whole
evangelical Protestant fellowship in general is meant, as distinguished
from Roman Catholic, Greek church, or any other non-evangelical faith,
although true Christians are to be found within every fellowship. The term
"Schools," in its larger meaning, includes all institutions of learning
maintained at private, denominational, or public expense; more
specifically, those dominated by the present evolutionary philosophy are
meant. With notable exceptions in a few schools that refuse to be so
dominated, the whole educational system in general, especially in the
Northern States, has practically capitulated to the evolutionists, and the
schools that have so surrendered are particularly in mind in the following
discussion.

It is but a humble effort to point out what is obviously the only possible
solution for the present distressing and destructive controversy between
the Church and the Schools, but the author fondly hopes that it will prove
to be a real, even though small, contribution toward the ending of that
controversy.

It is sent out with the prayer that He who is Truth incarnate may lead
those in both the Church and the Schools who really want to know the truth
at all cost to a common attitude toward Himself, to a common, because truly
scientific, method of investigating truth in both the natural and the
spiritual realms, and therefore to a common goal which will unite them
against all those forces that seek to capture both the Church and the
Schools for the enemy.

J. E. Conant.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
THE PRESENT CONTROVERSY--THE CAUSE

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I. =The Theory of Evolution is Unproven= 11
1. The Testimony =for= Evolution 12
2. The Testimony =Against= Evolution
a. In the Biological Realm; (i) The Doctrine of Natural
Selection; (ii) The Doctrine of Acquired Characters;
(iii) The Biogenetic "Law" 14
b. In the Geological Realm 19
c. The Whole Theory in General 20

II. =The Logic of Evolution is Destructive= 23
1. Evolution and =Inspiration= 23
2. Evolution and the =Fall of Man=