ogist, states that “an organ which in creases in length until the twentieth year, or even until the fiftieth year, does not merit the name ‘vestigial’.” Vestigial means a visible sign left by something no longer in existence. Hence evolutionists refer to vestigial organs. It is interesting to note that monkeys have no appendix. The muscles of the outer ear in man ¡are sometimes referred to as an out standing example of vestigial remains. Although these structures do not serve the usual purpose of muscle tissue, namely, that of contraction, thev are nevertheless useful in providing facil ities for increased blood supply to the organ, thereby diminishing the danger of freezing, et cetera. Muscle is more than simply a contractile organ; it serves as a storehouse for body chemi cals and is actively concerned in metab olism. Without some muscle formation in its structure, the nutrition of the outer ear might be seriously impaired. While we are still in this field of examples, we would like to note the fact that one book, used widely in high schools, states, “There are more than 200 vestigial organs in the human body. These definitely show the rela tion to remote ancestors.” Another com ment by evolutionists is relative to the little fold in the inside corner of the eye. This is said to be a remnant of the third eyelid. Some reptiles have a third eyelid and to some evolutionists this is “positive” proof linking us to the world of reptiles. Now this small fold has several uses, one of which is to fill in that comer of the eye. This special tissue also helps to regulate the flow of tears. How great are the ex tremes to which some folk will go to avoid believing the Bible to be the Word of God! As a Christian you need not apolo gize for God’s Word — it will stand! The great need is to pray for those who have been ensnared by Satan to attempt the destruction of His Word as the final authority. As a student, study and teach the truth in Christian love — do not become obnoxious or suffer the loss of your temper.
periments, and the primary factors of heredity do not lie in the blood serum, but in the germ cells. If anything were to be learned from the phenomenon of blood relationship it would be seen most strikingly in the results of blood transfusion, using the whole blood. When this is carried out we find that frequently brothers and sisters in the same family belong to different blood groups, so that the blood of one injected into the other might cause fatal results. Obviously this does not prove that one of them is not a member of the human race. Judged on such a basis of reaction to the injection of whole blood it has been found that eels are closely related to baby rabbits but not to adult ones; bats are related to porpoises, and goats to whales, although these species are widely separated in the evolutionary scale. Again, the blood serum of a rab bit may be injected into man without harm while that of an ox would be very dangerous, yet, from an evolu tionary point of view, the ox is near er to man than the rabbit. The evolutionists hold that many structures found in man, and in the higher forms of life, are believed to be the remains of organs which were once required by our ancestral forms, but which are no longer essential to the organism and are gradually disappear ing in the species. Examples of such are the appendix, the lower extremity of the spine, and the muscles of the outer ear. But the conclusions drawn from the facts observed are without warrent, for no organ in the body is useless although its function may not be fully determined at the present time. The number of these so-called use less vestigial structures was original ly given as approximately 180. With the advance in our knowledge of phy siology the number has already dimin ished to about 6. The appendix, rich in lymphoid tis sue, as are the tonsils, probably serves as a protective organ against infec tion, especially during early life. Sir Arthur Keith, noted British anthropol
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