Organic Evolution Considered. 



INTEODUCTION. 



In the following pages I have endeavored to give a 

 general statement of the claims of Evolution as 

 applied to the origin of organic forms, and then to 

 offer those objections which, it seems to me, go far 

 toward invalidating these claims. 



I have not given in detail all of the arguments 

 which have been presented in support of the theory 

 of organic evolution, for this would be a superfluous 

 work in view of the fact that this has been most fully 

 and ably done by Darwin and other writers. 



My endeavor has been to urge more in detail some 

 of the objections to the theory than has been done by 

 others. 



The evolutionist may be a Theist, an Atheist, an 

 Agnostic, a Pantheist, or a Materialist. To my mind 

 it is not a matter of indifference as to which of these 

 he is. 



I look upon the theory of evolution as being of no 

 importance except as it involves the well-being of 

 man. 



My object in what I have written is to promote the 

 belief in Theism and in the existence of a spiritual 

 nature in man which Theism alone can explain. 



It is a fact, I believe, that the propagation of the 

 theory of Evolution has decreased the belief in The- 

 ism. While this may be true, the fact should not be 



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