NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION 



criticism have its way. The test- 

 ing-time has come, give it wel- 

 come. A man nmst now stand a 

 vital Christian, or a hypocrite, 

 or an open enemy — that will be a 

 great gain. Creeds to-day are 

 trying to understand one another. 

 Christianity is being reduced to 

 its least common denominator, a 

 living Christ. The Church is 

 rinding it harder and harder to 

 think of itself as a great-great- 

 grandchild. It is coming to be- 

 lieve in its present experiences, 

 and to write its own creeds for 

 to-day, and not for to-morrow. 

 Since God is, the Church and the 

 world will not necessarily fall to 

 pieces if they let go their props 

 and scaffoldings. If there be no 

 God, creeds and forms and cere- 

 monies are necessities. A living 

 God is efficient and sufficient. 



In the churches we are — many 

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