THE ORIGIN OF MAN 91 



Have we not the privilege of thinking as we wish? 

 We do not know and probably never will know 

 how man originated. More and more members 

 of the clergy are tending toward the scientific 

 theory, forsaking the belief that they have been 

 taught, for a belief that is based on fossil remains. 

 I myself believe the scientific theory as to the 

 origin and evolution of animal life, for that 

 theory is reasonable and has been proven. But 

 to the scientific theory as to the origin of man I 

 strenuously object for it is complete with unex- 

 plained statements and with the famous missing 

 link. Does this theory explain the origin of the 

 white race? It surely does not. The advocates 

 of this theory may claim that the white race des- 

 cended from the apes. But what of the black 

 race and the yellow race? Did they also come 

 from the apes? Such a thought is ridiculous as 

 well as impossible. They might claim that by 

 migration man became accustomed to different 

 climates and therefore turned white, black or 



