34 THE OEIGIN OF MAN 



find nothing in the universe to support Darwin's doc- 

 trine of reproducton other than of kind. 



If you question the possibility of such changes as 

 the Darwinian doctrine supposes you are reminded that 

 t?ie scientific speculators have raised the time limit. 

 "If ten million years are not sufficient, take twenty," 

 they say: " If fifty million years are not enough take 

 one or two hundred millions." That accuracy is not j 

 essential in such guessing may be inferred from the j 

 fact that the estimates of the time that has elapsed 

 since life began on the earth, vary from less than 

 twenty-five million years to more than three hundred 

 million. Darwin estimated this period at two hundred 

 million years while Darwin's son estimated it at fifty- 

 seven million. 



It requires more than millions of years to account 

 for the varieties of life that inhabit the earth; it re- 

 quires a Creator, unlimited in power, unlimited intelli- 

 gence, and unlimited love. 



But the doctrine of evolution is sometimes carried 

 farther than that. A short while ago Canon Barnes, 

 of Westminster Abbey, startled his congregation by an 

 interpretation of evolution that ran like this: " It now 

 seems highly probable (probability again) that from 

 some fundamental stuff in the universe the electrons 

 arose. From them came matter. From matter, life 

 emerged. From life came mind. From mind, spiri- 

 tual consciousness was developing. There was a time 

 when matter, life and mind, and the soul of man were 

 not, but now they are. Each has arisen as a part of 

 the vast scheme planned by God." (An American 



