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ySE experience. Il Is but inev.
~ table that Il will again
touch the springs Of life
and produce experience.
Ihe great problems Of human life arc
perennial The forms ia which they
appear may diner from age 10 age:
but no matter how much the express
sions may change they point to
fundamental deepseated need that in
some way must be met Whether We
30 10 agriculture. commerce. science
or art We rnd few men who con
tribute new elements to the solution
OF the ever recurring problcms And
these who do. put the large majority
OF humanity under obligations % them.
Phoenicia has a genius for eommercs
and u revealed 20 the world the prln-
ciples that govern IL Greece reached
into the dark chambers of superati-
ton and drew out the key TO modern
science Rome assembled the noun
tain and was rewarded with a vision
OF a world empire and the laws to
govern IL Tho Germanie people we're
, aroused from their harbaric slumbers.
and a world OF humminE splndles. ~
ing locomotives. flashing wires.
world bound together By arteries os
steel and nerves Of iron sprang into
existence. But Il was the Hebrew
people Who solved the great problems
OF human life To the great question.
Where did the universe come from -
they found an answer that rushes
down the ages carrying with Il a last
ing satisfaction 10 the Intellectual
needs Of humanity. it Is the acme Of
ali philosophical discovery 70 know
that in the beginning personal
God created heaven and earth
Unto Final Perfection.
But there Is another question equal
ly deep with 4 sweeping significance
which comes 10 us IN this form. What
is this whole system forg- Wher.
In the play and interplay nf forces.
In the everlasting whtri Of atomic COM
binations and dissolutious. where in
all the processes 81 growth balanced
by the counter processes OF decay. do
We find the one thing Ia which any
particular purpose Is discerned9 Who
will ind our answer 20 this psrple1-
ing question: What Is the prumon-
tory whose summit shows world
working out a purpose worthy Of In
finite wisdom. goodness and power,
The Hebrews found the answer and
Christ formulates II when be an
nounces and urges to a pursuit OF the
world goal BE ys perfect even as
your Father Ia heaven Is perfect"
With Increasingly clarified vision hu-
manity 10 beginning TO see that the
purpose Of creation Is not 10 balance
world systems or to draft and build
up institutions All these. as the Mas
ter teacher said. are for man The
great goal OF divine activity through
the boundless ages Is the development
OF persons capable Of seeing Gods
great ends. efficient In working them
out. and worthy Of the enjoyment ot
his blessedness and glory.
The goal OF creation is the perfec-
ton of personality. the perfection ot
personality in It's three-fold aspect Of
intellect. feeling and will Sight OF
great goal. ability to realize tho
goal. and the actual Joy connected
with the realization OF this goal We
come now to the question directly in
yolved. Does the Bible contribute To
the fulnllment OF this end7- There
can be no aspiration without tho
vision OF an end. goal for personal
aspiration must appeal not TO the one
part only. but to the whole person.
Here other systems of religion prove
themselves incompetent They often
appeal to the one element in the per-
sonal life to the neglect Of others.
They may develop the intellect but
destroy the will and the affections az
| In the case of Grecian and Roman
stoicism: or they may stir up feelings
/ only. with no intellect TO direct as in
the case OF Grecian mysticism or the
superstitious practises OF the pagan
world. or they may urge sort OF
brute determination without pur-
pose suggested by reason or dictated
by the feelings. The Bible. on the
contrary. is full Of inspiration for
every element of the personal life.
Christianity and Science.
The Christian Scientist looks through
/ his telescope with bowed head In rev
erential mood because be Is thinking
/ Gods thoughts after him He enters
| the laboratory with the hush o. the
eternities upon him. for he Is con
| scious that he treads on holy ground.
for an affectionate Father speaks to
him from the chemical retort. the quiy-
ering balances and the throbbins
cells In view OF this fact il is not
surprising that the Christian religion
has been the most heroic propaganda
OF the scientific spirit Nor is 1t a
cause for wonderment, that the col
leges and universities are beginning
to throw OF the fetters Of their ado
lescence and are welcoming back that
system Of truth that furnishes the
foundation stones for their existence.
The Christ of the gospel is the Spirit
Of creation; hence the sciences and
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