The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-02-16

jesus deciaTed thar Exc came To ma
coVer that which was lost Ged se
Ills Only Begotsen Son, that wfaoss
ever beieveth on Him should not pers
teA. st. Peter tells Of the Restitution
, OF Hallen man 20 his former gl0EaoWs
estate. In the likeness Of hfs Creator
II Darwin's theory be correct thaA
Jesus, Els Apostles, and all the Prophs
cts, were askEay. " - - " vi
But what Ss the Evolution, hopas
Briefly stated, this: That some dis
lance back our ~eorefafhhrs were mem
keye; that we have progressed I'M 4
measure, but r still perishtng, as did
monkey ~forefathers. Under DaN
wins law OF the Survival Of the Fit
test, disease and death will graduatis
weed out the more stupid and vtcious
(as 1t Is Aot doing, so far as any lonf
a see), that in the far-off future ouf
children may attain such perfection as
to know how to i've forever and rtghe
" enjoy the blessings Of earthly life.
Perhaps the Evolution hope is bet
ter than monet Surely 1t is better than
the eternal torment hope Of the DARK
Ages! but it must be far from ~soulsat4
fsfying to all who think deeply. But
the Bible hope proposes that Messiah's
Kingdom shall take in the entire race
Of Adam, and by disciplinary instruc-'
tons and announcements shall help
all the willing and obedient to humalp
perfection. This hope for the world
Is beyond the special hope which is the
exclusive portion Of the fully conse-'
Grated disciples OF Jesus.
DR.. Abbott sympathized with US in
advance, saying. There are still some
belated preachers who endeavor to per-
suade their congregations that Evolu-
hon is perilous TO the soul, and who
found their religious teaching on the
old doctrines of q finished creation, an
absentee God, and a INSTRUMENTATION
world" 49,:
We confess that we belong to this
class. There can be no doubt that we
are living in a pestIlence.stricken
world, and that conditions here are
not such as a gracious and loving Bea
ing would provide for His intelligent
creatures. Rather, as St Pau! de-
clares, the world Is under a reign Of
Sin and Death, which has prevailed
since the time Father Adam was cut
off from fellowship with His Heavenly
Father, under the sentence of death
Romans 5:12-21.
The condition Of the pestilence-strick4
en- world Is permitted In order to carry
out the penalty upon our convict race.
The Bible declares that God is allow
ing mankind to learn a great lesson
Of their own incompetence and help
~lessness, which will be valuable to ALI
eternity to both men and angels; that
present trials and difficulties and death
will be overruled for mans good. For
six thousand years men have beeRr
learning the bitter results Of disobedt1
ence to the laws OF righteousness, and
their need of help Divine. Only a few
yet know that God is Love" r.
But such as see the true light Of
Gods Word as to the fall, the Redemp.
tion-prtce, the call of the Church to DO
Joint heirs In Messiah's Kingdom, and
the eventual Reign of Righteousness.
have q great joy and blessing. AS for
others, we bsgrudge them not whatev-
er JOY Or peace they can get out Of any
theory that VIII liberate from the hor-
rible nightmare Of the Dark Ages,
Was Your Grandfather an Ape? g
Continuing his eulogy Of Mr.. Beech :,
er, DR.. Abbott said: But no one any :
longer asks sarcastically, so you thing
your grandfather vas an apeT Ana
few are they who still venture to de-
nounce as atheists those who believe
In life as a process of Divine growth,
and redemption as a process Of sptrits2
ual development" We fear DR.. Ab--f
bott ia right-that the learned In puIpiE1
and pew have SO thoroughly lost their =.
faith in the God of the Bible that they
no longer reDroach one another with
the fact.
But is the fact any the less true for
this reason? Suppose all the great
minds accept the Evolution theory
that Adam was the son Of an ape-@1
and oppose the Bible teaching that he
was a special and direct creation of
God, the moral image OF his Creator.
Suppose all those decide that man
never fell from perfection. and neYer4
needed a redemption, and that all the
Bible statements respecting Jesus Az
the Redeemer are false. ~
Suppose the literati do hold that ALI
earthly life 10 merely a development.
an evolutionary process. called. in ID.
complimentary sense "Divine growth
with the thought that quite probably
there is no Divine Being. but merely I.
some great force operating in nature-:
that redemption is only q higher de-
vslopment OF the moral instincts. 4,
What Of all this? Must we accept
such decisions as inal?. Shall we NOT
rather take the assurances Of the BIZ
bic respecting these very men Of let
tiers? OF these great scholars the Lord
prophesied thousands Of years ago, say:
ing, 'The wisdom Of their wise men
shall perish, and the understanding of
their prudent men shall be hid" (Isa.'
iah 29:14.) st. Paul declares, The.
wisdom OF this world is ~fooliShnesg
with God."-1 Corinthians 1880.
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