18 SPECIAL CREATION 



mere properties of the human body as a physical 

 structure; and that death works the absolute annihil- 

 ation of the body and the Ego. In his view, there is 

 no life, punishment nor pleasure after death. He, 

 therefore, resolves to make the most of his life, and 

 to get all the ease, comfort and pleasure that it affords, 

 without regard to anything that may happen after 

 death. He has no fear of any final judgment, nor of 

 God. He is not restrained by any moral law, nor by 

 any religious obligation. He fears nothing but pub- 

 licity, public opinion, and the criminal statutes. Hence, 

 lying, cheating, fraud, perjury, theft, robbery, mur- 

 der, suicide. 



I admit that heredity, environment and other 

 forces, which the evolutionist denominates, "the fac- 

 tors of organic evolution,' may affect, modify, or 

 differentiate an animal or a plant, or its organs and 

 parts, to a certain extent. But I deny that heredity, 

 environment or any, or all, the "factors' combined, 

 are adequate to evolve a new species of animal or 

 plant ; or even a new organ or part of one. On the 

 contrary I maintain that heredity, environment and 

 all other factors of evolution combined, are inadequate 

 to produce a single animal or plant, without the aid 

 of the Creator ; and that each animal and plant is a 

 new, direct and special creation by Almighty God. 



In this little work, I shall make an humble effort 

 to prove that there is a living personal God; that He 

 directly and specially creates each human being; 

 makes its body and endows it with life and with an 

 immortal soul. If the reader shall think that I have 

 made a creditable effort to accomplish this purpose, I 



