheletterofitsolderliteraturetotheneedsofdogmasandsects，butthose，aboveallothers，whopatiently，fearlessly，andreverentlydevotethemselvestothesearchfortruthastruth，inthefaiththatthereisaPowerintheuniversewiseenoughtomaketruth-seekingsafeandgoodenoughtomaketruth-tellinguseful。[181]
[181]FortheHuxley-Gladstonecontroversy，seeTheNineteenthCenturyfor1885-’86。ForCanonDriver，seehisarticle，TheCosmogonyofGenesis，inTheExpositorforJanuary，1886……
Inthegreatrangesofinvestigationwhichbearmostdirectlyupontheoriginofman，therearetwoinwhichSciencewithinthelastfewyearshasgainedfinalvictories。Thesignificanceoftheseinchanging，andultimatelyinreversing，oneofthegreatestcurrentsoftheologicalthought，canhardlybeoverestimated；noteventhetidesetinmotionbyCusa，Copernicus，andGalileowasmorepowerfultobringinanewepochofbelief。