(A.) The Evidence in its Favour.
Since God is a Moral as well as a Personal Being, He must be capable of caring for all His creatures; and we have abundant evidence that He does so, especially for man. But there are two great difficulties.
(B.) The Insignificance of Man.
(1.) Some counter-arguments, showing that even if insignificant, God might still care for him.
(2.) Man's real importance, due to his mind and spirit.
(3.) The supposed inhabitants of other planets.
(C.) The Existence of Evil.
(1.) Physical evil in animals. The objection that it is vast in amount, wholly unmerited, and perfectly useless, cannot be maintained.
(2.) Physical evil in man. Several ways of lessening the difficulty. Its explanation seems to be that God's designing evil does not mean His desiring it, as it is essential for forming a man's character.
(3.) Moral evil in man. The possibility of this is essential to free will; and wicked men are as necessary as any other form of evil.