The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-09-02

it. will evolve into two hemisphercs Of
crime. two hemispheres OF penitenti-
airy. Two heniepheres Of ~iazaretto. two
heruispheres of zepthel Ne~ 9erk
Tnmhs. Moyamensing prison, Philadel-
phia, Seven Diafs. London n Cow
gate, Edinburgs only fostering. earbun
cles on the face and neck, Of {
evolution. See what the Bible says
about the hear and then what evolu-
ton says about the heart Evolution
says, better and better. and better
gets the heart by natural Improve
FTnenG',' The Bible says The heart
is deceitful above all things and des-
perately wicked. Who can know IT,
When sou Gan evolve fragrance from
malodor. and can evolve. an oratorio
from a buZZsaw. and can evolve fail
pippins from a basket OF dscayed crab
apples, then You can by natural evolu-
tion from the human heart develop
goodness. An. my friends natural en-
Ofution is always downward; it's new
er upward
ALGALXA AIZED CORPSE.
T. What Is remarkable about this thing
is it is all the time developing its dis
honesty. Incur day II IS ascribing this
evolution to Herbert Spencer and
Charles Darwin. II is a dishonesty.
Evolution was known and advocated
hundreds Of years before these gentle
men began To be evolved. The Phoe-
nicians thousands or years ago declar-
ed that the human rxce wabbled out
of the Z mud. Democritus, who lived
AGO a before Christ-remember
this doctrine of evolution
when he said: Everything is com
posed OF atoms, or infinitely small ele-
ments each with a definite quality,
form and movement, whose inevitable
union and separation. shape all diff
ferent things and forms, laws and eff
forts and dissolve them again for new
COMPUTATIONS. The gods themselves
and the human mind originated from
such atoms. There are no casualties.
Everything is necessary and determin-,
ed by the nature Of the atoms which
have certain mutual afinfties, attrac-
tons and -rep0lsionS." A~noximander
centuries ago declared that the human
race started at the place where the
sea saturated the EARTH. Lueretius de-
veloped long centuries ago in his
poems the dostrfne of evolution. q
1t is an OLD heather corpse set up in
a morgue. Charles Darwin and Her
bert Spencer have tried to ~gaIvanize
ii. T. They drag this old putrefaction of
5000 years around the earth, boasting
that it is their originality, and so
wonderful IS the fnfaruarton hat at
N'C& rd1i Hthyf III - stAC
Of Herbert Spencer some fifteen years
ago there We're those who ascribed to
him this great originality Of evolution.
There the 'banuueters sat around the
table m HONOR of Herbert Spencer,
chewing beef and turkey and roast
pig, which, according to, their doctrine
Of evolution, made them eating their
own relations. 5Slicing up -tlaeirtlown
cousinst Driving ancarving fork! into
their beloved kindred! Dashing Wor-
cestershire sauce, bedaubing mustard
over their uncles and aunts! And
while Herbert Spencer read a patron
izing lecture to Americans the ban
queters sat round the table with their
hands UP, saying, Dear me, it is the
voice of a god and not of a nan"
A GLORIOUS DOCTRINE.
There is only one thing worse than
English snobbery, and that is Ameri-
con snobbery. I like democratcy n [
like ~aristocracy, but there is one kind
of ocracy in this country that excites
my. contempt, and that is what Charles
Kingsley, after he had witnessed it
himself, called snobocracy. Now, L
say it is a gigantic dishonesty when
h ascribe this old heather doctrine
of evolution to n modern gentleman.
I am not a pessimist, but an optim-
list. I do not believe everything is go
ing to distinctions; I believe everything
is going on to redemption. But it. will
not be through the infidel doctrine of
evolution, but through u glorious
Christianity which a. effected all the
good that has ever been wrought n
which is yet to reconstruct all the ma
tons. ..-" r b.
What is that, in the offing? A ship
gone on the rocks at Cape Hatteras.
The hulk is breaking up, crew n
passengers are drowning. The storm is
in full blast and the barometer is still
sinking. What does that ship want?
Development. Develop her broken
| masts. Develop her. broken rudder. De-
velop her drowning crew Develop her
freezing passengers. Develop the whole
ship. That is all it wants. Develop
| ment. Oh, I make a mistake. What
that ship wants lis a lfe5oat FROM the
shore Leap into it, you men Of the life
station! Pull away to the wreck!
Steady there! Bring the women and
children first to the shore! Now the
stout menIr Wrap them up in fannels,
and tive their chattertng teeth
you can pour restoration - 81
= Well my friends, our world is on the
| rocks. God, launched it well enoug
| but through mispilotag- and the storms
| Of 5000 years it has gone into the
t~breakers. What does h old ship of a
I world want? Developments There IS
{aenough old evolution in the hulk to
jaevolve another mast and another rud-
| der and to evolve all the passengers
and. evolve the ship OUT of the break
/ ers. Development Ah, 9no. my friends,
what this Old shfpWreek@ of a yorld
| wants@fs a fHfeboat1frbrn the shore,
And Git-is coming Cheer, IA lads,
cheer. 1t, is coming from the, shining
| shore rof; heaven, taking, the crests OF
| ten waves, With, n sweep OF chin
MANY wounds on nands-and feet and
side aand brow shesviffg che. has been
long engaged in the work Ct rescue u
I to save all, to save forever. Ny Lord
I and my God, get-us into; the Hfeooat.
Away with your rotten, deceptive, in
fideF and b~lasphemnus evolution ,and
tgige US the Bible, salvation through
/ Jesus Christ our Lord ..;~ e- :
Salvation!l Let the echo fiyGaFE
- The spacious earth around,
While all the armies of the sky