206 The Development Theory. 



tern to which these parts are essential in time, 

 in rank and in unity to the whole. 



The perception of this great geological 

 system of plants as well as of animals, long 

 since suggested to Professor Agassiz what 

 was known as his system of evolution, an es- 

 sentially embryonic one, and therefore not de- 

 pendent on surroundings. 



The other type of evolution is that of vari- 

 ations promoted by surroundings, and is best 

 represented by the Darwinian system. 

 Neither of these attempts to account for the 

 origin of life itself. They are both content to 

 ascribe this to God. 



The scripture texts that relate to the intro- 

 duction of life into the world are the follow- 

 ing: 



i "And God said let the earth bring forth 

 grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree 

 yielding fruit after his kind." 



2 "And God said, let the waters bring 

 forth abundantly the moving creature that 

 hath life." 



