Striking Sermon by Canon Barnes That man was not originally endowed with a soul, but had come to possess it through the processes of biological evolution, was the thesis of a remarkable sermon preached by Canon Barnes at Westminster Abbey recently.
The Canon's frank views on the Fall of Man and his attitude towards Genesis led recently to a striking correspondence in the "Daily News," and he further developed some of the ideas discussed in our pages by people of all classes and creeds.
In his sermon Canon Barnes discoursed on "Evolution and_ the Soul," and dealt not with the Fall, but with the Ascent of Man. He emphasized his disagreement with those who hold that the teaching of Christ is opposed to modern scienfic discoveries.
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