Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-13

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liAa psychalegy Ass already : ssnps
expianntsen tor eneh . r..seeaesnea
fhs preasnc< end poser u sAs lew =
Goc. ePoax<nx thseuk4 tie b<pef@
love of enc ST the cn.idreA 81 Uea
What haa uoTkr .z<aaa psyeAc1ssy =
ssyf IL i dumb. Ths nirAeiss krs
aot endec; The oens~sssen - ~ fau
vas nes user w.tness - The power 81
the living and Inc gasln& Cer,st. tss&1
the ccnscrxsen Of Nschael Damn
natural and chriatlAn peychelegy.
Why 40 ~ nree -
gaAs Ase~s nasssxaes
Ia order 70 accouDt FOR snck . h1oonod
tact e tina beautiful Change u IN
man eouis 1t - not . rennant e re
notleo tat God Wae Ia bat . very snail
part Of his universe, and that ths ex-
perisnce could not b Divine OF lnsp1r-
ing unless Ne take 4 ost Of the natural
But p seems - ne that N fnaking Il
something eupernatorais Ne roe eur
selves Of the chief bloanlng thai Is nuns
% - ua Il chrisfaan psycoiogy y not
part aud parcel Of netuIai psycheloy,
then there . lIttla bope. and no real
encouragement IN such IN 3tiustration
of The power Of The Divine in human
nature.
Afser knowing the me inhsritsncs II
honorable. helpful lie that N,chael
experiences that bad oome % him, ~
ought - 90 o. 70 che stxesta Tomorrow
with new courage. We ought - - ia
al the dregs Of sscisty. nsw pooaiblllsies:
that Michael Dunn should b. able -
open Me nature 70 the Gun light which
sfresmed from The loving heart Of .
human brothes who Wiehed - help
hiu,, shows us that there y more health
and living stsougth il every seui than
We are apt - think. He had been
Las Resr Dseernsa Piaas.
Trying - grow N . dark. cold and mol
some cellar, hut - soon - the warmth
and light Of loving kindness touched
hiuns hls nature grew and biosDomed
into the real divinity that had been
lying dormant. IL WAS, indeed, sseAe
presence and power OF the love OF
God, but IN the same way. and ~ the
same Law that the diyine lore always
speaks 70 human love, and 10 always
struggling 20 find expression, and that
love Is . part OF natural psychology be-
cause Christian psychoisgy 10 part Of
the one ali pervsding. natural law, in
every part OF which God u.
This tendency TO take everything
that We hold sacred out Of the realm Of
natural Law and human agency, and
place IL under . Law of it, own amid
supernatural forces. is especially
marked in the gay in which Jesus hes
been teeardo1. Christian apologies
have seenaod 10 think il necessary ~
show how unnatural the coming of
Jesus Was; they have drawn tins cnar-
actsr in the light BY virtue Of the in
tenseiy dark back ground sgainet
which He 10 pictured. They have tried
TO show
nUw cerraps the world Was
1900 years ago: how completsly the
Jews we're gwen over 10 formalism. the
Greeks to sensualssy. India - sup~rsti.
ton, Rome to lust for power. They
md no light breaking anywhere, NO
tendency that could possibly have led
to such = life 90 Lit. unless by miracle.
Vney fe1t that Josus came not as NOON
tide ia = morning already Tar advanced.
but rather n = mystic aurora toIess.
IN = night OF perpetual darkness. -
cept Tor that radiant visson ia Man
eth. They feel that Jesus lie honorea
and the world blessed through him
only 90 he 10 taken out OF uatufe aud
placed under unique law They
think that he will te iost 10 religious
needs If We could believe that any msn
had ever approached him IN moral
grandeur, or ever could reach tle
height. To such thinkers, and thsS
numher Almost all Christendoni. chris