62 THE OEIGIN OF MAN 



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inanimate matter and with its myriads of living things, 

 all obedient to the will of the great Law Giver. 



Darwin concerns himself with only that part of 

 man's existence which is spent on earth — while the 

 Bible's teachings cover all of life, both here and here- 

 after. 



Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth ; the 

 Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its 

 creation. 



Darwin devotes nearly all his time to man's body 

 and to the points at which the human frame approaches 

 in structure — though vastly different from — the brute ; 

 the Bible emphasizes man's godlike qualities and the 

 virtues which reflect the goodness of the Heavenly 

 Father. 



Darwinism ends in self-destruction. As heretofore 

 shown, its progress is suspended, and even defeated, 

 by the very genius which it is supposed to develop ; the 

 Bible invites us to enter fields of inexhaustible oppor- 

 tunity wherein each achievement can be made a step- 

 ping-stone to greater achievements still. 



Darwin's doctrine is so brutal that it shocks the 

 moral sense — the heart recoils from it and refuses to 

 apply the " hard reason " upon which it rests ; the Bible 

 points us to the path that grows brighter with the 



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Darwin's doctrine leads logically to war and to the 

 worship of Nietzsche's " Superman " ; the Bible tells 

 us of the Prince of Peace and heralds the coming of 

 the glad day when swords shall be beaten into plough- 

 shares and when nations shall learn war no more. 



