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glory, is the true Lord of the universe.
So we can believe more in redeeming
love, not less, since we believe it Ican
extend to other worlds as we'll as to
this"
Every true man belongs to Christ
for Christ is the manifestation Of
good-whether he knows it or does
not know it. He may call himself
deist, he may call himself an infidel,
he may call himself a Mohammedan,
he may call himself a Brahmin; but
if he loves the truth and is following
the truth, desiring TO know it that he
may do it; seeking to do good to his
fellow men; seeking to love the iHfin-
tie beauty more and more-then lie
belongs to Jesus, and he is a Chris
tian without knowing it, and will De
so accepted on the last day If tta5
is not so, then the twenty-fifth chap
ter of Matthew does not contain the
truth, because in that chapter Jesus
himself tells us what shall be he
judgment Of the Gentiles.
"On that day shall the Gentiles be
called before him. and then he shall
Say; Come to my right; you belong
to me- And they shall say: We did
not know we had done any good TOR
you He will say When I was hun
CRY you fed me; when I was thirsty
you gave me drink: when l was
stranger you took me IN; when l vas
naked you clothed me- And they Will
say We were only doing it to our
fellow men. And he shall reply:
When you did it Is them you did it
to me-
THAT is the royalty of Christ; that
everything that is good and true in
this world is tending toward him, and
that he is to reign until all truth and
all good under his guidance and lead
shall have conquered all the powers
of evil Therefore we are Unitarians
because this doctrine seems to us to
open a better future to the human
race than any other 1t is good to i've
by and it is good to die by. 1t is GER
tainly good to live by, because it
shows us that this world is not The
Devils world, but Gods world: that
things here are good in their IS
sence, tending toward good and to-
ward God If there IS evil and sin
around US here it is that we shall fight
with it and strugge against it pnd
overcome it by the power of divine
love. 1t is a good world to live III,
no matter wether we suffer or whetn-
er we are joyful
"Unitarianism makes this a good
world to live in for 1t teaches that
an infinitely good Being has made it
for us, and an infinitely good Being
has placed us here and he is or
providence, our shield, and our SUP
j port evermOre. 1t is a good religion
also to die by 1t is a good religion
to die by because it tells us it is a
good thing to die; it is a good thing
TO die when death comes, and not a
bad thing. Death is not the king Of
lterrors to us. Death is a friend Since
God has sent death to all his crea-
lures, just as he sent life to all his
creatures death must be as COOL
when it comes, as life. while it re-
mains. We believe in that infinite
love, which is just the same in the
other world as it is here. We believe
that the mercy OF the Lord endureth
/ forever and not merely for the sew
enty short years Of human life. Ne
believe that through all eternity, as
through all time, we shall be sur
rounded by that divine grace aad
f., wrapt in the arms of that blessed en-
1 derness; and that so We are safe ev-
/ erywhere while we trust in God and