Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-09
IFUr the GsG,!te.
s. vTs2fGrtl Hail Gn sSarwin-Sescnce
rs, christianity,

The Development: of the mammsry glands
would hav- baen of 60 service and could not
here JccN tjccttd through natural selection 10.
!e.s the young ct the Same tmo wcro able to
psrtako ct the secretion. There is 20 greater
difficulty il understanding low young NAM
mala learnt to suck the breast than in under.
Standing boa unhetched chickens have learnt
TO Lreak the egg sheN By tapping against 1t
with their sp;cleily adapted baaEs; or how
lew hours alter leaving the she'll thoy have
aarnt to pick un glaios of food. 10 such CASES
the most probable solution seems to be that the
habit acds at first acquired In practice at a
more adranced age. and 0fcrWartts trans
mttcl to the o8Spriag al az earlier age -!
origin Of Species. p. 100.
This remarkable solution Of the prtb'
lem OF Inherited iusll lot is CERTAINLY worthy OF
tho author Of ''pnDgGncEia, sDd is about as
brilliant aud original q conception as ihg posi-.
bic conveyance OF 'solf propsaatiDg gainDulcs"
down through million generations ic & "iOr
man," condition
Strange IS it mey sr:ke The reader, HI.
DlrHi, hero Cii!in3:'y teaches. as "the lao3t
pr0Aahlo s5laii1h" that the at of tsppIas L.
sie eHg shell b. ito chickoo to break lis way
Gu, IS we'll as tho ''hlbi." Of hu1tiug for sraus
Of food soou after It's escape, 'srdS at first &c
| uftelcaris transmitted to the offspring at on
cartier age" New. would MIR. pirHin obieo. to
letting Us know hoa that tirss parcut CT the Fl S:
chicken, which acquired lho habit OF r;ckiDg
up food by pr6cc," al 90 advanced ago."
10 order to transmit il 10 the offspring. man
aged 10 survive is inl.ac7 1rtttnut picking up
! fool! For max it, that parent was without
the kucWl DE OF the habit" till it had boen
''ecqlr2d" at moro ddtuRccl age" since
being the tifsi enc it had GO parent TO TRAITS
nit sue! heti Also, while be is cxplsining
this. he SHOULD tell u how that psreut Of this
chicken at an advanced age," acquired by
prao!ic." the habit Of "iapping at the egg
| ShCH ant breathing It's lrdy cut! Acolrtiog to
| Mr.. Dar"ia's theory there YVES no creation oil
the parents Of tho first chicken. and 90 original
supply OF intelligence fUIoished them by tho
| Creative VIII to be transferred to rho Ecnal
and VIA! organism Of tho yGuae ones which
| Wyuld ;crch thom how to get on: 81 the shell,
aud then how to pick Up er:ias Of FOOD; but
| tbs fiis. parent fowl. b!iDg developed by ,rlrs
mutation from suDc other animal, had 10 get GU;
of .hc tgS.slcil as best j. could, sGo, it could
no. atGnira tie habit" eli tapping to br.sk
the ehrIi ill ty 'prscc, q. unre sdVaic,d
| age When no shall have exclaimed how th:a
o;iginal parent fowl got ont Ct tho shoil with
Oh: tho habit Of 'tsppinp" which il could not
possess I'LL OF al advanced ago hg p1Gc.ic,, and
then how it picked up food to live 90 willie
young, l will agree to b, satisfied, AID not ask
him how the Hist parent chicken got aato the
sheN miUt0m some Other yto'clt to tdythc Gag, as
that would be tco bad <
'ih,n. NJ the reader observes, no applies he
s,no lucid and highly satisfactory 'solutoo" to
the young Of mammals, add TO the important
l r. hnu l.
the brsss'. The thing is as plain q; eau be,
ho tell u',-the habit" ct sucking tho breast
il as simple as for c chicken to learn how 10 get
out OF tho egg shell, aud was "6rs. acquired by
lpractice at more alrnnce3 age. ard 0ftcr,rarl
Transmitted TO the offspring" Now, leaving
fou: tho interesting question es 10 what the
first or original mammal paraut practiccl OR
10 learning the habit of sucking the breast
at an advanced age 20 as to DO sbe to trans
nit it to the Offspring. would seriously quest
MIR, Darwin to i1for1l US how the fist mamma
parcut grew UP from birth to az advanced
| EGG" Without the habit IF sucking tho breast,
OF without amp breast to suck, for that matter.
cspCcl3.ly sac, he distinctly teaches that theao
momnsrp glands arc Indispensable" "f0r tho
cctStcacc' Of those young mammals?
The uammaiy glands arc common to the
whole class OF mammals. aad arc indispensable
| for Their GrtStcncc." Origin of Species, p. ISL.
| 'lcs no would havs his readers believe thsi
| The very first trililal mammal paroat, which
had never been created bot hsd becu trans
Gu:ed from Tortoise or some other reptile,
grew W iro1 Infancy without sucking, though
sucl maumsry glands "are Indispensable 10
lhcir eIistonco" and that whom it had arrived
ct al advanced aga'' it ''practiced" the "hsbiI'
Of sucking, when there was no other mammal in
ezislGnco and consequently no breasts TO suck,
! IN order 10 DO able to rsnamt tho habit to tie
iulu!e oilapringl Was there oVsrv theory so
43l Pr
| We could thus 90 on TO quote i1deaaitely
from MI Hairs bookshelf exposures Of the lead.
ing scientists OF our day. But why spend time
IN exposing such pusrties? Why not let them
J perish Of thoir own emptiness? VIC should Ger.
tainiy mover have tskon pen in hand about it but
That these leaders in scientific investigation are
sso TIC leaders in tie Anlichrstisn assault of
our Cay upon the Word Of God. We yield TO
none In our admiration for Tyndslls vivid pow
snd incls7e style. for Darwin's marvellous pow.
ers OF observation and description. But Darwin
Ecjoces ihst in his Descent Of han he hns been
s6io 10 do something to Danish from The thought
o. men The idea of al Intelligent Creator. Tyn.
dali in hia exquisite book on the Forms of WaIor
when he comes TO speak OF tho striking provision
that Ice should tos. upon water, goes aside TO
snenr at tho Christians deyout recognition Of
Gods henetconco in the arrangement, because,
forsooth, he does no. u%derstand why 3 similar
law governo tho contraction Of bismuth. And
Huxley cannot write about crawGsh without q
sneor ct tho Intelligence OF any one VINO should
now believe in The obsolete theory of creation sp
given by Moses. The end and sim of oil their
"lcic1ca" seems TO be to destroy Christianity.
They cannot r"prtss thoi, hstrod of it, Now
trun fclenco ! welcome from every quarter. But
science falsely so called. which is only pre!en-
tious ignorance, deserves TO have its folly OK.
posed when II sets up to destroy all that is sacred
and csrt.inly the msn has come at last 10 e3.
pose the folly Of the scientists of our day.
New Tho Craze question srises how is it that
men capable OF such puerilites and sbsurdites
as Mr.. Hall exposes hsys been able TO ob!sin
such following? 1t is a porten.ous sign that
matters are RAPIDLY tending TO the awful cuni.
nation OF evil OF the lsltor days, as foretold in
the inlsllb!e word of God which these men 60
contem rtuously got aslde and detsme. They
shall deceive, IT possible even the very elect
Evil will DO plausiby supported with all pow.
er and signs and lying wonders, and with all de.
Ctivablenesi of righteousness in thon perish
because they received not the Iowa of the truth
u ct they might be SAVED. Ind for this csnsn