The Washington herald., 1922-06-17

paved by the men of God who en-
nobled life with messages which
they received direct from Jehovah.
Among the patriarchs who de-
serve high place in Bible history
we find Abraham, who gives US one
of the earliest and most splendid
Illustrations of the power of faith
and of its fundamental place in the
history OF individuals and nations.
At the call of God he left his
home and Travelled into a distant
land. there to become the father of
a race. than which there has never
been a greater, and to establish
worship of one God. a religion
which has controlled the lives of
thousands of millions since his day.
Finally, out of his faith and his re-
ligion came the promised Messiah.
with all that Christ has meant to
man and mankind
Law Giyer without a Peer.
Moses gave to history an inspir-
ing lesson. His life Is rebuke.
flung in the face of arbitrary power.
declaring the Iittleness of all hu-
man aspirations compared with the
majesty Of the Creators purpose.
Born of obscure parentage. res
cued from a cruel edict by the fore.
sight of a mother. carried by chance
into the palace of a king. educated
in Van environment that he could
not have secured by any power of
his own. called to Gods service by
one of the most notable of miracles,
sustained by the arm of the AL
mighty in contest between an i'm
potent people and the mightiest
ruler on earth, triumphant by re-
peated intercessions on the part OF
the Omnipotent, he led his people
out Of bondage and within sight of
the promised land. Then he was
laid to rest in a sepulchre which
no man knoweth.'
Law giver without a peer. Won
der working man, Who will esti-
mate his influence on the destiny
OF mankind?
without the Old Testament we
would not have the simple account
of creation which. though expressed
in but a few words. has withstoo@
the assaults of all the materialists
for thousands of years. Three SEN
tences from Genesis comprehend
more Of vital truth than has been
written in all the volumes of
science issued from the presses Of
the world.
First: In the beginning God Gre
ated the heaven and the earth
the alpha of all history.
1t is impossible to go behind it.
and no one has yet been able to
substitute anything for 1t or to adt
anything to il. 1t mocks the wis
dom of the worldly wise and baf-
fies the inquiries OF the curious.
Reproduction According to Kind
Second, reproduction according to
kind: And God said. Let the earth
bring forth the living creature af-
ter his kind, cattle, and creeping
thing. and beast of the earth after
his kind: and it was So"
This states the law of reproduc-
tion which the materialists have
for centuries tried in vain to over
throw.
Darwin endeavored to substitute
reproduction nearly according to
kind. but with variation enough to
permit of change from species to
species. His hypothesis is based
upon the assumption-shown by eX-
pertinent to be Eroundless-that
slight variations accumulate until
new species are developed. Every
body. everywhere. and at all times
sees evidence of reproduction ac-
cording to kind. but nobody at any
time or in any place has ever found
any evidence of any other kind of
reproduction.
The latest word on this subject
comes from Professor Bateson. of
Great Britain, an eminent scientist
who recently crossed the Atlantic
at the invitation of the American
Society for the Advancement of
Science. On December 2S last he
addressed the members of this So
ciety at Toronto on the subject Of
evolution. his address being pub
lished in the January issue Of
Science.
In that address this eminent
scientist pathetically described all
the efforts that had been made
along various promising lines to
show the origin of species. After
sixty years Of effort the searchers
have been unable to find a single
case where they can prove a single
case where they can prove a change
in species or find the origin of spe-
cies. With something like 900, 900
species (estimated) to work with.
and though they have examined
many millions Of specimens from
insects that must be studied under
microscope to mammals larger
than exist today. they have vet to
find single living thing in process
of Change-all are perfect and all
reproduce. according to kind.
Science of How to Live.
Third: "A nd God said. Let us
make man in our image"
This is the most important sem
tenCe of the three. Ignorance of
the beginner of all things does not
affect the philosophy OF life as much
Is 1t is affected by the theory Of
mans origin. Even the law Of re-
production according to kind is not
so vital to man as his kinship with
the Heavenly Father.
The Bible deals with the science Of
how to live, which is personal
matter of supreme Importance to
every human being. While knowl-
edge of the age of the rocks Is de-
sirable because valuable. such
knowledge Is insignificant in value
compared with mans knowledge of
the Rock of Ages.
Good people lived and fulfilled the
plan of the Creator long before any
book on geology was written and
to the study of astronomy. But the
science of how to live began with
man: it is of vital consideration to