The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-09

knowledge or understanding evolved
from within their own consciousness
and they have failed. And in our own
day one entitled to the utmost consider
alton has been led to exclaim: "A rich
and various man, made Of the dust Of
the earth and living for the moment.
in the majestic past as a prophecy to
the future, in thy ceaseless discomfort
with the present, in thy endless ascen-
sion Of state, in thine unQuenchable
thirst for the infinite, we find the blaZ-
ing evidence of thine own eternity. Be-
fore the magnificent procession Of his
tory. Forth issuing from Zimmerman
night, and vanishing into fathomless
silence, wonder and veneratton are the
true attitude. Like some wild flaming
world laundering train OF heavens ar
tillery, does this mysterious mankind
thunder and fame, In long drawn,
quick succeeding grandeur, through the
unknown deep, like God-created fire.
breathing spirit hand, we emerge from
the frame, haste, stormfully across the
aston1shed earth, then plunge again
into the inane. But whence? Oh
heaven whittier? Sense knows not.
through mystery to mystery from God
to God"
t.- ONE OF THREE ANSWERS.
with no purpose to review the vari-
Gus opinions held by the wise OF the
past and of the present, we shall as
sumo that one of three answers are
given to the first OF the above Ques-
tons:
First, the being called man was I'M
mediately and completely created by
Divine Power, which breathed into It
the breath Of life and 1t became a liv.
ing soul, comprising body, mind and
spirit, the last being the Godlike part
Of the being.
Second, man is q separate and dis
truct creation in each instance, and
there is given to him that strange mys-
terious principle we call life, but which
we cannot pretend to understand, and
which, by some law or system of law,
unknown to us, works out irrevocably
upchangeably his destiny.
Third, that all forms of animal life
have been evolved from, possibly, a
single germ, and that differentiation
has been wrought out through endless
ages. That the being we call man has
assembled through the lower forms of
animal life, and reaching the state of
man has progressed from lowest con-
ditions to varying degrees of ciViliza-
ton.
It Is because certain so-called educa-
view that we discuss 1t today, because
it materially, vitality affects the frs
processes in the education Of the chill
dren. Among the chief defenders Of
this view is a certain DR.. Hoeckel, o.
Germany, whose audacity dazZles anc
whose alleged scientific truths utterly
astound You have heard and some o.
you have applauded the statemen
made on this platform that befort
birth the Individual passes through al
the lower forms Of animal life, anS
from the same speaker, with the sam
share of approval, you have heard 1
said that from birth to adolescence TIL
child lives through the experience O
! the human race unaffected by heredit.
or the civilization of the present day
From this statement we are to con
| clude that to know the child we mus
enter into the various and varying
| stages of his environment, not ours
| determined by the condition Of savag
| life then existing for him and minis
ter to his wants as such. The treat
ment offered for mental benefit mus
| conform to his state at the time it i
offered, and a great deal Of our chile
| study is based upon this theory. / an
| not exaggerating. Now, 1 assert tina
| all that is contained in this doctrin
| Is theory, pure and simple, without tn
| direct support Of single scientific fact
| and science can never, in the very ma
| ture of things, offer direct proof of this
! DR.. Hoeckel, in q recent lecture, i
| quoted as saying that it took 1, 100000,
! 000, 900 years, think of 1t! to evolve man
! and when told that another eminen
scientist had proved that the evolution
of man had taken but $4,000 years, stat
| ed that he had no intention as to time
Some geologist had said SO. Think o
| it, basing his statement upon his owl
or somebody else's intention, and max
ing no pretense of scientific proof. D
you believe this doctrine? Why? Be
cause all progressive teachers think so
Because those who attract attention
and give recognition hold to it? Be
cause you are not abreast with tn
times unless you do? Surely not, blu
tell me candidly what investigation
you have made. What study you hav
pursued that has led you to believ
that the children under your charg
are in savage state, and must b
treated as such. You do not believe II
however much you may try to persuad
| yourself that you do. And I am sur
! that you will be convinced PRESENT.,
| that you do not believe 1t. Unless yo
| understand this doctrine, you have n
| right to accept it. Unless you have stud
| led from purest motives all within you
reach, unless you have convinced you
| judgment, then do not say I think sc
| or accept another's statement, carrie
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