Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-19
EVOLUTION AND THE BIBLE.
SCIENTIFIC TEACHINGS ANTAeoNIsTIc TO
CHRISTIAN FAITH.

DR.. Burkhead ON the Theories Of Darwin
Woman's Place in the Economic World
Great Problems of the Century-Chau.
tauQunn Influence Felt In South Africa.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcH.i
I AXE CHAUTAUoUA, August 1S.-Evolut1on
received blow from DR.. ]. Dewitt Burk-
head, of Montgomery, Ala, this afternoon,
when that gentleman spoke upon "Some of the
Difficulties Confronting the Evolutionist," TAX
ing an entirely new view of the subject, and
dogmatic way, perhaps, of meeting the close
reasoning of Darwin. his contemporaries and
Observation-Disclosures. Here is digest of his
arguments: Some of the most magnificent brain
power in the country is engagedin the study OF
the evolution question. The evolution theory, on
other 1t Is confronted by many difficulties. 1t
Is certainly long way from sure proof. From
DarwlE, Huxley and Heckel, all other evolu-
,tionists take their cues. Prof. Huxley says
organism, while Mr.. Heckel denies the neces-
sity of the existence of any God at all. When
man differs from other men he exercises an
inalienable right, but when ne dlffers from
Mr.. Heckel differ with himself, but also with
Messrs. Darwin and Huxley. in nearly every
particular. 1t is then no wonder that under
the circumstances lesser minds cannot con-
template and believe in these theories.
To become an evolutionist usually means to
become an infdel. l must confine myself to
materialistic evolution altogether. There are
three classes of truth-material, scientific and
spiritual. Each one has its own witness which
can prove only truths of its own department..
II should try to argue against my reason that
the coat wear is white. would be very fool
1sh. Ii a skilled logician offered an argument
that 1t was white which could not answer
would not consider it for a moment; my brain
cannot go against my senses. As to scientific
truth. two and two make four. My five senes
do not know anything about mathematics. My
eve could not tell a mathematical truth. but it
can tell beautiful landscape. would be a
fool to try to reason mathematics by means of
my five senses.
Religion and Science.
he ideas Of men do not change the truth
but often materially change themselves
and may sometimes discover the truth. Some
scientific men recently asked a Christian to
prove the efficiency of prayer That was a
foolish request Religion Is not thing to be
experimented with. II it was God would have
furnished US some apparatus Anthing IN its
sphere. can tell the truth, but take it out Of its
place and 1t never tells the truth. Science
does not create truth. 1t simply discovers
truth. Philosophic truth has reason for its
truth, though it may speak very unintelligibly.
BY faith we know the worlds were made.
Leave the Bible account out OF consideration
anu Cdu prove Lne WOrlQ was never mdue at
all, and prove that matter was eternal, because
1t exists now. Now God, in order to keep me
from idolatry, told me that he made the world
and made it out of nothing. believe that the
world was made because God said SO. can
believe nine-tenths of the Bible, but that
doesn. t make me a Christian. My friend, do
not listen to reason when you come into the
spiritual domain. Reason cannot testify truth
fully concerning faith. A man is called upon
to testify in murder cases and is asked what he
knows about the case and he says nothing"
but you say he is a philosopher and a man of
intellect, but he knows nothing about this case.
Science knows nothing about religion and
spiritual faith. Science is friend of religion
when it stays in its own ground.
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Woman's Growing Influence.
MRS. HELEN CAMPBELL began series Of
lectures in the Hall of Philosophy on
"Woman and Social Economy" She spoke Of
the inferior'place that woman held in former
times and her growing Importance to-day.
Little by little," she said, 1T has dawned up
on US that the history Of the past without
economics is meaningless. A new political
economy has come into existence. We have
come to look upon it as most absorbing in in
terest and importance. The laws that prevail
in the economic world are no respecter of per.
sons. There is not one of us but faces ques-
tions that are not answered. doubt If there
is any one subject which has interested women
ence more important to woman than this same
despised and neglected science. We need not
dwell upon the failures of our ancestors of the
feminine sex for circumstances and associa-
tion had much to do with it. But In the
widened sphere woman is taking an important
part and will take more important one to-
Human nature remains substantially the
same, whether you write 1900 B. G. or A. d.
The one great question that presents itself to
the entire civilized world is the economic ques-
tion the wage question; 1t IS not the reduction
but the distribution of wealth that disturbs US.
Wealth has enormously increased. but the
wages of the laborer have increased. There is no
more desperate policy in any country than in
ours. The capitalist holds to his position and
the laboring man demands large share of
profit. Thus. how to settle these inequalities
is the greatest question of the time. We have
been SO certain of our prosperity that the terri
BILE condition of our poor in the large cities
confronts us like terrible nightmare.
Wages of Female Workers.
0THERE are three questions which face US:
First-Why doesn't man receive greater
wages? Second-Why does not woman receive
greater wages2 Third-Why does woman re-
ceive less wages than mani hevarious schools
Of political economy hold different opinions as
to the iron law Of wages. The standard of
life and comfort affects the law of wages.
There Is continual attempt to make the
standard consistent with the wages.
THE theoretic idea of the nobility of labor
means that every laborer will pursue his
highest ideal of economic occupation. Many
causes are at work to repress the increase Of
wages. 1t is much more difficult for woman to
find place than man. She can go anywhere
and Is not In danger of insult or rebuff. A
jealousy has sprung up In every class of en-
ployment because Of the entrance of women
into the various fields of labor. 1t is naturally
taken for granted that each and every woman
is the appendage of some man and partially
supported Woman is not as practically edu-