The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-09-01
ABOUT EVOLUTION.
Rev. Dr.. Talmags Takes Issue with
Darw ard Huxley
Tho rhsary Of rysIauau Opposed SO the
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Rev r. Dewitt Talmare fn the Col.
lowing sermun discusses evolution, ns
related 10 human origin The text Is:
uImasag safH that Which s. a5maiEel 20
tF HgaI afaaIuE 9f sg.eae
faIef a ca'eI Timothy fb 81
There 10 30 contest botwcen genuine
srfeBca and revelation The same God
who by tbe hand Of thc prophet wrote
ON parchment by the hahd 81 the
storm wrote on the roell The best
| telescopes and microscopes and elee.
| tfic batteries and philosophical appa.
ratios belong q Christian unipersitte,
Who gave ne magnetic biography
Prof. Morse. q Christian Who swung
/ the lightuings under the sea- cabling
/ thc continents together2 Cyrus W.
| Field, the Christian. Who discovered
the auarstBetical properties ut ehloro.
form doing more the relief Of hannah
pain than ans mau that ever lived
driving back nine.tenths Of the hor.
rors Of aurgery2 james " simpson,
| Of Edinburgh. as eminent for piety o.
l5g sciences on week days ia tie uni
retstty occurring on profonndvst scien-
title subjects, and on sabbatbs preach.
ing The Gospel OF JesHs christ 20 the
masses OF Ediubarg J saw the uni.
Tsrsities Of that city arapcd in mourn
ing for his death and / heard hts eut
Iogy pronounced by tho destitute pop
uIati8us 81 The Cowgate Seie1ce and
revelation arc the bass and soprano Of
tbc same tune The whole world viii
yet acknowledge the complete har.
mony hut between what my text
describes rs science falsely sO-ealled,
and revelation. there Is an uneompFo-
missing war, aud one o. the other must
60 under,
At tHa present time tile dir Is filed
with social and platform and pulpit
tulk about evolution, md 1t Is high
time thut the people who hive not
time t8 make investigation for them.
selves understand that evolution In the
arst place IS up aud down ~oul-aDd.aut
juadclityi in tbe second place ~ is con.
trary 90 the facts OF science, and ia che
third place, that ilis brutallziuE in its
tendencies ! do not argue that this Is
s genuine book, / 10 not say that the
Bible Is worthy Of any kind otereacace
those are subjects fer other 5abbaths
but / want you 10 understand that
Thomas Paine aud Hume and Voltairc
no more thoroughly disbelicve the Holy
Scriptures than do ali the leading
scientists who believe in evolution.
And when Say scientists, Of course
do not mean literary men or theolo,
CLANS who in essay or sermou,und with
cut giving their life 10 scientific ingcs.
LEGATIONS, look ut Gle subject ON thi'
side on that, by scientists mean
those who have a specially 10 that di
rcctiou and who, through geological.
garden and aquarium and astronomi
cal observatory, give their hie to The
study Of tho physical earth It's plant'
and it's animals, and the regions beyont
SO far as optical Instruments have eS
plored them
Iput upon the witness stand living
and dead, the leading evolBtionists
H.ast uoalsal Iuhp sistarE Mtll uar,
witness stand We men Of science, liv
ing and dead answer these questions
DO you believe tie Holy Scriptures.
No. Aud SO they say all. DO you he
lieve the Bible story Of Adam ind Ey,
In the Garden Of Eden? No. And S,
they say an. DO you believe thl
miracles OF the Old aud New Tesla
ment2 No, Aud 50 they say ALL j.,
YOU believe chat Jesus Christ died /,
save The nations2 No And so they
say all DO You believe ID the regeue
rating power Of tho Holy Ghost2 No
And SO they say all Do you bcliev,
that human supplication directed
Hravcnward ever makes any jiaer
Hucr2 40. Aud 50 they say all.
Herbert Spencer, Ia the only address,
hu made in th's couatrg iu his very
first sentence ascribos his physical oil.
ments to fate, aud the authorized re-
. port 81 chat address begins che word
fate with q big "FH Prof Heckel IL
the very first page Of his 81 greaf
volumes, sneers at the Bible as d SO
called revelation Tyndaii. tu his "a
, nous prayer test, deded the whole 81
Christendom to show tbnt human sup.
q plication made any differences iH th,
result Of things JOAN Stuart Nil
, wrote deliberately against Christianity
and, TO show that his rejection Of Il
was complete, ordered this epltaph fOi
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