Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-10-13
EVOLUTION.
The Magnetic Forces, Spirit and Matter.

EY WM. BAKER FAHNEsTOCK, Nj. d.
For tho. c.INTELLIGEScER.
The scientific world has been thrown
into an unusual excitement by the term
evolution, which has been advanced to ac-
count for the manner in which all existing
things have progressed to their present
condition, or that man, as he now exists,
is the result Of a gradual evolution from
slime, as it is found i'll the sea, and that
he, by some persons, is supposed to have
passed through all the grades below him,
and rs Il consequence, that he could not
have been created, thus leading to dis
belief in Supreme Being.
The idea Of evolution, in this sense, cau-
not satisfy minds that require more posi-
tive evidence than mere assertions which
spring from sources that are mundane and
known to be imperfect.
Evolution OF progression, in Il certain
sense, is true; but it must be remembered
that there can be 10 effect without 4 cause,
and that the cause always prcccdcs the
effect, ard must have existed before it.
Cultiyat may improve but cannot rad
ically change the nature OF anything. Evo
luton, therefore, cannot change things,
which some cause that pre-existed has en-
ablcd us to recognize, and tho fact that
cmbittered those who disbclievc in God,
because it is an argument unanswerablc,
and an axe at the root of their infidelity.
II there be no God, why TO not evolution
lists give instances where this ''law of
change is now i'll force.
Every newly discovered plant, insect,
bug or animal, etc, is perfect, and they
arc never known to change their c|,arac-
teristics.
All things, conditions, forces. etc, i'll
nature arc absolute or positive; there can,
therefore, be no negative condition in the
universe. The magnetic power in both
arms of Il magnet is equally absolute, and
repcls with force equal to::their retraction;
consequently, the rcpulsivc power in both
arms is equal and absolute also.
The universally credited opinion that
there is \ current in magnets we hav Q
demonstrated to be false, for either arm
will raise and support :: piece Of iron,
weighing one-half the magnets power,
even when the pieces are perfectly separated
by non-conductOrs.
No evolution or change i'll the forces have
ever taken place, they have always been
tho same, and not being understood, ap-
pearances were mistaken for facts.
Spirit and matter are both absolute and
cannot be destroyed. Male and female,
love and hatred, good and evil, ctc., are
all equally absolute.
If we go back to the slime Of the ocean
as a starting point for evolution, VIC are as
far from knowledge of the cause of it's
existence as we we were before in regard
to the cause of mans existence, and the
question is still forced upon us-what
caused the slime to exist if God did not?
Matter is as indescribab]e as it is devoid
of intelligence, yet many declare, that as
soon as the spirit is separated from the
body, that it (the spirit) ceases to exist.
This, however, is only a matter Of
opinion, mere assertion, devoid Of proof,
and is as unreasonable, as it is unsupported
by facts. for il the body is indestructiblc,
the mind, spirit or active principle of life
cannot perish. Ii the one is indestructible
the other necessarily must exist also in
condition possible to nature-for to sup
pose that rnatter-the part devoid Of life
shall perish is too heteroclitical and inn
probable to Le entertained for moment.
The very fact that the spirit leaves the
body, as is acknowledged, is positive proof
that it is something that lives and exists or
it would remain with it.
To suppose that the originator, or those
who support the evolution theory, knows
every thing that exists throughout space,
is too great a stretch FOR the credu!ity Of
any one.
They can see the sun, moon and stars,
but their best telescopes cannos magnify
nor bring them near enough for them to
decide, whether they are balls of fire. or
simply matter similar to that Of our own