The Origin of Life

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Oct 8, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 39.

The Origin of Life

The origin of life is a theme in the scientific world that is receiving a great deal of attention just now, largely because of the fact that some leading scientists have claimed to produce living organisms in the chemical laboratory. Particularly since Darwin's time, and during the great craze of evolution that has swept over the world, the scientific men who have held to these evolutionist theories have thought that it was incumbent upon them to find the real source of life. If they could develop life through any kind of chemical action, or actually discover "spontaneous generation" somewhere, they would consider the triumph of their theory complete. But it is perfectly safe to stand on the solid old ground of the Book,—that with the divine Jehovah, and with Him alone, is the fountain of life. As Bishop Weldon has expressed it, "I am afraid the key of the great problem still remains, and is likely to remain, in the hands of Providence."