The log cabin Democrat., 1922-03-31
MIR. BRYAN'S DEFENSE OF
 THE BIBLE.
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From the Christian Observer.
 Published by Request.)

1IeIe IS dDuHudnI CVlutICe that III many colleges and universities, es- pecially in state controlled institu- tions, professors of science and biolo- gy have gone out of their way to at tack the inspiration of the Bible and to destroy the faith of many young men and young women who have been sent to these us itl-ions from Chris tian homes. It k generally recog- nized as a seIf-eyidout truth that, if the tate prohibits the teaching of the Bible in its institutions, it should also probihit professors employed in these institutions from attacking the Bible and destroying the faith of boys and girls who are committed to their care.
 Reference has been made in these columns to the lectures of MT. Will liam Jennings Bryan, delivered last fall in Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Va, and published recent ly by Fleming H. Revell Company in a volume bearing the title, In His lmage.' MT. Bryan was requested to present his views on this subject in an influential daily newspaper of New York City. This same paper the fol lowing week presented statements from two college professors of prom thence in the east, who attempted to reply to MT. Bryan's arguments.
 In later issue Mir. Bryan made a brief rejoinder to the statement of these professors, which will be read with interest everywhere, for MT. Bryan is always interesting and in- structive in his writings. He stands unswervingly for the inspiration of the Bible and against the efforts of so- called scientists to destroy the Chris tian faith of young men and young women who are students in the col leges and universities of our land. MT. Bryan's reply is as follows:
 Il presume no rejoinder is expected to the answer of Professors Osburn and Conklin, but l am sure you will pardon me if 1 trespass upon your time long enough to thank you for the compliment you pay me in having two professors write in their effort to re- ply to one layman. You have render ed distinct service to your readers in bringing two distinguished tree men down from their aborial lodg- ings to terra firma. Usually when a professor, of the uessing variety, curls his intellectual tail, so to speak, around limb of Darwin's fam fly tree he is too high for the public to understand what he says. From his lofty position he naturally looks down with amusement upon the plain, common people, who, instead of claiming aristocratic ape ancestors, are content to believe that they were made in the image of God. The answers of the professors whom you selected have exhibited all the charac- terstics of their class. They misrep- resent their opponents, look with con- tempt upon all those who do not ex- haust the alphabet in setting forth their degrees, and evade the issue which they pretend to discuss, The evidence upon which they condemn the Bible would not be sufficient to convict an habitual criminal of petty larceny in any court in Christendom.
 They prate about science, and warn Christians not to attempt to 'confute science by the Bible They seem ignorant of the definition of science, namely, that it is classified knowledge. They string guesses to- gether and demand that unsupported hypotheses shall be substituted for Bible truth. They dodge the real question and refuse to state how much of the Bible they regard as con sistent with Darwin's hypothesis. But as far as evidence can be drawn from what they do say, it is evident that they regard the discovery of the bones of a tive-toed horse as a greater event than the birth of the Christ. There ought not to be any doubt of the bane- ful influence such teaching will exert on young men and young women trained in Christian homes and taught to regard the Bible as the Word of God"
 The Christian Observer has received recently request that we warn re- ligious schools and colleges against employing professors who deny the inspiration of the Scriptures and who inculcate Darwin's theory of evolu- tion. Danger turks in the employ ment of men who in any measure de ny the inspiration of the Scriptures and who attempt to undermine the the faith of the vouno people