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man. It will not add to or take from our wealth, 

 it will bring no immunity from disease or lightning, 

 it will not prolong one hour the life of the being we 

 cherish; but if we have learned to reflect and to 

 love, it will establish in heart and brain a content- 

 ment that shall still be inexhaustible and noble. 



"It will confer a dignity of existence, an intelli- 

 gence, that shall suffice to sustain our life after the 

 loss of our wealth, after the stroke of disease or 

 lightning has fallen, after the loved one has forever 

 quitted our arms." 



It is said Jesus was a chosen medium to commu- 

 nicate to the people of the earth the higher senti- 

 ment of love which prevails in the sphere of spirit 

 life. His mission was to teach the doctrine of love 

 to humanity, and to afford a striking and never to 

 be forgotten example of its violation. 



This same Jesus taught that God's law is written 

 in the hearts of men, and to those who listen to His 

 voice the still, small voice of the spirit " He moveth 

 in them to will and to do according to His good 

 pleasure." This shows, as -Maeterlinck says, "That 

 the invisible justice that reposes in the moral life of 

 every man" comes from God and His epistle, written 

 on the secret tablets of the human soul. 



Gold win Smith says: "It will be found that 

 Anarchism and Atheism generally went together. 

 But minds of the finer cast have preserved the re- 

 ligious spirit while they have thrown off the shackles 

 of creed. Yet the Positivest feels the need of a re- 

 ligion, and for the worship of God he substitutes 

 the worship of humanity. Humanity is an abstrac- 

 tion, an imperfect abstraction. It cannot hear 

 prayer or respond in any way to adoration. The 



