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cussion, but before ignorance." This is nowhere 

 more true than in the question of materialistic 

 evolution. Find the facts; give us the facts all 

 the facts ! The Church will welcome them. But 

 be honest in their interpretation and do not stress 

 a point to save a theory. 



It is with pleasure that we call attention here 

 to the notable passages which the writer just 

 quoted has gathered to show how basic in the 

 Scriptures is the revealed truth of the formation 

 of the human race out of the dust of the earth, as 

 a pre-existing material. The very name Adam, 

 "man," is in the first place cognate with the He- 

 brew word for soil, Adamah. And here then are 

 some of the most important texts: 



Genesis iiiriQ "In the sweat of thy face shalt 

 thou eat bread, till thou return to the earth, out 

 of which thou wast taken. For dust thou art; 

 and unto dust thou shalt return." 



Job x:9 "Remember that thou hast made me 

 as clay; and thou wilt bring me unto dust again." 



Jeremlas xviii:6 "Cannot I do with thee, as 

 this potter? Lo, as clay is in the hand of the 

 potter, so art thou in my hand, O house of Israel." 



Isalas xlv:9 "Woe to thee, that settest thy- 

 self against thy Maker, thou shred of an earthen 

 pot. Will the clay say to the potter : What art 

 thou making, or Thy work is without hands?" 



Isalas xxix:i6 "Out on your perverseness! 

 Shall the Potter be deemed to be the clay? Shall 



