Article February 28, 1914 Issue

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with contributions from Robert J. Dogan

[The Christian Work and Evangelist]

The modern world has crowded God out; it seldom names His name, for it is not thinking about Him—remember, we are speaking of the common consciousness, not of individuals. To speak about God in connection with every-day pursuits, is to run the risk of being accused of cant or bad form; but that fact alone shows where we are. It would be neither cant nor bad form if it were real to the great majority, if it were felt to be essential to all true living; but it is not, and that is just the danger of the situation.

To call this a materialistic age is hardly a full account of the matter, however. All ages are materialistic, more or less; it is only a question of degree. But, as a shrewd observer of the trend of things remarked the other day, people do not seem to know how to enjoy the benefits which increase of material wealth has brought within their reach. The soul is ignored; it is the flesh that is pampered. The leisure of the workers in all ranks of society has little about it that is spiritual; it is mostly of the nature of physical or mental excitement; it is an animal delight, whether it be golf, football, or the picture palace.

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