The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-30

progress His revelation is complete, but
man has not the capacity to perfectly
apprehend Him. If we could apprehend
one single thing completely, we would
apprehend God. What is wanted is not
the revelation of God but the mans
growth to apprehend Him.
1t is not necessary for man to know
God, for in that case ninety-ni out of
every hundred would have never known
him. There is an ultimate standard of
morality, but we don't know it, We are
doing well If we know as much as our
forefathers, for is it not probable that
centuries hence we will appear as bar
barrie to our descendants of that time
as our ancestors do to us now.
There Is no such thing as Bible stand
ard. The Bible is book containing all
sorts of moral standards. For our own
standard we look into ourselves, or to
tnose whose vision is broader than ours
Inc realization of the standard is as
dead as the complete realization of men,
Ihere was no instantaneous creation
ana there was not something created
out of nothing. Man began to grow psyc-
hlcally when his soul began to develop
we see his progress in that first. He
reared animals and was killed by them,
and then he began to kill them. Millions
on years have been behind him, and
INNING VI , col avail Ills ueNGlODll6nI.
That he Is better than he was, he can
thank God
salvation is an obsolete term. Mans
character is good, but not complete
Inc atonement is not real, it is a false
II not an immoral term Salvation
should be omitted from our vocabulary
We have lost the idea of hell. Rather
that we all should be annihilated than
one soul should go to hell. We have lost
the IDEA of miracles. These losses are
not losses, but gain.
The real loss is that it seems that in
the immediate future mankind win be
without religion. 1t seems So We want
rellglon that is comprehensive, apply
ing 10 the factory, to the farm to the
state house, that shall make a holy So
clety, the dream of the past
We must have faith in the progressive
revelation OF God. Take away the old
STORY, ana there remain the human soul
and God, both are left We make our re-
ligion, not religion our race. The in
spired thing is not the Bible, but the
soul that lives. Only the future can re-
veal God, according as we ourselves
grow.
How can religion be destroyed? It ia
the real thing, the one indestructable
thing about man. In place of the atone
ment we have God who is always in a
sldte VI lOIBlNeneSS. IN place or eter-
nal damnation and the elevation of few
men to heaven and the mass to hell.
we have certainty Of the progress OF
every soul In place of eternal punish
ment we have nothing. Our hell is self
ishness, and the insincerity of man. We
have gained the uniformity Of all, and
lost the word superstition.
DR.. Abbott Of Plymouth came in for
criticism at the hands of Rev. Mr.. Mills
for recent article Of his on the ques-
| ton of whether miracles at the present
| time would do more harm than good.
| The old nightmare of miracles is gone.
said Rev. Mr.. Mills, I'd the days shall
come when death SHIN be done away,
and hearts shall know neither sorrow
nor triumph. The old devil and hell are
gone, and in their places are God and
| justice to ALL to us. to the heather to
| very human soul. No longer do we have
| the towards God. The present is better
| than the past, and the best Is yet to
rome. We are growing, faith is growing.
We have lost our infancy, we have
found our youth, and we anticipate our
manhood.