or discarded for new speculations every few years;
that they have turned from an inspired, inerrant and authoritative
revelation of God, and turned to an unproven theory which makes the Bible a
human document, of supreme value, so they say, as unfolding the religious
evolution of the race, but full of errors because of the human element in
it.

The result of this is the so-called "scientific" or "historical" method of
interpreting the Bible, which means, to quote Dr. Meeser, that while the
Scriptures

have the wisdom of experts in religion, [yet] "authority" is
scarcely the term to describe their value, and may, when
applied to them, obscure their real character.

"But why make all this ado about it," say the evolutionists; "it is all
simply a question of interpretation."

That is absolutely right. It is the interpretation of the evolutionists set
in opposition to that of the Holy Spirit; and the true Church, compelled to
make a choice, takes that of the Holy Spirit.

2. The logic of evolution destroys the doctrine of the =fall of man= and
its result in total depravity.

After an address somewhat along these lines in one of the largest normal
schools in the world, the science professor said to the writer, "Yes, but
you know there is evolution and =evolution=."

That is indeed true. We are all aware of the fact that there are various
kinds, shapes, and colors of evolution, from theistic to atheistic; but the
fact still remains that =every= theory is =still evolution=, and that =any=
theory of evolution whatsoever, if it means anything at all, means steady
=progress= from lower to higher. Progress is certainly the one thought that
is vital to any definition of evolution, and progress =downward= is
excluded by the very meaning of the word, and so evolution under =any=
theory can mean nothing but progress =upward=.

But the Word of God says that man has gone =down= from a condition of
purity and innocence into a condition of such sinful enmity against God,
that he is not only not subject to the law of God, but is utterly incapable
of bringing himself into subjection to it. And the experience of every
Christian gives sorrowful but certain evidence to that fact.

This condition the Bible describes as being =dead= in sin. And since death
is not death at all until it is total, man, therefore, being dead, is
totally dead--and this is total depravity.

This means that the only progress possible to man in h