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-tiona of oatu.e, eud the1 behe1s In its fnfs1-
nhfo~ ~fns plrs,lon nh,ie IA much Is tho dog
nafEt b }hves in the infa1lio1e nslita I'm OF
Scripture, OF thv chnrchman iu the tufalhh4s
%sp1ta,ios q sbs chvree- Re may. there
. tim system hss heen taken up into or
modem Christian lie. -
And how il it,, lastly, with that opposite
pole Of religious thought which blossomed
n int r ad ha,a.e, Hs eod Of sd fsalsoe' s.
Of Greeca we:t uaeu. They were not ae.trnct
Ideas, conee&l-ne natural powers aud Laws.
IheJ were open II sunehtne, bright -
noon, 4 lalz company OF men .nd wo-
WAY Ct, T. little w25 up It was hu1nau-
.Ny projected upon The skies, divine eteatu1ra
Of more than moxtal bes1ty, bat thrilling
with human LIE md hu1nao syrpathis.
Has Chsltianily anything to offer 10 the
~ We ansEer that the fundamental. doc.rfre
Of Christianity b the incarnation, the word i.
made fesh- It Is God revealed in u1an. Cn-
been believed. The eonmca Trlsitarian
doctrine states it In Grade and Illogical
form. Yet somehow the man Christ Jesus
has always been seen TO be the best reyels-
tiou ot -Gcd. But unless .thefe were soma
reveal himself 50 IN human lie. The doc
! t.lne Of the inca, nation, therefore, repeats
the MosIc statement that s'1nan was made
tn .he image f God" Jewish and Nohsm-
ron The world. Philo:ophie monotheIs:u,
b ieaeblbe thai there j. noth-
! iIg T. common betHeen the two
makes him wholly incomprchenstele. chns-
| tianlty gives us Emmanuel, God With Is,
equally removed from The stern despolc
onnlpo.erce Of the Semitic mnuoshelstn. and
The dolte and Imperfect hu1aanlttes OF Olym.
pns; W. sec Goa IN Christ, as fuil OF wv.
We sec him In nature, providence, hfsto-., ~
"aboye Ill and :. .hruuxh all" IT, ':,-
man Catholic Church has, perhaps, h.::u.
re- Esisson r so9 f4f: sar every god ana
mortal c1usas, An archaucel OF = saIni, y.
adore6 aud loyed. Instead Of Apollo shu II.
pyrhons We have Guldo'a 81 Alchael ana the
dfason il phsse q the lish:, siry Aersng.
uhloached'' Diana, Some. heavenly Aenes
OF Cecilia. :The Catholic heavrn Is pepped.
alt the way up: with, beautiful hn-
man torms; and on the upper shzaua
nate In The queen Of heaven and her divlnc
| | Sen. AL the Greek hCMamsies arc thus
!. fultllcd In the ample fa1th Of ChdstendoE4
7 By such ctitic.1 survey Is We have thus
J esch Of The great ethnlc religions Ia fall ou
one. side, but empty on the other, whl1s
Christianity Is mi al round. Chri:tian1ty
, Is adapted to take their place, not becausd
theT aze false, but because iheJ a+a true ~
: prophecy in part !; but .whzn tha. which Il
perf Ct Is come, tacu that which Is m part
| 1 sballhc done aw:y.n - -
; Ill We find, finally. that while the eshu1c
religions are al arrested, come 10 IN end, or
. | degenerate. Christia1i.v appezrs capable Of
+ progressive deTriopuent.
{ The r.n41ens Ut Pcrzta, Egypt, Greece,
) Rome, have come to an end having snared
= the tate Of ths natlon ii civilization Of which
c each Was part. The nli2ious Of China, Is
e lam ,Baddha, aid J1dse hare all been arrest
1 ard remain unchanged and seemingly un-
= chatgeab,e. Like gycat vessels anchored In
r | a st-ean, the current of time do~s past
e | Them, and each year they arc further behlnd
! The spisat Of TIC sEs. aud s. n harmony
: human religions, possesses the power o1
'e keeping abreast with ,he advanclng civIllxs,
h lion u the world As The child's soul gro vi
J, With his bedy. 50 that waen ho becomes I
l. mAn, It Is mana soul. and not chied's, SC
ia / the Gospel OF Jesus contaaues the soul OF ii
le human culture. It continually drops IT, Ole
lc fo1n and takes uew oua. Il passed out 0
c. It's Jewish BODY uIdec the guid.nce Of Paul
= a1d systems. In = worahipptpg sge II dc
Il veioped ceremonies and = ritual When :ht
o ta11 OF Roma leIt Europe Without UNITY q
= ssntte, Il ease M i an ofgap@l5as.on @ and otde'
D called for Hee thought, il suddenly
1t put forth Prutes.antlan, - the tzee By ,he
Of water sends forth It's ahools in due sea.
n soD. ProtestantlsEn, frcc ts air, opens oui
oY Into the raIioas sects each taking hold q
d, Nethodism, sWeaenborz iauisn, or R4ttonal
10 lsu. Christianity blossoms out mto y14os3ezz
y science literature, AT children, who hders
J. often forget thei1 mother, and ara ignorant
ID her breasts and paztake OF hee life- Chru
Or ttanity, the spirit Of talth, hope and lovs,
% The deep fou1tan OF fmodetn civilization It
- Inventions arc for the many, not for the frw
I'd ele.ates the masses: Who e!eEgvheso els
e. have been tlampled down. Tbs friend, o
the people. It teads 10 tree schools, > nr,
Of preas, fsre government, the abolition @
@ sia!ery, VA, vice. and The ueiior.,iou @
% that Chrizt,anlty i tha cause ef. thes
lin We ind 1t Everywhere associated WIT
70. them; and. ~ We can say that It only, Of \
nj the religions q mankind, has been capabl
TO OF acct mpsnstrg man n his progress no,
ul- eytl To Erod, rom good to better
NJ The argument then, 40 fat. stands thus
an I. Al the great relistoss Of the world, {:
bs sept chsiaianlsy and Moh.mmed.ulku. .,
ice ethnle religions, or religions nulted 70
It, | single natiou or race. Christianity a1m
th {tncludjng Mohfmmt dfni.m and JudAku
lie. when a1s 1T TEN porarJ and LOCAL Eo1ms,)
" ! the religion Of Alt racrs. -.
10 !. Erey e'toic religion has its posl.l,
and negative ssds. Its positive side Ia th,
IN which holds come vital trnth; i,s neeati,
.ss sfde Is toe ahsruce Of souae other easentt
ot truth: Every such religion Is true aud pro,
ia. dental but tach l.ctted aad tmptltect
1" 3. Christianity alone is .. p{1u1ad, or
-; fulness Of truth, not eoui. z 70 destrs
lze but to fulal the previous religions; b
as belpg eapsbls Of replacing them !
70 teacLifg: AL rhe truth they have taueh
IT, and supplying thAt which they have ou,l
We ted.
be - hrittznisy, being not system but
Of life, not creed Or = form, bus q spfrtt,
IS able to meet Al The changing wants Of IN Il
he | yancilK ciyl!lk ltlon by new dtyelopufa
to and adaptations, constantly fscd1Lg Il
I'd 1sie Of man u its roots BY fresh SupplI
Is Of ialth In God and fifth 10 man.