The herald., 1897-11-21

cleanse and purify them from sin. There
Is not to be found in either the Old Tes-
lament or the New Testament a single
text which connects sacrifice In the one
case or the suffering and passion Of Christ
in the other with the remission Of punish
ment. The word punishment" and the
word sacrifice" are not to be found so
collated as to indicate that the sacrifice
took the place OF penalty. Sacrifice Is con-
nected always with the remission of sin
and the giving of new life. There Is no
way by which life can be quickened save
by the imparting Of Life. Struggle for
others is an integral part of the doctrine
OF evolution as struggle for ones self Sac
rifice Is the condition OF life-giving. The
evolutionist, then. believes In God as the
creator Of the world. but God dwelling In
the world and speaking through all its
phenomena. He believes In sin as vio-
lation Of Gods law: not Of some edict is
sued by God at some remote time in his
tory. but the law Of nature. and therefore
the law Of God. and therefore the law Of
mans own being. He believes In inspira-
tipn as q universal factor In human his
tory, coming to Its elimination in the lit
erature Of the Hebrew race. He believes
In revelation; that Is. in the unveiling Of
God to mana gradual unveiling wrought
in human experience. through the seers
and prophets Of all ages, but pre-eminently
in Jesus Christ, Gods well-beloved Son.
He believes In incarhation; that Is, In the
indwelling Of God in his children, Of which
incarnation the type ana pattern Is seen
in Him who is at once the manifestation
Of God to man and the revelation to men
OF what humanity Is to be when Gods
work in the world is done. perfect God and
perfect man. because God perfectly dwell
ing in q perfect man. He believes In atone
ment: that is. In a true reconciliation be-
tween God and man. making them at one
through the Incarnation and Passion Of
Jesus Christ. who lived and suffered. not
to relieve men from future torment, but to
purify and perfect them In Gods likeness
by uniting them to God. He believes In
sacrifice. not as a penalty borne by an In
nocent sufferer for guilty man. doctrine
for which he can find no authority either
in Scripture or in life, but as laying down
Of ones life in love that another may re-
ceive life. He believes in redemption. not
IS a restoration to a lost state Of inno-
cence. impossible to be restored, but as
a elimination Of the long process when
man shall be presented before his Father
without spot or wrinkle or blemish or any
such thing. He believes, not In propitia-
ton Of an angry God by another suffering
10 appease the Fathers wrath. but In the
perpetual self-propitiation of the Father.
whose mercy, going forth to redeem from
sin. satisfies, as nothing else could, the
ing 1t. He believes in Immortality. not as
a mere endless existence. but as an undy-
ing nature which is superior to death.
because it shares with God. its Redeemer,
the power of an endless life. And he be-
lieves In religion, not as a creed, ritual.
or church order. which are at best but
the instruments of religion. but as self
control, Righteousness. reverence. hope,
love, the life of God In the soul of man.
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SEVEN ON THE HIGHWAY. Seven
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When zone Summer had been fairly
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ROMANCES OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA.
BY Maud Wilder Goodwin. Illustrated
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l. 1.-The Head of a Hundred" being an
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Mrs. Goodwin. In these tales of the older
time has given us some sweet and inspir-
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written out of the very heart Of life. They
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sONNETs OF JOSE MARIA DE HERE
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