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The millennium of mechanics, or of the mechanical arts, both celestial and terrestrial.

II. RATIONAL AND REVEALED GEOLOGY.

Illustration by terrestrial chemistry of the Divine wisdom and goodness.

Antagonistic theories of the Catastrophists and Uniformitarians in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of the genesis and renovation of the earth.

Cosmical miracles of Divine art.

Cosmical marvels of human art.

The millennium of chemistry, or of the cosmical arts, both terrestrial and celestial.

III. RATIONAL AND REVEALED ANTHROPOLOGY.

Cumulative illustration by terrestrial biology of the physical attributes of the Creator. The recapitulation of the whole planetary organism in man as the flower and head of nature.

Antagonistic theories of the Monogenists and Polygenists in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of the First and Second Adam.

Corporeal miracles of Divine art.

Corporeal marvels of human art.

The millennium of biology, or of the physical arts, both terrestrial and celestial.

IV. RATIONAL AND REVEALED PSYCHOLOGY.

Illustration by terrestrial psychology of the Divine justice and

mercy.

Antagonistic theories of the Libertarians and Necessarians in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of the depravity and regeneration of the soul.

Antagonistic theories of the Spiritualists and Materialists in

their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of the present and future relations of soul and body.

Antagonistic theories of the Naturalists and Supernaturalists in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of satanic and angelic influence.

Psychical miracles of Divine art.

Psychical marvels of human art.

The millennium of psychology, or of the psychical arts, both terrestrial and celestial.

V. RATIONAL AND REVEALED SOCIOLOGY.

Cumulative illustration by terrestrial sociology of the moral attributes of Providence.

Antagonistic theories of Divine economies and human progress in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of the apostacy and the millennium.

Antagonistic theories as to the relation of the temporal to the eternal, or of the spiritual to the material, in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of church and state.

Antagonistic theories as to the inhabitation of the planets in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of the kingdom of the heavens, and the commerce of earthly and heavenly races. Millennium of sociology, or of the political arts, both terrestrial and celestial.

VI. RATIONAL AND REVEALED THEOLOGY.

Climacteric illustration by terrestrial theology of all Divine perfections. The recapitulation of the whole material and spiritual organism in the Second Adam, the Son of God and the Son of man.

Antagonistic theories as to the Infinite or the Absolute in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of the Being of God.

Antagonistic theories of the Monotheists and Pantheists in

their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of creation and re

demption.

Antagonistic theories as to the relation of the finite to the Infinite Spirit in their bearing upon the Scripture doctrine of the destiny of the creature.

The millennium of theology, or of the religious arts, both terrestrial and celestial.

The general millennium of terrestrial sciences and arts, both material and spiritual, as involving a union of the human with the Divine mind and will in the knowledge and control of all terrestrial phenomena.

The universal millennium of celestial sciences and arts, both spiritual and material, as involving the endless return, through all worlds and ages, of the finite into the Infinite Reason and effort after the one perfect religion or religature of the creature to the Creator, through and by means of the creation.

Aims of such a course of studies: 1st. To preserve throughout the scale of the sciences the vital connection of the terrestrial with the celestial material of cognition, and the logical distinction between the empirical and intuitional modes of cognition. 2d. To combine in each science all that is established as discovered with all that is established as revealed, and as to all that is still theoretical and doctrinal, to show the problem of opinion. 3d. To connect logically the ascertained portions of one science with those of another, and problematically their theoretical portions. 4th. To display with the series of the sciences their corresponding series of arts as ever tending to enhance the Divine glory and human welfare. And lastly, to organize, by this means, that proximate system of sciences, arts, and societies upon which to project, in endless perspective, the ultimate system.

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