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are made, all in us that is noblest and highest, in the 

 image of our Maker. 



A word in closing. The time is ripe for a broader 

 conception of theology and of science on the part of 

 those who are not trained to be specialists in either. 

 We are becoming more and more inherently religious. 

 We are becoming more and more enamored of the 

 truth in all its forms. The times are ripe for us to 

 cease the struggle and to strive for peace. So long 

 as men insist that the important things in faith are 

 the things on which men differ there will be eternal 

 strife. So soon as men endeavor to find the common 

 ground between them and each tries to state his be- 

 lief in forms acceptable to himself but involving no 

 hostility to his neighbor, we shall be working for 

 peace. 



Some of our finest men of to-day are being trained 

 in modern science and in modern theology. There 

 is no scorn in their minds for early science or for 

 early theology. Each served its age, and each 

 taught its truth. But its truth must be restated in 

 terms of to-day. The old creeds will always be loved. 

 The old creeds will always hold our reverence and 

 allegiance. But each age must be at liberty to in- 

 terpret these creeds in the terms in which that age 

 best understands truth. Each age must be at lib- 

 erty *'to restate the doctrines of the past in accordance 



