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However, a comparison of its teachings with those of the
Bible enables us to realize that it was not through the
scriptural teaching that man is a distinct creation in the
image of God, that the Negro obtained his present un-
natural position in the family of man : but through the
pernicious influence of this atheistic tlieoiy, that man is
merely a highly developed "species'' of ape — the
"human species" — of which the Negro is the lowest
race lience, our social, political, and religious rela-
tions with the Negro are not based upon scripture, but
upon atheism. But modern Christians should pause to
consider that in their vain, criminal attempt to establish
a blood relationship between the flesh of man and that
of the ape, they have, to all intents and purposes, repu-
diated the declaration of Paul, that the flesh of man is
a different kind of fiesh from that of the beast, and have
accepted this atheist theory, that all flesh is akin ; that
they have repudiated the scriptural teaching that man is
a distinct creation, in the image of God, to accept this
atheistic theory that man is a highly developed species
of ape — the "human species'' — of which the White is
the highest, and the Negro the lowest race, vvith the
browns, reds and yellows as intermediate races, in dif-
erent stages of development. They should bear in mind
that in yielding to the degrading influence of this atheis-
tic theon', they practically renounced their kinship with
God to claim kin with the ape.
All scientific investigation of the sul)ject proves the
Negro to be an ape ; and that lie sinipl}^ stands at the
head of the ape famil3^ as the lion stands at the head of
the cat family. When Gad's plan of creation, and the
drift of Bible histor>^ are properlj^ understood, it will be
found that the teachings of scripture upon this, as upon
every other subject, harmonize with those of science-
This being true, it follows that the Negro is the only
anthropoid, or man-like ape; and that the gibbon,
ourang, chimpanzee and gorilla are merely negro -like
apes.
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