The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-07
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+ EVOLUTION AND EVIL. 4
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By DAVID CLAIBORNE GARRETT, r.
Rector eff s..
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tson. an Frsuerfseslon fr--9iaH fn the state
merit tnsr raa Was made r. fhe tEage 81
Col" TIE possibility 70 commit s8n SCI
15rtn IN rae story Of The temptation s2oEs
faat Adam. TIE type q he fTsE man wss
less tnau 9erfec6- Take tae account &c
Genesis ~ 4 stznts ard there Il more 81
ignorance thzl irrscencs. Human life as
yet Wzs En1eveioped Bat forces we're a.
work 70 bring naankln4 by degrees higher
I'd yeg hign@r n TIRE Sease o. ctvElixafton-
4n TIE ancient wcTl1. outside % Judaism,
Vail0soray and science and at played i'm
Esoreant parts "a rhe syoiugioE o3 ths var4-
CTS races.
Among the TeNs TIRE iaT Vas q school
master 20 Driaz tire people 70 God.
TIE revelation % nsE sruth came only as
mankind was a. 70 receive - Throughout
tne cd Testament ws trace gradual
ascent from EiFnple chii1iike principles 20
clearer, more spiritual real4zatt5ns o. Dr.
yfne veTffies- VIVA. the world needed was
4 distinct manifestation o. the perfect life.
rot merely an image OF God. bat God him
self the IDEAL embodied IN q form that the
mind could grasp. This desire Is natural
Every worker must have an idea 20 90 ey.
The teacher. the statesman, he lawyer.
the physician. either takes or creates al
ideal % which he measures rs own pro-
dgcfi0n- In the same Eay. IN tn-s prog
ress from TIE image OF God 70 God himself.
stature, a fullness % the Divine life. 70
be a. once TIE measure and The Incentive
OF all human eudeAvor. This IDEAL vas
given IA the person Of ChriEt. Here Se
have the evolution % humanity realized
in a single type-that becomes the prom
ise % a similar salvation, from sin 20 all
who grow in 70 the life OF Christ. With
us writes Or Arnold, the authority OF
Christ pats things on a different footing
] know nothing about the or gin Of evil.
but ] believe that Christ did know. And
! know Christ 20 have been 30 wise and
loving 10 men that ] am sure ] may trust,
Hls word and that what was entirely
agreeable 10 His sense Of justice and
goodness cannot. unless through my own
defect. be otnerwiHe than agreean.e 20
mine" Christ Is our consolation in the
midst % this mystery OF sin and pain.
And more than this, He Is our pledge that
the work o. redemption must 20 on until
Elm and death are overcome and swallowed
up IN the victory OF eternal life. By the
power of Christ, kept alive by the infia-
euce o. the Holy Spirit, perpetuated by the
visible organized church, great progress
has been accomplished during these eigh-
teen centuries. However great may ne
the sunerings Of men and the wickedness
OF men. all this. thank God. IL not as bad
a. Il used 10 be. Under the power OF
6hrlstianlzed science and a scientific
Christianity men are learning more and
more 70 cope with pestilenee and famine
and vice. and despite the retrograde move
rnents. the world is surely getting better
and mankind growing healthier and hap
pier In the revelation Of the Christ We
see the meaning Of the evolution OF hu-
mainly. Life Is An education. not pro-
baton Education Is the truer idea From
the image OF God implying imPerfection,
The human race mss been progressing BY
a series Of trials towards the perfect life
What sc call sin and what We term evil.
although real TO us. so fearfully real 20
us. yet after all are more negative than
positive Sin l. the absence OF holiness;
EVIL. the lack OF good. The mystery or
evil II the failure TO find God. As mankind
grows more and more into tho life or
Christ, which Is the life OF God. what we
call evil must vanish as the darkness dis
appears before the rising sun.
The sculptor takes the rough block OF
marble and out OF this chisels the image
fbat corresponds 70 his conception. and
then. from the outline figure makes more
and more perfect by exquisite taste and
faultless skill the form and expression OF
a noble statue So God taxes the animal
man the highest product OF the animal
creation. breathes into him living soul,
and then through divine Influences az work
brings him unto a perfect man, unto the
have the true idea % the evolution OF hui
mainly. Imperfection as an image. Pro-
erosion through redemption. Completion
In fnaI salvation. The real end OF life Is
not here. e is further on. The evolution
Of the spiritual continues in new en-
vir0ument. Hence the clearing away OF
the mystery OF evil cannot bee fully accom-
plished untH This life is over and the real.
the eternal life begun. What then? VIII
sbe time ever come when this education Of
humanity shall be complete2 one theol-
ogy has formulate a doctrine which
teaches tha; In the end evil. not good. shall
prevail. sin. not holiness. shall conquer
death not life. shall be triumphant. But
this theology departs from Chris. II has
misunderstood the real spirit OF the Scrip
lures !; has robbed mankind ~ the only
hone that VIII explain che meaning 81 life
ard clear away SIS darkest mysteries.
This theory % future rewards and punish
uent IS picture % evil retaining
its dominion over the larger por-
ton 81 the human race through
out all eternity. Thus evil what
even 10 God himself Impossible. cries the
trusting heart While the natural sense
81 Justice demands rotribution. while sin
Implies punishment here or hereafter. yet
20 concede no limit 20 this penalty OF eva
g 20 confess that God has failed IN the
tHf location OF hAH rt8ts4FFN. falieN IN tNe Tt-
dernption made rs the sacrificing love 81
Jesus Reason and Scripture alike tell us
that IN the sud there wtI ~ a complete
victory sor divine goodness. All things
shall - Subeued unta Him. Cod shan -
AL sra all As 81 Adam all die ever 80
FRA Christ the Same all shall ~ made alive.
AZ the name % Jesus every knee shall
bow THE lass enemy that shall be de-
xtroye8 - seath. Yes the hearl ex-
Gains '-tIse. Eternal life. e the true
goal for man" Christ s. that l!fe. Com
piate iu Nfm. when the sptri. is freed from
the tnrai8orn % SIN. Complete 81 Him
when al that was wanting here has been
rsafe up out @ the fuliness % Cod
gvcat love. when every shadow Is lost n
usht every sorrow drowned IN foy. every
weakness renewed wIth strength ard ev-
cry feeble fs1teriaE n the dark givvs way
20 armer footing in che way that leads en-
ward up towards God
.'t-ustAh.s waves groe arn below Chr's:'s
re wilderness dom tNossorn ss the rose
TAese ne 3oth soften wtth eis mercy
s,resx,s.r.ux ,be ~eAk and sssh3s v{u
cf Eruse
IN Nm sc ari tae ta,Rtnw power og every
frsuo of Tn5n3
IN whom we aTa complete
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