The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-01

manner in which the teeth ht one upon lne OIuSl
s perpendicular; so that when we close tne |
mouth we bring the lower teeth against tne |
upper teeth in such iuxtaposition that the Jwo
sets stand vertically, one above the other. lhe |
races of men which have that kind OF denttlon
are called straight jaWed races; while there
are other races-among others, all the inhaol-
tants of the Sosth Sea islands and all the IN
hRbitants of Africa and South Atlas-which nave
their front teeth Inclined so that the upper teeth
and the lower teeth when brought against one
another form an angle, and the mouth IS more
prominent; and all the races Of men with pro-
truding Jaws have also thicker and more promi-
nent lips. They have also the fiat nose, which
have already described, with broad partitions
between the nostrils, and the nOstrils opening
sideways.
And these differences have been known among
them ever since men have been observed by
man. On the ancient monuments OF Egypt
there are figures Of negroes, there are figures Of
Egyptians, there are figures of Jews and there
are figures Of white men, as characteristic in all
these particulars as we see them now; so that
for at least rs long time as these monuments
have been in existence, these features of hu-
manity have remained what they we're then and
have retained their peculiarties. Now then,
the question is, How were these pecuiarities
brought about? Are they innate (that is, are
they primordiaDOr are they the result of change?
If these conditions are The result of change, then
the differences which we observe among mon
keys, why should they not be the result
of change also8 And If changes as great
can take place, why should not changes Il
little greater occur? and. therefore, why
among living beings be the result of success
sive changes? II is upon this line of argument
that the scientific article has been based which
is known as the transmutation doctrine and
which has been discussed for centuries, but
which has been revived in a more recent form
and with more recent argument, by Darwin,
and which is now being actively agitated
among naturalists. Now, propose to show
you on what fallacies this view rests, and
will repeat my statement in another form. The
question is whether we are the lineal descend
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dren of a creative mind; whether we are the
result of natural evolution, or whether we
are the expression of specific act of creations
In establishing the difference, do not mean to
charge those who entertain the idea of the
transformation with denying the intervention
Of the creative power in the world.
do not charge them with denying the
interference Of God in nature; but l
diate and direct intervention In the produc-
ton of these differences Whether they are
right or wrong depends upon the Interpretation
of the facts which we have before us. 1t is now
to the examination of these facts would call
your attention, In the first place, would say
that man is rated in the animal kingdom in
manner which makes it impossible to separate
the classes which relate to his existence from
those which relate to the animal kingdom.
When we examine the order of succession of
animals through all geological times, we find,
something higher. We find in the last geolo-
| gical epoch man has been introduced so that
| in the order of succession OF the living races
which have at different times peopled the sur
| face Of our globe, we see man announced from
| the beginning; aud we can say as one of the
scientific results of the comparison of all these
| races, that from the beginning man was meant
to be at the head of creation. and that upon the
| plan on which the animals living ON our earth
| are constructed, there is no possibility of
| higher being than man himsef; and this gene
raIiZation can be sustained by an examination
of the structure of the brain alone.
Without entering into an extensive argument
will show you that such is the structure of the
highest systems of organs in the whole series of
ANIMALS; that from the fish to man there is one
gradual gradation; and that in the structure of
man there is such an arrangement that shows
that he is the highest and best form of the series
which began with the fish. Suppose this to be
the brain of the fish (ilustrating), we have here,
as in all brains, front swelling, from which
arise nerves which go to the nostrils, middle
swelling, from which arise the nerves which 90
to the eyes, and third swelling, from which
arise the nerve which goes to the ear, and then
other nerves which go to the different parts,
about which / need not trouble you now.
These three swellngs are constituted that
the uppermost is the smallest the middle occu-
pies the middle position, and the hindmost is
the largest. In reptiles we find that these
three swellings have about the same dimen-
sions-that the front swelling begins to rise so
as to stand on level with the middle swelling
which itself is about as large as the hind
swelling which is raised in dimensions from
the other.
The transmutation doctrine assumes that ami
mails are derived from one another, and that
there Is primitive cell formed from which all
animals may have been evolved. The doctrine
Is that all vertebrates are derived from one
primitive vertebrate, that all articulates are
derived from one primitive articulate, that all
mollusks are derived from one primitive mol
lusk, that all radiates are derived from one
primitive radiate, and that these four primitive
types are derived themselves from q primitive
cell, formed by the combination of those fortui.
tous elements which are acting wherever light,
moisture, and matter are brought into contact
with one another. This is doctrine professed
by many eminent modern men of science, on
the ground that everything which exists IS
strated spontaneously by the formation of q
acting upon matter.
There has recently appeared a most striking
production on 1.-The action of light upon matter
as originating living beings" which fairly ex-
presses the views OF that school. Darwin and
other Englishmen of science, entertain the same
doctrine in different light. They assume that
the first impulse was given by an intellectual
power, and that this impulse has resulted in the
unfolding-in the eyolution-out of the first
germs created OF all that has followed The
doctrine which / support is that it is not only
the few that were started in the beginning by
the creative act, but the many, and that Ii was
not to one time only that creation has been
limited, but that creation has gone on through
all ages, and that under the direct influence of
creative acts all the differences which exist i'm
nature have been brought about cloud an.
plause.) These are generalizations. Now let US
see what the facts are; whether they will sustain
the German transmutatlon doctrine, or whether
the English doctrine comes nearer TO the truth.
And if neither be shown to be correct
then shall have proved my statement that we
are not lineal descendants of monkeys, but that
we are the chosen productions of Divine in
tellect, and that we are madei in His resemblance.