The Negro A Beast In The Image Of GOD

262 MAN, AND THE NEGRO.
stroy the Church of Christ, as it afterward did. We
find that *'A11 flesh is not the same flesh" was an
assault on the theory that all flesh is the same flesh,
and that from the monera to man all flesh is akin.
His teaching- that there are four distinct kinds of
flesh was an assault upon the theory that from the
monera to man there is just one flesh in different
stag-es of development.
The acceptance of this teaching of the great apostle
will prove invaluable to man in determining his
proper
relation to the animals ;
it places in his hands the most
effective weapon in his battle with atheism ;
it will do
much toward enabling him to re-establish Christianity
and thus give to the world a religious system whose
teachings and worship will at once prove beneficial to
man and acceptable to God.
In our day, thousands of the brightest youths are
placed in theological institutions, not to be taught the
word of God, but to be systematically drilled in the narrow
creed of some religious sect; in the course of time,
these young men are graduated, as ignorant of the teachings
of the Mosaic Record and the drift of Bible history
as they were on the day they entered the
kindergarten.
The consequence is, that if they read any scientific
works they accept more or less of the atheism with which
they abound, and this finds expression in their sermons
and serves to still further corrupt the minds of their hearers.
The laity as a class have too many social, financial,
political and religious affairs to look after to read the