Excerpt from The Principles of Geology Explained, and Viewed in Their Relations to Revealed and Natural Religion The writings of geologists are now in general circulation. They are read with much interest, and, at the same time, with not a little perplexity by the most enlightened section of Christian society. In my intercourse with young men of good education, I have found more of them disquieted in their minds, if not unsettled in their religious principles, by the results of geological investigation, than by any other difficulties attending revealed truth. In these circumstances, I have been compelled to give some attention to the subject, that I might 'be ready always to give an answer to every one that asked me a reason of the hope that is in me, with meekness and fear.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.