The Washington times., 1894-04-22

age" 1t would seem that the sacred writings
OF the Jews adopted by the church clergy
show that the object for mans worship must
be In some way the divine consciousness
latent in man himself.
But let us for moment glance at the inter-
probation given this question by the great Naz-
arine. the great iconoclast, who died to save
man from their own tendency to make idols,
thus becoming universal model, not yet, it
would seem, for mems lives, but for their idol
try. II and my Father are one, 'Ye are my
brethren" !" and "We may be one in Him."
When we brush away the idols that have been
set up by others, and that We have made for
ourselves after the patterns given us. We
see the all OF existence to be conscious
ness, and we must see that all forms Of con-
scious life are part OF an endowment OF the
all of consciousness. "Thou shalt love the
Lord, thy God and Him only shalt thou serve"
As no man hath seen God at any time, every
man. every human being, consciously or un-
consciously, begins the making of an image"
and that image can only be at the best one OF
his own highest self as he then sees it; but
"God made man in His own image"
In conclusion, will quote from late writer,
who seems to be in earnest in the idol de-
stroying business, even II his human weakness
is unconciously building new one:
II read few days ago the allegoricai repre-
sentation given by Jesus of the future state of
the human soul" Lot it be remembered that all
life Is growth and If the soul be alive its future
state is each succeeding moment. In il, If you
will remember, He represents the souls OF His
brethren, as He SO loved to call human beings,
assembled to hear judgment pronounced 1t is
the moment Tor applying the crucial test OF
worthiness And what was the test Jesus gave
at that moment as the sign manual of all those
who we're included in Ills Invitation: 'Come, ye
blessed, for was thirsty and ye gave me drink,
naked and ye clothed me-" And in answer to
the wondering questions, Lord, when saw we
Thee NAKED and clothed Thee, o. in prison and
came unto TheeP' He replies: '.lnasmuch as ye
have done it unto one OF the least OF these my
brethren, We have done it unto me-" lie chose
TO place himself rs the incarnation Of the OPP
pressed and the suffering AS read this pas
sage saw, i'll my mind, thousands upon thou
sands in our cities and towns standing naked
and shelterless and said, Jesus is knocking at
the door OF lis sleeping church, but He knocks
in vain"
1t is worthy Of notice that when Jesus Of
fered these words, these livling sentiments,
there was no visible church." as he had not
died, and his few followers had not then
received the gift of the holy spirit. 1t some-
times occurs to the mind whether after all
the foremost sins OF Christendom. greed and
selflshness and all uncharitableness, is not
the legitimate result of the misconceived i'm
portance OF ones own soul over that of other
souls and all souls. II we believe in organic
redemption through the never ceasing crea-
ative power. then it follows that the redemp-
tion OF humanity is the thought and purpose
OF the visible universe, and that ''atonementh
with that will and purpose is work for the
elevation of mankind. and that all boundary
lines of sympathy and effort is atheism, and
that the Image OF Cod is not limited to that
portion of the human family whose environ
ment is like unto our own. that is self-worship
extended over a few who are agreeable to self
Somehow we are unable to see why the
''least OF these does not extend to the
kitchen and the hovel-even unto back the
streets and slums and the alleys-and why the
Il ambetter than thou is not atheism.
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