Contents

I. MATTER AND ITS ORIGIN 15
II. THE ORIGIN OF ENERGY 31
III. LIFE ONLY FROM LIFE 43
IV. THE CELL AND THE LESSONS IT TEACHES 57
V. WHAT IS A "SPECIES"? 68
VI. MENDELISM AND THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES 78
VII. GEOLOGY AND ITS LESSONS 99
VIII. CREATION AND THE CREATOR 125



I

MATTER AND ITS ORIGIN


I

When we were told by a prominent scientist just the other day that
"electricity is now known to be molecular in structure," it almost took
our breath away. And when we were informed that certain well-known
chemical elements had been detected in the very act of being changed
over into other well-known elements, with the prospect of such a
transformation of the elements being quite the normal thing throughout
nature, the very earth seemed to be slipping away from under our feet.