Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-09-04

ing so, you shall not connect me with
your family tree without more evil
dence than has yet been produced. 1t
qualities resembles the beast, but man
has mind as well as a body and
soul as well as a mind The mind is
greater than the body, and the soul is
greater than the mind, and | object
to having ones pedigree traced on one
third of him only, and that the lowest
third.
One does not escape from mystery.
however, by accepting this theory, for
it does not explain the origin of life.
When the follower of Darwin has
traced the germ of life back to the
lowest form in which it appears, and
to follow him one must exercise more
faith than religion calls for, he finds
that scientists differ Some believe
that the first germ of life came from
another planet. and others hold that it
was the result of spontaneous genera
| ton.
If | were compelled to accept one of
these theories. would prefer the first,
| for if we can chase the germ of life
| off this planet and get it out into space
We can guess the rest of the way and
no one can contradict us, but if We
accept the doctrine of spontaneous gen.
Grafton we cannot explain why spon-
| taneous generation ceased to act after
| the first germ was created
| Go back as far as we may, We can
not escape from the creative act. and
it is just as easy for me to believe that
! God created man as he is as to believe
that millions of years ago he created
a germ of life and endowed it with
power to develop into all that We see
today. But l object to the Darwinian
theory until more conclusive proof is
produced, because | fear we shall lose
the consciousness of Gods presence in
our daily life if we must assume that
through all the ages no spiritual force
has touched the life of man or shaped
the destiny of nations. But there is
another objection. The Darwinian the
DRY represents man as reaching his
4 present perfection by the operation OF
the law of hate-the merciless law by
which the strong crowd out and Kill
off the weak If this is the law of oui
development. then, if there is any logic
than can bind the human mind, we
shall turn backward toward the beast
| in proportion as we substitute the law
of love- How can hatred be the law OF
development when nations have ad
vanced in proportion as they have de
parted from that law and adopted the
law of love?
But while l do not accept the Oar
winian theory | shall not quarrel witt
you about it. l refer to it only to re
mind you that it does not solve the
mystery of life or explain human prog
ress. l fear that some have accepted
it in the hope of escaping from the
miracle. but why should the miracle
brighten us? 1t bothered me once, an(
the test questions with the Christian
Why Shouldn't Miracles he Performed
Christ cannot be separated from the
miraculous. His birth. his minstra
tons and his resurrection all involve
the miraculous, and the change which
his religion works in the human heart
is continuing miracle. Eliminate the
miracles and Christ becomes merely q
human being and his gospel is stripped
of divine authority.
The miracle raises two questions
Gan God perform a miracle?" and
h Would he want to-" The first is easy
4 to answer A God who can make a