The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-10-02
The Great Divine PrOclaimS
His Belief in TINS
Doctrine.
He Takes Issue With Those Who
Believe the Bible Was
Inspired.

iI.;i..li,v is often ihe John Baptist which
runs before = deeper Iaith. E,UiIiOn l.
subject which re' is much time 10 discuss
thoroughly. and have only All hour
: me ol IL salient points will mention.
EToiuiiyI i generally -IG-rrd as OPP
posed Ia reii ,iun. That il l. Ia.:s".v in the
haId> %! la-i' ~ lit . 81 az T,iI-;ipi,, l. ;op
Jric. IL * 80 u. that inc cI!gIcA Is u.I-
fortunately ia tue pos.i.ur ~ al
oPP3NENT OF REvULCTIJNs
Preachers are ie5caeTS. and have uOt tire
la en.er int S.Uci : al si ab,trs,t clarIc
gvr. ! :in COZ - 1. Ste WHIT D,i!eye
ga. III ne, ii: :. tie e>-e-t oi
/ HOY, al of We. h'"cser,
viii shock con- by e m:::c IL
~. renee. Whei ; evii4t;rn: he oil
idea Was that God s;o:.r 10 darkness ara:
;'.e asysS and Instantly tie work %! era
zion yawe forth ihal re caiiei for l;giI
and insanity l!ic sun and moon J.. gan r.
vclvir.s IA ;nvir courses thai h co.irlan!-
81 YES eaton, an: Inc oaks .nG ,ire>
spra.Ig irOui III ground AID hustled "a
"a, IL ii eces that liueiIv man We. ,uaie al
tie aust aLd woinau WIS made OF i:.an, AMI
they were "a! pa in lie garden.
WHAT EyoIy rIoX X.
Evolution Is tn theory that ct, alton VAS
the w"rS o. lime. ad al instant .iei;y
that Inc word 'gaS crate: IN the course of
i@caicila5ie aees AMI LOT in d Y. Lhis
is tiie theory OF evolution IS il Is iau.hl
day. Scientific men diii;r - To the forces
which Trough: aDo'.: th..,e charges, 5It 3,
10 the cen al trI,h OF the doctrine a.
evolution there Is 70 scientific niaa al "a,
day, i" h" l. entitled L. % considered ct
authority, who inr> not ace, It ii. Eroir
;icn is not = temporary thing. l. has c-ne
here "a stsy. IL l. true that many q! Iue
leaders who teach il are atheists and asUcs-
tics, bat these are mostly Europeans. The
l. ding American svoiuiinni>ls ;ra Chris
tim believers Sich = era, the buianiS-,
and Dana, he biologist, and some - ihcrI
nave written ably IL show that evolution : |
perfectly compatible silh ;.e leading
TRUTHS OF THE EIELE
The church has unfortunately been placed |
liz opposition Ia the progress Of science. :
! .e R3r.:n church Threw the Bible NJ the /
iruin hat the e.rth ry,J'v-d about ire |.
sur. bGt il reboundei cn the church. Ii /
oppose! the teachings Of Newton. bnt with
";4t avail. Ile crurci: succesd died. IN sup
, isss. ~ tl.e .rGfl's II geology until with /
ia ,he last one hundred year. Tn,n ceOi-
ogist> said it Vas ian ycS siJ.a th"; ,he EARN (.
Should NJ cr,aiei In six ordinary days /
Preachers replied that th. word used did /
MOI necessarily mean is eriy Tour nvuTs, Oug
isn. mean a. indefinite period of time.
ind. explanation : sill male by seine to-
GAY, but / ihinis IL iGore frank ans: fair
ana hor - to say that the men who wrote
Ia Bible w-re mistaken. Thy unous ion
a;iy &c ut that ila world VAS created In
Sax ordinary days wien hey srptc.
EYr THESEs As BASES or ACTON.
Is man within ;he efiec.s Of evolution?
ihiGk 7 lis bodily nature is, but rot his
soul. lnere are few who profess that il is
lem ,ns:ratei iha; nsn developed from ,he
over animals, but they hold ii as probs-
Die. Ii is an hypothesis, sn4 an hypothe-
Jig is shrewd philosophical guess. That is
ali there is OF At, and yet it is going to come
ana be accepted. Is noi that = slight thing
% base 80 important doctrine on? No.
The whole science OF chemistry rests on the
molecular and atomic theories which are
ourely hypothesis. All geology is a
bundle CT HYPOTHESIS. There are Thousands
IF truths which cannot he demonstrated
on can believe them If you want to- You
Ire fool if you don't. There are fools by
nature and people who are just foolish.
rhev shut their ewes and refuse to see.
They see shells in the mountains and re-
use TO believe that they were ever at the
bottom OF the sea. They say God could
rave created them inst where they are.
They might as well refuse To believe a tree
vas cut down, because they aidu't see it cut
Town. Couldn't God create D cut-down
rec if he wanted to? We do not act on
uch principles in ordinary life. We act
IN hypothesis. There * much objection to
because Haeckels school teaches
hat
NAN DESCENDED FROM THE MONKEY.
SOME people are prCnd OF their ancestry
md object 10 this. had as soon be de
cended from monkey as anything else,
Z an descended far enough. What | am
Interested in is where | am going Ia, not
where came from. / know that | am not
monkey, and that is sufficient. | am not
surprised that some people do not feel sure
/ this in their Own cases There is fam
iy feeling On the subject.
The truths are in many respects the
same wiih different names. The man OF
he old school looks al Something and SAYS
he sees The wonderful design of God In it,
The naturalist says lie sees in it the suryi-
,al of the tittest. And the latter gives the
yrander scope for faith in God and greater
evidence OF His power. 1t is a greater
york to make a machine which will make
gun stocks tazn il is to make gun stock.
50 it is greater conception of Gods power
% believe that He made the world capable
Of bringing forth the organic forms that
nhabit it, than to believe that he created
he individual object.
EVOLUTION AND DIVINITY.
1t is true that this theory does not OF
Itself prove the existence of God, but it
ends toward il. There is higher proof
,f the divine existence than any material
1t is moral intuition. A
man can tell BY his feeling that it is sum-
mef without examining 4 calendar. 60 q