Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-16

develL rmcrt of the world and its Great
accepted by theist or atheist material
| lists or ideal,st, gnostic or agnostic.
II. TWO BASIC PRESSUPOSIT-
IONS OF EVOLUTION
"The existence of a primal homoge:;
eous stuff as the basis of all that is
1t thus has starting point and at a
given time and thus cannot account for
creation. The creator must precede the
stuff he creates and evolution preoup.
poses the stuff" for it is only when
This stuff begins to take OH form that
evolution as process begins. Aga II
evolution presupposes principle of IN
folding that is resident in the germ or
Things.
There is something IN the acorn tina,
determines that it shall be an oak and
not walnut tree. There is something
in the babe that determines that it
shall be man and not monster This
something is inherent and necessary
IN microbes monkeys and men, This is
as true of universes and systems Of
Cniverses as of organic creatures. In
fact evolution is all-inc'usive and
there are no races and 'climes EXEMPT
II ON its ubiquitous operations. The
basic presuppositions leave ample
loom for God. How do we account for
this .primaF homogeneous stuff which
evolution docs not ella m to originate"
Some creator is necessary and there.
fore the God of the Bible is the eXplan
alton. BY what hand was planted this
inherent principle that determines
that babes shaG be men and acorns
shall be oaks? Does not this leave suf-
ficent room for the Christians God =
Here we not only find accord between
the teachings Of evolution but we find
that the teachings of evolution max =
God a scientific as we'll as spiritual
necessity.
III. SOME BASIC CONVENTIONS o
OF EVOLUTION
The first is that things are moving
from the simple to the complex, from.
The homogeneous to the heterogeneous
The farther back we trace Things there
fore the greater is the resemblance OF
one thing to another. Things have thus
grown unlike with the ages. An three
kingdoms of nature are represented in
man. the mineral, the vegetable and
the animal kingdoms are found togeth-
er in him. There is thus a kinship
with all the kingdoms and this brings
us to the second basic contention that
there is unifylng principle in the
world that essentially relates the
whole. This unfolding of evolution is
The explanation of the earth as it is
and we see thus that in it's presupposl
tons evolution makes God necessary
and in it's contentious it does not
leave God out for God is as much a God
OF growth as of instantaneity. Is the
world any less glorious as handiwork
of God because it grew and was not
created instantly? Is God more g:or.
uus in the creation Of microbe or of
a man? Is not the acorn as much the
work OF a Creator as the oak? One
clock maker makes a clock that must
ne wound daily another makes one
that must he wound weekly and still
another makes one that must be wound
monthly, which is in reality the great
er genius? Or can we say that either is
less genius? The God who creates the
babe that looks ever MAYNARD, am
the acorn that ever looks oakward is
creator in every truth And so in Great
ing this primal homogeneous stuff
and starting it on its Woodward
Journey God is truly Creator and Lori
and it matters little which plan He pur
sues if His creative acts are thought
out in ultimate terms.
w. EVOLUTION ILLUSTRATED
''That everything which we see
has had a growth is fact that only
the skeptic will doubt There is little
similarity between the piano and the
bow and arrow, yet pianos in their
embryonic states were bows and ar
rows. There are doubtless many
missing links and doubtless the piano
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