Show dr hair alls FORK sept EDITOR F 0 with much pride v I 1 we note nota the T advancement of educational interests in the community the B 13 Y academy is ia often quoted as ag an institution where many of our sons dan daughters aters have been taught noi no os ony y in scholastic bastic lore but also 1 so in theology 3 accepted by members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints the latter forming a very important pait of the studies of the institution the lectures so ao ably delivered by bv dr hall lately under the direction of ane BY B Y A officials hays have been read by many and the comments made in relation to the subjects treated have led ta this correspondence A part of dr halls lecture as published in the deseret semiweekly semi weekly news N aws september 1 reads as follows development OF MEMO DIGESTION D N nally all digestion was dy the i skin then by the skin infolded folded in so as to make of the animal an elongated tube with apertures aper tures at each end for tho the reception of food then the lecessi necessity ty of choosing between foods led to one orifice being specialized for inz inere reEs gs the other for agrees the gaast of foods led to the aenes of touch and irom from touch by future specialization grew 1 eight 0 I 1 12 ht hearing taste and smell from so primitive a condition has ani mal life risen to the complexity of cur organs the most marvelous mechanism known to man this scientific theory seems to con coa flicht with the reTe revealed aled account of the origin and development of mankind a recorded in holy writ and taught by modern prophets mr editor does not this theory of evolution border on the atheistic philosophy of darwin and hux ley et al i e spontaneous generation etc if it does is it not a very dangerous doctrine to advocate in a latter day aay saint institute and that too without correction your source of information being so extensive perhaps it Is not asking too much of you to explain in your valuable paper what to many seems a conflict between science and revealed theology in the opinion oi of the writer too much care cannot be ba taken to shield the student from the growing theory of tha age that human science is superior to the revealed word and law of god QUERY |