The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . WATCHING AND WAITING. RELIGION. Divines do say but what themselves believe;Strong proofs they have, but not were all plain, then all sides must agree,And faith itself be lost in certainty. —Dryden. HERE is some truth in the thought con-veyed in these lines. If, on all other sub-jects, many men have many minds, thesame is doubly true of religious St. Paul acknowledges that greatis the mystery of godliness,
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . WATCHING AND WAITING. RELIGION. Divines do say but what themselves believe;Strong proofs they have, but not were all plain, then all sides must agree,And faith itself be lost in certainty. —Dryden. HERE is some truth in the thought con-veyed in these lines. If, on all other sub-jects, many men have many minds, thesame is doubly true of religious St. Paul acknowledges that greatis the mystery of godliness, and such itsurely is. Still, religion in its origin and nature is nomore mysterious than a hundred other things with•which we have to do in this world, and, therefore, it isnot to be shunned or ignored on this account. Besides, whatever men may say or think, religionis one of the indisputable facts of life, and, therefore,is a proper object of study and investigation. Asthe world in which we live is a fact, so is God, itsgreat Creator; since it is absurd to suppose therecould be an effect like this, without an adequatecause. THE EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN SOUL. The existence of the h
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