The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-22

i sage of this thoughtful book We are | on the threshold of marvellous era, and in the new age each human be- | ing will be taught how to use his still half secret vital principles of physical
 mental, moral and spiritual develop ment."
 Before anything desired can manifest itself In the physical form on earth, it must be created in the realm of spirit. 1 It must be created by thought, and is then ready to be manifested in the
 material form. To attain the thing de- sired, the seeker must do his own part in this act of creation"
 ITO gain a steady spiritual growth, to attain any great desire, to readjust ones confused spiritual forces, one must spend much time in the Silent Hour" l Every page contains pungent sentences such as these which compel the reader s serious attention.
 "GoD, THE INVINCIBLE KING' | By H. G. Wells. The MacMilan com
 pany publishers, New York city.
 Religions Is the first thing and the | last thing and until a man has found | God and been found by God he begins at no beginning, he works to no end. | These are the words of MT. Britling in | H. G. Wells novel, MT. Britling Sees ! It Through and they are of particular BlBn1IlCAnC6 now III VIEW OI the puDli- cation this week, May 10, of MT. Wells new book, God The Invincble King" " 1 For in this volume MT. Wells sets forth 1 with the eloquence of utter sincerity the | religious belief toward which MT Brit l ling felt his way. This is the religion which Mir. Wells himself has sought and | found in the ruins of the devastated 1 countries of Europe religion of inn mediate faith in God "a protest against | dOeyr1oa uyb ohgc11rAd cd and prevented the religious life of man kind" religion intended not primarily to shock and insult, but to liberate. Something of the volumes spirit may be seen from the following extract from the preface:
 This book sets out as forciblely and exactly as possible the religious belief of the writer. That belief is not ortho- dox Christianity; it is not indeed Chris tianity at all; it's core, nevertheless is a profound belief in personal and in- timate God. There Is nothing in it's statements that need shock or offend anyone who is prepared for the express sion of faith different from, and per haps in several particulars opposed to-, his own. The writer will be found to be sympathetic with all sincere religious feeling Nevertheless it is well to pre- pare the prospective reader for state ments that may jar harshly against deeply rooted mental habits. It is well to warn him at the outset that the de- parture from accepted beliefs is here no vague skepticism but a quite shraply de- fined objection to dogmas very widely reversed
 From the foregoing passages the im- portance and significance of MT Wells book really may be seen It has not infrequentlly been held that one of the chief reasons for the widespread sue cess of MT. Britling Sees It Through" is the way in which it deals with the re- ligious life of man. This volume, which has been aptly termed an exposition of the religion of MT. Britling and in which the ideas suggested in the novel are pursued farther and more in detail, would seem destined to be as generally read and discussed as was the story which preceded it.
 This is the religion that MT. Wells has sought and found in the ruins of the devastated countries of Europe-a religion of immediate faith in God, a protest against "dogmas which have ob- scured, perverted and prevented the re- ligious life of mankind" a religion in tended mot primarily to shock and n- suit, but to liberate."
 "CHANGING WINDS''