Article May 1, 1909 Issue

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[Universalist Leader.]

How little those have understood this book of the divine life in men, who have tried to draw from it fixed and unchanging interpretations of the life of God in the souls of men. Had the genius of the book been like that of an Augustine or a Calvin, where truth is riveted into iron-bound inelasticity, it would have passed out of the world's experience long ago. The greatness of Biblical faith lies here: that the last man, the man of today, educated or ignorant, finds himself at the end just where those men did. He stands on the edge of the world and looks off across land or sea toward the unknown. And he knows with his soul, even when with his lips he denies, that he would give all to face that mystery with the splendid confidence of those old heroes of the faith. We have yet to learn the deepest lesson of Biblical religion, which is this attitude of open-minded anticipation, this taking the world on trust, this ability to push off our boat or set our sail toward the great mystery of tomorrow or eternity with an exultant cry of anticipation and an unquestioning confidence in the universe and in God.

[Churchman.]

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