The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-04-14
EVOLUTION And RELIGION,
By THEODORE BRYANT KINGsBURY.

ton. | took 4 course OF reading in Oar
win accepted theory OF evolution. ana
have not given since any adherence 10
such q baseless conception. In fact |
had never accepted the Darwin prIra-
ordeal a5surdity, and reading but con
Ermed ny previous conviction. Nature
never yet produced a miracle. The prim-
ordeal alone belongs to God. Prof. Tyn-
dali, one Of the four greatest opponents
OF evolution-Darwin, Huxley. Tyndall
and Haeckel-in an address 1T Belfast
many years ago, accepted the primos
deal Of Darwin and yet in later years.
IN his Fragments OF Science, he said
Having adopted the nebula theory, / am
bound 10 show that living things origi-
mated without the existence OF antece-
dent life. But he nor any other man
ever proved that. Prof. Tyndall really
threw up the sponge when he declared
in the same work, that "alI observation
III proof OF this has failed, and all cx-
pertinent in its defence has utterly broken
down. Prof. Huxley, a man Of dis
tinguished powers, said in a lecture de-
liyered in New York some twenty-five
| years ago, that man came into cxis-
tence originally either according 10 the
account in Genesis or upon the hypo-
thesis OF evolution" This was a mere
supposition, for he left it where he
| found it in the brains Of Darwin & Co.
Later he publicly abandoned the goddess
myth of evolution as untenable, as wholly
unable to account for the origin of man
and the worlds resulting multitudinous
inhabitants. Even Prof. HaeckeI. re-
garded as of the most advanced of Oar
winians, in his History of Creation
has this plain statement: Though
spontaneous generation is a pure hypo-
thcsis"-mark that-"never having been
observed or proved by experiment.
which is a clear abandoning of the fool
ish theOry-"yet 1t is essential to the
COMMUNICATIONS origin Of living things
II has not been proved and still 1T
is essential" Bah. He admits that
evolution is unsustained by evidence-a
simple MISUNDERSTANDING assumed
for the sake of argument-a mere pygmy
of the brain, say l, and there
fore is not worthy of credence
being wholly according to him,
Lnsustained by evidence. That is more
than enough to refute the dreams and
wild theorists. Laplace's nebula theory
is a fraud and unfounded in fact. 1t is
sceptical materialisn run mad. Hum
boldt says the theory as presented by
its founder is free from all processes
Vi uelllOuStIdllOu.
There have been and are many educated
people who rejoice in the man-monkey
theory With its great monkey power
that they are descended from gorilla or
chimpanzee or the familiar monkey of
the shows. But there are others who
reject with great disgust such a primo
genitor.
"All hail the mighty monkey. all hail
tho nnoiort c1oDo'
From which, through evolution, | came
to be a man."
People love novelty. They are indeed
highly credulous. The clamorS Of today
are simply a repetition of those heard
for nineteen hundred years. 1t is to
'abOlish the Sabbath-give us easy di-
vorce'-which democratic Nc~th Caro-
lima legislators of the last six or eight
years are obliging enough to grant, much
to the detriment of society-.ridicule
God and the Bible-blaspheme Christ,
by making Him the principal wizard in
the new spiritualistic religion-give US
the CHASTITY revelations Of free love-
such is the lively programme The devil
is to the front in full regalia beating
his far-resounding tom-toms. This
modern gang who hail all new so-called
religions, which are not worthy of a
rational minds thought, as the last reve-
lation of wisdom, but repeat the cries
of the old enemies Of Jehovah and His
Christ-"Depart from US! We desire not
the knowledge of thy way" and then IN
gushing blasphemy cry out, who is the
Lord, that we should serve Him. The
high. noble principles and foundations
of the genuine Christian religion are
two-love and sacrifice. They are despis-
ed and Stunned, and the devil is rampant.
Mans meanncsS and SelfiShneSS cannot
be changed except by the Omnitic power
of God. All Schemes fail to ~regencrate
and uplift man with God left out. NO
ccnventionalities Instituted by man can
change the heart of selfishness to kind
ness and benyolence, nor of pride 10 hu-
mility. Therefore all schemes for the
development of q permanent and prosper
Gus social community, whose aims and
hopes are limited to selfish human nature
and the present world ! must al
ways prove a failure. All such efforts
reverse the order of true moral phlloso-
rhv. bv attempting to cure the social
evil tree by doctoring its evil fruit. Its
dcvotees seek to gather grapes Of thorns
and figs of thistles. All such attempts
are inevitably unsuccessful, and Ichabod
is written on their banners. Said The
Christ: Every tree is known by It's
fruit" Trees produce Of their kind al
ways.
believe in the University OF North
Carolina. All that concerns It's welfare
interests me. Its progress, its broaden
ing, its power are all very pleasing to
me. Some weeks ago | glanced over the
Record for February. Familiar with
much of it. | was yet interested in what
was said. Ordained in the first Constl-
tuition of North Carolina in 1776, it re-
ceived the grant of a charter in 1888. 1t
is the oldest State University in all this
land save the one Of Pennsylvania. IL
was opened TO students in 1875. It IS
now a large and great institution with
fine grounds and attractive buildings. II
will have for the current year more than
500 students. 1t has 64 members in the
faculty, of whom % are professors. II
has several new departments. 1t has 13'
courses. Let me make a selection that
, gives a glimpse of some of the depart