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70 WHEN Ass.sssa Hsssss'
By way OF SEQUEL to his work on tho his
torical evolution Of rc,ioion. which wa noticed
about a year AGO, the celebrated German mil
losopher EnuInn WON HAnruANr has rccentlv
published A volume Of more than 400 octave
parea which be cnlls The Relioion Of the
Shirt" fDi. Relation dss Ge;stes, and in whioh
he attempts mora fully than IN his forme ar book
To forecast tho resuit 70 which he thinks relig-
ion In ,endino. Abandoning tho fcld os history
no ana,yzes the Religious sentiment Itself. and.
from its essential character. prophesies its nj.
timdte destiny
As primitive man was. by A eense Of his
Dependence upon nature and Of an inability 10
control its forces. driven to appeaI for helm 10
imaginary higher beinps. 40 civilized man IA nv
a like sense Of his impo,ence lad IN worsbin
what he calls God All his knowledge nil his
science. all his skill and prudence arc unayail-
ing to secure hnppiness mr. ANN IN ward of
dlsappointment sick ness old are and finally
death. The more CULTIVATED and Intelligent
he L. the moro CLEARLY he sees his failure Tn
attain oven his own imperfect ideal and the
more keenly no feo,s tho wide gan that
separates his highest virtues from true
Righteousness. Like the savnoe he too in his
extremity, turns to a power above him. and
seeks its aid. not TO obtain physical good. in
deed but those spiritual blessings which he
prizes above food clothing. and shelter.
The root OF oil religion is therefore the rcla-
ton Of an inferior to superior. OF a depepd-
ent upon an independent OF ono having need
Of help and support toward ono ablc to afford
heip and support. In forming TO themselves
tho idea OF this superior. independent. and
heip-a fYording being and OF his qualities men
differ according to their mental constitution
and according to the Wow they take OF the
world about them Hence tho varieties OF re-
liglon which have always existed and which
0ttII continue to exist. and h0npp fho Inn
possibility Of reducing them to unity.
Hence. too. what is called the conflict
between science and religion. A faith which
originally embodied accented views Of nature.
and was therefore In ontire harmony with sci-
ence. gradually becomes crystallized in formu
las which science In its onward provress dis
cards. Religion strives to accommodate itself
to tho change so far as It can without abandon.
ing its ancient ground. but sooner or later II
reaches the limit OF elasticity. and tho chain
by which It holds intelligent minds Ia snapped
asunder. The particular form of religion in.
volyed IL, OF course. badly damaged by tho
catastrophe. but religion in its essence
remains unframed. and profits by its
deliverance from the excrescences which
had been fastened upon It. As John
Flske woll expressed it some years ago in his
little essay on the Unseen World. when
We look beneath the surface OF things we see
that In reality there has never been anv con-
hict between religion and science. nor IA any
reconciliation called for whore harmony has
always existed, The real historical conflict
which has been thus curlously misnamed has
been the conflict between the more or ude
opinions belonging to the science Of An earlier
age. and the less crude opinions belonging to
the science Of a later age. In the course OF
this contest tho more crude opinions ha W usu.
ally been defended in the name OF religion. and
the less crude opinions have invariably won
tho victory; but religion itself. which Is not
concerned with opinion but with the aspira-
ton which leads us to strive after purer and
hoier life. has seldom or mover boon attac ked. {"
| At all events. religion Is an historical and
over present fact and even II 1t were
all a delusion. It Is none the less q phenome-
non worthy OF scientific examination, 1t is in
this light that Hartmann regards II. and he
expressly disclaims any partisanship or desire
to create practical agitation.
Assuming as a starting point therefore. the
reality and the rsstency OF the religious ser.
timent In NAH. our author proceeds In that
thorough and exhaustive manner. which is his
distinguishing popularity as o writer. to an
| slyze Its functions. first as representation.