The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1922-04-20
A LETTER
Blue Lick. XIV,

The perusal Of letter in your
paper Of Mar. %, by correspondent
from Rutherford, N. j., is so highly
commendable that it elicts the, fol-
lowing reply. A thrill of joy perme-
ates, charms, and leads captive the
soul Of every Christian when oppon-
orts of Darwinism have the courage
to enter the arena and participate in
the controversy that today is agitat.
irP not only religious, but scientific,
educational, and even political circles.
The blossom cannot tell what be-
estimate his influence when battling
for the right His words and deeds
leave an enduring monument to
Christian faith, and place an indelible
stamp on the human race. Faith is
the greatest boon ever given to hu-
mainly, the house that is founded
on the Rock, and all the winds" and
storms" Of Darwinian theories beat
ing against it can never dislodge its
firm foundation
Don't worry. II is the height Of
folly for sensible people to get work.
ed up over evolution, which is only
synonymous with infdelity, that per-
suades men that they were evolved
from beasts, hence they are content
to live like beasts and die like beasts,
becoming more base and ignoble,
alienated from God and His Holy
Spirit But wait and see the athe-
lists attitude when assailed by dan
ger. suffering, or the approach Of
death. His moral nature invariably
cries out to God for mercy. He
finds in his last hours that there is
not single foothold in infdelty up
on which to base a hope.
Cold reason has taken away the
faith of the fathers" without giving
an equivalent. Every valuable thing
should have a compensating power.
Not a blade of grass, flower by the
wayside but reproduces its kind.
"Reason and faith, like the two sons
of the patriarch-reason implies
doubt and uncertainty, but Faith in
herits the blessing"
The whole mass of universities,
colleges. and churches turnout its
wide domain have been thrown into
effervescence by the little measure"
of evolution which, like the lump
Of heaven the woman hid in the
meal bin" The high and mighty were
startled when confronted with the
fact of their consanguineous relations
to beasts Not very fiatterng ret
| respect truly for those who had
boosted their lineal descent from the
! Charlemagnes, from Queen Victoria,
and Pocahontas, etc. Then since
speculation seems rampant, 1.-THE word
having occurred eight hundred times
in one Darwinian treatise, according
to Mr.. Bryan's statemenD, for the
sake of argument permit speculation
in regard to the apes and the pea
cocks, imported from Tarshish by
King Solomon. Is it not highly
probable that out of due filial regard
for his paternal ancestors Solomon
transported 'the species" to his realm
that they might witness his amazing
evolution? Remember that at thai
time Solomon was the incarnation OF
wisdom. He was the keeper, the Gus
todian, the interpreter of Gods il
luminable truth. He opened thu
Book of Life to the Queen of Shebs
and revealed TO her all the hectic af
fairs of her heart, and probably the
great secret Of her lineage, involving
the "transmutation of species,
Spontaneous generation" and "chem
ical origin" No wonder the poo
Queen went back to her land" 1
wiser yet sadder" woman, realizing
that the rich gifts of spices, an'
gold, and precious stones, brought b!
her to King Solomon were very in
adequate compensation for the start
ling facts revealed of her affinity t.
apes and peacocks! Luther Bur
bank. the plant wizard, might be abl'
to elucidate the hybridons features
produced by the combination of thu
two species, and really it wouldn'
require a very elastic imagination t.
classify the modern female especial
ly the type termed "vamp" an'
"fiapper" who smoke cigarettes, parl
their gum on their plates, wear bob
bed hair, abbreviated skirts, sleeve
less and chestless waists) as a sue
cessful combination of King Solo
mons importation?
Christians are becoming nauseate'
with the covert attacks on their re