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Show MINISTER CHARACTERIZES WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN A VERITABLE DON QUIXOTE' EVANSTON, IU., May 28. (CP) "Obfuscous" and a "Don Quixote tilting at the inevitable windmills," were terms used here by the Rey. George Craig Stewart, rector of the fashionable St. ' Luke's Episcopal church of Columbus to William Jen-nlng Jen-nlng Bryan In his position on the Tennessee evolution controversy. . : Dr. Stewart who may, be cnllef as a witness, recently published a book ,"God. and, Evolution," which is expected, to fignre in defense arguments ar-guments in the Scopes ease at Dayton, Day-ton, Tenn. , "William Jennlng Bryan, In hts position on the evolution controversy Is a Don Quixote tilting nt Inevitable Inevit-able windmills. He Is an obfuscous old reactionary, an obscurantist If yon like. It seemfctd me the word obfuscous Is the only one that describes de-scribes him. - ' - - ... "To see that the Bible Is, n product pro-duct of evolution one has only to read It from "the early books of the Pentateuch to the latter prophets and to view the God set forth by St. John," Dr. Stewart " declared. 'The primitive early Old Testament conception of God was a deity- who reveled in the smell of Incense and the slanghter of bulls.- It is Interesting Inter-esting to contract this view of his with that set forth, for example, Isainh, Michael and latter prophets." pro-phets." ' ' - ' " i ' "The sort of evolution I have' In mind is what the philrrsopher. Henry Gergson.'so ncontlfully calls creative crea-tive evolution. I believe everything is in a state of constant evolution including the Bible Itself." a |
