WellindeedhasaneminentdivineoftheChurchofEnglandinourowntimecalledonChristianstorejoiceoverthisevolution。”betweentheGodofSamuel，whoorderedinfantstobeslaughtered，andtheGodofthePsalmist，whosetendermerciesareoverallhisworks；betweentheGodofthePatriarchs，whowasalwaysrepenting，andtheGodoftheApostles，whoisthesameyesterday，to-day，andforever，withwhomthereisnovariablenessnorshadowofturning，betweentheGodoftheOldTestament，whowalkedinthegardeninthecooloftheday，andtheGodoftheNewTestament，whomnomanhathseennorcansee；
betweentheGodofLeviticus，whowassoparticularaboutthesacrificialfurnitureandutensils，andtheGodoftheActs，whodwellethnotintemplesmadewithhands；betweentheGodwhohardenedPharaoh’sheart，andtheGodwhowillhaveallmentobesaved；betweentheGodofExodus，whoismercifulonlytothosewholovehim，andtheGodofChrist——theheavenlyFather——whoiskinduntotheunthankfulandtheevil。”
Howeveroverwhelming，then，thefactsmaybewhichAnthropology，History，andtheirkindredsciencesmay，intheinterestofsimpletruth，establishagainstthetheologicaldoctrineof“theFall“；howevercompletelytheymayfossilizevariousdogmas，catechisms，creeds，confessions，“plansofsalvation“and“schemesofredemption。”whichhavebeenevolvedfromthegreatmindsofthetheologicalperiod：science，sofarfrommakinginroadsonreligion，orevenuponourChristiandevelopmentofit，willstrengthenallthatisessentialinit，givingnewandnoblerpathstoman’shighestaspirations。Fortheonegreat，legitimate，scientificconclusionofanthropologyis，that，moreandmore，abettercivilizationoftheworld，despiteallitssurvivalsofsavageryandbarbarism，isdevelopingmenandwomenonwhomthedeclarationsofthenoblerPsalms，ofIsaiah，ofMicah，theSermonontheMount，thefirstgreatcommandment，andthesecond，whichislikeuntoit，St。Paul’spraiseofcharityandSt。James’sdefinitionof“purereligionandundefiled。”cantakestrongerholdforthemoreeffectiveandmorerapidupliftingofourrace。[198]
[198]FortheresolutionofthePresbyterianSynodofMississippiin1857，seeProf。Woodrow’sspeechbeforetheSynodofSouthCarolina，October27and28，1884，p。6。AstotheactionoftheBoardofDirectorsoftheTheologicalSeminaryofColumbia，seeibid。AstotheminorityreportintheSynodofSouthCarolina，seeibid。，p。24。ForthepithysentencesregardingtheconductofthemajorityinthesynodstowardDr。Woodrow，seetheRev。
Mr。Flynn’sarticleintheSouthernPresbyterianReviewforApril，1885，p。272，andelsewhere。FortherestrictionsregardingtheteachingoftheCopernicantheoryandthetruedoctrineofcometsinGermanuniversities，seevarioushistoriesofastronomy，especiallyMadler。FortheimmaculateoathImmaculaten-EidasenforcedupontheAustrianprofessors，seeLuftkandl，DieJosephinischenIdeen。FortheeffortoftheChurchinFrance，aftertherestorationoftheBourbons，toteachahistoryofthatcountryfromwhichthenameofNapoleonshouldbeleftout，seeFatherLoriquet’sfamousHistoiredeFranceal’UsagedelaJeunesse，Lyon，1820，vol。ii，seeespeciallytableofcontentsattheend。Thebookbearsonitstitle-pagethewellknowninitialsoftheJesuitmotto，A。M。D。G。AdMajoremDeiGloriam。ForexamplesinEnglandandScotland，seevariousEnglishhistories，andespeciallyBuckle’schaptersonScotland。