The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

As other men have erecsis, 10 have mine;
l keep the holy faith in God in man,
And in the angels ministrznt between;
hold to one true church cf all true souls,
Whose churrhIy seal il neither bread uize,
Nor laying on OF hands, ndAcly oil,
But only the amounting ofGai' grace
I hate all kings, all caste, and rank Of birth;
For all the sons Of man are the sons Mood;
Nor limps 4 be,a,ar but is molly born,
Nor wezrs . slave yoke, nor car crown,
That makes him less OF more than just = man.
love my country and her righteous cause,
50 dare not keep silent Of her sin;
And after freedom may her bells ring peace
love one woman witha holy ERE,
Whom revere A. Pneste~ ofmy house;
stand with wondering ave before my bsh--,
Til they rebuke me 10 q nobler life.
! keep faithful friendship With friend.
Whom loyalty l serve before myself;
I lock nv lips too close to speak lie,
I wash my hand. too clean TO touch brihe,
! owe no man debt cannot pay,
Save only the love men ought TO owe,
withai each day, before the blessed Heaven.
I open vide the chamber of my soul,
And pray the Holy Ghost TO enter in.
Thus reads the fair confession Of my faith,
50 cro-s<-i with contradictions Of my life,
Yet still by help Of Him, who helpeth men,
I face two worlds, and fear not life or death.
Father, lead me by thy hand! Amen.
-THEODoRE TILIoS.
The Orixia er she Hanan Raee-Neu
Arxa0ent Against the Darwtnian
Tke~sy.
From the Providence Journal.
Mr.. Darwin's theory Of development
which seemed to link man TO the ape, and t.
deny the Scripture doctrine Of creation anc
Providence, promises now to confirm tn.
Bible, and to place man above all otheI
forms of life on earth.
MIA. r. Wallace, the distinguished
traveller and naturalist, who worked on thu
the theory independently Of Mr.. Darwin
and has expounded il with more simplicit,
and force, thinks it does not hold true il
application to man.
The theory Is that in the struggle for lifi
the fittest always survive, and that any SUI
periority of organization gives great advan
tage in the struggle. All progress, there
fore, must be in the line Of immediate utility
and not rs preparatory to some future end.
But there are elements in mans organi
zation, Distinguishing him from lower ami
mails, which bring no present advantage, bu
in some Cases involve serious discomfort
while they are Of great service in forwardin,
ultimate progress. The brain Of pre-histo
ric man, Mr.. Walllce says, was nearly o
quite rs large as Of man in our age Of al
vanced civilization, aud therefor quite dis
proportionate to his wants. II could not
then, have been developed solely by thos
| laws Of evolution, whose essence i that the
lead to degree Of organization exactly pro
portionaie to the wants Of each specie; neve
beyond those wants.
The want of hairy covering is seriou
disadvantage to the savage, depriving hin
Of n natural protection against the seyeritie
Of climate, and particularly against rair
This could not have come about by natura
selection, for such variation is immediatel
harmful To its possessor, and would Gel
tainly have been lo-t again in cold eli
mates.
The loss of the prehensiye bower of tn
Esa wald have been calamity 10 man a