Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-08

lie scripture ana SclcnCe, oVSauSN ~ W
nothing for scientific revelation; but II ne
shall be able to satisfy one earnest doubt
err. who cannot reinte the testimony OF
the rocks and the propositions OF OAR
win. and yet cllngs to the bible as offer
ing the only tenable scheme OF salvation,
he win have left the world bis debtor.
In his introduction, the preacher and
author thus asserts his belief In evolu-
ton and his undimlnished faith in the God
Of the bible: "For myself, while find
ing no need Of changing my idea Of the
divine personality because Of new light
upon his mode OF working, | have hailed
the evolutionary philosophy with Joy"
at is a familiar thought that
the unbclef Of to-day is the
faith of tomorrow; and yet to-day always
condemns the premature tomorrow. The
theology that is rising upon the hori-
ION will stlll rise. 1t Is to be Il
theology that is TO run nearer to the spirit
and form OF Christs own teachings, he
who found the tenderness of divine
providence in the opening lilies of the
field, and the mighty power OF Gods
kingdom In the unfolding OF germ and
leaf and frult.n
Inndelity is not shielded or treated ten
derby. His acceptance Of unorthodox in
corporations OF scripture does not lead
Mr.. Becchcr to condemn the book from
whence the Christian world draws its
consolation and hope. lie does not re-
ject; he harmOnzcs Speaking Of the
narrow minds which condemn all that APP
pears to them unfathomable in religion,
he says: "ln this view let me say next
that the petty criticisms which peck at
Gods word, and arc amazingly contempt.
ible in the presence OF this orient light
which arose in twilight but waxcd bright
cr aud brighter toward the perfect day,
ought to be the marvel and the wonder OF
men,
That Mr.. Beccher is believer in the
development theory is thus broadly
stated "The ascent Of man from the
anthropoid apes is mere hypothesis. 1t
has not been proved; and in the broader
sense of the word proved I see no
present means Of proving it, II stands
in the region Of hypothesis, pressed for
ward by a multitude OF probabilities.
The probabilities areso many, and the
light which this hypothesis throws upon
human history and human life and phc-
nomcna, is such that quite incline to the
suppostion that it IS, in the order of
nature, in analogy with all the rest Of
Gods works, and that in the ascending
scale there was time Unknown, and
methods not yet discovered, in which man
left behind his prior relatives and
came upon the spiritual world which
now distinguishes him from the brute
creation" That is Darwlnism boldly
stated. Not only Is it declared from the
pulpit rs part of the preachers orLho.
doN belief, but ii is joined aud mortlsed
in among his faith in scripture. Man was
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