Show BEATEN DOWN ONLY TO RISE e he be was sae as a writer artier of or na- na na national I Dr Franl Crane rane was as as n a minister of or the gospel ott In lu Colorado and In la those daa da a s as a II companion of ot Re Rev DI anerd formerly of the Ilia lie Congregational burch of oJ Ogden Ofden Dr Crane is into new tie fields Ids and in doing doingo o holds to a fine tine proportion of common sense and a n highly cultivated 1 sated philosophy Lately he has bas I been reading a 11 nea no book NIne Nine it h cath Century Evolution and Aft Art r b Marshall Da Dawson and he e- e epi e e pi tho the hope that William T J yan JH yan U-yan iud others who look upon C as one of or the most n d din ereis heresies of ot the age will will a ad l Dr Jr Daw o sons eons book The T Bible Dible may be the word ord of o Some people doubt that But C Is certainly the method or of God Cod says san Br hr Crane And It itla j 0 a question whether it 11 is i not snore Ole dangerous to doubt Gods God's than thu It 11 Is to doubt HIli Il old The Bible sal says that God ere ere I ted man enan Mr Dawson points out that evolution does docs not deny this I It simply chows choW's the method of cre cre- creating creating man iu n The first chapter of 4 t this his book hook Is most roost excellently ten It ought to be in a aI I pamphlet b by Itself and given wide This chapter Is Ia entitled en entitled I ItI I titled Growing a i Backbone It the story ot of o life liCe upon the I planet First life lire existed In back blick- buck boneless boneless creatures that Inhabited the waters aters Little by little were ere opened for these I to developed Some re no refused fused others other were Vere bold enough to toI I accept the challenge e The Tha bold ones un-lv un and the cowards wont went onesI I down It is Ii too often orten thought says Nt Nr son Da Daw ason a-ason SOB that halls What is moral Is IsHie the thing customarily done On the some somo response which costs cotS a fresh exercise ot of r moral loCco Is continually demanded To Tomake make sure of this God and nature nature employ as tests a continually ad- ad ad advancing i 1 standard ot or action actton The corresponding history of o I cilly advancing response on the part pant of if f man enan Is If the story stoy of ot the tile building J ot of backbone Every unit in mans man's mans backbone according to our author is 15 a triumphant monument erected I by y nature to commemorate a salt all ant decision In some Ufo life and death I Ou our Ouy bodies arc art nothing I a t I I but compendium ft a and history ot of othe the battle or of o geologic time Thus he concludes In a luminous lu luminous minous the Cross was set high on Calvary ClInt at the opening ot of the Christian era that oung and old might forever See seo that life h Indeed a D high and valiant ad adventure ven- ven venture ture tune The mans man's perfected moral backbone Is be best t seen as symbol symbol- symbolIzed symbolIzed symbolized In a cross and as transfiguring ing lug the eternal cross of or life lite winning win win- winning ning resurrections out of o cruci cruch crucifixions world without end a |