Man in the Light of Evolution 



of the future government. We hear of the 

 Family of nations and the Brotherhood of man. 

 It will be all this, and something more. Perhaps 

 the old prophet had the clearest vision of the 

 future when he foretold a kingdom of God, a 

 kingdom of universal righteousness, joy and 

 peace. 



We have seen clearly that the evolution of 

 man has been by a series of advances from lower 

 planes of life to higher. The zoophyte lived to 

 eat and reproduce. The worm crawls, the fish 

 swims, the reptile has emerged on land, has 

 gained freer movement and broader life. Mam- 

 mals point toward social and family life. 



Finally man advances through stage after 

 stage of savagery and barbarism to civilization, 

 law and order, arts, science, and religion. 



We notice that the rise of a new system or 

 power — skeleton, legs, or brain — seems only 

 after a time to unfold its great advantages, and 

 then only does the group attain its full suprem- 

 acy. Evolution ends In revolution as the group 

 fully attains the higher plane of life. 



In the upward march toward man many 

 forms drop out at each stage and go little or 



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