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“And if, still unsatisfied, the human mind, with the yearning of a pilgrim for bis distant home, will turn to the Mystery from which it has emerged, seeking so to fashion it as to give unity to thought and faith, so long as this is done, not only without intolerance or bigotry of any kind, but with the enlightened recognition that ultimate fixity of conception is here unattainable, and that each succeeding age must be held tree to fashion the mystery in accordance with its own needs, —then, in opposition to all the restrictions of materialism. I would affirm this to be a field for the noblest exercise of what, in contrast with the knowing faculties, may be called the creative faculties of man. Here, however. 1 must quit s theme too great for me to handle, but which will be handled by the lefties t minds ages after you and I, like streaks of morning cloud, shall have melted into the infinite azure of the peat.”

“And if, still unsatisfied, the human mind, with the yearning of a pilgrim for bis distant home, will turn to the Mystery from which it has emerged, seeking so to fashion it as to give unity to thought and faith, so long as this is done, not only without intolerance or bigotry of any kind, but with the enlightened recognition that ultimate fixity of conception is here unattainable, and that each succeeding age must be held tree to fashion the mystery in accordance with its own needs, —then, in opposition to all the restrictions of materialism. I would affirm this to be a field for the noblest exercise of what, in contrast with the knowing faculties, may be called the creative faculties of man. Here, however. 1 must quit s theme too great for me to handle, but which will be handled by the lefties t minds ages after you and I, like streaks of morning cloud, shall have melted into the infinite azure of the peat.”

This is a dreary outcome of this blank materialism. We do not use the words as any epithet of reproach. We simply state a truth, however cunningly the introduction of a certain “Mystery” may strive to spiritualize the plain avowal. If the man who avows as his creed a belief In Matter as containing “the promise and potency of every form and quality of life” be not a Materialist, then words have lost their meaning, and a devout believer in Jesus Christ may not fairly be called a Christian. The solitary qualification of this creed that is discoverable throughout the long address, is one that the Profes {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|5-56}}

This is a dreary outcome of this blank materialism. We do not use the words as any epithet of reproach. We simply state a truth, however cunningly the introduction of a certain “Mystery” may strive to spiritualize the plain avowal. If the man who avows as his creed a belief In Matter as containing “the promise and potency of every form and quality of life” be not a Materialist, then words have lost their meaning, and a devout believer in Jesus Christ may not fairly be called a Christian. The solitary qualification of this creed that is discoverable throughout the long address, is one that the Profes {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|3-56}}

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