The Negro A Beast In The Image Of GOD

MAN, AND THE NEGRO. 371
With this knowledge regained, the Plan of Creation
may be fully understood, and the Plan of Redemption so
easily comprehended that "the wayfaring men, though
fools, may not err therein."
In his attempt to ridicule the argument of ''Ariel"
that the Negro is a beast, Dr. Young says :
"But suppose 'Ariel's' doctrine be true? What a
spectacle does the venerable Church of God present!
Instructing young 'beasts' in the Sunday School!
Baptizing 'cattle' into the Christian Church! Administering
the Lord's supper to a species of 'monkey,' and
teaching a *noble animal' to worship the Lord on the
Christian Sabbath, etc., etc." (Ibid, p. 28.)
In the above statement Dr. Young furnishes further
evidence that his ignorance of the teachings of modern
science, is only equaled by his ignorance of the teachings
of scripture. It is evident that he has never discovered
the broad distinction which the Bible makes between
"cattle" and "beasts," consequently he could not be
expected to understand that the '^cattle" are quadrupeds,
and that the "beasts" are bipeds (apes). His whole
work shows that in his ignorance of the teachings of
atheism and of scripture he is incapable of distinguishing
between the two, he don't know a man from a
monkey. Hence, he can't distinguish between the