Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-02

''eterpal power and 0odbsad" divinity
OF which 81 Paul speaksf Can it reveal
the personality of God % usf Usu n teli
Ne Of the Father, the 1on, and the Holy
Spirit the three bypostssss IL one fnos,
then whst help do We gst from this dim,
Him who 10 the Light Of the World I
Does any evoluti0nist OF the great names
mentioned accept Jesus Christ q the Yeve-
!ation OF tho great nrst cause Nay, Lea NJ
be tmpers0nsl II 10 possible for evoiu-
tson 70 make room for 0od-msn In human
hhtory Here 10 test Of what evolution
osh do 10 making God known 70 M. Ny
IDEA u that II is bound, on prinoiple, 70
deny the Lord Jesus Christ, or else give up
Its principle. Must II not pronounce Christ
9 monstrosityf Evolution IL q movement
from below upward, whereas we have In
Great Unknown from above downward.
Gan evolution admit the supreme mirscle
of the Incsrnation I trow not.
Our concluslon, then, must I've, that not
only does evolution not shed any light
upon the great question OF the being Of
would be consistent, tn deny the highest
revelatlon God has made Of himself TO the
world.
d.. Hark would perhsps reply TO this
that the revelation In Christ 10 only one Of
the links In that ordor of development BY
which creation Ia carried up To its crown
log summit in the ideal man, the last
Adam. But IL Christ . natural product in
the line OF this development To allow
| (snd this DIR. Hark, We perceive, does) .
coming In OF . newly created power or
force at certain junctures. msy indeed
reconcile svolution with Chris,ianty, but
| does II not, in fact overthrow that theory
| itself NO pure evolutionist would admit
| OF such Intervention II does not be.
long 70 the theory, but ha,ly oontrsdiots
It Dr.. Hark, for instance, says,
| opruent Of inor gnnic matter, 'sorgsnic beings
| with vital powers sprang into existence," I"
but how did they spring into existence :
Were they product of the lower material,
| or new creation OF germinal powers
brought In at this pointf 30 also he says
thst NJ certain stage "aninal life appeared" F"
But did 1t sppsar by development OF the
| plant into the animsii Ana 90 later the
| human soul twas vesed;" but Was there
| no Intervention Of divince agency In pro-
| ducing the human soul 2
In the propagation OF the human race /
| believe the traduclan and the creation theo
ries must be united. Now, II evolution will
allow that at certain stages, epochs, In the
| development OF the world, certain new
| principles may come In by an exercise ol
creative energy, yet In union and harmony
| with the evolution from forces working
| from below upwards, then too am an evO
iutionist; but do not believe this wouiC
be accepted hy any true evolutlonist nor II
1t consistent with the theory ITSELF
| 1t II only In this sense that such mon al
DR.. MCosh iavor evolution, and our opin.
ion ts that only after he has changed anG
modified evolution, does DIR. Hark sccept
az consistent with Christianity. Our spac'
requires US to close our remarks q
this point We have thus far confined ou
criticism TO the subject OF the first chapter
OF DR.. Hark's book, on the being OF God
the subject that 30 absorbed the grea
thinker Spinozs In his work dc Dec.
would be interesting to notice, In the sam,
way, his chapters on the remaining topic
OF his book, and In doing 80 we would hsv,
to commend many good things and tru
that the author no eloquently says but W
close here, while we heartily commend tn
work to Gil who wish to see the best that Cal
be said on the harmony Of the doctrine Q
| evolution with the doctrines of divin
| revelation as contained in the teaching G
the author and founder Of Christianity.
T. g. APPLE.