Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-02-24
The Pleasant Valley
Debate

evening, FeD. I9, 1904, was 70 say
the least, one to rouse the curl
osity, If not the cold reasoning Of
the most morbid. 1t represented
the futile attempt of few so called
learned young men, to present
discourse on subject, which has
long since been pronounced not
only useless, bat absolutely PERM
clous. Not only that and more,
but groun6less and dangerous. II
was made interesting, however, by
the able way In which the opposite
side defended the Bible, the truth
and everything for which the In
telligent community stands. 1t
was, In fact, the prating of a few
agnostic theories, which have not,
and cannot stand the test of sane
investigation against the we'll es-
tablished facts of a time tried Bible.
The Bible which Is recognized by
all civilized races as a revelation
given as by an Omnipotent. God.
To listen while men try to prove
that man Is defendant from the
monkey Is indeed task. 1t almost
mskes us think that a Goliath of
the Philistine tribe of apes has
arIzen, and Is trying to get converts
for a menagerie. Thanks, no me.
nagerie for us! We prefer to 60 to
the mans heaven and let the COM
panions and brothers of the mon
key 60 to the ape assessors and
pay their dues.
The question as we learned 1t was
stated like this, Evolution VS.. Spe.
cial Creation, and to say that the
debators of tie evolution theory of
creation produced 90 argument Is
putting 1t lightly. They simply did
not do anything, They neither
produced nor refuted argument.
They neither said anything nor did
anything to show that their theory
was worthy the consideration of
honest minds.
One was heard to say that If he
were God he could order things
better. Possibly he could. He
has not yet evoluted into a God.
And let us hope for our own sakes
that evolution In the case of such
Is "bacKactipg" and that such will
soon become the companion of the
monkey Tor some other animaD
which they 80 eloquently defend as
an undeveloped brother.
Science has demonstrated that
life exists In very low forms. That
minute gelatiuous masses which
we at first sight would not suspect
of having HE, do, on close examin.
alton, exhibit all the important &C.
tivities of a living thing. 1t has
found the nucleus of life, but the
riddles of the nucleus have never
been solved;and we might add new
er will be. Life Is indefnable.
The activities of life may be traced
to certain point but beyond that
flute minds cannot penetrate. Let
Us state this fact, Science with all
Its wonderful discoveries In the
way of chemical activities, has nev
er yes SSsesn able to infuse life into
one single atom Of inorganic mat
ter. # man originated from the
clod by a slow process, why Is the
same process not In operation to-
day? There Is no connecting link
between man and animals, nor Is
there any fossiliferous evidence that
such connecting link ever did exist.
Why say more? The theory Is to
say the least, absurd. The secrets
of creation are beyond the
grasp of finite minds and
are known only to the Infinite One
Theories are theories, facts are
facts, we accept only facts.
The living present Is OF more
importance to us than the dead
past.
Let us live to do good and be
good. Let us trust and obey that
God who leadeth none astray.
Let US hope that Darwinism has
won Its last converts, and that they
will speedily evolute backward and
be heard of no more;
Let US hope that these men( Oar.
winists) will appear no more as de-
bators until they have learned
great deal more of the science of
Truth, and unleaIned much lofty
eloquence.
| Better than COLD.