EVOLUTION (continued) Heidelberg man, a part of similar cir cumstances. Prof. Birkner of Munich has exhibited an Eskimo skull, the jaw of which has virtually same features. And, finally, the “Neanderthal man” was reconstructed from some bones and a skull which Virchow, the great path ologist, and others have shown to have been deformed by disease—rickets in the bones. Even Huxley said that the bones could not be regarded as those of an intermediate between man and the ape. It is well to remember that the age and sex of the individual may be taken into account in judging remains. Then, the matter of customs such as head binding and the binding of feet. As a matter of fact the mass of literature re the Piltdown man, Java ape man, etc., have no bearing upon the supposed evolution of man. Critical examination of such evidence does not warrant ao cepting the theory as such — it can not be accepted as a working basis in scientific investigations only, and not incorporate its teachings and principles into one’s life and conduct. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he” (Prov erbs 23:7). Our Lord Jesus Christ said to His disciples, “If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free” (John 8:31-32). Truth and freedom are closely linked together. The further the world drifts away frbm the Word of God, which is the Truth, the further it departs from freedom. Look, in detail, at Russia, Germany, and China! In America, evolution is taught in the majority of our schools as an ac cepted fact and not as a theory. The late Prof. Vialleton said, “for fifty years the textbooks have put into the fore ground only that which is favorable (to evolution) passing by in silence all that is not so or which is contrary to it.” Prof. Shorey—University of Chi cago: “there is, in fact, no cause that is so immune from criticism . . . as evolution . . . An ambitious young professor may safely assail Christian ity, or the Constitution of the United 12
States, or George Washington, or fe male chastity, or marriage, or private property . . . but he must not apologize for Darwin . . . It is not done.” In a survey of the library of one tax supported state university, it was discovered that 83 books on the shelves were favorable to evolution and none opposed to this teaching. Evolution is, perhaps, the best ex planation of life to those who do not believe there is a God. But it is impos sible to conceive of the universe com- "Good Night' and Good Morning" We are living on the border Of eternity each day; We are just as close to Heaven As the stars so far away. And the only thing between us, Whether we are big or small, - Is a tender, little heartbeat, Just a heartbeat, that is all. Just a heartbeat from the Glory, Just a heartbeat, nothing more; Just a tender, little heartbeat, T ill we walk the golden shore. Keep your lamp all trimmed and burn- ing. Let it shine, you'll never fall; Just a heartbeat from the Glory, Just a heartbeat, that is all. There's a place beyond the River Where we'll lay our burdens down, Where we'll meet our friends and loved ones, And we'll wear a starry crown. A ll our troubles will be over And no tears shall ever fall; Just a heartbeat from the Glory, Just a heartbeat, that is all. ing into existence from nothing apart from supernatural intervention. There must, therefore, have been a Creator. In the early chapters of Genesis we find the record of a perfect creation, followed by the curse: All life is from life and each species brings forth “after his kind” (Genesis 1:21). There is not a single example known of life arising from inanimate matter or of one spe cies changing into another. From the ovum to adult life each species is dis tinct and separate. Even one celled creatures (micro-
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