58 Natural Salvation. 



idga ls of patriotism, fg ^^ggtting that all men a re brothe rs ; 

 45sensatejimWtions_to buiW^ in wealth and 



political_£ower_at_the expense of the rest of the worldi^ 

 rec kless of the reflue nt wave that will sweep it away in. 

 blood and loss. 



The priests and preachers of Christianity have made 

 but a feeble progress in convincing the world of the truth 

 and utility of this great doctrine of Jesus, because they 

 have not comprehended it themselves. They have under- 

 stood neither its scope nor significance. The great doc- 

 trine of brotherly love and human equality has been 

 preached rather as a sentimental tenet, a species of Sab- 

 bath-day duty, a symbol of 3Jlegiance-jto._the_cluiEcIi,. a 

 JHruj nf holy djscipline for the sou]j..tQ_prepare it for "an- 

 _9.ther.^v^rl4r" They haye_missedJost and sacrificed the^ 

 gp^YEer- of the -go lden rule asjtn iigentjor controlling and_ 

 elevatiHg-aaaokind^Jbe cause they have made it a shibbo- 

 leth of church membership rather than a prime requisite 

 of human progress. The real significance of this doctrine 

 has yet to be made plain to human eyes ; its real stfength 

 has yet to be manifested. Then, not till then, will the 

 human race accept it and act on it. This deeper-lying 

 truth of life has yet to be instilled in the mind of hu- 

 manity. Church Christianity has never evinced an un- 

 derstanding of it, perhaps never can have an adetjuate 

 comprehension of itj as long as the " kingdom of God " is 

 believed to be an immaterial realm of disembodied spirits 



