The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1917-08-25
WAR sMAsHEs AGNosrlclsM,

Does it require the shock of world to establish
the simple matter of belief in God? This seem to
be the with of the conspicuous ntelecuas of
the twentieth century. Mr.. Brtng of Wells famous
novel; Mr. Drifting Sees Through" after period of
tribuations, comes to this concusion
Religion is the first thing and last thing and until
man has found Cod he begins at beginning he works
to end" later novel the same author carries
similar expression of faith in title God the Invisible
King"
Discussing this changed aspect God and religion as
seen in this and other modern works, Dr. Walsh
entitled the Modern Discovery of Cod saws:
Mr.. H. G. Wells has a result of thinking deeply
enough about the war and its problems the
covery OF the existence of Cod Considering how old
discovery is in mankind is rather surprising Mr.
Wells should have to only It perhaps even
surprising that Mr.. Wells should have been the ia
vorte reading of large number of people upon
themselves we'll informed, least not we'll edu
Gated who felt beyond doubt that they be looked
upon intellectuals because intellect their lives
ana not tradition or anything of that kind yet Is only
now that their master has the discovery of God
MT Wells and his disciples of those who considered
that believers in God and responsibility and in
hereafter of reward and punishment fashioned
people, who were not using their properly who
letting be becouded by mystical notions the old
time heritage of the
Mr. Wells being few years older than our sophomoric
Seniors and above all having little more experience
of the realities Of life thrust upon by great war has
discovered God for himself One mind the youth
full prgs who have God under advsemen much because
after all they do not really think but that they
think while all the time rejecting their environment But
what are we to think of who at this late
worlds history reaches the reasonably mature
OF middle life and either does believe God or has
God still under AMUSEMENT OF course only one
thing to think and that that too superficial to reach
down to the belief in Cod Above is thinking with
the surface of his mind and heart and soul and
his whole being "only the thinkeh not in his
heart says that there is God We have heard much
OF the of unbeevers we to think
OF the of unbeevers who were so ready to
proclaim their uLhelef and little further
experience nave to confess their absurd selfsucency
wonder they themselves would be first to
nze now when the lens of has made visions
clearer than it that fools in where angels
fear to tread.
But the God that Mr.. Wells has discovered" ia after
all only an English God little parochia says
Dr. Walsh and he quotes the Counties of as saying
Mr. Wells and Mr. Britngs very gentemanly and rather
helpless God might fill thette country side of Matchngs
Easy but he is not large enough for single English
County,
And this is the acute analysis mind and heart of
the author OF one of the best Sellers day. such
oe the master what about his wreched disciples who take
on supercious air when they express opinions on
nese vital subjects? They in the Professor
examples of that cheap despsabe
paradox which thinks to escape charge of blind docy
by the aectation of heterodox Independence" and Dr.
Walsh concludes:
But why all this fuss about Mr.. Wells? At last he ia
awakenlng he has been asleep He is only half awake att
present. He may never get entirely awake One wonders
If his readers will wake up"