Organic Evolution 



centuries of observation and research. In studying the 

 method of creation, we should look at the universe as men 

 see it today and not as the ancient Hebrews saw it with their 

 limited vision. 



Many erroneous traditional beliefs have been shattered 

 when the light of truth came to the knowledge of man. 

 Many honest and well-meaning students of the Bible have 

 brought about a misunderstanding of the Hebrew story of 

 creation simply because they were ignorant of the facts 

 surrounding natural law. Doctor Lightfoot, one of these 

 Bible students wrote: "Heaven and earth, center and cir- 

 cumference were made in the same instance of time, and 

 clouds full of water, and man was created by the Trinity on 

 the 26th. day of October 4004 B. C. at 9 :oo o'clock in the 

 morning." In the museum rooms of some of our eastern 

 universities, there are now ancient writings whose origin are 

 definitely proved to date back to 6000 years B. C. 



The facts that Cultural Evolution have developed dur- 

 ing the past century of observation and research concerning 

 the earth and its inhabitants are so well known and furnish 

 such an array of positive evidence, that they form the foun- 

 dation for the statement that Organic Evolution has passed 

 out of the realm of hypothesis and theory to one of scientific 

 fact. It now takes its place with the other great discoveries 

 of the laws of Nature. It is' now taught in all the great 

 universities of the world both state and secular. It should 

 be taught in our schools simply as the story of Nature. This 

 simple story is full of moral and spiritual force. Its moral 

 principle is that nothing can be gained in this world without 



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