Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-10

when several Of thom Joined together, Il
became easier for them by united ef-
hri 90 move about and find food. Thus
step forward was taken. The oneself
sn.mlls formed cooperative colonies
and gained a certain advantage over
its individuals. At first each one ate
br itself but after a while those IN
'front.' which always first reached the
iood. absorbed Il for the benefit Of the
others which had the duty Of propelllng
.hs organism forward, ana then the lat
Ger could not exist without the former.
The supposed sequence Of this arrange.
ment Is best told In the language Of the
scientist himself:
The next logical step was as follows.
| u became more and more necessary
that the ccll.aulmalg In front should
ley0ur for all But only few could be
u front. for the ball was iattened
there to make lie way through the wa
Iter What was To- be done2
Suppose that some men were sta
t0nad at the North Pole 10 gather food
which fen from beyond. How would
We bring more men with long hands 10
reach Tor food from the Pole? We
should dig pit and put ladders In
H. with men on every round. stretch.
! Ink out their hands for the food as II
dJsceuds toward them.
Tho cells ur0cccdFd IN exactly the
same way. First they lattened out 10
! calm q larger surface Tor more drv0ur-
| iag coll-Gnlmals. and then they formed
! pit leading toward the interior. The
BAN sunk inward In front, like an In
la rubber ball from which the air has
escaped
what results II you press on bail
/ bike this with your thumb? a pitcher.
or cup. wide open az the top, with a
double rubber wall. the original wall
| ~ the part pressed downward, and the
outer wall which now forms the out
ward wall OF the cup. This Is exactly
what happened with the cell-ball. II
was the stomach beginning 20 form.
'As the devouring cells sank ever
! deeper inward, II formed a pit, finally
making a cup Of the hollow ball, with
q wide opening az the top, but a double
vail around IL. made up OF the cells.
| Where the front pole was formerly
! there was then q wide hole. Now n the
CUP glided forward through the water,
| impelled by the prOpelling cells and
came across food Il was easily taken
into the cup; and as the entire interior
of the cup was made up of the dovOur-
! Ing cell-anlmals the food reached the
precise spot where Il could be best
and most quickly absorbed.
This was the first primitive stom-
ach So the stomach made the final
animal"
The cells now form a stomach provid-
cd with a mouth for the reception OF
the food, and a skin for protection.
This stage Of development being
reached. the animal by degrees de-
yeloped the elongated form OF the
worm, and then came IN succession,
mussels, crabs, spiders insects, and the
yerebrates, commencing with the
fishes and ending with the mammals
and man.
This attempt at an explanation OF
the origin Of forms Of life appears 10
differ from the commonly accepted
evolutionary ideas, which trace man
through an ancestry OF apes and lower
animals. IL seems 70 postulate the
existence at first Of an infinite num-
blr of single-cell animals, each endow-
cd with intelligence and tending to-
ward association with one another. In
the accidental grouping together of
these and the subsequent development.
The origin OF genera and species is TO
be sought. II we understand the theory
correctly, It does not suppose a COM
mon but a similar origin Of all forms
Of lie. Thus man may have started
from one colony Of cell-anImals. apes
from another. fishes from another,
trees from another and so on.
We do not care TO enter upon a close
examination Of this theory II should
De said, though, that It does not appear
TO have any excellence above the sim
ple statements Of revelation. The
scriptures, too, show both plan and
progression I'm the creation The earth
By tabcrnacles OF man, It IS stated with
sufficient clearness, partake Of the ele-
ments that enter into forms OF other
living beings. But for all that, man is
one OF the new departures in the
I scale OF creation. No science,
uo logic can dlsproye this. Even
the earliest specimens OF human
beings found show finely developed
skulls different from those Of
the highest developed animals Man
even at his lowest IS capable OF know
ins and loving his Creator. And this
forms, az one author aptly puts IT, a
gulf between them, without either bot
t1u or bridge
Standing on the rock Of revelation
ana contemplating the creation from
| that point OF view, it Is perfectly clear
| that there must have been an over-un-
folding and an-including plan IN the d.
Vine mind previous TO the calling into
existence of the material universe, and
I'm ibis sense'eyolution' Is true theory,
But Il by that term It Is meant that or
/ ganisms We're unroled from inorganic
matter without the designing action OF
a Supreme Intelligence. now modifying
the designs and now bringing forth new
designs ass suggested by infinite wis
dom. It IS contrary to both reason and
revelation
The very existence Of man as he now
is. and as history shows him TO have
been. as Gar back az the facts can be
ascerialned, Is a testimony against the
assumption that be Is merely the
product % variations from below-the
BASE Ink 80 the animal chalnIt Is a test-
m1ny that from the beginning man Is In
bo image Of the Maker.