THE EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD. 137 



Contrast the development of Aryan Nature religions 

 with the main Semitic ideas of God. 



Change in the idea of God, as the tribe becomes a 

 nation, and the nation cosmopolitan. 



The idea of God as the All-Enfolding, All-Uphold- 

 ing Life, the natural outcome of Nature-religions. 



The idea of God as Ruler and Father the natural 

 outcome of religions founded upon the worship of the 

 god of the tribe. 



The comparative value of these ideas in the religious 

 life. 



The fact of constant change in the idea of God an 

 evidence of partial truth in every phase of the belief. 



The evolution of the idea -of God considered as the 

 progressive discovery by man of the unity, harmony, 

 and rationality of the universe. 



