The farmer and mechanic., 1909-07-27

proclaimed by the supernatural Son
Of God. DR.. Eliot is mistaken in his
prophesy Of what he calls "a new re-
ligion The creed of the sO-called
new religion is not new. 1t is as old
as philosophy and philosophers. Paul
found that religion and it's devotees
at Athens Their teachers inculcated
the same altruism that DR.. Eliot says
will characterize 'the new religion.
When Paul preached to them the
Risen Savior as the Unknown Cod
whom ye ignorantly worship they
clung to the beautiful teachings of
their own wise men and rejected the
supernatural in religion. It was the
same in Rome. But every system of
religion that denies the supernatural,
which is but another way to say re-
jects the Divinity of Christ, has
perished. The reflected glory Of
the supernatural religion preserves the
teachings of Aristotle and the other
noble men who founded schools like
that pictured by DR.. Eliot, but one
by one each new religion has died
with the death of it's founder No
religion that denies the supernatural
is real religion. 1t may inculcate no
BILE teachings, uphold the best ethics,
guide into a life of morality, and
make men generous and altruistic,
but it ends with the grave and gives
darkness when humanity needs a light
to the pathway.
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will place reliance upon nothing but
the laws of nature" it will deny con-
version of the SOUL and in 1t there
will be no supernatural clement
With this man-made religion, denying
the divinity of Christ and His deal
ings with His children, we are told
Its priests will strive to improve So
cial and religious conditions, and DR..
Eliot shows he misconceives the spirit
of the religion Of Jesus Christ by
saying 1T will not deal chiefly with
sorrows and death. but with JOY and
life and the new religion Will not
attempt to reconcile people to present
ills by the promise of future cOmpen-
sation.' The promised fruits of this
new religion" are beautiful to look
upon but they are painted at the eX-
pense of the old religion that OBJ
said L came to bring life and he
promised it more abundantly." The
real followers of Christ concern them
selves mainly with man-his short
span of life here and his long life in
eternity. They are one. Christ came
that men should have life and make
the world full Of happiness through
the practical operation of the Golden
Rule. Long faced Christians are abor-
tons and not sons of God His sons
have their faces to the light and
rejoice in all things But the religion
of Jesus Christ is not only for man
in health and happiness. 1t recog-
world. The consultations Of His
grace and the hope of a Better Land
beyond sunset and evening star are
more precious in the hour of sorrow
than all the social regeneration" that
all the man-made religions from
Athens to Harvard ever devised. DR..
Eliot wrongs the faith of the believers
in Jesus Christ in suggesting that the
old religion attempted ITO reconcile
people to present ills by the promise
of future compensation There is
nothing in the teachings of Christ that
warrants His followers in being recon-
ciled to present ills They are to
make the world better and His fol-
lowers have built the orphanages and
the asylums and been inspired by His
the money-changers and the extor-
TONERS and those who are unjust in
their dealing with widows. Christian