Preface.

The following lecture is published at the request of very many who were unable to hear it, as well as by those who wished for a record of what they had heard. All who may desire fuller information on this subject will find it in Kinn's "Moses and Geology," Warington's "Week of Creation," M'Causland's "Sermons in Stones," Dawson's "Origin of the World," Norman Smyth's "Old Faiths in a New Light," &c. Much of the lecture dealing with the specific objections of Mr. Denton has been necessarily omitted. The writer will be glad to furnish additional information to any one who may desire explanation of the subjects dealt with in the lecture.