114 SPECIAL CREATION 



the spermatozoon and the ovum are made of dead mat- 

 ter ; and if we consider the making of the spermatozoon 

 and the ovum as the first steps in the process of re- 

 production as they are; and also assume that the Cre- 

 ator takes no part in that process, we would then have 

 to say that the human body arises by spontaneous gen- 

 eration from inorganic matter; for it is undoubtedly 

 true that the spermatozoon and ovum are made of in- 

 organic substances, namely: carbon, hydrogen, nitro- 

 gen and oxygen. It is equally true that the fertilized 

 ovum has no more intellect, memory nor will-power 

 than its component atoms of carbon, hydrogen, nitro- 

 gen and oxygen had; nor has it any more power to 

 generate, guide and control forces and motions than 

 they had. It follows that the same psychic and crea- 

 tive force is necessary to produce a new human being 

 whether it be made from a germ of inorganic matter 

 or from a fertilized ovum ; the ovum being only one 

 remove from inorganic matter. Moreover, the entire 

 human body is made of dead matter except the in- 

 finitesimal fertilized ovum. 



There is no middle ground between special crea- 

 tion on the one side and spontaneous generation on 

 the other; either the Creator generates, guides and 

 controls the forces and motions which build up the 

 embryo body, its organs and parts; or the atoms and 

 cells, of which they are made, do, spontaneously and 

 automatically, assemble and group themselves into the 

 chemical combinations, and into the mechanical ar- 

 rangements, which are necessary to make them. 



The reader may argue that "nature," "heredity' 

 or the germ-cell (fertilized ovum) does this wonder- 



