Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . r may be trueas ever but it is inefficient. The temper ofthe age demands an answer that shall bevisible rather than logical. The practicalJames is here. Faith must be shown byworks. Men have neither time nor inclina-tion to dig and delve for the answer. Theywant their theology like they want theirlunch—quick. There is one answer thatwill command attention, the answer of per-sonal experience. Say to the men of thisgeneration, as the blind man said to themen of his generation, One thing I knowwhereas I was blind now I see. Is therea God? Shall we br
Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . r may be trueas ever but it is inefficient. The temper ofthe age demands an answer that shall bevisible rather than logical. The practicalJames is here. Faith must be shown byworks. Men have neither time nor inclina-tion to dig and delve for the answer. Theywant their theology like they want theirlunch—quick. There is one answer thatwill command attention, the answer of per-sonal experience. Say to the men of thisgeneration, as the blind man said to themen of his generation, One thing I knowwhereas I was blind now I see. Is therea God? Shall we bring forth the oldPlatonic proof? Or the sorites of Augus-tine that— Truth is a necessary idea. These necessary ideas are the laws andconditions of human reason. These laws are unchanging. These unchanging laws must be eternallyinherent in an eternal, unchangeable, and per-fect being. PNHHHU^^^^^^H BpPMP . -? > .. eTc? - - •^ t. ?a v w1 1 1: U <«J< _ _ i i 1 General View of Athens, Ohio 50 OHIO UNIVERSITY BULLETIN. WOMENS HALLThe extension seen at the right is now torn away to give place to a large additionto the building shown in front. The enlarged building will be ready for use January 1,1910. It will afford elegant, well-equipped quarters for ninety women. This being is God. Or shall we hand men a book like ProfessorFairbairns masterly work The Philosophy ofthe Christian Religion and ask them to findtheir proof in it? No! The books may bemasterly, but they are unread. Men will nottrouble themselves with the processes of logicnor will they wade through several hundredpages of a book to get their proof, there is afar easier one—Godlikeness in us. Is Jesus worth the following? Let the con-vincing affirmative come from the depths ofyour own soul. Yes! he has done this forme and he can do it for you. This onething I know. Worth the following? Why,Im so sure of it that, Ill follow him throughHeaven or Hell. The earth, the sea, the air. Does God answer pra
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