The Negro A Beast In The Image Of GOD

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MAN, AND THE NEGRO.
tion of these nations; the butchery of fathers, mothers
and even the **prattling, dimpled babe/' with our
conception of a wise, just, merciful and loving God.
The whole transaction is repulsive to every sentiment
of our being-. To ask us to pronounce it good
is an
affront to our intelligence. But is this atheistic theory
true? Is Man simply a highly developed species
of ape — the human species
— and is this human species
divisible into five or more races of men, dependent
upon the whim of
the infidel who makes the classification?
Is it true that all these so-called races of
men have descended from one pair by gradual divergence?
As has been shown, the atheists deny this.
Is it true that the differences which we observe in the
physical and mental characters of these so-called races
of men are due to natural selection, the survival of
the fittest, etc.? If not, then our premise is wrong;
and arguing from a wrong premise, our conclusions
must necessarily be erroneous. Is it true that these
so-called white, black, brown, red and yellow races of
men are the progeny of a primitive pair? Are they
the descendants of Adam, the son of God? Away
with this modern church doctrine that man is a species,
divisible into races. Let us bear in mind that this
wretched doctrine that man is a species of
ape, divisible
into races of men, is an inseparable part of the
Theory of Development, which denies the existence of
God, repudiates his word and attributes the phenomena
of the universe to natural causes. A glance at