The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-04

r-esoEaassnic cell. according 10 tbs other
re was created in The maturity and pergec-
tsoa O. his nature. According 70 tie one
ne was. AZ tire ffFs.e OF his fail Simply
ne most intelligent Of the hruses: ac-
corning 20 the other he was made hse n
sissie lower than the angels 2nt in the
image ami likeness % God. According 10
she enc ae was wild creature inhaAit-
lag forests and finding shelter ard food
among the tree tors. according 50 the
other he was placed in planted garden
lna1 he might dress and keep IL Accord
Ing 10 the ore he was = hopeful rsbher-
ing anthrrpof1. according 10 the other ne
was endowed with the power os reason
aud with the faculty OF speech ard was
snte TO hold converse With mis- Maker. Ae-
corning 10 the one man was inferior 10
ths most degraded of existing savaxex.
cohaplisd with sn almost equally de
sssass female during a pairing season.
ana, Tor tie rest OF the year. roamed the
woods IN search OF food and excitement:
according 10 the other cur first father
Welcomed his acknowledgements wife as
zone 81 his bone and flesh of his sesh--
as dear and precious part OF himself
According to the one the experience OF
the faa brought man to q knowledge Of
rsgnt and wrong and OF the moral de-
easement In which he had been living.
according 10 the other man at the first
was made upright and was instructed
concerning his duty and concerning sh.
consequence of aisohedience. He then
transgressed knowingly. ard thus became
enlightened. not concerning the essen
fial nature OF sin. but concerning It's ex-
ceelsng Nervousness and destractiv eness
According 10 the one the fall brought
man Into a position Of honor and advan-
fage. and was the beginning OF his quail
ncaffon for a moral and religious life;
according TO the other Adam. because OF
his sin. lost the favor and fell under the
curse OF God, was rendered subject 10
bodily sickness and death and was driven
out or the garden OF Eden into world
or toll and care and sorrow.
The aHffthesis which thus presents it,
self holds good no matter what style OF
exegesis may be applied to the first chap
tiers OF Genesis. provided we accept them
as IN any way reliable sources of re-
iigious knowledge. In view OF this an
tagonism between the biblical and evo-
lutfontstie view, il seems strange that
the latter should he held by some excel
lent Christian men. To us a Christian
esolutionist Is a mental phenomenon. He
Is kind of hybrid animal. which, let us
hope. will prove incapable of producing
others like himself Or IL he should de-
velop the power to secure disciples. we
still must regard him as kind OF alb
normal variety OF the thinking genus
and We shall expect that the slightest
change in environment will cause the dis
ciples TO revert. In one way or another.
to an original type
There is theory OF creational develop
ment which many biblical scholars ac-
eept as fairly probable, but the Chris
tian philosopher who has adopted the
views of Huxley and Darwin and Spen-
Ger. II he live long enough. will find HIM
self compelled either TO fall back upon
some rational Interpretation of the Scrip
lures, or to exchange his religious faith
for that matefiaiisfic and evoiutionistic
agnosticism which for the present is the
fashionable form of infidelify.