SOME DIFFICULTIES ON EVOLUTION. 



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present every step of the way. If we are to trace such Divine 

 action in Genesis and further on, from earth to heaven, we seem 

 to discover seven steps in this new Jacob's Ladder: — 



1. Unicellular organisms or protozoa — the beginning of all life. 



2. Multicellular organisms or metazoa (including all vegetable 

 Hfej. 



3. The invertebrata. 



4. The verfcebrata up to the primates. 



5. The natural man. 



6. The spiritual man (by the new birth), as great and true a 

 step in progression as any of the others, and a distinct new species 

 — true to type. 



7. The Superman or Christus Consummator, the last Adam — 

 the last for which the first was made — the end in view from the 

 first moment life ever appeared on this planet. 



I do not press these closing views, nor are they the subject of 

 this paper, but to me they are both true and harmonious. 



T will not apologise for the shortness of my remarks, for their 

 brevity will give opportunity for others to speak, who are no 

 doubt more conversant with evolution than myself. 



Indeed, it may be possible that we may be favoured with an 

 esoteric view of the subject, which would be of great interest to 

 all of us, and possibly solve some of the difficulties that puzzle 

 outsiders. 



Discussion. 



The Chairman (the Rev. J. J. B. Coles, M.A.), said they had 

 listened with great pleasure to a most interesting paper by Dr. 

 Schofield. In calling on them for a vote of thanks by acclamation, 

 he would make a few remarks. On page 83 the first paragraph, we 

 read : " When therefore we speak of evolution, we must explain 

 what particular meaning we attach to the word. At one end of the 

 scale it may mean nothing more than the general scheme of pro- 

 gression, outlined in Genesis i., as the method of the Creator. At 

 the other it may connote a directive force that has itself fashioned 

 every form of life without any creator at all." 



The Christian student of science holds fast to the dignified opening 

 words of Scripture : "In the beginning God created the heaven and 

 the earth." 



That God was pleased to work by gradual methods as well as 

 by direct creative energy, is, I take it for granted, what most of us 

 here present believe. 



