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2 FRET NOI Because of Sci Jn the "Bible Student a a paragraph which state; fact which thinking men that the Darwinian theory The "Student" after qi sermon a paragraph whic Darwin, expresses surpri sumption of this acting-] that the Darwin hypothes surprise to all well-inform ing is so seriously defect! donable." Its statement is broad tion as proposed by Mr. abandoned by the leadin because "there is not a p to support it." George I at one time president of the Advancement of Sciei er's theory of evolution, a In'inor n rl f n < e it v auvuvaiv 10 uui lai It is only about one gen put forth, and with all the well knew that his theory he pressed it none the less sands who knew not the proclaimed themselves ev people began to fear for 1 About one generation and now, alas for the the do it reverence. Let the Christian take c vagaries are abroad, whi< Sometimes they become ] spiciousness of a fad. Bt for we know that the 7 forever. THE PRESENT TEND T Some matters of recct our attention, and will e those who are concerned One is the tremendous the number of homicides "Chicago Tribune" there 1 figures. I he number of murder to 1861 was comparatively it increased greatly. Th cheapen human life, and bered 1,266. In 1890, it in 1901, 7,852; in 1907. 8,7 In 1884 the ratio of mu per million people; in 189 million people; at present million. The murder rate in this great as in Great Britaii as great as in Sweden an Can we find the causes THE PRESBYTERIAN r THYSELF. ,ence?So Called. Hid Teacher'' for (Jctober is 5 with peculiar clearness a have long realized?the fact of evolution is dead, notinjr from baccalaureate :h endorsed the theories of se. It says that "the aspresident of the university, .is is established, must he a ied persons; and his reasonivc as to be next to unparthat "the theory of evoluCharles Darwin had been ig scientists of the world" article of scientific evidence )arwin, son of Charles, and the British Association for ice has abandoned his fathnd Ernest Haeckel, its only from wavering, eration since this theory was nnnm of srir?nr<? Itc nutlinr antagonized the Bible, but . It became a fad, and thoureal meaning of evolution olutionists. Some of God's the ark of God. has passed since that day, orv, there's none so poor to :omfort. Other theories and ch antagonize the Bible, popular and attain the conit let the Christian not fear Word of the Lord abideth ENCIES OF OUR COUNRY. it occurrence have arrested voke much thought from for our nation's welfare, increase in recent years in in this country. In the lave appeared some startling s in the United States prior r small. After the Civil War e effect of the war was to in 1881 the homiefdes numwas 4,290; in 1896, 10,652; 12 ; and in 1908, 8,952. rders to population was 26.7 >5, it was 152 murders to the it is about a hundred to the country is fully ten times as n and almost twenty times d Norway. of this? It lies partly in the . f OF THE SOUTH. changing character of our imni was from Scotland. England ai years it has been largely fror people of vindictive character this land free from the surveilla I-1- r ' - - aim incrciore lull c?t license to Partly, it lies in the lax ad The man of violence feels that t to court he can escape the pei acts. And in many cities there the law-breaker and the police, the criminal from all penalty. But behind all this there is t for the Sabbath day. The clec last week illustrates this. The was understood to involve tl public funds was overwhelmin Tammany candidate for mayoi a rriencl ot a wide open Sunday majority. A wide open Sabbatl from the sanctuary to the ph dance halls, to say nothing of fr cants. The elections in Louis cisco seem to have a leaning Sabbath revelry means vice ; degradation. Yet we are not sure but th< that is working unhappily. I preachers emphasized the sinful for the personal conversion of the present day, in many pulpi preaching is rather on civic rig terment of social conditions, or welfare. The sinfulness of sin inor A C ic fllA people. In the year 1862, the 111 Mobilier" (a scheme of graft first Pacific railway) brought orous denunciations upon thos At the present clay, the same common and are ignored or cot disgrace; indeed (if we mistak uous for participation in such has recently been honored with The initial step of the remi with the Church. If the Chu and holiness, if the Church n lives, the Spirit of God will m upon the people at large. Docs some one say that th too serious to be thus correct* rious. But no less deep and j ity of Paine and Voltaire, a hi fathers have told us that perl young men of this land, in t 1820 were infected with this fluenccs of the Gospel overcam that by the middle of the cent inflnpnrp mir '' will JUUII^ 111*11, <tllU the seventies) to revive it, fell What the Gospel has done today. Be it ours to awaken 1 Gospel effort and to put it fort November 10. igog. ligration. Originally it 11(1 Ilollailil Of rpcpnt n Italy. Bohemia, etc., who find themselves in nee of their home land, i commit crime, ministration of justice. )y appealing from court nalty of his murderous is connivance between favoring the escape of O he increasing disregard tion in New York city Tammany ticket, which le misappropriation of gly defeated. But the r, Judge Gaynor, being , was elected by a large t takes the young away ^asure resorts and the ce indulgence in intoxiville and in San Franin the same direction, iiul strife and general 're is another influence rifty years ago, the Iness of sin, and labored individual sinners. At ts, the emphasis of the hteousness, on the beton matters of temporal is obscured or is missis the thinking of the icovering of the "Credit in the building of the deep disgrace and vig;e who took part in it. iniquitous practices are idoned. The}'- bring no e not), a man conspicdeeds in Pennsylvania i a statue in the capitol. idy for these evils lies rch will emphasize sin icmhcrs will lead holy lake their influence felt e evil is too deep and id? It is deep and se At- - r t i >ci luus was me lnnoeiindred years ago. Our japs nine-tenths of the he years from 1810 to infidelity. But the ine the cviT tendencies so ury it almost ceased to Ingersoll's attempt (in I flat. in the past, it can do to the need of renewed h?