The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-23
NOT AFTER HIS PLACE.

After the recess, DR.. Adams continued
de said he hal no purpose to serve in the
| removal of Prof. Woodrow He had no AK
| to grind, no friond whom he wished to have
in the place. When he was before tho
| synod of Georgia he said that the advocate
of these views must not be allowed to use
them in the school of the church out of
the school Of the church he had nothing to
do with the views of DR.. Woodrow But
as n preacher he had no right to
promugate such views while under the
| SHADOW of the church. Ho then called
attention to the issues before the court. DR..
Woodrow was charged with advancing
views contrary to the standards of the
church. The preShytery sustained him and
the SYNOD annulled the action of the presby-
| tory. The question to be determined is,
shall the synod be sustainedl Dr. Wood
row denied, and his friends denied, that he
ever taught evolution in the school, but
whether he taught it or not was immaterial
In his address to the alumni he taught it,
and in his writings he taught it, and before
this general assembly advocated and
taught it.
MANY THINGS IRRELEVANT.
Much, he said, was not relevant to tho
case, and there was no need to deny it. The
complainant said that in the Bible he finds
nothing to contradict the cell theory; that
which all other things in vegetable and
animal life were formed We take what
he says just as he states it to be his
behef, and no one attributes TO
him deism or atheism. The evolutionists
held that for a long time the fish was the
highest type. Then they got the frog, aud
the frog was your ancestor. Then they got
reptile, lizard and alligator; then fol-
lowed the lower MAMMALIAN which produced
tnn higher MANN linn Ea xuoulI
it monkey either. But they cut Off his
nails, fiattened his hands and shaved him
Then divine miraculous intervention took
place and God put soul into him and he
became Adam. That is the theory of evo-
lutiop. God did not interpose until all
these changes had been passed.
WHY 1T is ASSERTED.
This is asserted because the Bible does
not contradict it and because Gods word
gives no testimony on the subject. This is
the theory advanced by DR.. Woodrow. He
believed that man Nas as "A horse, born from
an animal ancestry to lower form because
he said the Bible did not contradict it. The
church was the conservator Of the truth, and
1t Is now asked to engraft upon itself this
theory. He would sacrifice everything TO
protect the Church from misfortune. He
had no doubt that, in reply to his remarks,
the changes will be running on the terms,
Maybe" and probably are" which men
used in advancing the theory of evolution,
because the Scriptures are silent on the
matter. He wanted to bring order out of
confusion SO that the Church will return to it's
concord, and this matter be driven out for
ever.
WHAT THEY WERE DETERMINING.
They were not determining whether
evolution is true or false They were to de-
termine on the creation of the body of
Adam, as understood by the standard of
the church. He says he goes to the works
of God to find anything about the body of
Adam, and his belief is not based on the
word of God. If the church has put upon
it a construction he was bound to accept
that construction, and conform his teach
ings to that construction. A recess was
taken until o'clock tonight.
NOT JUSTIFIED.
AT o'clock DR.. Adams continued his
statement. After stating what the stand
ards of the church teach on the creation of
Adams body, he said that Dir. Woodrow
had brought sense with standards which the
words do not justify, and until within few
years such thing was never thought of.
By their assertions Adam existed before his
creation, but not as Adam, for he was
not Adam until God put
soul into him, and thef he
was a male. That was contradiction and
an absurdity. DR.. Woodrow has assented
his belief in every word of the Bible, and
yet he does not believe that God made the
body of man out Of the dust OF the ground,
because its defniteness has disappeared
lie also assented that when God put curse
upon the serpent, and said he should eat
dust, Adam was flesh, and blood, and bone,
and after the fall Of man was the same
The speaker wondered if the serpent did
not wink at the curse. Ho hoped
this assembly will put its seal
of condemnation upon all such ideas, and
relieve the church from such a misfortune.
He honored man who adhered to his
friends, of which DR.. Woodrow had many,
but there might come time in the history
of man when they must adhere 10 God and
the truth, even to the hurt of friend.
JUDGE HEIsKELL's CHANGE OF FRONT.
Judge fIeiskell, on the part of DIR. Wood
row, next addressed tue assembly He had
said twelve months ago, to Rev. DR.. Daniel
he thought that for the peace of the church
il would be better to burn the man Wood
row at the stake or throw him into the soa.
But he had since read the record and was
himself responsible for his position in this
case He then read the Indictment against
DIR. Woodrow as to his teachings in relation
to the creation of the body Of Adam.
The SYNOD of Georgia neither CON
victed nor acquitted Dr. Woodrow.
The presbytery of Augusta was on trial be-
fore the synod and that was not convicte1.
The charge was reaching and promulgating,
and of that the prosbytery acquitted him.
It Is his belief and he was not tried for be-
lieving, and the action of the synod should
be annulled or reversed, because il is abso-
lutely void, as there was no offense at all.
THE ACTION ERRONEOUS.
There could be no doubt that the action
of the synod was erroneous and did DR..
Woodrow and the presbytery both wrong.
The only evidence was that DIR. Woodrow
believed that Adams body was probably
produced by evolution from some lower
animal To believe thing IS probably
true that is not true Is not contrary'to the
Scripture. He had asserted his belief in
everything in the Bible, but what
was not in the Bible he had a
right to his belief The question TO
be determined was whether DR.. WoOdrow's
belief in evolution is in conflict with the
Bible. He believed that Adam was created
Immediately from organic matter, aud not
Immediately out Of the literal dust Of the
ground. Evolution is taught in many Of
the principal colleges Of the country, and
that theory is held by some Of the most
eminent divines of the church. Long
before Darwin, Bishop Butler advanced the
idea, and those who beard him were
familiar with the viows of that great man.
FAvoRs THE THEORY.
T,doa HaiekalI rnoda a stronV orpur1aut