PROGRESS 63 



mean only that we touch what is infinite and absolute 

 in comparison with our ordinary selves. None the 

 less, the sense of finality and utter reality attendant 

 on them is difficult to bring into line with our idea of 

 progress. 



* I saw Eternity the other night, 

 Like a great ring of pure and endless light, 

 All calm, as it was bright.' 



The Dean too has felt this so strongly that he has made 

 them the keystone of his argument. As he says, 

 * Spiritual progress must be within the sphere of a reality 

 which is not itself progressing, or for which in Milton's 

 grand words " progresses the dateless and irrevoluble 

 circle of its own perfection, joining inseparable hands 

 with joy and bliss in over-measure for ever." ' 



I would only suggest that for many to attain to 

 such experiences, which in truth seem to constitute 

 the highest satisfaction at present conceivable for 

 men on earth, it is necessary to organize the com- 

 munity and to plan out life in such a way that human 

 beings, released from the unnecessary burdens of 

 hunger, poverty, and strife, are not only free but 

 helped and urged to attain to such Delectable Moun- 

 tains. Spiritual progress is our one ultimate aim ; 

 it may be towards the dateless and irrevoluble ; but 

 it is inevitably dependent upon progress intellectual, 

 moral, and physical, — progress in this changing, 

 revolving world of dated events. 



