The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-03-22
City Nazareth. Why do inspired writ
ers contradict each other in material
statements? OBSERVER.
THE LATEST WORD ON SCIENCE.
A Contrast Picture of Charles Darwin
And George Romanes, Both Of Whom
Were Equally Gifted in Scientific
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tBy FL. Nathan)

Ihe latest word on Science" is
this: that all human knowledge is
but qualified ignorance. And that is
why the various solutions propounded
by the disciples of Science are felt
to be insufficient. Evolution unques.
tionably exists in Nature. and links the
present with the past; but HOW FAR
it prevails and HOW the innumerable
species of plants and animals, and all
the maryels of an organized existence
were veolved. If evolved at all, still
remain unexplained This was demon
strated very positively when Professor
Huxley confessed at meeting of the
British Associatio nthat neither Dar-
winism, Spencerism, Haekelism. nor
Weismanism, can be regarded as rep
resenting or expressing the real
method Of Evolution He declared that
THE KEY TO THE EVOLUTION
AIRY PROCESS HAS NOT YET BEEN
FOUND"
Herbert Spencer also declared that
"the theory of Natural selection is a
contribution, and NOTHING MORE,
to solution of a subject OF enormous
complexity and extent In an article
contributed to the Nineteenth Century,
upon the Factors of Organic Evolu-
ton, he condemns the popular the
ory of Evolution through spontaneous
changes FoRTUIToUSLY ARISING
as wholly inadequate, and shows that
the development of organic forms
must necessarily depend on an inn
mense number and variety of adjust
ed changes in many different organs,
all cooperating with each other, and
all nicely adjusted to the improved
functional actions in which they must
all partake. He reduces the practical
impossibility of such changes occur
ing as the result of ACCIDENT to a
numerical computation, and tells his
opponents THAT THE CHANCES
AGAINST Any ADEQUATE ADJUST
MENTS FORTUITOUSLY ARISING
MUST BE INFINITY TO ONE"
Lord Kelvin, the President of the
British Association in 1888, whose
high position in the Scientific world,
none have ever questioned. expresses
his recognition of design in Nature in
the following striking language
Il have always felt that the hypoth-
esis of Natural Selection does not con.
tain the true theory of Evolution, If
Evolution there has ben in biology,
feel profoundly convinced that THE
ARGUMENT OF DESIGN HAS BEEN
GREATLY TOO MUCH LOST SIGHT
OF IN RECENT BIOLOGICAL SPEC
OVERPOWERINGLY
STRONG PROOFS OF INTELLIGENT
AND BENEVOLENT DESIGN LIE
AROUND us, and if ever perplevities,
whether metaphysical or scientific,
turn us away from them for time,
they COME BACK UPON US WITH
IRRESISTIBLE FORCE, showing to
us through Nature the influence of a
FREE WILL, and teaching us that
ALL LIVING THINGS DEPEND ON
ONE EVERLASTING CREATOR AND
RULER
Now then, when a man like Lord
Kelvin speaks in this. manner; man
who had very likely more brains in
one of his finger nails than a charac-
ter of the stamp of observer" ever
did possess or ever will possess, it is
the opinion conscientiously expressed
by this scribe that Christianity need
have no fears that small fray" of his
calibre will ever upset or destroy the
fundamentals of the religion of Christ.
Perhaps there is nothing more sug-
gestive or pathetic inthe history of
modern science, as illustrating the eff
feet of Materialistie doctrine, and of
the habit of mental absorption in pure
ly physical questions, than the grad
ual decay and loss of the higher tastes
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Naturalist Darwin as described by
himself in his autobiography DIS.
belief says Darwin, "crept over me
at a very slow rate, but was at last
complete 1t may be truly said that
am like man who has become color
blind Though once capable of won
der, admiration, and devotion in the
presence of the works of God, now
nat even the grandest scenes could
cause any such convictions and feel
ings to rise in my mind. Ceasing to
believe in future existence, aban-
doned faith in religion. For myself
do not believe that there ever has
been any revelation"
AS was said In my former article,
the foregoing confession shows how
the spiritual side of mans nature
may become atrophied or paralyzed,
even beyond recovery, as was the re-
suit with Darwin.
On the other hand we have in the
life of George Romanes, the friend of
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