The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-07-28
Indictments of Theory


cient substitute For thus saith
the Lord.
Indictments of Theory
"Our first indictment against evo-
luton is that it disputes the truth
OF the Bible account of mans ere.
alton and shakes faith in the Bible
as the word of God This indict-
ment we prove by comparing the
processes described as evolutionary
with the text of Genesis. It net
only contradicts the Mosaic record
as to the beginning of human life,
but it disputes the Bible doctrine
of reproduction according to kind
the greatest scientific principle
known.
'Our second indictment is that
the evolutionary hypothesis, carried
to it's logical conclusion, disputes
every vital truth of the Bible. It's
tendency. natural If not inevitable,
is to lead those who really accept
it. first to agnosticism and then to
atheism. Evolutionists attack the
truth Of the Bible, not openly at
first. but by using weasel-words
like 'poetical. .symbolical' and al
legorical' to suck the meaning out
of; the inspired record of mans
creation.
SLOW can any teacher tell his
student that evolution does not tend
to destroy his religious faith? How
can an honest teacher conceal from
his students the effect of evolution
upon Darwin himself? And is it
not stranger still that preachers
who advocate evolution never speak
Of Darwin's loss Of faith, due to
his belief in evolution?
1.-THE parents of Tennessee have
reason to fear the effect of evoIu-
ton on the minds OF their children.
Belief IN evolution cannot bring to
those who hold such a belief any
compensation for the loss of faith
in God, trust in the Bible, and be-
lief in the supernatural character
of Christ. 1t Is belief in evolution
that has caused so many scientists
and so many Christians to reject
the miracles OF the Bible. And then
give up, one after another, every
virtual trust Of Christianity. They
finally cease to pray, and snndeF
the tie that binds them to their
heavenly Father
Belief in Miracles II
The miracles should not be
stumbling block to any one. They
raise but three questions:
]. Could God perform a miracle?
Yes. The God who created the uni
verse can do anything He wants
to with It, He can temporarily
suspend any law that, He has made
or He may employ any. law that we
do not understand.
20. Would God perform q miracle Z
To answer that question in the
negative one would have to know
more abouts Gods plans and pur-
poses than a finite mind can know,
and yet some are so welded to
evolution that they deny that God |
would perform a miracle, merely
because miracle is inconsistent
with, evolution. s
If we believe that God can per.
form miracle and might desire to
do so, we are prepared to consider
with open mind the third question,
Did God perform the
that are recorded In the
Bible? The same evidence that es.
tablishes the authority of the Bible
the truth of the record
Of MIRACLES performed
De these evolutionists stop to
think OF the crime they commit
when they take faith out of the !
hearts of men and women and lead
Lhen out into a StarleSs night |
What pleasure can they find in rob- |
oing a human being of the hal |
Owed glory of that creed, and In |
substituting the lonely mystery of |
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fathers and mothers of Tennessee !
De blamed for trying to protect
their children from such a tragedy? |
Parents Long Patient
The people of Tennessee have |
been patient enough; they acted |
none too soon. How can they expect |
% protect society, and even the |
church from the deadening influ- |
ence of agnosticism and atheism if I
hey permit the teachers employed |
1y taxation to poison the minds of
he youth with this destructive |
doctrine? And remember thai the |
aw has not heretofore required the
writing OF the word poison on
poisonous doctrines,
The bodies of our people are so
that druggists and physi-
,ians must be careful to properly
abel all poisons; why not be as
careful to protect the spiritual life
If our people from the poisons that
kill the soul.
DO bad doctrines corrupt the
morals of students?
we nave a case in point Mr..
barrow was engaged about a year
igo in defending two rich mems
sons who were on trial for as das.
ardly murder as was ever COM
nitted. The older one, Babe" Leo
bold was brilliant student. nine
cen years old. He was an evolu.
lonlst and atheist. He was a fol-
over or N1etZohe, whose books he
lad deVoured and whose philosophy
he had adopted. Mr.. barrow made
| plea for him, based upon the in.
luence that Nietzsche's philosophy
lad exerted upon the boys mind.
Corruption of Faith
psychologists who build upon the
evolutionary hypothesis teach that
nan is nothing but a bundle of
inherited from brute
Lncestors. That is the philosophy
which Mr.. barrow applied in this
celebrated case. Some remote an.
estor'--he does not know how re-
note-'sent down the seed that cor
upted him You cannot punish
he ancestor, he is not only dead
,ut, according to the evolutlonists
he was a brute and may have Lived
! million years ago. And he saws
hat all the biologists agree with
him. No wonder SO small per