February, 1928 



EVOLUTION 



Page Thirteen 



SLOW EVOLUTION VERSUS 

 FAST EVOLUTION 



By Albert Duy McNair 



T^HE Darwinian theory of evolution as- 

 sumes that scores of millions of years 

 and perhaps hundreds of millions of years 

 have been consumed in the process of 

 evolution from the lowest forms of life to 

 the highest. As far as man, himself, is 

 concerned, evolutionists believe that a 

 million years, more or less, have passed 

 since man became really man. 



Those who object to this theory of evo- 

 lution on biblical grounds, say that they 

 do not believe in evolution at all although 

 admitting that minor changes have oc- 

 curred in man, animals and plants since 

 they were first created. They admit that 

 there are many varieties of the human 

 species, of cattle, dogs, deer, oak trees, 

 pine trees, clovers, etc., and they admit that 

 these varieties have taken place by certain 

 natural processes. 



In taking the Bible as their standard of 

 authority on this matter of the variation 

 of animals and plants they are also com- 

 mitted to other consequences of the bib- 

 lical story. If the biblical story of the 

 Flood has any real historical meaning, it 

 means that all species of land animals and 

 plants that are on the earth today have 

 descended from the pairs that were pre- 

 served in the ark about 4000 years ago. 



Also the biblical story that snakes were 

 made to go on their bellies after the ser- 

 pent tempted Eve, involves the idea that 

 they did not go on their bellies previous 

 to that time, and involves the further con- 

 clusion that all present snakes, including 

 the poisonous and non-poisonous kinds, 

 have grown their differences in 6000 years. 



In regard to other animals, if we classify 

 them as "lumpers" instead of "splitters"; 

 if we make the number of species so few 

 that the ark could have held them, then 

 we make the variations in 4000 years 

 such as would, according to the real evo- 

 lution theory, require millions of years. 



It follows from the foregoing that those 

 •who object to the theory of evolution on 

 biblical grounds really believe in a more 

 rapid change in animals and plants than do 

 the Darwinian evolutionists. They may 

 call this change by the name of variation 

 or development or something else, but it 

 is evolution just the same. 



Has any one seen Negro children or 

 Esquimaux children born from white par- 

 <>nts, or white children born from Negro 

 or Esquimaux parents? The differences 

 between these races must have come about 

 l)y some process of change, development, 

 or evolution, or call it what you will. How 

 long has it taken for these differences to 

 develop? According to the evolutionists 

 it has taken hundreds of thousands of 

 years. In the case of whites and negroes 

 it may have taken a million years. Ac- 

 cording to the opponents of evolution, it 

 has all come in 4000 years. 



It comes, then, to this: The Darwinian 

 evolutionists believe in slow evolution, 

 iheir opponents believe in fast evolution. 



CHARLES DARWIN: THE MAN AND 

 HIS WARFARE. By Henshaio 

 Ward. Bobbs-Merrill Co.: $5.00. 



It was decidedly appropriate that Hen- 

 shaw Ward should write the story of the 

 Father of Evolution, for his "Evolution 

 for John Doe" placed him securely near 

 the top of the list of those who can make 

 this subject interesting and understand- 

 able for the mythical man in the street; 

 and, as was to be expected, he has here 

 given us now not merely a readable biog- 

 raphy but a human document that pre- 

 sents its subject as a real, living char- 

 acter — simple, lovable, painstaking, but 

 always the scientist. 



If only those who prate about evolution 

 as a guess could be induced to read this 

 story of a man's patient investigation, 

 careful study, and cautious judgment, to 

 say nothing of his physical handicaps, 

 they would certainly be shamed into 

 silence. How ridiculous their puny rav- 

 ings in the light of Darwin's ceaseless 

 devotion to scientific truth! 



Darwin's procedure, says Ward, was to 

 ask, "What do you make of these facts 

 that I observe?" And he observed for 

 an ordinary life-time before venturing to 

 a conclusion. Here we have tlie account 

 of his travels, interesting and romantic as 

 a novel, the introduction to his long search 

 for facts; and then we are shown how 

 his ideas correlated with the events of his 

 life. 



There have been many erroneous state- 

 ments about Darwin and his conclusions, 

 and many misconceptions. One was the 

 notion that he changed his mind and 

 came to accept the Lamarckian philosophy. 

 Air. Ward pays his respect to those respon- 

 sible for the spreading of such errors, 

 including Dr. H. F. Osborn. With fine 

 discrimination and accuracy of judgment 

 and language the author examines the 

 facts available and reaches apparently 

 rational conclusions on all these disputed 

 points. 



Not the least interesting part of the 

 book is that which relates how the 

 "Origin of Species" was received, how the 

 conservatives gathered for the onslaught 

 under "Soapy Sam," the Bishop of Lon- 

 don, and how they were met in the arena 

 by Huxley. Ward says, "The hurricane of 

 wrathful hypocrisy that burst upon Dar- 

 win in December, 1859, is perhaps the 

 most simian exhibition that the Imman 

 race ever made of itself." 



Needless to say, this is a book that is 

 recommended without reservation for the 

 readers of this publication. 



Harry Hibschman. 



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