Evening star., 1925-07-28

study the age of the rocks; neither
do they desire them to become so
absorbed in measuring the distance
between the stars that they will
forget Him who holds the stars in
His hands"
THE cry in the business world,
in the industrial world, in the pro-
efessional world, in the political
World-even in the religious world
is for consecrated talents-for
ability plus a passion for service"
Evolution, disputing the miracle
which / reserve comment--it throws
light upon his downward pathway
| Then arises the doubt, can the mind
of man which has, as / fully believe,
been developed from a mind as low as
that possessed by the lowest animals,
be trusted when it draws such grand
conclusions?'
Questions Mans Capacity.
Here is the explanation: he drags
man down TO the brute level, and
then, judging man by brute stand
ards. he questions whether mans
mind can be trusted to deal with
God and immortality"
How can any teacher tell his stu
dents 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 1t not
stranger still that preachers who ad-
vocate evolution never speak of Oar
wins loss of faith. due to his belief
in evolution? The parents of Ten
neSSee have reason enough TO fear
the effect of evolution upon 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 belief in the supernatural
character of Christ. 1t is belief in
eyolutione 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
vital truth of Christianity. They
finally cease to pray and sunder the
tie that binds them to their heavenly
father.
Denies Miracles Puzzling.
THE miracle should not be STUN
bling block to any one. 1t raises
but three questions: First, could God
perform a miracle? Yes, the God
who created the universe can do any
thing he wants to with it. He can
temporarily suspend any law that He
has made or He may employ higher
laws that we do not understand.
Second, would God perform a
miracle? To answer that question
in the negative one would have to
know more about Gods plans and
purposes than a finite mind can
know, and yet some are so welded
to evolution that they deny that God
would perform a miracle merely be-
| cause a miracle is inconsistent with
evolution.
Bible Establishes Miracles.
IF we believe that God can perform
a miracle and might desire to do so,
we are prepared to consider with open
mind the third question-namely, did
God perform the miracles recorded in
the Bible? The same evidence that
establishes the authority of the Bible
establishes the truth of the record of
miracles performed.
do these evolutionists stop to
| think of the crime they commit when
they take faith out of the hearts Of
men and women and lead them out
into a starless night? What pleasure
can they find in robbing a human be-
ing of the hallowed glory of that
creed and in substituting the lonely
mystery of existence. Can the fathers
and mothers of Tennessee be blamed
for trying to protect their children
from such a tragedy?
IF any one has been led to COM
plain of the severity of the punish
ment that hangs over the defendant,
let him compare this crime and it's
mild punishment with the crimes for
which a greater punishment is pre-
scribed. What is the taking of a few
dollars from one in day or night in
comparison with the crime of leading
one away from God and away from
Christ?
Shakespeare's View.
Shakespeare regards the robbing
one of his good name as much more
grave than the stealing of his purse
But we have a higher authority than
Shakespeare to invoke this connec-
ton. He who spake as never man
spaketh, thus describes the crimes
that are committed against the young.
1T is impossible but that offenses will
come; but woe unto him through
whom they come. 1t were better for
him that a milestone were hanged
about his neck and be cast into the
sea than that he should offend one
of these little ones
Christ did not overdraw the pic
ture. Who is able to set a price upon
the life of child-a child into whom
mother has poured her life and for
whom a father has labored? What
may noble life mean to the child it.
| self, to the parents and to the world?
"And it must be remembered that
we can measure the effect on only
| that part of life which is spent on
earth; we have no way of calculating
| the effect on that infinite circle of life
| of which existence here is but a small
| arc.
1.-THE soul is immortal and religion
deals with the soul; the logical effect
of the evolutionary hypothesis is to
| undermine religion and thus affect
| the SOUL I read recently a list. of
questions that were to be discussed in
| a prominent Eastern school for wom-
en-. The second question in the list
read: is religion an obsolescent func-
| ton that should be allowed to atrophy
| quietly, without arousing the passion
ate prejudice of outworn superstt-
tion?' The real attack of evolution,
| it will be seen, is not upon orthodox
Christianity, or even upon Christian
| ity, but upon religion-the most basic
| fact in mans existence and the most
practical thing in life.
Scientists Deny God.
| ''But have some more evidence of
the effect of evolution upon the life
of those who accept it and try to
harmonic their thought with 1t.
| James H. Leuba, professor of
psychology at Bryn Mawr College,
Pennsylvania, published a few years
ago a book entitled Belief in God and
Immortality In this book he relates
how he secured the opinions of scien-
!. fists -aa to-the existenceI Of a personal
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