The modern devil, his play between the false and the good; . ion from human sources; from mans inner consciousness. From the shrine w^here God speaks. Man carries the testi-mony of God, and gathers the record of its truth by the processesof reason—the summing-up of experience, answered the Pro-fessor. NARROW REASON ON HER DOUBTFUL THRONE Thou art a disciple of threshed-out formulas. Thy teaching,presumably new, is but an old fad revived. Many times in mylong life have I seen its resurrection and speedy death. Whatthou gathereth from reason, by which little taper thou dost pre-sume to interpret
The modern devil, his play between the false and the good; . ion from human sources; from mans inner consciousness. From the shrine w^here God speaks. Man carries the testi-mony of God, and gathers the record of its truth by the processesof reason—the summing-up of experience, answered the Pro-fessor. NARROW REASON ON HER DOUBTFUL THRONE Thou art a disciple of threshed-out formulas. Thy teaching,presumably new, is but an old fad revived. Many times in mylong life have I seen its resurrection and speedy death. Whatthou gathereth from reason, by which little taper thou dost pre-sume to interpret and dismember Gods Holy Word, does not sat-isfy the need and cravings of the human heart. Thou art but oneof a sad company, who take the bread from the childrensmouths, and hast no means at hand by which to satisfy theirpiteous cry of hunger, said Evangelist in unsparing resentment Thou dost not quite understand the truth of the new teach-ings, I fear, replied the Professor by way of apology. Yes, I do understand, and I have seen the sorrowful plight of. 276 >SV< p. 267. THE BEOKEN COGS 277 hundreds who have been taught to sail by this false compass;and I have rescued them in times of shipwreck. Ah, yes I know, added the gray prophet, as the light of in-dignation flashed from his eyes. Yes, I know, for I haveweighed their sorrow after that faith had been despoiled. Thou art prejudiced against our cult, replied have but gathered the pure wheat of truth from the chaff inwhich for centuries it has been imbedded. FALSE TEACHING IS CONTEMPTIBLE Nay, nay, replied Evangelist in tones of contempt for thefalse teaching. Thou hast not winnowed the wheat. Thou hastbut raked over the cold ashes of mans finite knowledge and hastgathered naught for the yearnings of the soul, but the hard cin-ders of an unsatisfying dogma. The troubled life of man yetreaches forth everywhere for the bread of life, which the Christdelivered with pierced hands on Calvary; and the soul of
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