A Story Outline of Evolution 



more clearly just what the Plan of Creation Is, we ought to 

 be very grateful to the persons who spend their lives In the 

 laboratories and observatories searching out and charting 

 before our eyes and the wonderful plan of which we are a 

 part. 



We live and move and have our being under Natural 

 laws. These laws are unchangeable and they were the same 

 In the beginning of our existence and they will be the same a 

 million years hence. It Is our duty to know, understand and 

 obey them. If we shall fall to do this, we will pay the pen- 

 alty of violation. 



Aside from the statement of the supernatural origin of 

 all things as set forth In the first chapter of Genesis, the 

 other and above-mentioned statements are all concerning 

 subjects that may be examined and analyzed In the light of 

 facts and knowledge that have been accumulated through- 

 out the ages of man's existence. The test of their truth 

 must be determined by scientific methods. They are secular 

 truths and therefore must stand the examinations applied In 

 testing other similar statements In determining their truth. 

 These statements all pertain to matters about which the 

 experiences of mankind may be applied in determining their 

 truth. 



The declarations In the book of Genesis that the world 

 was created about six thousand years ago and that the crea- 

 tion of the world and Its inhabitants and also the sun, moon 

 and stars covered a period of six literal days are statements 

 of fact concerning physical matters whose truth Is not self- 

 evident. In order to establish the truth of these statements, 



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