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the definite objects upon wMcli it centres in our 

 case any more than it did with the pagan peoples. 

 If religion is not its own reward as much as art or 

 science is, if it is not salvation here and now, if it 

 be not in the life and character of a man like 

 IngersoU as truly as in the life and character of a 

 man like Mr. Moody, then it is a delusion and a 

 snare. 



