Show E EVOLUTION batles a turn at prof kelson EDITOR in your issue of sept sens 28 appears an article artice ba ban N LN L aeleen Ne belr leen en entitled dr hall defence De fende 11 a portion of which I 1 propose to notice it is apparent that mr nelsi nelsan n either did not under understand my first communication ot il ii ile felid did hag Dur purposely evaded the me subject mate mat ter tar thereof ue he is rn it a handle bundle of straw which he be has tare hed and tied up the readers of paper will readily note the arrogance and egotism af the be gent genUe lemans sari prod acion he says 0 doberrer OB errer is ia ans ons to gee ece the chaff fly a ht hals le more an I 1 for his benefit I 1 the mb jeci mr nelson kelson is 0 o ve ue congratulated in his effort for y his own article or at least the greater part oi of it contains what he aptly terms chaff and he be will not need to waste any time to convince the public oi of his ability in this direr tion whatever observers views may be ba in the premises he certainly is ia well qualified to defend his position and I 1 ahl ahil leave him todo as he be may elect in the premises mr nelsen assumes to defend tho the B Y academy against the attack of query and thu w we e have hav 9 a an u example of the chaff hs ha purposes to make fly it seems never to have occurred to the gentleman thal thai the academy ACAd does not need anyone to defend it its reco record d is before an a precia tive public and by no power of f rhetoric or twi twisting eting of words can mr nelson or ahers mate ma se it appear that query has uttered a word or thought which can be construed to throw discredit on the dinati aution qa query rv does anet st earnestly earne protest against the academy being used in which to clisse puerile philosophy in a circular published by the B Y faculty 3 21 N L is gazetted gazett sd as a teacher each erlof of the principles plea of the tha gospel c asid ered theology effis of god dis attributes and ilia his works etc this a announcement n n ou r cement sug suggest agents tl ta 1 following mr nelson F ta baj ch chi i artice rt ice e dr hall did vl ut in ia a single instance in teach evolutionary theories inconsistent with revealed religion relf gion and yet he be says yes it looks very much that way one mi might bt infer that dr hall T a would be found to agree with darwin x sir mr nelson kelson further says in his second article the language is mine referring to dr halls halla lecture and berh apa the idea suggesting the darwinian origin of nian man is put more strong than in the lecture does the gentleman wieh bieh to be understood that he ha has not reported dr halls lecture carr correctly estly and that the evolutionary theory referred to isler is mr Nel sons idea more mora pointedly drawn if so BO and PAS as stated elated in me former article of mr nel kel souls eona that nine of the evolution theory is ig mormonism niam I 1 ask tho the professor fess if this is the theory he PrOP proposes to teach in the B Y A in his bib explanation of the attrib attributes ates of god his work etc taking ajr nelsons belsons Nel sons statement as aa evid evidence enc e he believes in at least nice tenths of the hall nelson evolution theory as published to the world ai the ideas of dr hall clothed in the language of arof which theory claims that man evolved from a piece ol 01 skin an elongated tube to his pre present serit organism whilst the revealed word of gd G fd as found in the pearl of great price in a revelation to moses and re plated to the prophet joseph sm amith ath and also aleo book of mormon 3rd ard chapter ether 1417 14 17 verses berseg positively asserts that god in the beginning first made man spiritually in his own image and li likeness kenese which theory does prof nelson kelson propose to teach in the B Y academy in relation to our oar churches being opened to strangers and our libraries containing works of error enor as these questions do not cut any figure in in this discursion discus discuE sion I 1 propose not to noties them As regards the ninety nine truths advanced hy by dr hall I 1 will take the liberty of informing the pra professor fessor that every truth advanced by dr nail hall and many othes othe are taught continuously in the he church and quorums qu and that too by persons who ere are au an by god aej thereby qualified to teach those truths hs unalloyed and ahre it certainly is a unique coi di tin when latter day sain saints 13 deem it necessary sary to apply aply to persons learned in human philosophy for inform alinn in relation to the origin of man mr IN laon says say a it is but a small matter end and required but a minute or so for dr hi H 11 at i to meke make hit bit declaration was of thought and mediation tiia view is certainly chaff the origin and destiny desti nj of man and the redemption of his hia dead ancestors are subjects concern the whole race and should engage the attention or of all it is 13 understood that the B Y academy is a church institution Is it bigo tr or is it to be suppo supposed eed that doctrine advocated in that institution is not subject to inquiry and investigation especially by those who contribute for its support and when such each inquiry is made is the precedent formulated by mr nelson kelson one of its employed emp loyes i 0 insult arro arrogance garce abuse and egotism tobe toba the to such inquiry 1 in all candor mr editor doss does not mr nelsons belsons Nel sons article breath the spirit of bigotry smell of sectarianism and infidelity and bear tho taint of pharisee pharsee ism I 1 am fully folly B Y A officials when they deem it wise afi to answer publicly or otherwise will at least delegate dele zate a person who abo enjoys the spirit of the gaspal to voice their sentiments and not one ona who mistakes kea abuse and maltioli city of language for argument the sympathies and support of the latter day saints naturally so go in favor of the B Y academy many thinking mormon fathers who the tha professor in his hia former article accused of beine blinded by bv their religion believe that it will be become ome the tha leading belu educational rational Cat ional institution not of utah aone but of all the tha west not only because of the scientific truths taught therein th erain but because god inspires those ri who ho teach with the spirit ot of his holy priesthood and not with the inspiration of atheistic un believers in conclusion permit me to say that according to the hall nelson evolution ti theory eory that wonder in relation to how bow far back a person will have to go in redeeming their dead when the lonea lonza ted tuba is reached what chance is there in finding the connecting link QUEST american fork sept 29 1897 |