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THE GOLDSBORO MESSENGER, JUNE 3, 1886. -DOUBLE SHEET. I NOT EVOLUTIONISTS. The General Assembly Down on Evolution. i':V':'v;::;1 7 The Majority Report Adopted y the Overwhelming voxeoi ? ! 137 to 13. - ;,. I f Augusta Chronic le, 27th. . N j ! After considerable v'debate, -Dr. Woodrow was given fifteen minutes to conclude the time left by him m his 'first speech. j Dr. Woodrow I, do not desire to force myself upon the Assembly. I recognize the courtesy of the Assem bly in allowing me the time they have. Bat I warn you that if there is wTong done now by the adoption of this ma jority report it is not brought about !by me. It is not only an arraignment taf myself but a condemnation on the charge of heresy, of half of the Synods of South Carolina, a large portion of the Presbyteries in Georgia, Alabama and elsewhere, and these are condem ned as unfit to teach or distribute the bounties of this church. With regard to the matter of deliverance and its effect, the supposed effect is that it would help to condemn as guilty a rterson now on Jxial in a lower court. ft has been said that this Assembly can have no knowledge of a trial un less it comes properly before the; court upon official record. This reminds me of that other claim, that it was not the church, but teachers of the church, erred m regard to science; and that this question of evolution would have been settled long ago, but the opin ions of the church had been disregard ed. The opinion of the church has never been expressed so that it could be authoritatively understood! You have been told that the will of the South Carolina Synod has been set aside by me. -. This is a mistake. A resolution was brought in that would have deprived the person before you of his just rights, but though the ma jority were against him, they refused to do tnat. Anything that comes irom a self-constituted authority wilf never be bowed to by me. A dehverance such as that' you now propose has no lecral effect, and is not to be obeyed by any one who believes it is in op position to the word of God. To such it would be devoid of the semblance of authoritv. So far as I have heard, I have not heard a fair or accurate statement of my views. Dr. Hollifield said : "Dr. Woodrow says he had been for years in search of something to tell him what Adam was made of," and added "here is a Bible that will tell him." Now, I knew all' the Bible said before he was born, laughter! and I believe it, too. I believe that Adam was made of dust, .and Eve was made of a rib from Adam's side. I believe all that, apd I know it. i Anything in the Bible is not only a matter of faith but know ledge with me; and yet 1 am held up here as the butt of .jokes and anec dotes. It has been my lot to be mis represented al ways uni ntentionally , of course. As to evolution, it is a matter of absolute indifference. I care nothing for it; 1 What is evolution? At best it is nothing but a hypothesis, a theory, conducted altogether outside of the Word of God. Like chemistry or astronomy, it is a science not m the Word of God, but if there is a single word of God that is contrary to it, that is enough to condemn it with me. ;lf this Assembly should propose to make any deliverance on evolution, I should oppose it as strongly as any member of this body. The question before us is, shall this Assembly inject into the Word of God something that is not there. You are asked to prescribe the time occupied by God in the creation of man, when God has not told you. The Bible says that God created man of dust, "but it doesn't say how long he was in doing it, and you are adding your own petty notions to His ever glorious and true word. You will be violating the sacred trust imposed in you. You will be saying what He has not authorized you to say, speaking in His name what He Himself has not spoken or-authorized you to speak. I beseech you, therefore, not for my sake, but that you may be true serv ants of the High God, that you do not dnye away those who cannot subscribe to such a declaration. There is noth ing in the Bible that will authorize you to say the creation was "immed iate," and if you do so, you go in the face of the Word of God. DR. ARMSTRONG CONCLUDES. Dr. Armstrong, chairman of the committee making the majority re port, now proceeded to close the dis cussion, it being determined that there should be no discussion by the mem bers of the Assembly outside of the committee. , He began with a vindication of his friend", Dr. Hoge, whom Dr. Palmer had said agreed with Dr. Woodrow that the theory of evolution was -not opposed to the teachings of the Bible. He had a letter from the Doctor read, in which he said : "I fully agree with you on all the grounds in your book," and, said Dr. Armstrong, I don't sup pose anybody will accuse me of argu ing' with Dr. Woodrow. There may be hay on somebody's horns, but it is not on mine. Laughter. He then read from Professor Huxley's New York lecture to show that the state ment of the theory of evolution was not different from that entertained by the scientists. In my first speech I prepared to sell at auction that evolute calf from the organic dust of that Jersey cow. It was to show that you could not recon cile the evolution of the man with the declarations of the Bible. Organic dust is partly decayed organic matter. Evolution out of organic dust is im possible. The living ape cannot be called organic dust. You must have life. 1 There has been no attack on our main position as to the competency, authority of this body to issue a de liverance, and that the interpretation of our standards must be in their his torical sense and that interpreted in their historical sense they do contro vert this system of evolution. The point on which you feel most difficulty is that the case is already before dif ferent courts of this church. But be fore this case was brought in lower courts it was in the different Presby teries to us first. There is a difference of opinion and they ask us to interpret our standards. We are perfectly com petent to do so. Suppose we wait till these Synods or Presbyteries signify their rulings, won't it have its moral effect npon this body when it comes before us T Don't let that argument of prejudice influence you to refuse a decif ion here. There are three papers before, you. ; The report of the minor ity is in substance that we give no an swer. That isn't fair. - It isn't what the have a right to. In the other minority report the first difference is that we send our views in the form of a pastoral letter. Second. It doesn't want an answer because it will pre judice the case below. J This pastroral letter i$ to contain, 1- p recognition, of tthe; alarm and uneasiness pervading the church on account of the evolution discussion.! and -that thifr alarm nd uneasiness are not aoiuuuutiu. . .-- 2. A reiteration of our loyalty to our symbols as the correct interpretation of the Holy Scripture, and a determi nation to defend them against any in terpretation which would mar their historic sense or contradict any tradi tional doctrine of our faith. This paper says just as much as the paper of the majority, but when I speak on J a subject in which I have convictions, I want to use language that everybody can understand. Ours is in plain language. I believe it is the purpose of this Assembly to give an answer to these overtures. I de precate this doctrine because itim- Sugns the inspiration of the word of od. e '.I?'-':: '.:'. , : After considerable debate as to the form in which this question was be fore the house, both minority reports were put to a vote and lost, and the majority report was adopted on a call of the yeas and nays by the over whelming j vote of 137 to 13. The 13 voting no, were Revs. William Flmn, T. Harrisdn, V. H. Henderson, James Woodrow,1 G. H. Mourning, F. L. Thompson, H. Ginder, N. J. Holmes, J. B. Jennings, R. H Wardlaw, T. E. Smith, R. J. Vidal, George A. McCall. The majority report adopted is as fol lows : ! - Tc the several overtures on the sub ject of the evolution of man sent up by the Presbyteries the General As sembly returns answers as follows : The Church remains at this time sincerely convinced that the Scrip tures, as truly and authoritatively ex pounded in our "Confession of Faith" and Catechisms, teach that Adam and Eve were created, body and soul, by immediate acts of Almighty Power, thereby preserving a perfect race unity. That Adam's body was directly fashioned by Almighty God, without any natural animal parentage of any kind, out of matter previously created of nothing. And that any doctrine at variance therewith is a dangerous error, inas much as by the methods of interpret ing Scripture it must demand, and in Consequences which by fair implica tion it will involve, it will lead to the denial of doctrines fundamental to the faith. Signed George D.Armstrong, R. K. Smoot, W. F. Junkin, G. R. Strickler, L. C. Vass. A. N. Hollifield, M. Van Leon, R. B. Fulton, O.N. Kennedy. The Assembly then adjourned and the evening session was devoted to a discussion of foreign missions. LATE NEWS SUMMARY. The society of Friends concluded its session in New York Tuesday, when papers were read on temperance, mor ality and philanthropy. An appeal was madei for funds for the Schofield school in South Carolina. One of the imperial palaces, about 40 miles from Pekin, on the Imperial route to the ".eastern tomDs" was destroyed recently by fire. The palace was built- in 1650, at a cost , of 6ver $2,000,000.' ; Congdon, Hazard & Co.'s turpentine distillery at Georgetown, S. ., was burned Wednesday, with twenty-eight hundred barrels of rosin and crude turpentine. The loss is $7,000. ' The Charlotte Observer states that "northern gentlemen who are inter WW estmg themselves in I5iue w mg cop- per.mines or iTranville-county, expect to build a railroad from Durham to Blue Wing, and connect with one of the Virerinia roads." This is supple mented with a statement showing that a multitude of northerners are inquir ing for sites for manufactories, and mining and farming lands, and these facts were gathered from one day's mail to Commissioner Patrick, of the State Immigration Boards Anxiety is felt in Philadelphia as to the safety or the Austrian' ship Miros lay, which sailed from that port Feb- ruary 1 tor t aune, under the com mand uf Capt. Viassich. ! The vessel had a cargo of 407.306 gallons of crude oil, valued at $Ub,946. Vessels which sailed from Philadelphia j forty days later than the Miroslay, for the same port, have arrived safely. Nothing has been heard of the ship since she passed out of Deleware capes. She had a crew: of twenty men, including the captain. A Chicago paper states that two men named Connors and McCoy have been arrested tor the hock island express robbery of March 13, and that a third person is to be arrested. It is stated that the arrests were made on the con fession of a convict named Plunkett, who was to have taken part in the robbery, but was arrested for another offence before it occurred. CURIOUS REPLIES. An Arizona editor recently sent postal cards to all the prominent citi zens ot the place requesting them to give an answer to the question: Why are you an honest man? Some of the replies which he publishes are curi ous. One answers: "It must be be cause o my dern cussedness; I always did like to be different from other people."! Another says he is honest because he never held anv public of flee. Another indignantly answers? "What d'ye take me fer an angel?" Anotner sarcastically remarks, " suppose you-re gonr to start a mus eum and are lookin' fer freaks: Well, count me out: I'm not one." Another. a professional labor agitator, wrote in blood red ink, on a postal card, "What are yer givm' as?" While the editor of the opposite paper volunteered the answer that he scorned to lay bare the palpitating mainspring of a noble and honest soul at the request of a dis honest reptile and political parasite. The editor is so well pleased with the results of his inquiry that he intends soon to ask for answers to the ques tion: What do you take for a cold? Where Wiberg' Wondertul Winning Was. Aug-. Wibersr, 1131 South Tenth street, Oma- na city, neid one-nrtn or ticket 73,040, which drew the capital prize of f 150,000, in the draw- in? of The .Louisiana State Lottery, at New Orleans. Tuesday. March 16th: through the First National Bank, and received a draft for ju,uuu made on tne Hanover National Hank and was sent to Kountze Bros-, New York city for collection, and the sum of $30,000 was received. OmaAa, (Neb.) Kepublxcan, April 17. A large and beautiful line of Children'! Uarriages just received at t FUCHTLXB & KXRS'B STOP AND CONSIDER. Those who are constantly f urging some provisions for : shortening; fthe hour-oftoili appear toiHtis quite thoughtless of the real sources of in come. Whydo men work at all! The answer seemsj plain enougn;, be cause if they did not they would die of want. It is not a' choice but a. neces sity.' Those wto do not belie veiELthe Mosaic record cannot find a plainer statement than it gives of the univer sal requirement.' In the sweat of thy face shall thou eat bread, fill thou return into the ground." A few months' cessation of work the world over-would exterminate r the race. This is not , the - imposition j of man npon his fellows, it is the law of our being, and it cannot be repealed or suspended.. ; o-t v .-X "i I! ; '!' Most of the argument directed to secure such legislation , as will shorten the hours of service are based upon the apparent assumption that the reg ulation; is purely conventional, and that if men could agree .among them selves they might affix any limit they chose to the daily task. They insist that it is the corporation or some other exacting employer that imposes the heavy burden, and the law is invoked to emancipate the poor toiler from such oppressive tyranny. . If every able-bodied man and woman fave eight hours of each of the secu ar days to useful labor, the supply for human need would doubtless be amply sufficient. But we belive that even in this favored country and with all our improved machinery, such a limit, if strictly enforced would cut off from households not a. few of the comforts they now enjoy. ; There cannot be more divided, than ; is pro duced. The workingman may claim that his share ought to be .larger, and the idler should be the one to suffer, but he cannot bring this about by any possible regulation, however sanc tioned, and the attempt to shorten hroughout the community the nours devoted to useful labor, if successful, will result in shortening the product o be divided, and the poorer laborer will be, in the naiure of things, the first and chiefest sufferer. In. the average household through out this country the domestic service is over 12 hours. In all the agricul tural districts those who till their own soil devote at least an average of 12 hours a day to hard work. We never knew a man who attained to eminence in any calling or profession on an av erage service of 8 hours a day. We do not believe that it can be done even in this favored land. It will not suc ceed, in our iudsrment. if tried. Me- chanics in our large cities may estao lish8 hours for a daVs work, and maintain it for a while, but in the end will be compelled to extend the limit, or go without some of the comforts they now purchase from the . proceeds of their labor. What the world wants is not less, but more useful service. If the drones could be put to work, and the. industrious be kept at it, enoucrh would be produced to erive a lare-e division to each, and erreatlv in crease the comfort of the human fam ily. It is not work that disti esses man kindit lis idleness and vice and waste and thriftlessness. We do not believe that there would, be less rum and. ignorance on 8 hours a day than on 12. We are hot speaking con temotuouslv of toil. We left home at 13, and have supported ourselves ever since, and in ail tne upward or ou years we have averaged over 12 hours work tor each secular day. We be lieve that obediance to the command "Six davs shalt thou labor" will be found imperative, and that 5 and 4J days, however well meant as a relief to earth's toiling millions," will be found to operate only in cutting short the supply that now ministers to their necessities. We do not believe that any honest, sober, able bodied man is hurt in any way by 6-days' work, and most of those who clamor tor it are willing that their wives shall drudge 12 hours for not only G, but each of the days that make up the round week. BONDED INDEBTEDNESS. A decision by the New York Court of Appeals on the debt contracting power of cities has importance for cities outside of that State. There the indebtedness of a city is limited to a prescribed percentage of the assessed value of its real estate. The cities of New York and Brooklyn are not permitted to incur an indebtedness exceeding 10 per cent, of the real es tate valuation. The question arose as to whether the sinking fund should be taken into consideration as a part of the bonded debt. The lower Courts decided that the sinking fund was to be added to the debt, or, rather, that the assets in the sinking fund must not be deducted in order to ascertain the actual or net debt, but the Court of Appeals, whose decision is final, reverses this decision. This leaves both New York and Brooklyn free to issue more bonds, and the power is al most sure to be exercised to carry out important public improvements which couldy not be begun with the money available from' immediate taxation. Danger! If you have a feeling of oppression and uneasiness a little above the diaphragm, and just below the right ribs, aggravated by lying on the right side, look outl As sure as fate, your liver is disordered. Per haps not seriously as yet, but fatal he patic abscesses are not uncommon. 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