Connecticut western news., 1876-12-22
Friday Morning, Dec. 22, 1876.
Evolution.

Below we publish, by permission, pri- vate letter to citizen of this village, from the Rev. Fl. s. Ball, who gives in response to the ouestions submitted to him, his views | on evolution :-
 HARR1sBUaH, N. Y., Nov. IS. FRIEND JoHN-1t is late, but having fn- l ished my preparation for tomorrow, will answer your letter. Of course it is an carly answer, but I want to say something about evolution. The fact is, do not like it. Not only, as you suggest. does it fail to account for moral consciousness, but it fails to account for mans reasoning powers SO far as physical or mental progress is concerned Man, the bee and the beaver work on matter; but the two last do noth- Ing which has not been done by the same animals six thousand years ago, while man builds of the same materials palaces, steamboats and railroads, have never seen or read of any animal in whom was anything that could develdpe the idea of progress, or would perpetuate desire to remember or be remembered. l never saw an ape gather class of young apes about him and try to teach them music or draw ing. Inever saw monkey get up an ap- paratus and take photograph of another monkey. If we are to have scientific theory of man, let us have one that accounts for man. Look little further. So far as I have been able to learn, there never has been species of humanity or men differ ent from the present. This IS also true of all living forces, even of brutes. A hybriO may be born, but cannot perpetuate it's species it dies out at once. The Creator has separated the different species in such away that they can not be mixed. A horse has always been 8 horse, fish has always been a fish. For instance, in what Lyel calls the salurian period there were no fish. In the devonian, which followed, they are found in great abundance. Evolution does not account for this abrupt appearance. The truth is, no transitional type (such as must exist if this theory of evolution is true) has eyer been found.
 And more, the evolution theory disregards wholly the relation of mind and matter, that there is an intimate relation we know Man'h has reasoning power. which if tbe development theory is true, is greater mystery than the c.eation, or any other miracle.
 Well, I think have wasted time with Huxley, Tynda1f and Darwin-yet I am not prepared to say regret having read their works. As you say, there are toe many missing links in their chain-if theil theory or speculation deserve the name ot chain. There are three things which Hux ley does not attempt to account for l. Moral circumstances. 2-Intelligence ol the reasoning power. 3-Instinct,as seen ir the bee. The cell of the bee is built skill fully, beautifully and strong-yet the req workers or builders are childless-the queer aad drores only propagate. I bade good bye to the theory long ago, yet read Prof Huxley's boney lecture. never liked to find my ancestors among the apes, baboon: or any lower species. This reads mucf better :-" Which was the son of Adam which was the son of God" That suit me, and the longer live, the more study the better like it.
 Yours in simplicity of Gospel Faith,
 H. s. BALL