Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-10-11
IB0rT EVOLUTION.
.,t5sr Interesting Day at the
Ecumenical Council.
rryrURSION 10 MOUNT VERNON
r~ fs Tomb Of George Washington Outs the
,.- Session Shorter Than it Otherwise
wn1 Save Besn-A Resume Of
tie Days Discussion.

...,.-,5V October 1O-The fourth
SON of the Methodist Ecumenlc6I
..as presided over by hev. Wm.
III England, who cOnducJeu the
'-,...raI exercises. .,---.,-,-
-- -s ths subject for discussion,
..rre Church and Scienuc IhOuBnI
M R-Dtirr. editor of the CoRtem-
-sr. had prepared an essay on IT,
.. t.. absence the paper was read oy ..
-a.s. of London. -,-,--.hoiu
~. p.'r+inr said that in obeylng the m
..s.r- of the British committee 70 wiz
s. t.. .... ,5s conference on the subject
gs ha did not affect 20 have any
, ,.-h,r fro science or theology. He
.-..- s.sua;utauce with either suOleCG
..ry general readers, ana al
.,r.d do was 70 state Or'eny
-...rhts on this great Suolect
... r4f come % a casual reader OF OIueI
...-, papers bearing on IL. w l.ll.-, leu W
...-r. the inf Ieuce or sceuUuc 1uo u
~. writer said we all mean Jhe steas .uo .
,f evolution Whlcn has cudnseG NO
.-rrr thoughts, but our MelnOES Va
s.rr. and has transferred OoIu SClSuOo SlS,le3
.-, -.t0.ogy 10 new plane. SPe@Alus
.--sr.v. the former system Oh tNS-; tNSoo
...-..s.. it sought 10 formulate the conSsl-
r of nature, and man coACe4SSu -, %
-.r..r- iu certain nNed 0rOltS IuILs
.,.-..r established rules. Inc newer
.-.-eu deals with nature, ana hlSu COu-
-.f and imueled as a whole alOnk
.,-..., order of progress towards a future
.t.5 .s dvnamical and is conceived, not
---',.-t with what is, as with what IS 10
r. order 20 take this view the writer
,..5 10 WAS not necessary 10 adopt paruc-
-..,. theory of the methods, or the Amlta-
..,-s of evolution. The vOluuonary may
--5,sr within certain bounds or may De
l.-5 universal. absolute, all explaining:
--... fs important is the broad view OF
.-sss bv development which has given
-..v mode of thought. A plain man tne
.r-..s- slid it was not enough 70 say tnal
a-..rr-0n is not proved, even II proved IL Is
.--g SHOWN 10 effect certain departments OF
-...-rs. only extreme men carry IL INTO
-........o.-v and ethics; the outlines OF or
.t.f,, fsith are therefore safe and sound.
T-e modern mind has so steepea l-seII III
s.s-sa "a 10 blunt 20 no small extent us
s,.-..raI facilities. AgnOstlClsm appears
p. -as- upou the idea that nothing is 70
b.fafevtd which does not rest Cn expert
mont and induction. The question IS not
-re Of science, but Of philosophy.
Tfit be asked, continued Mr.. Bunting,
an what grounds the power OF will can oe
deemed higher than that Of intelligence, IL
i,,1urd 10 argue evolution ITSELF lntenuS 20
make us no Judge. If cne faculties o. men
have been historically developed IN oruerIy
.rgession, would il not appear from a
and In such a dE92TesslSe res ..,5.te-- l,s,ts
powers or consciousness and VIII sUAu :
higher than thooo OF IuUIc iuts4LlSencef 4
DO not know, but suggest the question.
The viii Of man knows itself 70 be az lts
best % loving and free submission TO the
will of God and the will OF God completes
-le freedom OF the will OF man by the reve-
stj0u Of love. Redemption stands with
sin. but as its operation in human history
commences after the fall, 10 is not incOn-
s.steu. with evolution indeed, 10 is distinct
lv gradual process; 10 constitutes the his
t0-v of mankind. Passing 20 the problem
tle person of Christ, the writer asks how
Is 10 consistent with any doctrine Of grad
la. development that any one specimen OF
the race should be unique This problem,
be says, also must be considered unsolved,
though 10 does not seem so far from sOlu-
u1l rs does that Of the fall of man.
Ir.uisitiVelesS is not necessarily "
unnatural Genius has not been
shown % be progressive out the objection
o. un.queleSS disappears as soon as II rec
cuzld TO De fundamental. If Christ be
r.e one man In vital relation with the
human race the soul Of the universe, then
U.s u harmony with these thoughts that
be should be the God man; not outside law
1g. tle final expression of the natural
order. the only begOtLeu standing between
God and all created things. This is the
region of philosophy And in the domain
Of history does not all research and al de-
vs1pueut of the moral and spiritual nature
but bear testimony TO the actual fact OF his
tulsrendant greatness.
Rev. DR.. De Wart, OF Toronto, held that
tle great problem confronting the Church
Was the necessity of recONciling the re
suits OF criticism and Christian doctrine.
The timeto settle difficulties by the use Of
great names had passed.
Rev Frank Ballard, Of England, said
that the small time allotted for the discus
sion Of this great subject was an indication
oil srespect. If any man did not believe
BE- science, he did not believe in God, had
been said before, but il was equally true
I0U. There was danger OF the Church
Playing the ostrich and by hiding its head
trv tO ignore the things outside. He did
lo. believe that unCelief was matter Of
,ac heart. lie had had letters from earnest
thoughtful sceptics, that were as dull Of
longing and desire for the truth rs any
ever seen.
Dr. Buckley, of New York, paid a trib-
u.e 60 Mr. BUnting's paper, which showed
t-at religion was now and ever could be
200. a matter Of induction, deduction or OBJ
servalon, but of faith and heart
The Council then adjourned In order 70
allow the delegates 20 embark on an eXcur-
Sion during the afternoon 70 the tomb Of
Washington at Mt. Vernon.