The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-24
ATTACKS Theory
OF EVOLUTION IN
CHURCH ADDRESS
Former Warrington Pastor
Declares MateriaIism Creep
ing Into Schools:

Church in Beatty avenue.
. The theory of evolution is
t6i9g Of Importance TO every
ssheh child, he declared. There
/ ~ d fame OF materIalisn
coming from the pulpit, the press,
and the schools, and the time IS
BOW near when we must turn
'bAek to the teachings OF Christian
! itys he exclaimed.
Ehe teaching OF evolution Is
yAlg that should interest the
~ payer. he said. HE should
Investigate and see II his child In
sehool Is being taught evolution,
i2nd II SO whether II Is in accord
ice with the teachings Of Gods
Yrd."
Where are four cardinal doc
)ttines being assaulted by the pro-
g2pents Of evolution, he said, The
E1fat one is, rs tho Bible really
Gods word, or is 1t merely the
word of God? There Is u differ
ence. The word OF God may be
i'm Shakespeare, but his writings
are not the word Of God"
The second cardinal doctrine
being assailed, according to tho
Reverend Mr.. Ferguson, is Christ's
girginsl birth. He pointed out
that much OF the fabric OF the
New Testament depends upon be-
lief In this doctrine.
The third doctrine attacked by
the ones preaching evolution is
that OF the "substitutlonary
death OF Christ, and the fourth
Is His resurrection later" the
Iyaqeaker said.
These four great doctrines
Bre the fundamentals of our be-
lsiiet," he said, land the attacks
being made upon them can DO
.tTacel back to the great materia-
fAItstic movement now affecting our
Institutions.
"1nfldenity has found its way
Into tNs PULPIT, and behind the
desk, eleclared the Reverend Mr..
Ferguson. Evolution as taught In
nhe schools and from the pulpit Is
absolutely untrue, contrary to the
Bible, and has Its origin In Lap
devil" he added.
Tho book of Genesis was point
ed aut as the "scene-plot" OF the
en&fe scriptures. 1.-THE seed of
every flower Of truth that bios
Atoms in the Now Testament" de-
clAred the Reverend Mr.. Fergu-
son may be found in Genesis 4"
He claimed the supporters OF
evolution have no real argument
N prove their claims. "They come
UP to YOU" he said, land say,
What? You aren't an evolution
ist7 You don't believe in 1t? Ard
you're an intelligent man! We'll ]
declare!' That's their only arsu-
mept," he said, well, de-
clare.tr
y Foundation Threatened
y Denying the contention that
man has developed from a minute
protopiasmic atom. tho Reverend
Mr. Ferguson said that "ir man Is
not special act Of creation, thor
Jesus Christ was prevaricatnr,
and the entire fabric Of our relI-
Bpon Is broken down, and We arc
In o ,pitable condition"
To support this statement lie
mentioned the fact that many
people refuse to believe parts OF
The Bible because 1t speaks If
.Shpernatural things which are
beyond our understanding. "ft
God doesn't know more than |
do,i' he said, Hes not God. The
book wouldn't be worth believ-
ing" He pointed out that the
creator of all things must be ex-
pected to know more than the
human mind is capable of grasp
ing.
sThere are certain teachings
coming from Darwin" he said,
(which claims that man was not
created by God as an individual
but descended through evolution
ktpam some prehistoric creature
which hung In the trees by It's tail
and threw cocoanuts at IL sweet
heart. They have a perfect right 10
elnim that they are products Ut
evolution and descended from
apes" he said. "but want to be
NJ out.
Evoiutior.'A he declared, as
without the realm of speech, the
realm OF conscience, the.rcalm Of
personality He went on to show
that these three things have PROV
ed beyond the explanation Of SCI
entists. and while they own these
charactcrist cs do not exist In the
h lower animals science has not bees:
able to determine how man became
possessed with them.
= with reference to the disagreg-
ment between biologists and tao
Bible in regard to the time OF the
creation and age OF the world inc
Reverend Mr.. Ferguson said mo
man is able to tell how long time
elapsed between the period men
I}nued n Genesis III. and Genesis
p There was time there for all
"a Geological changes and stages
.fbol which science bases its dix.
tef pee with the Bible" he dec:ar-
Three Creative Acts
I, e. said that only three creative
arl are mentioned In the t!rst
, book Of Genesis. The first act was
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