Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-08
Proceedings Of the Sixth Day
at Long Beach.
A Lecture on the Descent of
Man.
The Interesting Programme Set
Apart for Today.
Rev. Thos. Stalker Does Not Believe That
Mankind Descended From Monkeys.
Notes and Personals.

The services at the tabernacle at
Long Beach yesterday did not commence
until IL o'clockr, Rev. Wright not being
present at 10 O'Clock to conduct the
school of the English bible.
The first thing on the programme was
a lecture by Rev. Thomas Stalker, en-
titled ''Our Monkey Ancestors" He
prefaced his remarks with the state
ment that the subject was a dry one,
and then proceeded to treat it in man
<ner that made it anything but dry to
his hearers. A few extracts from his
remarks are as follows:
A scientist has said "Give me
matter with life, and will
explain the formation of the
worlds; give me matter without life and
IL will not explain the creation OF cat
erpillar." The disciple of evolution does
mot agree with this scientist. Darwin is
dead and his body lies In Westminster
Abbey, but the doctrine which he
fathered still finds many adherents.
Today we have the question to face 1:
Has man monkey and materialistic
origin, or a heavenly and spiritualistic
'origin?" Nature and the bible
both have one author, hence dis
agree ment between them is impossible.
will conflict with the plain statements of
the other, but rightly explained they
must always agree. The bible is the
friend, not the enemy, of knowledge, and
the Mosaic account of the creation,
though combated by the disciples of
Darwin, is the true account. We thank
Mr.. Darwin for his labors as naturalist
in that field he has no peers-but his
] philosophy is materialistic, and has led
him into blunders. Nature cannot be
considered apart from the God of nature
apart from him it is enveloped in dark
ness.
If man has slowly developed from the
monkey, why, then, are there any mon
keys now remaining? If man developed
from monkey, where are the missing
slinks? Why does the study of geology
give us indubitable proof of the existence
of prehistoric men and monkeys, but
preserve an unbroken silence regarding
those missing links? We are asked to
accept for the statements of the first
chapter of Genesis the assumptions of
the evolutionists. What proof can they
give us of the truth of their statements?
They present plausible arguments, but
not proofs. Some queer explanations
would be necessary. If we want
to acknowledge relationship with the
brutes, let us say that monkeys are de-
generated men-this is more reasonable
than the Darwinian theory. 1t is a large
philosophical pill that we are expected
. gtc.ewallow-a bitter allopathic bolus, so
EMrge that it will tax the capacity of any
one to receive. Man began his exist
Snce as perfect and complete man, not
as half monkey. Let us believe this
until the Darwinians produce some
better proof of the truth of their assump-
tion.
The afternoon session was devoted to
the usual bible classes, and in the even
ing Rev. ]. H. Weber delivered his lee
ture on the Holy Land, for which Col.
Copeland's lecture was substituted on
Saturday night.
Today the programme includes lee
fure, "Tie Up That Dog" by Col. Cope
land, at IL a. M; and another stereopti-
con lecture, "The Continent of Europe" "
by Rev. j. H. Weber, in the evening.
Notes.
Rev. c. E. Harris of Pasadena, visited
the beach yesterday.
Rev. R. E. Hutchins and son visited
-the beach and went out to Alamitos yes
terday, returning in the afternoon.
Henry French of San Jose, visited the
beach yesterday and displayed his pow
.ers as swimmer in the surf.
Mr.. Chas. Tupper, editor of the Prohi-
45iti0nist, will leave far Santa Ana today.
Rev. Chas. Winbigler of Riverside, re-
turned to Long Beach yesterday.