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power, save only the power manifested in the 

 world ; no consciousness, intelligence, or volun- 

 tary activity, but in finite things, and the ag- 

 gregate of these is the power, consciousness, 

 intelligence, and activity of God. What we 

 call sin is as much a form of God's activity as 

 what we call virtue. In other words, there is 

 no such thing as free agency in man, no such 

 thing as sin or responsibility. When a man 

 dies he sinks into the abyss of being as a drop 

 of water is lost in the ocean. (6.) Man is the 

 highest form of God's existence. God is incar- 

 nate in the human race. Strauss says, that 

 what the Church teaches of Christ is not true 

 of any individual man, but is true of mankind. 

 Or, as Feuerbach more concisely expresses it, 

 " Man alone is our God." The blasphemy of 

 some of the German philosophers on this sub- 

 ject is simply unutterable. In India we see 

 the practical operation of this system when it 

 takes hold on the people. There the personi- 

 fication of the Infinite as evil (the Goddess 

 Kala) is the most popular object of worship. 



