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work/ yet when at times I think, as think at times I 

 must, of the appalling contrast between the hallowed 

 glory of that creed which once was mine, and the 

 lonely mystery of existence as now I find it, — at such 

 times I shall ever feel it impossible to avoid the 

 sharpest pang of which my nature is susceptible." 



Romanes, during his college days, came under the 

 influence of those who worshipped the reason and this 

 worship led him out into a starless night. Have we 

 not a right to demand something more than guesses, 

 surmises, and hypotheses before we exchange the " hal- 

 lowed glory " of the Christian creed for *' the lonely 

 mystery of existence" as Romanes found it? Shall 

 we at the behest of those who put the intellect above 

 the heart endorse an unproved doctrine of descent and 

 share responsibility for the wreckage of all that is 

 spiritual in the lives of our young people? I refuse 

 to have any part in such responsibility. For nearly 

 twenty years I have gone from college to college and 

 talked to students. Wherever I could do so I have 

 pointed out the demoralizing influence of Darwinism. 

 I have received thanks from many students who were 

 perplexed by the materialistic teachings of their in- 

 structors and I have been encouraged by the approval 

 of parents who were distressed by the visible effects of 

 these teachings on their children. 



As many believers in Darwinism are led to reject 

 the Bible let me, by way of recapitulation, contrast that 

 doctrine with the Bible: 



Darwinism deals with nothing but life; the Bible 

 deals with the entire universe — with its masses of 



