Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-23

metric syftCm was fully and f0rCihly
Get forth. Prof. stewart was then Ia.
troducud, and spoke ION Evolution.
Alter hu had spoken, hir. Van Colt,
principal Il the schools Of Farmer
wari, pfrsur tsda very clear and iutelIl.
cyL icI ms &c teaching the verb,
ana vas listened 90 with close alton
ton tluuiHrut
Pr5.css.r Stewart said ln sub.
stance:
The gubioci % evolution a. 90 vast
that I shall only o. tempt iu tho two
lectures 40 1--WE but % uilei outline. In
tlc InC.u.U today / shalt uscuss the
tul jtct In tuu following orders
l-iho Theory ui Evolution in gor-
craL
2-rnc application Of tho Theory 20
the Physlcni aud Natural Sciences.
d-Egoluron n8 ma cAptusHiUn OF de.
Sign.
a. my second lecture / shall treat
the following tulicg
i-Ev0muou a. mind and the ner.
v0us fybtom.
g--Ihp Law Of Relatively In know
led o..
a-rsychology rom tho standpoint
OF Evolution.
l-rhe D0olrilu Of Evolution and
BrUCtiu Col.
"lhn Law OF Gvoluti1n,n n8 defined
boy one Of the rruatJat tIiusufs OF cur
llmu, "ia nu Indignation OF matter ami
uIucJulInui dissipation ul motion lu.-
ilg which tIu matter passes from 40
indtluitc, iuCoItrcut homo sUuiiy,uuu
during which thu retained motion
unduIautd parallel transformation
This scientific generalization U.uyHyl
90 tlo ordinary mimi nothing tut
wgfiH, anu le an iiiuHrlil1n uI the
pedagogical truin that definition
committed 90 memory by pupil ls
meaningless uuluss the facts contained
in the definition uru tho result uf tho
pupiPa own inference nui suurHuII1l.
tlUu. IoauneTs, how much % thi8 sl.
called knowledge 90 D. uyUfy DAY i..-
pattod % our uuplls2
Tho law o., evolution imply stated
Nv the gradual, continuous AMI orderly
changes iu the universe that haze taken
place iu I've past, that 8rr tAkiuE place
at present uul thut VIII continue Co
take place iu the future. To 90 tug reCUE.
milton VI nu orderly uuivcfau. Nothing
De- In "a uitlu 90 absolute rests OvUTY.
thing ie Undergoing change. Creation
ls probably g0lns on faster to-day than
40 any other period OF tho wlllI'a hi..
tory. Nutuul selection has been sup.
plumoutuu ly artificial selection uvuly.
ing NOW argC.c8 and varieties ui plant
aud animal liir. Tho growth q. the
animal from the microscopic germ BE
the protU plhfmic cell 10 wonderful
example OF uF1EgCHslvg 0t evolutionary
gown, Every where boz nnlur1 arc
seen the processes oi Integral aud
disiuiugnt Uu of ITO AuI matter. Tho
theory 10 evolution umbadirl luls law
of change iu tue history ul aur earth,
the solar sysitm ana the uuivrtfe.
Science has accepted this theory ss ilu
most sltieiagIUry explanation ut ug
facts presented iu astronomical uuu
geological observations, ll Che mpuI.
iuHtut.0u8 OF the ILysigul HuI rrtm.-
cal iorCeG, in the relations OF plant Huu
animal life, uuI In tho development
" mind, both tho individual anI tNu
aggregate.
PbytiCs ami chemistry teach az tlat
the properties OF matter ARE lut the
varied Manifestations Of energy, that
energy CHuuOt uu destroyed, anu tlHt
one ioim may be- Transformed to
another; boz shurt,ihnt eli forces arc uut
the varied manifestations OF one all
efficient energy.
Tho ttIIy OF tho physical sciences 10
n study VI the Manifestations ul UnuTgy
it0ni ila simplest 10 Sc most complex
form along n iue Of gTaIa,i5n. rhia
gradual change from the simple Co
the complex rXcmplinrs tho law Of
evolution. The biologist j. unable 10
diiuroniiato between the ptotoplasmic
germs Of the lower forms " plant and
animal lie. There seems To he
shadiug Of plant forms into animal
iotms, and as the organic structure bu.
comes more und mUfe complex, 90 o.
there % higher Manifestation If liic.
The universally Ut this law iu alI DC.
pnfimopts Oi nature makes the theory
OF evolution OF Immense value 90 the
education Zoo all duunrtmoutp, from t4u
primary school CD tine UnivouIty.
Design implies order, law, GlgpA.
lion, anu iri consequently, opposed tu
chance, lnwlrssurrs ami capucnlu.
THIS theory harmouizca man, animal.
plant ana the world. 40 recognize aI
every step adaptation ana tho iuv.r-
hbllnvfa u' causati1u, tHu sequence 900
one ovult VI concurrence Ui events
upon another In 90 ethical c1ncup.
ton the doctrine OF evolution bluIs
mng 90 man aud accepts the highest
religious aspirations Of Christianity.