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There are, said Dr. Vincent, certain questions which arise everywhere, to all men at all times: Is there a God whom we should worship and obey? Does death end all? Is there another world all about us and of which we are a part? Jesus gives us a solution in his ministry, of an open heaven, of the Father's witness, and of the ideal of true manhood. No man can compare with him in his relations to man and to God...
Science is primarily a characteristic of the Aryan race. The earliest idea was that all things were ordained by a power greater than man. Invariably there is the idea of a god or a number of gods resembling mankind in form. The first great step in the advance of science was the dehumanizing of the causes which brought about all natural phenomena. This was due to Plato who founded that school of philosophers known as the Sceptics. Aristotle carried Plato's idea further. He conceived that the production of everything was due to antecedent causes. Thus science departed from...
...power, said Bishop Vincent, by which the soul is restored from evil is due to the grace of God. There is no point at which any man can say that he owes anything to himself and not to the infinite goodness. No human responsibility or work wrought in us by human choice can be compared with the work of God...
...authority they have exercised with such excellent judgment, should be snatched away from them. The proceeding strikes me as a most extraordinary one; but a gentleman who is more familiar with the kind of influences that move Faculties, assures me that the following clipping furnishes an adequate explanation (God save the mark!) of the recent vote...
...moral hold which the religion of Jesus has upon the minds of men comes from the fact that it appeals to their hearts. It supplies to men just the inspiration which they need in every-day life, and as they continue to love God they will grow into the fullness of the divine life...