The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-26
ADAM AND HIS ANCESTRY
DIR. STRICKLER SURE THAT HE
WAS MADE OUT OF DUST.


Baboon or Some Other Antediluvian
Brute Was the Father Of the Race
Reasons Why 1t Couldn't be True Set
Forth.
BALTIMORE, May 25.-The general as
sambly of the Southern Presbyterian
church reassembled at o'clock this after
noon, with Rev. DR.. j. Henry Smith, of
North Carolina, in the chair.
A report was made on the records of the
SYNOD of North Carolina as properly kept.
and adopted
The pending case, the complaint of Rev.
Dr. Woodrow against the synod of Georgia,
was resumed.
Rev. DIR. Strickler, of Georgia, addressed
the assembly on the part of the synod He
said he had no personal feeling in the
matter, but his object was to ascertain
the truth. He rehearsed the
charge first brought against DR..
Woodrow of adopting evolution and quoted
from speech of DR., Woodrow his view of
the formation of the body of Adam in as
serting that the body of man was derived
from a lower animal If that was the case,
it could only have so come by birth. The
record showed that DR.. Woodrow argued
or asserted that Adam was of animal an
cestry.
GEoRGIA'S VOTE.
The synod of Georgia had voted against
the action of the presbytery of Atlanta
The synod of Georgia acted upon the
records, and the general assembly in voting
on this case must be governed in this case
bv the record. DR.. Woodrow said evolu-
ton was probably true, and all the evidence
before him bore out that idea. That was
evolution, and Darwin and Huxley and
Others who have been its champions could
not have said more The point at issue is
whether his assertions are countenanced by
the standards Of the church.
WHAT THE STANDARDS SAY.
The standards say that God created
man, male and female. He made man out
OF the dust of the ground and he made
woman from the rib of man." If the
position is taken that minister cannot be
charged with offence if he interprets the
scriptures contrary to the standards, the
assembly should be careful. There was a
time when Dr. Woodrow was opposed to
evolution, but he subsequently favored it
and said it was probably true DR..
Armstrong and all know who he
is, says there is no Interpretation
in the standards Of the word ''inspiration. :"
but what would the end be if such princi-
pie should be adopted. Did any one sup
pose the words placed in the standards must
be defined so as to prefer charge against
the teacher9 The words were taken with
out explanation, because they bore a sig
nificance which they bear on their face.
He wished it to be understood that when
those who took words from the Scriptures
and placed them in the standards, they in
tended those words to be understood by
their face meaning.
THEIR HISTORIC MEANING.
DR.. Woodrow said the standards had no
historic meaning. Did any one think for
moment that the able men who made the
standards had any idea that they had no
historic meanings The idea was monstyous.
If evolution is true, God put soul into him
after man had been made. The words
IN the standards were the same
as in the Scriptures. Evolution
says man was evolved from a
lower animal, but the standards say that
God made man from the dust of the earth.
That was the view of the Synod of Georgia,
and 1t comes here to have that view sus-
tanned Did not evolution teach that EYES
body was evolved as was Adams body?
Ewes case was no palmer than Adams.
Science made this demand, and part of
science was made up of conjectures which
furnish a very unsatisfactory account of
nature.
DEMAND OF THE EVOLUTIoNIsTS.
1t was demanded that the conjecture of
the scientist shall have more control than
the plain word of God They would not
yield to any such demand, for if they did
where would it stops DR.. Strickler made
quotations from Drs. Patton, Hodge and
Others, who were claimed to favor evolu-
Ton' who denied any such sympathy. DIR.
hodge insisted that evolution is philosophy
and not a science. The church does not
permit any one to preach a doctrine
elat Will imperil the soul, nor
should any one preach a doctrine that the
church does not hold. If the body is
evolved from brute, it would have the
instincts OF brute, and the degradation of
brute Dr. Woodrow said he had reason
10 nelleVe that animal nature had been put
INTO the body of Adam Animal nature,
WIN tne passions of brute, for God to put
SOU lntol Man was made perfect; and if
10 hau tne passions Of a brute, how could
ne possibly have stood as long as he dida
DANGEROUS DOCTRINE.
Let this idea prevail and the standards of
the church are destroyed and the great doc
qlneS OF Gods word would be jeopardized
tV .1eV Ihe general assembly say to the brother
V onaV The church cannot yield to his views
ana connect it with such an idea, which is
e1htrary to the Scriptures. The Judgment
vi the synod of Georgia stands until it is
GGVsrIuIed by higher court, and that
!uugihent was that DIR. Woodrow
TTught contrary to the word of God
40 sustain the synod will not affect the
MINISTERIAL standing of Dr. Woodrow. 1t
"ouid be condemnation of his teaching,
anu anu indirect condemnation of himself. To
sustain nm will fill the church with gloom,
@ onu tley should tell him that the church
Snaa SSSnnot be involved by sustaining his
AZ Az the close of DR.. Strickler's speech a
'0oeSS until o'clock tonight was taken.
wooDRow's CLOSING SPEECH.
AZ the evening session Dr. Woodrow
Lh;;aue his closing speech on the question of
m LIS views on evolution. lie said there was
o. Guarge against him, and he is rectus
triy .ityySa before the church. He was not OH
tho' th,aa' out they were TO pronounce whether
fJ ffLo act Oh the Georgia synod shall stand.
oaa uau never disturbed the faith of
OIe ,.I OF the hundreds of students
~, had gone into the ministry
I'm ihoin ms teaching. Go ask them and
toly tlYy would not only say no, but
frn,y frm you that his teaching had saved them
~ I'm !, lhiidelisln. DR.. Adams did not like
c'ta rt Iuea OF being called voluntary prose-
suyor s,.o surely he did not use it IN an often
eve s,' sense, but DR.. Adams, whilo dsdaining
ny personal motive was certainly deeply
U.1ie9ieu In the result of his prosecution.
~ oalu ealu il tho speaker would withdraw from
HV summary he would Withdraw the prose-