i days is constantly veing called to
FA Lhe fact that at one time the earth
=o was all of one climate and in-
habited by creatures of huge size. In the
Antarctic regions there have been dis-
covered fossil remains of i
dinosaurs and
mar moths larger than any found hereto-
fore. At the present time, aside from the
penglin, there ig no ammal life to be found
ni the south polar region.
And vet evolution 1s a theory whieh
that life on this planct developed
a primordial germ ,—how produced
and when introduced being a
nutter lor perpetual speculation; put, that
life | being onee mtroduced, evolution was
estubhslicd upon a sure footing, with prog-
abways upward to higher and more
complex forme, until man hansell appeared
upon the world stage.
Beginning a hittle over a contury azo. at a
time when factual knowledge vous inited,
and the great unknown was a rich mine
of bonis tities from which they could {recy
ray” by pred facing their conchizions wit! 3
the suggestive “If,” “ perhaps possibly
or we may suppose,’ 1 was oooiav orite
pastime of the savants to bolster thew
evolutionary theories by stressing ana-
tomical comparisons, little dreaming of the
difficulties in which 1t would involve ther
theory when challenged by a world-wide
knowledge of incontestable facts.
It was taught that in long periods of time,
as life developed, the requirements of en-
vironment added new features to the crea-
tures struggling for existence. Today all
scientists are agreed that the facts disprove
this theory.
In these days when an abundant knowl-
edge of the structure and habits of birds,
fishes, reptiles, and animals has revealed
the wonders of creation, the perplexity ot
the evolutionist has become great indeed.
For a long time a common ancestry was
claimed for all forms of life, but the ab-
surdities made manifest by larger knowl-
edge made 1t necessary to advance a new
theory named ‘parallel development.”
But even this subterfuge fails to bridge the
widening chasm of difficulties.
For instance, the eye 1s one of the most
wonderful organs known to science. It has
many forms and extraordinary powers.
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FUSalLs, ANI MAN A
Hy Walter Ek. Gillis
But to md the same eve structure in the
cuttlefish or devilish as 1 te be found wm
man certainly mdicates a divine creation,
and not an evolution, One is for use 1 the
sea, and the other for use in the free ar
sunlio oh, A third Instanec of nearly as
wonderiul eye structure i found mn the
ay a shell fish entirely different from
the cuttlel=h; hut in this mstance it 1s not
Swo eves only, but two rows of them around
the edge of its body. Who can believe that
such a marvel Just developed by reason of
environment?
Sed
Then there ave the many kinds of
having electric organs capable of marvel-
ously Ingenious uses. In some, these organs
are situated in the head; in others, they are
im the tal, Certainly no common origm
neve, for further closely related species do
not luove the electric organs af atl,
Most people know that birds and fowls
have an extra stomaeh called the ewzzard,
which, like a nll, grinds up the unmasti-
ented food and grit that has been eaten.
There ave four types of anteaters that are,
1m some organs, very different mm structure.
One of them lays eges; another 1s a mar-
supial; the other two are mammals. All of
fishes
these have gizzards as part of their digestive
tract. What a crime against reason to say
that these animals have evolved! Croco-
diles and other reptiles have gizzards, as
avo nad the ar eat extinct dinosaur. And
there are several species of fish that have a
cizzavd dhgestion. These facts remove the
most tristod foundations from the theory of
ovortion,
Then we have the easte system as found
song the Wisp, ite tomes and bees,
Marvel fous indeed ure some of the features
of these social insects. The peculiarity of
His caste systen aaneag the beess that the
workers that gather the honey are diferent
mn structure, in habits, andan instinets from
cither the fnther or the mother, neither of
which engage in honey gathering at all.
Indeed, they could not gather honey or
pollen 11 they tried. This mstance alone
leaves the hea rv of evolution without
wings or =ails, “stranded high and dry on a
barren island.
Why not believe the Bible record of
creation, with its scientific detadl, verified
by all known facts? God ereated all these
marvels, and ordwined that they should
perpetuate themselves after their kind, as
they are doing and always have done. And
in thi= same record we find that their food
was assigned to them, and i= still provided
as the seasons roll.
Linder-Laden Wind
By Alexander Clara
Farad HE brakes screeched loudly, and the
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29 N@ train came to a quick, or inding stop.
i Everyone was curious, sensing the
unusual. Several crowded to the door
attempting to look out, while others just
pressed their faces hard against the win-
dows.
There were two young women, however,
who were more enterprising than most of
the others, so, in order to get first-hand
information as to the cause of this un-
scheduled stop, they opened the window
wide and put their heads out. This all
happened just as a heavy gust of wind
carried the cinder-laden air back along the
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Vol. i. i
train. As a result both these young
women's eyes were filled with the sharp,
stinging particlez. Quickly they drew in
their heads, their eyes streaming with tears.
For a few moments they wiped them in a
vain attempt to dislodge the annoying
material. Finally one called on the other
to help her. She promptly replied: ‘“ How
can I help you when I cannot see?”
There they sat, a picture of utter help-
lessness in their suffering; and I think, too,
somewhat of a parallel case to all who find
themselves in the condition pictured in
Matthew 7:4, 5. “How wilt thou say to
thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of
thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine
own eye? Thou hypocrite, first cast out the
beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt
thou see clearly to c: ast out the mote out
of thy brother’s eye.”
tn. Watchman
JAMES EARL SHULTZ, Editor
Nashville, Tenn., under act of March 3 3,
of postage provided for in Sec. 1103,
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