Evening star., 1925-07-28

trying to pry open the door Of the
distant future. One recently grew
eloquent over ancient worms and an
other predicted that $4,000 years
hence every one will be bald and
toothless. Both those who en-
deavor to clothe our remote ances-
tors with hair and those who en-
deavor to. remove the hair from the
| heads Of our remote descenda 1ts
ignore the present with its imperative
| demands. The science of how to live
is the most important of all the
sciences, but it is necessary to know
| how to live. Christians desire that
their children shall be taught all the
sciences, but they do not want to lose
sight of the Rock of Ages while they
study the ages of the rocks; neither
do they desire them TO become so alb
sorbed in measuring the distance be-
tween stars that they will forget Him
who holds the stars in His hand.
While not more than > per cent
of our population are college grad.
yates, these. because Of enlarged
powers. need a heavenly vision even
/ more than those less learned both for
their own restraint and TO assure So
ciety that their enlarged powers will
| be used for the benefit Of society and
| not against the public welfare.
Evolution 'Deauening.
Evolution is deadening the spirit
| ual life of a multitude of students.
| Christians do not desire less education.
| but they desire that religion shall be
! entwined with learning so that our
/ boys and girls will return from col
| lege with their hearts afiams with love
of God and love of felIowmen. and pre-
, pared to lead in the altrustic work
! that the world so sorely needs The
/ cry in the business world in the in
| dustrial world, in the professional
world, in the political world-even in
J the religious worlds for consecrated +.
talents-for ability plus a passion for
| service.
| our fourth indictment against the
| evolutionary hypothesis is that by
! paralyzing the hope of reform it
| discourages those who labor for the
! Improvement Of mans condition.
| Every upward-lool<ing man or woman
| seeks TO lift the level upon which
| mankind stands and they trust that
| they Will see beneficent changes dur
/ ing the brief span of their own lives.
! Evolution chills their enthusiasm BY
| substituting aeons for years. Ii OBJ
| Scures all beginnings in the niSts Of
! endless ages 1t is represented as a
! cold and heartless process. beginning
| with time and ending in eternity and
! acting so slowly that even the rocks
! cannot preserve a record of the
imaginary changes through which it
| is credited with having carried an
original germ of life that appeared
some time from somewhere. It's only
program for man is scientific breed
! ing, a system under which a few
! supposedly superior intellects, self
appointed. would direct the mating
! and the movements of the mass. Of
mankind-an impossible system. Evo-
luton, disputing the miracle. and is-
noring the spiritual in life has no
place for the regeneration Of the in
dividual. 1t recognizes no cry Of
/ repentance and SCOTS at the doctrine
that one can be born again.
Is UnreIenting Enemy.
1T is. thus, the intolerant and un-
relenting enemy OF the only process
that can redeem society through the
redemption of the individual. An
evolutionist would never write such
a story as the prodigal son; II contra
diets the whole theory of evolution.
| The two sons inherited from the same
parents and, through their parents.
from the same ancestors, proXimate
! and remote. And these sons We're
J reared at the same fireside and were
! surrounded by the same environment.
during all the days Of their youth.
and yet they were different
II Mr. Darrow is correct in the theory
| applied to Loeb, namely, that his
crime was due either TO inheritance
or 10 environment, how will he eX-
plain the difference between the elder
brother and the wayward son? The
evolutionist may understand from OBJ
servation, if not by experience, even
! though he cannot explain, why one
! of these boys was guilty OF every i'm
morality, squandered the money that
| the father had laboriously earned and
brought disgrace upon the family
name: but his theory does not explain
| why a wicked young man underwent
/ a change of heart, confessed his sin
and begged for forgiveness. And be-
cause the evoluuonist cannot under
stand this fact, one of the most i'm
portant in the human life. he cannot
| understand the infinite love of the
Heavenly Father, who stands ready
TO welcome home any repentant sin
ner, no matter how far he has wan
dered, how often he has fallen or how
deep he has sunk in sin.
Your honor has quoted from
wonderful poem written by a great
Tennessee poet, Walter Malone. |
venture TO quote another StanZa which
puts into exquisite language the new
opportunity which a merctful God
! gives to every one who will turn from
sin to righteousness.
Though deep in mire. wiring not your
! hands and weep;
I lend My arm to all who say j can
No shame-faced outcast ever sank so deep
Evolution Mocks Prayer.
There are no lines like these in
all that evolutionists have ever writ
ten. Darwin says that science has
nothing to do with the Christ who
taught the spirit embodied in the
words of Walter Malone, and yet this
spirit is the only hope of human
progress. A heart can be changed IN
the twinkling of an eye and a change
in the life follows a change in the
heart. 1t is because Chris
tians believe in individual regenera-
ton and in the regeneration of So
ciety through the regeneration of in
dividualS that they pray Thy king
dom come thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven Evolution makes
a mockery of the Lords Prayer!
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Our fifth indictment of the evoIu-
tionary hypothesis is that if taken
| seriously and made the basis of a
philosophy of life, it would eliminate
love and carry man back TO
struggle of tooth and claw. The
Christians who have allowed them
selves to be deceived into believing
that evolution is a benefcent, or even
a rational process, have been associat-
ing with those who either do not
understand its implications or dare
not avow their knowledge of these
implications. Let me give you some
authoritV on this SubieCt I will be-