Daily globe., 1883-08-12
the cross to make atousmens for aEsin,

sno otOse 10 mSk0 dtOuemeut 4l9f q elu,
guilt, transgression, a fall that never
existed?a Or 10 the story of the cross, sc-
cording to this pew-fsngled doctrine ef
evolution, fable? 1t has been asked with
no little pertinence, if there wss no fall,
what is the true Interpretation of the
second and third chapters Of Genesis and
the fifth chapter of Romansg According
to the doctrine. of evolution there is no,
interpretation needed, for the, state
ments are not true. The believers in this
modern doctrine of evolution unhesita.
tingly set aside and deny the validity and
inspiration of the scriptures that do not
comport with theirsscierEi6c creed Mr..
Beecher claims toI be SChristisn evo-
lutionist." The term is q solecism. 1t is
contradiction in terms. AS we'll claim to
be g. "Ohristian8 infidel,-the two terms
''Christian evoIutionist' and "Christian in
hdeP' are correlative, are in consonance,
and in 90 interchangeable accord. - Mr..
nard a'sort of half orthodoxy, but boldly
says: Evolution strikes at the root of all
orthodox modern theology" Mr.. Beecher
broadly admits: 'I know I am not
orthodox as to the philosophy which
he's hitherto been applied to. these
facts" The facts and substance of
the Christian religion. Mr.. Beeeber, in
the sense of half orthodoxy. is whole.
full l-fedged. infdeI, equally so with
the Agnostic school of evolutionists
composed of Spenser, Tyndall,
Huxley and others. It is time to strip of
his disguise, his pretensions as Christian
teacher. Congregational churches take
kindly to him in the name of his ante
cedents as Congregational pastor,
not realizing the great change that
has come over him. He has withdrawn
from all connection with the orthodox
Congregational association to which he
belonged, SO that he cannot be called to
account by his ministerial brethren for
any heresies he may preach. He is impos
ing on the Congregational churches in his
present journey that have not. yet realized
his apostacy, his departure from orthodoxy
to heterodoxy. We find the fol-
lowing in the Daily Northern Tier, pub
lished at Crookston: "Henry Ward Beech
or will deliver his 'Evolutions,' for the ben
eft of the Congregationalists, at the new
church next Wednesday evening. The
church will be then and there appropri-
stely dedicated" What is this but be-
guiling an orthodox church under false
pretences? 1t is quite unusual for an
infidol lecture, denying the inspiration
of the scriptures, the fall of man, and the
efficacy of the atonement based on that
fall, to be delivered for the benefit of an
orthodox Congregational church. But Mr..
Beseher will soon be understood in
his new role, and will find
hrs true place, and will entertain audien-
ces that relish and find equal amusement
in the rhetorical blasphemous converse
tion of Bob Ingersoll, Colonel Ingersoll,
as Mr.. Beechsr politely styles him., when
allHding to him on the platform. Mr..
Bescher is making progress in all direc-
tions in religious laxity. He no longer be-
lieves in the sanctity of the Sabbath, if he
ever did. He is reported as saying that
Sunday means going to church in the
forenoon and taking rational enjoyment
the rest of the day, and he doesn't believe
in any attempt to prevent the people
from taking relaxation on the seventh
day" It is difficult to believe that he will
be able to take his Brooklyn
congregation in its entirety, the whole
length of his wide departure into unortho-
idox, scientific, philosophical, skeptical
evolution theology, his boasted ''new re-
ligion." There must be in that large
church, it is reasonable to believe, sincere
believers who can not be swerved from the
truth by the seductive magnetism of the
whilom "great preacher" .--.---- u i