Shall
Revolution
Bring
Evolution?
In the Far East?
How a missionary buried
in far inland China sees
the trend of the latest de-
velopments in the land of
the “Christian general.”
By Sherman A. Nagel
NUMBER of years ago, while
in the States on furlough, I
heard the Hon. W. J. Bryan
give his far-famed lecture
against evolution. He began
by saying, “Three assertions
from the first book of the Bible, from
the very first chapter of the Bible,
prove evolution false.” His whole
lecture was based on these three principles: “In
the beginning God,” ‘“‘after his kind,” and “God
created man in His own image.” Genesis 1: 1, 24, 27.
During the lecture he turned to me and asked, “Do
missionaries in China ever save any heathen by
teaching them that ‘mr onkey-doctrine’?”’ I answered
“No!”
Well do I remember his vivid word picture of
evolution’s attempt to explain how man as he evolved
from a monkey lost the overabundance of hair
once possessed by his monkey ancestors. Said he,
“Evolution teaches that the females of the species
developed a liking for the males with the least hair.
Probably in ‘leap years’ these lady monkeys mated
only with the males who had little hair, and thus
after a millennium of ages they bred off the hair.”
And then he added with a twinkle in his eye, ‘‘Fe-
males have changed since then. A bald-headed man
doesn’t stand any chance now!”
But, you ask, what has this to do with the awaken-
ing of the heathen — one of the most significant
signs of our times? You shall know presently.
The late Doctor Sun Yat-sen has been called the
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Old China looks askance at the innovations of
late years, but the old must be thrust aside
George Washington of China. His was the great
mind behind the Chinese revolution. His was the
force that established a republic out of the world’s
oldest monarchy. Since his death a few years ago
his body has been in a wonderful bronze coffin in
old Peking. Recently a committe has been appointed
to bring his remains to the new capital, Nanking,
where his loyal followers have erected a grand
monument in his honor.
Dr. Sun Uses EvVoLuTIoN
R. SUN was also a great writer. He published
several books explaining his idea of government,
and just before he died he uttered his parting will
and testament, which was to govern his party’s
future actions. At every meeting of the Kuomin-
t ng, the members stand a few moments in silence
before the picture of their worthy leader, and then
recite his last will and testament.
All his followers have pledged themselves to carry
out his wishes stated in his book “The Three People’s
Principles.” Some time ago I read the English
translation of this interesting work, and you may
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