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or know Him or recognize Him as the Lord of all which they 

 themselves count best. Can it be that the Church has somehow 

 hitherto preached Christ imperfectly, her saints and doctors and 

 faithful people having indeed seen Him imperfectly ? They have 

 seen a gracious and well-ordered Christ, one trimmed, clipped, 

 defined, like a yew tree in a formal garden. No doubt men may 

 see Him so and love Him well and save their souls. But Christ 

 is greater. The Saviour of the world must be greater. For the 

 world is more than an ordered garden. Humanity, vast, tumul- 

 tuous, incoherent, needs and should find in Him a Saviour in all 

 points like as it is, save for sin. 



DISCUSSION. 



In some measure the discussion dealt with forms of expression 

 occurring in the Lectures, forms which do not appear in the text 

 as now revised. In individual cases, also, speakers introduced 

 topics of theological controversy which are properly left outside the 

 purview of the Institute. Such elements in the discussion are not 

 now reproduced. 



Lieut.-Colonel Mackinlay : There is much to admire in the 

 graphic descriptions of the religious state of our soldiers, and also 

 of the methods and teachings of many of the chaplains. Canon 

 Hannay's reference to the natural religion which largely prevails, 

 points to its unchristian character. Christ and His Cross are not 

 in it, as he says on page 186. It is natural to pray to the Deity when 

 in danger, and it is also natural to pray but little when the danger 

 is past. According to i Corinthians ii, 14 : " The natural man 

 receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness 

 unto him ; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually 

 discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he 

 himself is judged of no man." Natural religion is therefore 

 unchristian. It is true that the spiritual teaching of Christ has 

 created a good atmosphere among our men who hold a natural 

 religion, but the same thing is noticeable among Hindus in India, 

 who have started hospitals and other good works in combination 

 with Christians. 



The ordinary soldier has a high ideal, and most of them know that 

 to become a good Christian involves being born again by the Holy 



