68 SPECIAL CREATION. 



How does it happen that all normal adult indi- 

 viduals of each species of animal in a given region 

 and of each sex, have substantially the same form 

 and size, called: "the mode?' 



The reader may reply that nature fixes the size 

 and form of every individual of each species. The 

 evolutionist will say that the law of he^eciUy and en- 

 vironment determine the sizes and forms of animals 

 and plants ; that the mouse is small because his an- 

 cestors were small ; that the elephant is large because 

 his were large. 



But these replies do not explain the phenomena. 

 Each animal grows anew, for itself. His body is a 

 new combination of the atoms and cells of which it 

 is composed. The forces and motions emplcyed in 

 its construction are new and peculiar to it. When 

 the cells in an embryo body begin to grow there is 

 no apparent reason why they should not continue to 

 grow and multiply, forever. Now, what psychic force 

 or agency ascertains and determines when the work 

 of building up the animal body has been competed? 

 What force or agency equalizes the growth and was^e 

 of cells in a mature animal body and keeps it of the 

 same form, size, and weight until the decay of old age 

 comes on? 



The size of every animal depends upon the size 

 and number of cells in his body ; and its form is de- 

 termined by the manner in which these cells are 

 grouped together. For example there are more cells 

 in the nose (trunk) and teeth (tusks) of the elephant, 

 in proportion to the size of his body, than there are 

 in those of the mouse in proportion to his. It is 



