Evening journal., 1923-01-22
say is blackjacking your soul"

oe UVupiesomes but cOmIorbhbs
should be simple, and mau should
not be held back in his mental path
by "fastasies, beliefs and customs
The Christian religion. he said
needs only the testimony OF h'
soul. 1T has the miracle in the
sense OF revealed wonder workint
laws OF the human spirit" A
Bishop Henning had said. he quoted
There are mulitudes OF clergymer
who can get along without the
miraculous" He went on at some
length to speak OF instances ir
which science and religious beliefs
bad clashed.
The psychologists have taught. he
said. that we want TO be centrally
organized and 10 make our environ
mont meet the needs OF our ma
lures" In this connection he mem
toned the demand OF working peo-
pie for Plumbing in their houses and
clean streets. Today. he continued.
there is more reason for loving the
? God OF life than there was in the
past for loving the God OF death.
Today we don't have TO creep
through life on some sort OF a milk
train OF energy. we want 20 go from
place TO place on express trains, to
go pretty fast and 70 go long dis
tances."
"A great deal OF my mature life
has been spent getting rid OF what
I was taught in my youth" said DR..
! Grant. and he went on 10 say that
| religious belief in the past was like
a pebble in the shoe. unpleasant and
| painful.
/ Cites Modern Instances.
! In several ways he referred TO
] progress IN ideas and the differing
contrasts at different times. lie
spoke OF Lodge. la 'Follette and
Borah as OF the same party but
holding widely varying views. He
would rather hear OF Napoleon from
his marshals than from Roosevelt
and OF Christ from his Apostles. he
said. DR.. Grant continued in part:
7 said last Sunday. thGt when
Christ was on earth he did not
possess the power OF God. This is
certainly the teaching Of the first
three Gospels--Matthew, Mark and
Luke. Those are what the theolo-
gians call the synoptic gospels.
Bishop Cow. the most eminent
voice in the Church OF England. !
says that the Virgin Birth was not
a part or the teaching Of the early |
church
Jesus said; eau not me good. /
there Is none good but one. that Is 4
God There Is only one person good |
and that Is God. And he said: Ny 4
Father IS greater than T. Is this
not what ST. Raul also affirmed when
he said: Christ emptieth himself
As the great author of the Colos-
sains put Il: God was in Christ
reconciling the world unto himself
So Jesus Is called a revelation OF
God. Jesus was perfectly human.
Whatever else we choose meta
physically TO say about him must be
brought into accord with his hu-
manity.
Ny view OF Jesus IS rather that
OF the companions OF Jesus than Of
the later theologians BY and by.
under the influence OF Plato. and
later in Rome. OF Aristotle. the idea
OF Jesus turned into the picture OF a
stern Judge. whose DEGREES were so
severe that men and women prayed
20 his mother TO ask her son to re-
lent.
Viewed as n Stern Judge.
Instead OF a loving shepherd,
they had the stern judge. and man
kind did not know what TO DO with
this judge OF severe castlgation. So
they humbly went to the mother
Of Jesus 20 ask her to plead with
her Son. Then came in the wor-
ship OF the Virgin Mary. Now the
vital laws OF the soul should not
mean authority. outward authority.
The religion OF greatest freedom
Joined to the religion OF greatest
is going to get along
very well indeed without knowledge. {
greater study. greater success. IN
the problems OF this com.
plicated human mind. :
I'VE don't want 10 waste so much
lime on things that are nonsense.
Think Of the problems OF Europe.
England and the United States. The
brains OF the world seem absolutely
Daralyzed before these problems.
Why is Il? The soul-consciousnessF II
II the world has got 70 get at these (
hlngs. There must be different :
Itudies IN the schools and colleges 20 I
lssist in the solution. and we must Z
get rid of all that attitude Of the I
mind that takes up too much room
n our rather small personality. =
After all has been said we must n
that Jesus asked not OF 2
lis followers metaphysical exalta- :,
ion or devotion. but He asked a very =
imple thing. He asked them to love a
lin.
Il used that text from the lesson
,rescrfbed TO be read today because :
/ seemed &c meet that particular j
.oint very nicely. Behold 1 have =
iven Him for a witness 10 the peo- u
lie. leader and commander TO the
.eople.' You cannot be a witness
nd leader and commander OF the ~
eople II you have any complicated
roblems. You remember how
braham Lincoln said we could not
ave two governments here, one of
reedom and one OF slavery. Jesus
ras a commander and leader be- I
ause He said we have got to have d
his wonderful good will with each h
ther. Ct
Now. after all. all such matters a.
re your affair. Do you want an
.merican church which believes in b
reedom rather than in authority7 Il
hen have IL, Do you want un- a
hacked clergy. so that when one
cts up In a place like this and says. Il
D far as he knows. the truth. he is ri
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