The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-03-07

Not an Exalted Ape.
There are some wise men who would
have us believe that man is the or
spring OF an ape; II so, then man Is
an exalted ape because between man
and the ape. as we know them. there
Is wide difference. In arriving at
their conclusion IL Is barely possible
the wise men we're led into II by fol-
lowing Pope's suggestion. and In so do
ing discovered In man what they
thought TO be ancestral traits, for II
there Is any being on earth who can
make a monkey OF himself, man is the
one.
Many have accepted the Darwinian
theory OF the evolution OF man as a
substantial fact, when the truth Is
there Is not single proof In support
of Il. II is simply a hypothesis sup
position assumed. The late DIR. James
Orr. the Scotch theologlan, who was
competent TO speak upon this subject,
| SAYS: ut Is vain to speak OF science
demonstrating the slow development
Of man from the anthropold ape, for II
does no such thing. There Is no proof
Of this In science up TO this present
hour. There Is no evidence OF any
such gradual process"
A Created Being.
Turning now from the hypothesis
Of men. we note that the Bible teaches
that man Is created being. This
fact which is stated In the FIRST and
second chapters OF Genesis Is confirm
ed by other Scriptures. so that we are
by no means dependent upon the Gen
esls account for II. Our Lord him
self adds his confirmatory words when
he says: "Haye We not read that he
which made them at the beginning
made them male and female. and said
for this cause shall man leave father
and mother, and shall cleave to his
wife: and they twain shall be one
flesh7" (Matt. 19:4-5).
Upon this account OF the creation OF
man In Genesis and the quotation from
that book, Christ bases his teachini
upon the sanctlty Of marriage. II !;
surely subtle reasoning that admits
the truth OF Christ's teaching and a
the same time charges him with has
Ing Il upon what he knew, as sons
say, was only fable. Surely. sucf
one should not be what he claimed
he was. "the way. the truth, and thu
life" No matter what men may sa,
about the origin OF man. the fact re
mains that the Scriptures, substan
tiated by Christ. uniformly teach tina
he Is a created being.
In the Image Of God.
Further the Scriptures teach tina
man was made In the image Of God
This is quite different from beini
evolved from an ape. This makes maj
the offsuring OF God. and not OF
monkey. II exalts him, instead o
debaslng him. He begins his belnl
as a man, and not as something o
the lower creation which graduall'
through long periods of time change
into what he now is, which II the ny
pothesis be true, would make him al
exalted ape. II the theory be true
, what Is 10 hinder the process OF evolu
ton going on and man developing int
something specifically different fror
what he now is. and so on ad infir
ltumi
We have mentioned the wide differ
ence between man and the ape. Nov
the essential difference between ther
. does not consist In the brain capacit
/ Of the skulls. in hairy or smooth skill
, hut in the fact that man was made 4
, the image OF God. BY this is nc
, meant a bodily likeness. for we kno'
"God IL a spirit" and "a spirit hat
not flesh and bones" (John 4:24
Luke "a 800.
/ The Image MARRIED.
, But alas man fell through sin an
J the image was marred. Such Is III
5 teaching OF the Bible, which is quit
= contrary 10 the hypothesis of men VIII
/ boast Of the ascent of man, while 81
E has gone away from God and not 4
q ward God; that this apostasy II
4 wolves the whole human race, so this
0 "all have slnned and come short q
J. the glory OF God;" that the catastr'
3 phe Of sin is so complete that man
I helpless and hopeless because OF II
4 save himself from II. The Bible. how
a ever. does not leave man, In whom III
T image Of God is marred without hop'
3 for II tells him that "where sin abount
ed grace did much more abound" an
that God has made provision for the re-
titutlon of man In the redemption whic
9 he provided on Calvary's cross b
O which the image OF God marred b