The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-26
DARST ANSWERS
PROF. SPANGLER
DGESrBER OF STATE BOARD OF
CON r L SEVERELY CRIr1-
cIzEs VIEWS or STATE
UNIVERSITY TEACHERS
Believes that the Bible States tho
Facts Of Creation Correctly
Asks Several Questions


Extract from speech on "Fricndsh!p
made by J. :. Oars. member state
Board Of Control Charleston. West
Virginia, at S;oucwail Jackson t'arN
on June %. 1872. referring to recent
statements Of pr. l. =. SpanEser. dc
ptrtmcnt Of botany. West Virginia Uni
Yersi:y MorGantownD
want To speak TO you "r an"thcr
Friend. one who s;.c&e.h closer than
brother. one wh" can speak worlds INTO
existence. and b. 4 way" o; His nan"
;hcy disappear
In the beginning this Friend Of ours
created first the heaven and the earth
'~Thc earth" our Friend says. was
without form. and void; and darkness
WAS upon the face or tn" deep: and the
Spirit Of God moved upon the race OF
'hs waters" and God sad. Let there
ne light. and there VAS light He then
divided the waters from The Land. and
God said Let the earth bring forth
grass. the herb Welding seed. and the
fruit tree Welding fruit after It's kind.
whose seed IS in itself upon the earth.
and Z; vas so" And God made two
rreo. lights. the greater light 10 rule
the day. and the lesser light to rule
the night" He then said. Let the
waters bring forth ahundantIy. And
God created great whales. and every nv
ing creature that moveth. which the
waters brought forth abundantly. after
their Kind. and every winged fowl AFTER
his kind" Then God said. Let the
earth bring forth the living creature
after its kind cattle. and creeping
things, the beast ~ the earth AFTER MS
Kind. and Il was So After all this
life had been created on the earth and
N the sea- Cod told them 70 multiply
after their kind
He then said. Let MS make man IN
our !mage. after our likeness" so God
,.reatpd man in His own image, In The
image os God created he him; male and
female created He them And the
Lord God formed man Of the dust or
the ground and h-eathed into his nos
,rils the breath Of life: and nan be-
came a living soul"
criticisss spangler
Or II. -. Spaucler. professor OF
botany. West Virginia University. Nor
ran,own. according 70 an article ap-
nearing IN tire Charleston Daily Mail
under date Of .Gune I2th. does not agree
With God. He seems to know more
about how Cod made man than God
Himself-in his estimation. He states
IN rar, in the article referred to:
n tne beSlIN'llE VI I's N->''0N>''>
was a small one-celled animal: at an
Other stage 7 was tiny sack-shaped
mass without blood nr nerves: ~ an
other stage 7 Mas a worm-like animal
with q p,IIsating tube instead OF heart
and without head. neck or limbs: al
another stage a Ash. and At another
stage 4 reptile Later was an animal
With 4 heavy coat Of hair and with a
long tail" etc. etc. world without Snd'
There seems 70 hr 4 vast difference
o, opinion between nr. Span%Ier an"
Cod Almighty aS 70 how God made man
God saws thar Ue made man In HIS own
image. after His likeness. and that tie
formed him gu: ns tn" dust or the
earth and hrcathcd ja.O his noStrl!s the
breath ~ Ike. and man became living
xoul. would Ike FOR DR.. SpanS'er 10
.cV me n when God made me. I was n
small orC-cciIed animal what III"
Good lo.\ like" For He SAYS He made
:, ~. own image ard after His
likeness would like for Or. SranSier
20 ter ne also 1t waat par ular stage
lid God breathe the hreatr ( life into
~, nrc-rrrcI animal or t!ny S1ck-like
worm, hSh ar long tailed hairy animal.
and naH became a living soul Goa
Arsa,hed into men and women only
Nkvtnr souls; animals dN not nave sous
And 80 could continue asking him
questions he could not answer !nteIN-
gently or satisfactorily &" one in nun
ared people. hat what's the use The
first chapter Of Genesis tellS us air
about H. pr Spaugler cannot add {"
=, a. take anything from It. lie "a
wrru-. cd is right. cod made per-
rc.t r;-tr physically In the beginning,
a. rcrIect ~ any He has made since.
ma a a
csr,ale and told them 10 people the
earth after their kind. So did He make
every living animal. on Land and In
tn Scu. perfect IN thc beginning. and
told them q" multiply after their kind.
Opinion CT Srangler's views
think talk like that DR. S?anGlcr Is
rrdulcing in. if he Is quoted correctly.
= mn inSul, "a God and man. and con-
..Iry To- i;ud'S word as given 10 us
through tn" scriptures. and that II Is
poisoning Ito minds OF our children. and
will Lead some of our young people 10
doubt the Bible. What Is the use OF
c,;hCr and mother endeavoring in the
early yeqrS OF their chtldS life t" In
s;ll into his mind that the word OF
God il right and that the Bible Is the
word 80 Cod. just as II Is written H.
when he = Of college age. We turn him
over 10 he tucored by man who be-
,i.,eS. aud 'ustructs him, that instead
q: God making the Child like HIM tie
n,.da him - worm. fish. reptile and tho
Ike G,ling the Young mind with nm
hci.cf and dwarfug and Gripping him
Cor life" VII spend our time IN the
Sunday sch""iS wear after year "ndeav-
nrin< 70 place a "hild's feet solidly on
tSs Rock Of Ages IT We are going 10
nay man to teach him later that the
Err. chopte~ IN The Bible Is wrong.
[" had nv way. nr. Srangler. or any
ether man Who believes as he does.
' ould not receive another cent Of the
,aNrayers' money Of this state.
would ask Cor his resignation. and AT
once. and clear our university Of men
who think and believe as Or. SpanGler