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suwe'tns snd srons w humsN s-r,s'v v tina,
auf r,sln hustn~ss 9Th " ts no' evplsns'l1s
hut esttTrstion Vet the riil~sovhi~ int~l.
let ha- siso us r,sh's snd ohhgs'i"na ard
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hsrdl, mote than sue@s~- F"r myself '
shollv diar lsirn any fult ~ eonhdert s.rwer
the mention ~ " suss~-'. Arrogance bu'
let 70. con.ole ourselves nv the thoashi
We could snswer the riddle N. In other words.
We could from our humsn -'sndpoin, explain
sks ~ -tery of she universs we should tn-
decd be as gods hncv,Hg good and svil
the supposition "a utterly inconsistent With
our limitations ~ humsp and mite beings.
No ~ 10 tnconcetVsble that we should wholly
fathom the mystery rnVrlop,ns ev'l But the
| ,ual question ~ this Does = facing 81 al
the facts of existence we know. including
Whist We call evil does this forbid to rs
tionsl man q Joyful. hopeful. victorious life'
Does our full knowledge. together With our
| confessed ignorance. bar mans sense of com
munion with . higher and divine life. and
! his consciousness of sublime destiny Tor
himself and HE felowsi No. snswer-
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! and spiritual victory remains open and IN
/ viting more open and more inviting than
\ creed An the experiences Z have indicsted.
| under the summons and the Rerponse are
n,s n.n.b Ss"nrsss %H,srs. ~hs .s.ense the
Evolution in It's broad sense NAV now be
classed among the things We know, We
| in our world q simple element has through
IRONS branched out into infinite cornpleuty;
GAM Ranico o'i ,hs, seniient creatures have fol.
| lowed. that up through molhisk, guadruped.
ape has been deveioped man snS ~ 'na, st 'Io,H n
! the saint. u IL the last step which signifies
most for our present purpose that and the
earlier and lower races brute and human.
! that served as stepping stones. we may look
der: what existence meant 70 them We may
| yanly question. u may well De thaf 70 thefn
/ But we lay sure hold on this. that out OF the
| process has come this product-man at hts
best how noble IN reason! nov minute IN
and admirable, In action how like an angel
| in apprehension how like a god More.
| progress Of the ages draw toward its type and
| likeness. and in still nobler forms. the oom-
expect e,Ga s,ion the present mass Of Inferior
| humanity. The mass is clay In the hands
Of the Potter name him how % yo9 VOW wiiiTTSSltn TSara
| Is a self -propsgsting power in virtue which
vice has not. The good, the well wishing.
and welded and driven onward as an aggres,
sive and conauering force. In thousand
Of # eG s.s ~srS
of worthiiy welded lovers becomes a partner
ship fer its adyanes: Mhsn & "a ma,h rSe none m
Hale calls it-there is created afresh the pro-
future. the family OF mankipd. This !. the
goal which shines clear before us and in
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kingdom Of God is among you every tender
sHd lofty s vsTy or Of
ers every community working toward q
better common life. In a forerunner of the
universal kingdom. ana present siadhess
II any ones gaze rever,s qpestioninely 10
is won-the tribes and generations that seem
mere stepping stones Tor happisr, ,,e, successors;
the sysa S aaS nSs S
may frankly confess mystery we canno,
solve Yet some light comes ~ the recoxn,-
tion that all progress and growth imply Stages
of nferiority. which may be viewed very
differently when the goal is reached. As ~
friend writes me: The wise parent sees that
the child will be all the worthier for expert
ences of sufi ering-just as the baby for tum-
bling upon the floor and getting bumps: The
bumps, serious as they seem to the child are
only the incidents Of learning to walk: They
are not hing when the child has learned. This
seems to me a parable Of much that the in
diyidusi and society too. has 70 pass through.
seems to convey a strong impression OF some
ruldinF intelligenoe: II mankind has sd.
be o guiding powerp Man did not build the
road and Chance is not Iosd builder The
process. 20 far az We can discern u, does no,
10 supreme wisdom The survival OF the
fittert" the breeding Of superior race
through the strong driving the weak on the
pisnet-scarcely seems the method Of an
omnipotent goodness Yet almost irresist.
ibly man the creature recosnizes q creative /
power: almost irresistibly he believes that.
transcending his comprehension. 1t also far
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