Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-01

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the human race appear obsolete and
drlusivc. But aln glad TO &now that
/ while some OF these scientists have
gone into evolution, there are many
that do not believe il, Among them,
the man who by most is considered
I the greatest scientist we ever had this
side Of the water-AgassiE, A name
that makes every int ligent man the
| earth over uncover.
| AgaSsiz says: THE manner in which
the evolution theory in zoology is
/ treated lead those who are net spe-
cial biologists to suppose that ohserya-
! tions have been made by which ii can
be inferred that there is in nature such
u. thing as change among organized
beings actually taking place. There
is no such thing on record. II 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
! radav, Brewster. Dana, Dawson, and
| hundreds OF scientists in this country
and other c,untries 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 II 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.
| "Whv did he jump overboard?" II
wonder when he jumped ovsrboard?'
Il wonder if when he jumped over
board he would liked to have jumped
back again?" IL 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 omuipo.
tent power made the brute creation,
and by HIS onnlpotent power made all
worlds, and 500 scientists have taken
passage on board that magnificent
theory, but ten or fifteen have jumped
overheard. They m IKE more talk than
all the 500 that did not jump with
them. Thank you, gentlemen, l am
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 your
hand was really hshs fin, and
whether you were web-footed orig
inaly, and whether your lungs are a
swim bladder. And as in every expert
ment there must be u division of labor,
some who experiment and some who
observe, you make the experiment and
| | wi II observed
And as to the human race, SO far as
mere natural progress is concerned,
! once there we're men ten feet nigh;
now the average is about five feet six
| inches. 1t started with men living !OJ,
400, 500, go years, and now 80 years
is more than the average of human
| life. Mighty progress we have made,
haven't we? | went into the cathedral
at York, England, and the best artists
in Eng land had just beel painting Il
window in that cathcdral, and right
beside it was II window painted 4OC
| years ago, and there is not IA man ON
! earth but would say that the modern
painting OF the window by the best
artists Of England is not worthy of
being compared with the painting Of
400 years ago right beside it, Vast
improvement, as | shall show you in a
minute or two, but no natural evo-
| luton.
Look at China, where evolution has
had full swing for thousands of years
uninterrupted by anything except here
and there II mission station with this
defuncL book, the Bible, but through
the most of the realm not iuterfercd
with. What has evolution done for
| China? Christian civilization goes ia
and builds "A railroad; they tear it up.
| For 1000 years the Chinese nation,
where it is not invaded by the Gospel,
! has not made one five hundredth mill
! lion part of an inch advancement
/ They worship the same gods OF red
paint, Just as always, they drown the
female children as nuisance just
as always they eat with chop sticks
So in India, SO in Arabia, so in Turkey,
SO everywhere where the Gospel has
not made an invasion.
tell you. my friends, the natural
! evolution is not upward, but 1t is al.
/ ways downward. Hear Christ's ac.
/ count Of it. Matthew XIV, 10: "Out OF
the tleart proceed evil thoughts, muir.
ders, aduIteries, foundations, thefts,
false witness, bIasphemies." That Is
! what Christ said of evolution. Give
natural evolution full swing in
our world, and it will evolve
into two hemispacres OF crime,
two hemlspheres of penitentiary,
two hemispheres Of lazaretto, two
hen .apaercs of brothel. New York
Tombs, M0yalnensing prison, Phila-
delphia: Seven Dials. London. and Cow.