The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-09-03

| Lnetr sncory shsssoi~ Ans0
demolition.
So these infidel rcvolutionists go
wandering up and down guessing
through the universe. Anything to
push away back Jehovah from His en-
pire and make the one book which 10
His great communication to the soul OF
the human race appear obsolete ana
dclusive. But l am glad to know that
while some of these scientists have
gone into evolution, there are many
that do not believe 1t. Among them,
the man who by most Is considered
the greatest scientist we ever had this
side Of the water-Agassiz. A name
that makes every int ligent man the
earth over uncover.
Agassiz says: "rhe manner in when
the evolution theory In zoology ID
treated lead those who are not spe-
cial biologists to suppose that observa-
tions have been made by which it can
be inferred that there Is in nature such
thing as change among organized
beings actually taking place. There
| In no such thing on record. 1t Is
| shifting the ground OF observation
from one field of observation to another
TO make this statement, and when the
! assertions go so far as to exclude from
the domain of science those who Will
not be dragged into this mire OF mere
assertion, then it is time to protest"
With equal vehemence against the
doctrine of evolution Hugh Miller, Far.
raday, Brewster, Dana, Dawson, and
hundreds of scientists in this country
and other countries have made protest.
l know that the few men who have
adopted the theory make more noise
than the thousands who have rejected
it. The Bothnia, of the Cunard line,
took 500 passengers safely from New
York to Liverpool. Not one of the 500
made any excitement. But after we
had been four days out, one morning
we found on deck u mans hat and coat
and vest and boots, implying that some
one had jumped overheard. Forthwith
we all began to talk about that one
man. There was more talk about that
one man overheard than all the 500
passengers that rode on in safety.
"Why did he jump overboard?" II
wonder when he jumped overboard?''
II wonder if when he jumped over
board he would liked to have jumped
back again?" II wonder If fish
caught him, or whether he went clear
down to the bottom of the sea?" And
for three or four days afterward we
talked about that poor man.
Here is the glorious and magnificent
theory that God by His omnipotent
power made man, and by His omnipo-
tent power made the brute creation,
and by HIS omnlpotent power made all
worlds, and 500 scientists have taker
passage on board that magnificent
theory, bu. ten or fifteen have jumped
overheard. They make more talk thar
all the 500 that did not jump with
them. Thank you, gentlemen, l an
very much obliged to you. l think
shall stick to the old Cunarder. Il
you want to jump overheard, jump
and test for yourselves whether YOU
hand was really a fsh's fin, ant
whether you were web-footed orig
inally, and whether your lungs are {
swim bladder. And as in every expert
ment there must be a division of labor
some who experiment and some wht
observe, you make the experiment ant
| L wi ii observe!
And as to the human race, so far a
mere natural progress is concerned
once there were men ten feet high
now the average is about five feet 81:
inches. 1t started with men living 200
400, 500, 900 years, and now 80 year
is more than the average of human
life. Mighty progress we have made
haven't we? l went into the cathedra
at York, England, and the best artist
in England had just been painting
window in that cathedral, and RICH
beside it was window painted 40
years ago, and there is not man o
earth but would say that the moder
painting Of the window by the hes
artists OF England is not worthy c
} being compared with the painting G
} 400 years ago right beside it. Vas
, improvement, as l shall show you in
, minute or two, but no natural eve
J luton.
Look at China, where evolution Ina
had full swing for thousands of year
uninterrupted by anything except her
, and there mission station with tn
5 defunct book, the Bible, but throug
i the most of the realm not interfere
, with. What has evolution done fl
t China? Christian civilization goes
: and builds railroad; they tear it Vi
. For 1000 years the Chinese natiol
. where 1t is not invaded by the Gospe
. has not made one five hundredth mi
Y lion part of an inch advancement
They worship the same gods OF re
paint. Just as always, they drown I'll
/ female children as nuisance. Ju
v as always they eat with chop stick
l. So in India, SO in Arabia, SO in Turke
9 SO everywhere where the Gospel III
O not made an invasion.
:, tell you, my friends, the naturi
Q evolution is not upward, but it is a
/: ways downward. Hear Christ's q
a count of it. Matthew XIV, 10: "Out
e the heart proceed evil thoughts, mu
n ders, adulteries, fornjcations, theft
Y false witness, blasphemies. Tint
o what Christ said OF evolution. Gil
10 natural evolution full swing
Ie our world, and 1t will evol
into two hemispheres of Grim
t two hemispheres of penitentiar
10 two hemispheres of lazaretto, tv
{? hemispheres of brothel. New Yol