INTRODUCTION. 



During the last few years I have published under this 

 title short articles dealing with the present status of Dar- 

 winism. In view of the kind reception which has been 

 accorded to these articles by the reading public I have 

 tho'Ught it well to bring them' together in pamphlet form. 

 Indeed, the Darwinian movement and its present status arc 

 eminently deserving of consideration, especially on the part 

 cif those before whom Darwinism has hitherto always been 

 held up triumphantly as a scientific disproof of the very 

 foundations of the Christian faith. 



By way of introduction and explanation some general 

 preliminary remarks may not be amiss here. Previous to 

 twenty or thirty years ago, it v/as justifiable to identify Dar- 

 winism with the doctrine of Descent, for at that time Dar- 

 winism was the only doctrine of Descent which could claim 

 any general recognition. Consequently, one who was an 

 adherent of the doctrine of Descent was also a Darwinian. 

 Those to whom this did not apply were so few as to be 

 easily counted. The dispute then hinged primarily on Dar- 

 winism; hence, for those who did not admit the truth of 

 that theory, the doctrine of Descent was for the most part 

 also a myth. 



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