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title: 'Professor Woodrow’s Speech Before the Synod of South Carolina'
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authors:
- 'James Woodrow'
date: 1885-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Creation and Evolution'
- 'Revelation (General and Special Revelation)'
scriptures:
- 'Genesis 1'
- 'Psalms 19'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/woodrow-1885-professor-woodrows-speech-before-the-synod-of-south-carolina
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# Professor Woodrow’s Speech Before the Synod of South Carolina

Professor Woodrow, before the Synod of South Carolina (1885), argues that natural science—including evolution—need not impugn Scripture and urges careful, modest interpretation of revelation.

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