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Dr. Broughton on Evolut "Evolution-Did the Earth J Itself and Did a Monkey Make Mi was the subject of Rev. Le Broughton, in Grove Avenue Ba church last night. Dr. Broug spoke, in part, as follows : "We are now having much dis sion over evolution in its relatio the Bible account of the creal Many devout and earnest Chris leaders are making war on every lege professor in our Christian leges and every minister of the < pel who subscribes to any form evolution whatsoever; some are ing so far as to say one cannot I Christian and believe in evolut "This extreme position, whicl most unfortunate, grows out o one-sided view of what the word ? lution means. As a matter of f? there are two schools of teach with regard to evolution. Defies Science. "The atheistic evolutionist de what1 he calls science and holds t man came from some lower order animal-very likely the monk With this premise, he ignores s Genesis account of the creation. E rything to him has come through e" lution, which has been its own m ter. "The 'Garden of Eden' story such teachers is also a myth. Th , hold that if man fell at all in Ed it was when in due process of evo! tion he lost his monkey tail and fou that he should no longer cling to limb on a ?ree, but should walk v right on land as lord of earth. "Now, it is this form of evolutii which a so-called history of mankii now being published in a number newspapers throughout the country advocating. It is a subtle attempt account for every created thing wit out God. It is not new. Darwin ai others worked it to a finish. Bob I gersol made a little fortune out of i And now one is ariiazed to see tl press of the present day reviving tl old blasphemy and pushnig it int our homes as something new to mai sceptics and infidels Of our childrei "Stage is Set." "Let us have the introductor word from the writer of this so-cal ed 'his tory of mankind," and get h: viewpoint. He says in his first chai ter: " 'In this chapter I shall tell yo how (according to our best belief the stage was set for the first appeal ance of man. In the beginning, th planet upon which we live.was (a far as we know) a large ball o flaming matter, a tiny cloud of smok in the endless ocean of space. Girad ually , in the course of millions; o: years, the surface burned itself out and was covered with a thin layer o: rocks. Upon these lifeless rocks th< rain descended in endless torrents wearing out the hard granite and ear rying the dust to the valleys that laj hidden between the high cliffs of th< steaming earth. " 'Then one day the great wondei happened. What had been dead gave birth to life. The first living eel floated upon the waters of the sea For millions of years it drifted aim lessly, but during all that time it was developing certain habits that it might survive more easily upon the inhospitable earth.' "From this the writer goes on to show how the fish filled the waters and then certain ones of their group made themselves into birds and oth ers into reptiles and others into ani mals, and then wonder of wonders the monkey made man. If ever mor tal man faced anything more silly than this, I do not know it. There are three absurdities in his statement: "Was Ball of Fire." "That 'in the beginning this planet was a ball of fire, etc' Where did the planet come from? To begin at the beginning, is to begin with nothing. "That one day that which was dead gave birth to life. How could an in animate thing become animate? How could death of itself create life? "That this living cell, after float ing for millions of years on the sea finally worked itself into all sorts of living creatures and finally into a monkey, who finally worked himself into man. This absurdity is too ab surd to be even questioned. The whole thing is ridiculous and an in sult to intelligent beings, and our amazement grows when we see how our homes are being flooded with such blasphemy; and we cannot help voicing a protest and a warning. Theistic Evolutionist. "The theistic evolutionist is one who sees in creation the unfolding of a process wr.th God in every move ment. He taken his position with the Genesis story and adheres to it all the way through. He begins with the first verse of the story: 'In the begin ning God created the heavens and the earth.' "The theistic evolutionist believes this emphatic and sweeping declama tion of the Old Book. It is all that is said in the Bible about the creation of the heavens and the earth. God created them all. No method is giv en, not even a hint of a method used by Him for this creative work; nor is there any length of time stated. He could have done it in a day or He may have taken millions of years. "When we leave the first verse and take up the second we pass into an entirely new era of the earth's for mation : " 'And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the wa ters.' "This cannot be a description of che earth as originally created, but of the earth as it became through some cataclysmic change, some great upheaval, resulting, perhaps, from Divine judgment. It was "then without form and void, and darkness was up an the face of the deep. From this point on, God is at work bringing or ier out of chaos until we have the ?arth as we have ever known it. How long He was in doing it matters not. What His process was is of no con cern. God brought it about. Finally Comes to Man. "By a great leap we finally come ;o man. How do we account for man? The Genesis story states that, 'God ;reated man in His own image; in ;he image of God created He him, nale and female, created He them.' Three times in this verse it is stated ;hat God created man. There is noth lig said here about the process, but t i? said?that God created him; and ;he Hebrew word for 'create' always ?rands for definiteness-something mtirely new and complete. The word s used in a threefold sense in the Genesis story. God created the heav ms and the earth; sentient (animal) ife; man. A gulf existed between each of hese orders. Evolution, without loubt, worked wonders in each iphere and still works, but between hem there was a gulf which evolu ion could not bridge, it could be lone by God. Sentient (animal) life :ould not evolve from the earth, nor :ould man evolve from sentient, or mimal life. God alone could create. Reasonable and Scientific. "This is the theistic view of evolu ;ion and it is scriptural, reasonable md scientific, and while war is being vaged on evolution, let us discrimi ?ate between evolution without God md evolution with God in all the >roc esses. The process of God in crea ;ion is of small concern. No man can logmatize about it. Science does not mow and the Bible does not say, but iod's place in it is all important. Let is stand there. Whatever His method vas we care not; how long it took .lim to bring it all about, we will not ?peculate, but we are willing to of :er up our life, if need be for the :aith that we have that not a dust of granite from yonder highest moun ain, to the finest particle of mist that loats over the valley at its base, md not a life cell in animal or nu nan life ever moved without having 5od back of it and God in it. Man is is God created him, body and soul ind spirit. Wonderful workmanship." -Richmond Paper. The Twelve Great Women. Replying to he request of a Chil ian writer, addressed to the League ?f Women Voters of the City of New fork, to name the twelve greatest Imerican women now living, Miss tfary Garret Hay, ch airman of the eague, has suggestea the following: "Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Miss iane Addams, Dr. M. Cary Thomas, ormer president of Bryn Mawr; Mrs. klary C. Bedford, superintendent of ?ducation in Denver, Col,; Cecilia 3eaux, artist; Edith Wharton, nov ?list; Mrs. Raymond Robbins, Amy jowell, poet; Mrs. Maud Park, presi lent of the league; Helen Ring Rob nson of Colorado, first woman state ?enator; Mary Garden and Mary Shaw. For all The State knows Miss Hay s eminently accurate in her enum eration, although six of the twelve lames are unfamiliar to it, which is loubtless due to ignorance. How illustrious are these twelve vomen? Is any one of them so well mown to literature as Booth Tar cington? Or in industry as Henry ?ord? Or in politics and law as Elihu ?loot? Or in science as Thomas A. Sdison? Or in education as Arthur T. ?adley? Has the time come in the United states to compare the greatness of vomen with the greatness of mere nen? Perhaps it may be said, with ;ruth, that woman has too recently :ome into her own for such a com parison to be just. Others may say ;he twelve greatest American women nay never have had their names in ;he newspaper.-The State. Our line of bathing suits and caps is prettier than ever before. I. MUKASHY. CANDIDATES' COL?MN For Congress. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the Democratic nomina tion for Representative in Congress from the 2nd Congressional District, JAMES F. BYRNES. ?For House of Representatives. I respectfully announce that I candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives from Edge field county and pledge myself to abide by the rules >i the Democratic praty. S. T. MILLIAMS. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the House of Representa tives from Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide by the rules [and results of the Democratic party. CLAUDE T. BURNETT. To the Democratic Voters of Edge field County: I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the House of Representatives from Edge field county and pledge myself to abide the results of the primary elec tion, and to support the nominees of the party. If the citizens of Edgefield county will honor me with tfheir votes, I shall conscientiously endeav or to honor them by my conduct and my service, as I have tried to do du ing the past term. JAMES 0. SHEPPARD. For Clerk of Court. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office, of Clerk of Court of Edgefield county for the unexpired portion of my father's term ,pledging myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party. PAUL L. COGBURN. ' I hereby announce myself as a can didate for Clerk of Court of Edge field County and if elected I shall strive to make you a good and effi cient officer. I pledge myself to abide by the result of the democratic pri mary election. LUKE T. MAY. For Treasurer. I hereby announce taht I am a can didate for re-election to the office of Treasurer of Edgefield county and herewith pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Democratic party and the result of the primary election. J. L. PRINCE.* For Auditor. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election to the of fice of Auditor of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary election. J. R. TIMMERMAN. For Judge of Probate. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of Judge of Probate of Edgefield coun ty and pledge myself to abide by the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic party. W. T. KINNAIRD. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Edgefield county. I re spectfully ask for the support of the people, and will abide by the rules of the Democratic Primary. OTIS D. LAMB. For Master. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of Master in Equity of Edgefield coun ty, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic party. J. H. CANTELOU. For Coroner. I beg to announce that I am a can didate for the office of Coroner of Edgefield county and solicit the votes of the people. I pledge myself to abide by the results of the Demo cratic primary election. J. R. SCURRY. For Magistrate. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for the office of magis trate of the first judicial district of Edgefield county and solicit the sup port of the people in that district, pledging myself to abide by the re sult of the Democratic primary elec tion. GEORGE W. TURNER. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for the office of magistrate for the.first judicial district of Edge field county, and solicit the support of the people in this district, pledg ing myself if elected to render faith ful service and to abide by the result of the primary election. J. H. COGBURN. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of magistrate for the First magisterial district of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary election. JAMES B. TOMPKINS. I respectfully announce that I am a candidate for re-election as magis trate for the Sixth Judicial District of Edgefield county. I have endeavor ed to discharge the duties in a man ner that would reflect credit upon myself and if the people see fit to re elect me, I shall endeavor to merit their confidence in the future. I pledge myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election. P. W. CHEATHAM. I hereby announce that I am a can didate for re-election to the office of magistrate of the second judicial dis trict of Edgefield county and pledge myself to abide by the result of the Democratic primary election. WALLACE W. WISE. Trenton, S. C. I hereby announce that I am a can iidate for magistrate of the 7th mag isterial district of Edgefield county md solicit the support of the people )f that district, pledging myself to tbide by the rules- of the Democratic party. ARTHUR M. TIMMERMAN. I hereby announce that I am a can iidate for magistrate of the 7th nagisterial disrict of Edgefield :ounty and solicit the support of the >eople of the 6th district, pledging nyself to abide by the rules of the democratic party. JOHN W. BLEDSOE. DONT RISK NEGLECT Don't neglect a constant backache, ?harp, darting pains or urinary dis >rders. The danger of dropsy or Bright's disease is too serious to ig ?ore. Use Doan's Kidney Pills as have /.our friends and neighbors. An Edge ield case: M. A. 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