Man in the Light of Evolution 



hear of business panics arising from lack of con- 

 fidence. There is no real lack of money, but 

 it is all hoarded, locked up by timid men in 

 safety-deposit vaults. Hence business suffers de- 

 pression. Morally and religiously we seem to 

 be in such a period of panic or depression caused 

 by uncertainty and lack of confidence. We hesi- 

 tate and "let I dare not wait upon I would." 

 A timidity amounting often to cowardice cramps 

 and fetters us. We are afraid of we know not 

 what. Each holds back instead of encouraging 

 his neighbor. " Volo^ non possum " is not the 

 motto and watchword of progress. Some day 

 we will regain confidence, laugh at our fears, be 

 ashamed of our former timidity and hesitation, 

 and resolutely push forward. 



Our sketch of evolution has brought to light 

 no new means of progress, no radical cure-all 

 for human weakness and troubles. We rely 

 mainly on old institutions and tendencies. The 

 new is always contained in the old, or is the old 

 transformed and glorified. The Gospel fulfills 

 instead of abrogating the law. Those who 

 loudly proclaim that the institutions which have 

 served man in the past and which have largely 

 made him what he is are now antiquated and 



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