Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-08-31
EVOLUTION Is ATHEIsTIC.
Human Beings Have Grander An
cestry Than Beasts.
Dars inian Doctrine n Guess and Brutaiiz-
ing-Masterpiece OF Gods wisdom
l. our Enthrone ment-Sermon
by Rev. Il. Dewitt IaIma-e.

Or. Talmage in this discourse aivo-
Gates q Christian evolution in contra
diction 70 an infidei evolution, and de-
ciarcs that the only radically improv-
ing force in the world is Christianity.
Text. Romans l., o., IS: Processing
themselves 10 be wise. they became
fools, and changed the glory of the
uncorrupti ole God into an image made
like 20 corruptiole man, and TO birds
and four-footed beats and CREEPING
things"
This is full-,ength portrait of an
evoiuuonist who substitutes the
bcstial origin for the Divine ORIGIN
| showed you last week that evolution
was contradicted by the Bible. bv
science, by observation and by com.
mon sense; that the Bible account
81 the creation of man and OF
brute and of the world. and the
cvolutionist's account. collided with
each other. as certainly As two ex-
press trains going in Opposite direc-
tions al 60 miles At hour, their locomo-
tiyes meeting on the same track.
showed that all the evolution scien-.
lists, without any exception. were pro-
nounced in iidels. that evolution was a
AtNtt rAtN 10 Af'AAA AtttA1dnAN u Years Old.
that such men as Arassiz aud Hugb
Miller and Faraday aud Dawson and
Dana had for that doctrine OF evolu-
tion unlimited contempt 1 showed
you that their favorite theory Of the
survival of the fttest~ was an alb
surdity auc an untruth, and that nat
urul evolution was always downward
and never upward and that there
hsf Is..aft So,
man OK beast OF would ept-throu,rh
the a.rcae or .ndiroct influence OF our
rior;1as Christianity. And in tho
closing part OF that sermon told YOU
was not a pcssimist. but an optimist
that instead of II being II o'clock an
night IL is $50 in the morning.
Now, 90 on TO tell you. IL seems To
me that cvolutiopists are trying 20 inn
press the great masses of the people.
with the idea that there is an ances.
trial line leading from the primal germ
on up through the serpent. and on no
through the quadruped. and on no
through the gorilla, to man They adj
init there is a missing link, as they
call IL, but there is not missing Hni,
lit is "a whole chain gone. Between
the physical construction of the
construction of the lowest man
there is a chasm as wide as the
Atlantic ocean. Evolutionists tell us
that somewhere in Central Africa. or
m Borneo, there is creature half way
between the brute aad the tnan. ana
that that creature is the highest stem
in the animal ascent and the lowest
step IN the human creation. But what
are the facts? The brain of the largest
gorilla that was ever found is 80 cubic
inches, while the brain OF the most To-
norant man that was ever found is 20
Vast difference between 30 and 20. Ii
needs a bridge of 40 arches To span
that gulf
Besides that. there is difference be-
tween the gorilla and the mana diff
ference Of nerve, difference OF
muscle, difference OF bone, differ
ence of sinew. The horse is more like
man in intelligence, the bird is more
like him in musical capacity, the mas
tiff is more like him N affection. That
euiogized beast OF which we hear SO
much. represented on the walls of
cities thousands of years ago, is lust as
complete as it is now, showing that
there has not been particle OF
change. Besides that. if pair OF
apes had a man for descendant, why
would not ali the apes have the same
kind OF descendants? Can it be that
that one favored pair only was IA
vored with human progeny? Besides
that. evolution says that one species
rises TO another species. the old tyne
dies of Then how is it that there are
whole kingdoms OF chimpanzee and
gorilla and baboon?
The evolutionists have come toreth-
er and have tried 70 explain a bird's
wing. Their theory has always been
that a faculty OF an animal while b .-
ing developed must always be useful
and always beneficial, but the wings
OF bird, in the thousands OF years IL
was being developed, so far from being
any help must have been a hiudrance
until j { could be brought into prac-
ucal use away on down in the
ages. Must there have nor been
an intelligent will somewhere
That formed that wonderful flying in- /
strument, 50 that a bird FIVE hundred |
Times heavier than the air can mount
IT and put gravitation under claw and /
oeak? That wonderful mechanical /
Instrument, the wing. with between
twenty and thirty different apparau
curiousiy constructed. does 81 not i'm !.
ply divine intelligence? Does IL not I
imply direct act OF some outside be- /
ing? All the evolutious in the world I
can not explain birds wing or an /
insects wing.
80 they are confoundeo Oy the rat 4
tle OF the rattlcsnake. Ages before /
the reptile had any enemies, this .
warning weapon was created. Why
was it created? When the reptile. fsr .
pack in the ages had no enemies. why
inns warming weapon? There must
nave been a Divine intelligence fore
seeing and knowing that in ages 90
come that reptile wouId have enemies
and then this warning weapon would 4
De brought into use. You see evOlu.
""n at every step is % contradiction or /
monstrosity AZ every stage Of ami
maj life as well as at every stage Of .
human life, there IS evidence Of direct
action Of Divine will.
BESIDES that. il is very evident from .
another fact that we are an entirely /
eiherent creation. and that there IS no
N'"ship The animal iu few hours
or months comes TO full strength and
can take care Of itself The human
race TOT the first one. two, three. five.