The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-06-21
Darwinism Detrimental 70 paitn

Ofotuiion, SAID: The
Bible is now to me a thousand time
more divine than it was before / be
came an evolutionist. y Others hav,
spoken in the same vein. Can W,
accept such statements at their face
valueq That depends on our own ex
perience in the matter. Do you know
OF single man who became more de
vout after he had embraced the theory
of evolutionY / confess that I know
of no such person. On the contrary
know good many who suffered
spiritual shipwreck when they became
evolutionists. Let US admit, for argu-
ment's sake, that there are exceptions
to the rule. Nevertheless, the fact
remains that evolutionists lose faith
in the divine inspiration of the Bible.
When belief in inspiration goes, there
also goes belief in the supernatural,
commonly know as miracles. Prophecy
is reduced to the level Of poetic Ian
guage. The miraculous conception be-
comes myth. The deity of Christ
itself becomes doubtful.
There may be exceptions, but what
has been said is the rule among evo-
lutionists Darwin was himself, in
his youth, believer in the divine in
spiration of the Bible. He also be-
lieved in the deity of Christ. AS time
advanced, he shifted his position from
belief to unbelief.
l once met a young surveyor work.
ing in an Idaho forest. Seated in the
lobby of hotel, he engaged me in
conversation. | was Informed that this
man had been student in a theology
cal seminary where evolution was
taught What he learned in the semi-
nary had made him an infidel. Not
wishing to preach what he did not
believe, he left school and engaged in
surveying.
Note the statement Of a Unitarian
minister, made on the floor of the
national convention of the Unitarian
church, assembled in Detroit in 1922:
"The line of cleavage between the
orthodox faith and the liberals is
closely drawn. 1t is evolution that
separates them
That man spoke the truth. When
man accepts Darwin s theory OF The
origin of man, he places himself on
the theological premises of the Uni
tartan. We have no quarrel with our
friends in the Unitarian church. They
have a moral right to believe wat
they like. Our quarrel is with the
man who claims to be orthodox while
Unitarian theology.
DR.. Howard Osgood once applied
startling test to group of rational
lists who still claimed to be orthodox.
He read paper in which ne quoted
two great authors whom he did not
name until he had finished reading |
and had inquired whether what ne
had quoted was not a fair presenta
tion of the tenets of rationalism- Ey-
ery minister present answered heartily
in the affirmative. "Well, "hsaid DR.. |
Oseood. >fsI have only read extracts
I culled from Paine and Voltalre.
Merle de Aubigne, author of q
history of the Reformation,
while attending the university, oe-
came seriously affected by the So
called modern interpretation OF Fne
R;b1e Not wishing to lose his spirit
ual hope, he went to Pastor keuper'
Nous minister in Kiel, with the re-
quest that the minister help him to
clear IN his doubts. Pastor Keuper
replied:
esWere I to succeed in Kidding you
Of them, others would soon ARISE
There is shorter, deeper, more accep-
liable way of annihilating them. Let
Christ be to you the real Son OF Cod
the Savior, the author of eternal ilfe,
If YOU become firmly settled IN TINS
GRACE. these difficulties will never
bother you
DIR. Chalmers was skepticaily IN
,lined during the early part OF ms
ministry. But he was finally con
uerted to the traditional faith. The
new vital experience made great
,hange in his preaching. His former
friends now said: "Tom Chalmers IS
mad, One of them went to ch''lcu
me evening to hear him crave. " ~, 70
he visitors great surprise, DR.. ohal-
ners took for his text these woros'
nm not mad, most noble Felix Du.
,neak forth the words of truth ana
,oherness }, The skeptical listener NOT
,nlv became convinced that Chalmers
vas perfectly sane, but was nm nnisei
to the traditional fa1tn'
Bishop g. G. McCabe, while preslu-
no over ona of his annual conferences.
,notoa the following passage OF scnp-
.ure. ssHis name shall be called Jesus
.or be shall save his people from tnei,
,;ns in - ssThat is advanced thougnf
,nouob for me- continued the Blsh-