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losophy and theology placed man at the center of the 

 universe; for him all other things existed. The earth 

 was the center of the celestial sphere; the sun, moon 

 and stars were created to give light to man, and all 

 living things were created to minister to him. 



Man himself was created in the image of God, per- 

 fect and immortal, and although by his first disobedi- 

 ence he 



Brought death into the world and all our woe 



still his soul remained immortal and he waited in 

 hope 



'Til one Greater Man restore us and regain that blissful seat. 



Thus the whole history of the human race ran from 

 Paradise Lost to Paradise Regained, from perfection 

 to perfection. There was enormous satisfaction in 

 this view of the universe and of man, and there was 

 also in it great stimulus to efforts for betterment. 



The New Cosmogony of Science 

 It is now generally recognized that these beliefs re- 

 garding the central position of the earth and of man 

 in all the universe belong to the childhood age of the 

 race and of the individual, and it is becoming Increas- 

 ingly evident that these traditional views as to the 

 nature and origin of man and the anthropomorphic 

 conception of God and of his governance of the uni- 

 verse, also belong to the philosophy and theology of 

 childhood. No longer is it possible to think that man 

 was created perfect in body, mind or morals, or that 

 in physical form he is the image of God. No longer 

 Is it possible to think of God as "the Good Man" or 



