A New Theory of Life’s Origin
A new theory of the origin of life has been brought forward by a professor at Yale University, Dr. J. F. Wortman. This theory, which was outlined by him in a recent lecture at Yale, is described as “upsetting both orthodoxy and former scientific beliefs.” These former “scientific beliefs” which “overthrew” orthodoxy when they came to the front, are now in turn overthrown by this new theory. The professor says that after having devoted years of careful research to the subject, he has arrived at the conclusion that all life began at the north pole; that the apes who lived at the north pole were the ancestors of man, and that the evolution from apes to men took place largely on account of the discovery of fire. The “veteran scientists” who were present at the lecture where these discoveries were elucidated, says a press dispatch, “burst into a round of spontaneous applause when the young scientist finished the elaboration of the argument which overthrew their time-honored theories.” Certainly it is just as well to hold on to the Scriptural view of man's origin until “science” has conclusively established a different view, as to surrender the Bible view for something that will be overturned by a later discovery. At the last it will be discovered that God's Word concerning them is true, and that from it was obtained the only real knowledge of the origin of human life that man possessed.