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The moral consciousness of the world lies fallow for the call of one who shall be so filled with the power of the Spirit that he shall be completely indifferent to that whole mass of stuff which criticism is discrediting, and who shall dare to make his appeal to the moral idealism of mankind independent of verbiage. Here lies the path the new age must travel, straight through the wilderness of doubt and sin to the naked soul of humanity, which cannot and will not reject Jesus when he is brought to it in the nakedness of his own spiritual beauty. That Man, that Master, that love so tender and true will yet some day triumph over the halting, compromising arguments of doubting disciples, and the intellectual agnosticism of the world, with the charm and insistence and inspiration which will ever go forth in human experience from his great heart and faith. We shall keep our faith in Jesus when the last word of criticism has done its perfect work in making clear the difference between the immortal message of the Son of Man and the man-made arguments to prove that message true. When logic loses its clue to the divine Life, the soul will find it hid within its own deep hunger after righteousness and love.—The Universalist Leader.

Do we need such a religion?—a religion whose first article is the translation of the Gospel into daily life, a religion whose primary task is the practice of Jesus Christ? It seems to us that we do need it—that it is the overwhelming need. It seems to us pitiful that so many are missing the real issue and are on the wrong side of the battle. But truth always wins and it is only a question of time when the thoughtful and honest will see and will say "amen." The greatest epoch of Christianity is just ahead.

The American Friend.

It may be asserted with entire safety that no assumption is more baseless than that salvation and church membership are equivalent terms. We need a revival of obligation. When the Church of the living God comes to a place where those who compose it are doing their utmost, when Christians come to feel that indifference is sin and that failure to do one's best will bring upon us the condemnation of our Lord, then will the kingdom enlarge and the forces of evil be defeated whenever and wherever the battle is joined.

The Standard.

If the love of God is in the heart, that love will serve as a moving, living force that will ultimately bring man's life into order and bring all the affairs of the world into proper shape. It is the function of the Church to work upon the conduct of men by means of the truth operating from within through their understanding and conscience, to make life more beautiful and the state of human society more heaven-like.—New-Church Messenger.

Among the Christian people of the United States a great spiritual awakening has already begun. It is not yet a revival; it is an awakening. It is the new perception of a common problem, of a great opportunity, and an intense desire to rise to the great occasions which God's providence unfolds.

W. J. DAWSON, D.D.
The Congregationalist.

Let us not think of salvation as something coming to us as a reward hereafter, but as a glorious possession to be enjoyed—aye, and to be lived up to—now. "Behold," wrote the apostle of love, "now are we the sons of God." We have not yet entered into the full inheritance; but we have enough to make life rich and joyous and well worth living.

The Examiner.

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