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wide differences in forms of expression and inter- 

 pretation, it no more follows that one is all wrong 

 and another all right, or that there is no real truth, 

 than, because one thinks the moon to be the size 

 of a half-dollar and another thinks it the size of a 

 half-bushel, it follows therefore that there is no 

 moon. Opinions concerning religion differ as do 

 the people who hold them. This is only transfer- 

 ring to the religion;: sphere what all recognize in 

 every other sphere. The effect of the recognition 

 of this fact will be greater emphasis upon the 

 spirit and character of man than upon his intellect- 

 ual beliefs. The motto of the rising church will 

 be, " Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after 

 righteousness." Truth itself is a unit; but the 

 truth that each man holds is only a fraction, and a 

 fraction modified by ancestors and circumstances. 

 Inability to interpret doctrines in the same terms 

 should be expected ; but failure to search for truth 

 and to be loyal to it should be regarded as the sin 

 against the Holy Ghost. Not, What does a man 

 believe ? but, What is his attitude toward the Spirit 

 of Truth ? is the all-important question. In other 

 words, the teachable mind and the loyal spirit are 

 the surest signs of spiritual life, and these are 

 within the reach of every man's volition. 



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