The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-02-05
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- EVOLUTION:
REV. W. Il. RIDER, A. n.
The Argum ents Relied on In It's
support.
ARTICLE III.

support.
ARTICLE III.
1. l AS Biblical scholars infer the truth.
sulness of a doctrine from the "unity of.
the Scriptures" without On extended
exegesis and Interpretation of any spe
acial passage, so evolutionists observing
. .unity Of plan'' in nature, think that
il cannot be explained without introdu-
cling the hypothesis that all things have
sprung from one germ. They find a
correspondence Of forms, sxes, and
uses in the animal and vegetable King.
doms. The fms and propellers of the
great and small fishes, the wings of birds
the dipper Of the seal, the bodily mem.
.bers of reptiles, the forefeet of NAM
imals,-all correspond very much 10
form and still more in their assigned az
tion In the vegetable kingdom there
Is . variety of forms, branches. leaves,
and yet the shape OF the tree, the shape
Sof the branch, and the shape of the leaf
|all present striking resemblance. In
|the animal kingdom there is a CORES
|pondence between nearly allied species
and there are alfi ,ities between the low
est aad the highest Hsace the hypoth-
esisiof evolution from one first cell.
2 Fhe science of Geology, now gen
orally accepted, teaches that the present
Icondition of the globe has been evolved
out OF the countless ages past First
the world a ball of a e, AMI cooling,
|crusted the surface with terra frma. -
The frst age (Azoic) of its after histo
Try furnished no evidence of life, though
there may have been ssmejof the lowest
forms toward the last In the second
(Silurian), low forms Of life, such as
lshells or mollusks, corals, crinoids and
trilobites. abounded in the oceans, but
mo terrestrial life. In the third (Dev.
onian }, the addition of fishes, and some
vegetation In the fourth (Carbonifer.
Ious), much vegetation and the addition
of amphibisns, and inferior reptiles
"a the fifth (Reptilian), numerous and
large reptiles. In the sixth mamma
HAM, msmnals and q1adrupeds In
I fczseschsh. IN NV here b tiit
gradual appearance Of the lowest on up
to the highest forms Of life, through
countless ages past. ~. s.
From no life to life, from inferio
forms to the era of mind. through
Igraduated series The conclusion 4
that matter is endowed with the powe
lof evolving living protoplasm. and fron
Iprotoplasn have come the lowest form
lof life, then the next higher aud go OF
up to man D ring the course of tn
lagos the weaker woald perish and th
stronger and filter survive; hence or
CARNATIONS would have the tendency O
1perfecting themselves. AMI man woul,
be the inevitable result of evolution.
i 8. variation Of An;m,is aud Plant
under Domestication" Tlis is the It'll
iof one Of Darwin's elaborate works :
He has observed among fowls many v.
rieties in color and form, and all fror
one source These varieties aud differ
ences are observed among various othe
animals and plants subject to domest
cation, and considering such changes
SO limited time, it is reasonable to col
) fclude that If millions 81 years were sui
stituted nature would evolve the highe.
intelligence.
, In proof of the ceaseless changes &C
9 ing on by inheritance we might read cl
! 18th of i"variation Of Animals an
Pants under Domestication" which
devoted to what Mr Darwin calls "R
version or Atavism," the likeness b.
3 tween children aud remote ancestors
, Thus when the image of grand psre1
! is reproduced, it is an evidence Of Il
!. change which nal been going on. tn
lra.iimsntal members of animals of Il
8 lower orders would also indicate that
J, Itime they would become perfected men
: bers of corresponding developed sp
:. cies, or vice versa v,s.a .r-.-
gt This illustrates the variability OF Il
] lorganisn II the great oak can con
9 from the acorn, and a human being fro
!, the ovun, why can not a monkey cou
Il from saa.weel sni a man from Il
e monkey3 The seed is dissimiiar fro
the ,ak. AMI the monkey from the ma
q 1 En,ryclogical argument Wi
!" chell says, Tue chick in the egg a
h sumes in succession the aspect Of ils
1t snake. a bri OF low d ,ysee, aai fns
ly the similituds of its parent Ev
= man possesses at an early period, t
j. bfanchial apertures of the fish, and I
sumo in succession the aspect Of Sc
quadruped, monkey, and human I
ing" Doctrine of Evolution, 90
= This proves that in nature there
n progress from tue lower to the high
If forms of litej that man has pass
through these verv stages before CO..
ing to q perfected Organization; that
= = the beginning the embryo Of all livi
creatures was identical and that at CIV
.s times during e ubrvolic changes all
le ings are similar. Hence it is inferr
that 5 F>uf great laws ara operating
nature:
e. () "Iastability Of the homa ageneou'
h. or, unlikeness of progency to progen
ors This law fulfilled through millio