Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-08-20

defunct book, the Bible, but through
the most Of the realm not interfered
with. What has evolution done for
China? Christian civilization goes in
and builds railroad; they tear 1t up.
For 1000 years the Chinese nation,
where it is not invaded by the gospel,
has not made one-five- hundred millionth
part of an inch Of advancement They
worship the same gods of red paint.
just as always, they drown the female
children as a nuisance. Just as always,
they eat with chopsticks. So in India,
so in Arabia, SO in Turkey, SO every
where where the gospel has not made
an invasion.
I tell you, my friends, that natural
evolution is not upward but it is always
downward. Hear Christ account Of it.
Fifteenth Matthew and nineteenth
verse, "Out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornica-
tons, thefts, false witness, blasphe-
miles," Thatis what Christ said of evo-
luton. Give natural evolution full
swing in our world and it will evolve
into two hemispheres Of crime, two
hemispheres Of penitentiary, two hem
ispheres of lazaretto, two helnispheres
of brothel. New York Tombs, Moya-
mensing prison, Philadelphia, Seven
Dials, London and Cowgate, Edinburgh,
only fostering carbuncles on the face
and neck of natural evolution. See
what the Bible says about the heart
and then what evolution says about the
heart. Evolution says "better and bet
ter and better gets the heart by natural
improvement. The Bible says: "The
heart is deceitful above all things and
desperately wicked. Who can know it?'
When you can evolve fragrance from
malodor, and can evolve an oratorio
from a buzzsaw, and Can evolve fall
pippins from basket Of decayed crab
apples, then you can by natural evolu-
tion from the human heart develop
goodness. All, my friends natural evo-
luton is always downward; it is never
upward.
A Galvanized Corpse.
What is remarkable about this thing
is it is all the time developing its dis
honesty. In our day it is ascribing this
evolution to Herbert Spencer and
Charles Darwin. 1t is a dishonesty.
Evolution was known and advocated
hundreds of years before these gentle
men began to be evolved. The Pheni-
clans thousands of years ago declared
that the human race wabbled out OF the
mud. Democritus, who lived AGO years
before Christ-remember that-knew
this doctrine of evolution when he said:
Everything is composed Of atoms, or
infinitely small elements, each with a
definite quality, form and movement,
whose inevitable union and separation
shape all different things and forms,
laws and efforts and dissolve them
again for new combinations. The gods
themselves and the human mind orig
| mated from such atoms. There are no
casualties. Everything is necessary and
determined by the nature of the atoms
which have certain mutual aftinitles,
attractions and repulsions. Anoxi-
mander centuries ago declared that the
human race started at the place where
the sea saturated the earth. Lucretius
developed long centuries ago in his
poems the doctrine of evolution.
1t is an old heather corpse set up III
q morgue. Charles Darwin and Herbert
Spencer have tried to galvanize it.
They drag this old putrefaction Of
1000 years around the earth, Boosting
that it is their originality and SO won,
derful is the infatuation that at the
Delmonico dinner given in honor OF
Herbert Spencer some 10 years age
there were those who ascribed to him
this great originality of evolution.
There the banqueters sat around the
table in honor of Herbert Spencer, chew
ing beef and turkey and roast pig, which,
according to their doctrine Of evolution,
made them eating their own relations
Slicing up their own cousins! Driving
a carving fork into their beloved kin
dred Dashing Worcestershire sauce
bedaubing mustard over their uncle
and IL is! And while Herbert Spencer
reA.. patronizing lecture to American
the banqueters sat around the table
with their hands un. saVlno- Lea
me- it is the voice of a god and not Of
q man.
A Glorious Doctrine.
There is only one thing worse thar
English snobbery, and that is Ameri
can snobbery. like democracy and
like aristocracy, but there is one kline
Of ocracy in this country that excite
my contempt, and that is what Charle
Kingsley, after he had witnessed i
himself, called snobocracy. Now, sa,
it is a gigantic dishonesty when the.
, ascribe this old heather doctrine o
evolution to any modern gentleman.
/ lam not pessimist, but an optimlst
| do not believe everything is going t.
destruction; / believe everything is 20
ing on to redemption. But it will no
: be through the infidel doctrine OF evolu
3 ton, but through our glorious Chris
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