The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-09
RELIGION A SOUL GROWTH.
1T Should Tend to Greater Unity
Among Churches
70 the Editor of the Globe.

Among Churches.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Will you kindly permit me to make few
comments on the difference between the ag-
nostic or materialistic theory and the re-
Hgious principles of the present day?
/ little less than forty-nine years ago a
new light dawned upon the EARTH which was
great surprise to the world, and more espe-
cially to these so-called agnostics who taught
that they had no evidence that man lived
after the death of the body. They virtually
was found in that book, that went to prove
that man was immortal being In this
respect, they are blind as bats and are de-
termined not to see things in their true light
They call for evidence of immortal life, and
when it is offered them they turn abruptly
away They deny that Jesus ever lived; and
If He did live they deny that He had the
power to heal the sick or walk upon the
water. They deny that life is progressive
and take but very little stock in the laws of
evolution. more pernicious theory was
never invented than to instruct youth
that all life ends at the grave, when it is
demonstrated on every hand that eternity
is as fixed as the sun that shines, and can
be proved even now by millions of men and
women. Jesus, Peter, James and John saw
two men. and Jesus talked with them in a
voice heard by the others. They proclaimed
themselves to be Moses and Elias and once
lived on this earth.
Even the birds sing their praises to the
God of nature and rejoice in immortal life.
The agnostics make effort to prove where
human life first started. neither do they
know anything about the origin of man. If
life ends at the grave, from whence does the
supply come from that is required to keep
up the millions. that die yearly?
Nature is profuse in her gifts and among
them all is the strong desire to live after the
death Of the body.
A scientific religion is now in vogue it is
the same as that which Jesus taught and
lived. Jesus said there those coming
after Him that will do even greater things
than He. This is the era of which He spoke
10 to oil he hum o,,ito
religion, proclaimfng that all human beings
were His brothers and sisters and that all
souls were a part of God, and all alike must
be saved. Man possesses the soul Of God
hence he lives for ever. If God has lived for
ever and man being a part of Him, he also
has lived forever, and will never come to
ending.
The round Of life is one continuous pro
gressive movement and man is the ultimate
and all else is for his pleasure and eternal
happiness. Whether we know 1t or not eter-
come when all humanity will become Gods
knowing good from evil. Such must be the
Destiny OF all human lie, for DID not Jesus
proclaim, Have not told you we are all
the sons of God?"
1t is not becoming in Christian or agnostic
to doubt these things. for aside from the
teachings of Jesus, Confucius, Buddha and
other Orientals taught the same things Great
progress is being made in the human family
not only they becoming more symetricai
in form, but more ingenious and wise as
time rolls on.
Evolution, Darwin has proclaimed it,
brings about continuous change in the
lives of men, especially in the religious senti-
ments of the people Marked changes are
observed even in. the orthodox persuasions;
little children are no longer condemned to eter-
nal punishment, AS Rev. Henry Ward Beech
er once said in st. Paul, every generation
makes an Improvement in its God. Religion
is a soul growth and is subject to MANY
changes in the lives of men and women
The God of the old Bible is now considered
altogether too arbitrary to suit the religious
requirements Of the; people, and is less re-
vered than in former years. Progress de-
velops evolution, which is a fixed law in
nature and extends into the spirit world
and on. and on,I throughout all eternity Love
We one anothersi' Is command that Jesus
gave, but was. less obeyed in former years
than at the present time. This command is
now tending toward a united brotherhood,
and is preparing humanity for the new re-
ligion, which Is the same as that which
Jesus taught. One God, one church, one re-
ligion. and that the religion of humanity is
sure to come. DIR. William Cleveland
st. Paul.